Scalers reference

Explore the built-in scalers provided by Adaptive Performance to automatically manage your project’s settings at runtime.

General performance scalers

This section details the general-purpose scalers and their default settings:

General scalers	Min Scale	Max Scale	Max Level	Visual Impact	Target	Setting scaled
AdaptiveLOD	0.4	1	3	High	GPU	`QualitySettings.lodBias`
AdaptiveResolution	0.5	1	9	Low	GPU/FillRate	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.RenderScaleMultiplier`/`ScalableBuffers`
AdaptiveFramerate	15	60	45	High	CPU/GPU/FillRate	`Application.targetFrameRate`
AdaptiveViewDistance	50	1,000	40	High	GPU	`Camera.main.farClipPlane`
AdaptivePhysics	0.5	1	5	Low	CPU	`Time.fixedDeltaTime`
AdaptiveLayerCulling	0.01	1	40	Medium	CPU	`Camera.main.layerCullDistances`

Universal Render Pipeline (URP) scalers

Adaptive Performance provides the following scalers to control URP-specific rendering features:

URP scalers	Min Scale	Max Scale	Max Level	Visual Impact	Target	Setting scaled
AdaptiveBatching	0	1	1	Medium	CPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipDynamicBatching`
AdaptiveLUT	0	1	1	Medium	CPU/GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.LutBias`
AdaptiveMSAA	0	1	2	Medium	GPU/FillRate	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.AntiAliasingQualityBias`
AdaptiveShadowCascade	0	1	2	Medium	CPU/GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MainLightShadowCascadesCountBias`
AdaptiveShadowDistance	0.15	1	3	Low	GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MaxShadowDistanceMultiplier`
AdaptiveShadowQuality	0	1	3	High	CPU/GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.ShadowQualityBias`
AdaptiveShadowmapResolution	0.15	1	3	Low	GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MainLightShadowmapResolutionMultiplier`
AdaptiveSorting	0	1	1	Medium	CPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipFrontToBackSorting`
AdaptiveTransparency	0	1	1	High	GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipTransparentObjects`
AdaptiveDecals	0.01	1	20	Medium	GPU	`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.DecalsDrawDistance`

How scalers map to URP settings

This table maps each AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings property to the specific URP feature it modifies at runtime.

This list covers every internal Unity Editor setting affected by the Adaptive Performance built-in scalers. Most scalers apply their calculated scale directly, while others adjust settings in more specialized ways when required.

Adaptive Performance scaler setting	URP setting
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipDynamicBatching`	`RenderingData.supportsDynamicBatching`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.LutBias`	`UniversalPostProcessingData.lutSize`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.AntiAliasingQualityBias`	`CameraData.antialiasingQuality`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MainLightShadowCascadesCountBias`	`ShadowData.mainLightShadowCascadesCount`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MaxShadowDistanceMultiplier`	`CameraData.maxShadowDistance`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.ShadowQualityBias`	`ShadowData.supportsSoftShadows ShadowData.supportsAdditionalLightShadows ShadowData.supportsMainLightShadows`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.MainLightShadowmapResolutionMultiplier`	`ShadowData.mainLightShadowmapWidth ShadowData.mainLightShadowmapHeight`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipFrontToBackSorting`	`cameraData.defaultOpaqueSortFlags`
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.SkipTransparentObjects`	Disables the forward transparency pass in the URP, which means transparent objects in the scene don’t display.
`AdaptivePerformanceRenderSettings.DecalsDrawDistance`	Scales Max Draw Distance

Additional resources

Modifying asset quality with scalers

Create custom scalers