I'm running Black & White 2 on my 13" MacBook Pro Nvidia 9400m, and unfortunately I have to choose between performance and fantastic graphical fidelity. I've edited graphic.config to allow high detail for my card, so that's not what I'm asking about.

I'm wondering if there's a way to turn on certain features, like just shadows, or just depth of field, or just water reflections, etc., without turning on all the high detail features at once and killing my performance.

Also, on medium settings, I can check the shadows box, but I don't see any shadows. Why not?

Maybe this'll help other users who have the same problem.

there should be a custom graphic selection where you can pick what you want.

I've noticed that, but there are things like specular effects and overall level of detail that that menu doesn't let you change. Say I want to turn off specular effects while keeping shadows on, or turn off the detail flowers that sprout up around my city, while keeping lighting effects. The in-game menu won't do either of these.