-cvar_t cl_minfps_expbase = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_expbase", "1.2", "base for log() function in calculating quality reduction, should be in the range 1.1 to 2.0"};
-cvar_t cl_minfps_fade = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_fade", "0.2", "how fast the quality reduction adapts to varying framerate"};
-cvar_t cl_minfps_maxqualityreduction = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_maxqualityreduction", "3", "how much particle quality can be reduced (as a power of 2) when framerate is staying below cl_minfps, 0 = no reduction, 1 = 50% quality, 2 = 25% quality, 3 = 12.5% quality, ..."};
-cvar_t cl_maxfps = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_maxfps", "1000000", "maximum fps cap, if game is running faster than this it will wait before running another frame (useful to make cpu time available to other programs)"};
+cvar_t cl_minfps_fade = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_fade", "0.2", "how fast the quality adapts to varying framerate"};
+cvar_t cl_minfps_qualitymax = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_qualitymax", "1", "highest allowed drawdistance multiplier"};
+cvar_t cl_minfps_qualitymin = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_qualitymin", "0.25", "lowest allowed drawdistance multiplier"};
+cvar_t cl_minfps_qualitypower = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_qualitypower", "4", "raises quality value to a power of itself, higher values make quality drop more sharply in relation to framerate"};
+cvar_t cl_minfps_qualityscale = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_minfps_qualityscale", "0.5", "multiplier for quality"};
+cvar_t cl_maxfps = {CVAR_SAVE, "cl_maxfps", "0", "maximum fps cap, 0 = unlimited, if game is running faster than this it will wait before running another frame (useful to make cpu time available to other programs)"};
+cvar_t cl_maxfps_alwayssleep = {0, "cl_maxfps_alwayssleep","1", "gives up some processing time to other applications each frame, value in milliseconds, disabled if cl_maxfps is 0"};