diff --git a/config/comCamSim/makeDirectWarp.py b/config/comCamSim/makeDirectWarp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb8a6037
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+++ b/config/comCamSim/makeDirectWarp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# This file is part of obs_lsst.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the LSST License Statement and
+# the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not,
+# see <http://www.lsstcorp.org/LegalNotices/>.
+
+"""LSSTComCamSim-specific overrides for MakeDirectWarpTask"""
+
+# These thresholds can be tightened for the simulated data compared to the
+# task defaults (which were conditioned on HSC data).  These have been
+# chosen based on the OR3 dataset reduced with w_2024_19 pipeline on
+# DM-37952 (see ticket for figures).
+# Keep these in sync with the makeWarp.py config.
+config.doSelectPreWarp = True
+config.select.maxEllipResidual = 0.004
+config.select.maxScaledSizeScatter = 0.014
+config.select.maxPsfTraceRadiusDelta = 0.091
+config.select.maxPsfApFluxDelta = 0.047
+config.select.maxPsfApCorrSigmaScaledDelta = 0.041
diff --git a/config/comCamSim/makeWarp.py b/config/comCamSim/makeWarp.py
index be9c4fe2..8d9892aa 100644
--- a/config/comCamSim/makeWarp.py
+++ b/config/comCamSim/makeWarp.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 # task defaults (which were conditioned on HSC data).  These have been
 # chosen based on the OR3 dataset reduced with w_2024_19 pipeline on
 # DM-37952 (see ticket for figures).
+# Keep these in sync with the makeDirectWarp.py config.
 config.select.maxEllipResidual = 0.004
 config.select.maxScaledSizeScatter = 0.014
 config.select.maxPsfTraceRadiusDelta = 0.091