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reducing levels of detail, enhancing game performance

Kelaparan Hungry Hyenas Autodueller Renegade Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: May 22, 2007 Is there any way to reduce the levels of detail in the game, so that I can increase the speed that I can run the game at? Currently i'm on my notebook, and well with its built in gfx chip, it can barely handle the game. If the action gets fast and furious, its a little hard to enjoy the game. Where can I go to edit the detail levels in the game? I know there are not many options in the game itself, but my understanding is that I could fiddle with the settings in the prefs.cs file. Anyone try that with success? Any tips would be appreciated in feeding my addiction while i'm on the road ......................... vet Posted Jun 18, 2007, 10:33 am

*viKKing* Skulls And Bones Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Marshals + Contributors Posts: 4,249 Joined: Oct 12, 2006 Unfortunately this is very limited at the moment. I've been sueing Sam with some requests of that kind Not sure we can do much anyway. ......................... vet cont zom slay2013 marshal wv Posted Jun 18, 2007, 1:02 pm

DesolatorDan The Desolators Racer Renegade Group: Contributors Posts: 148 Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Shouldn't be too hard to have some LoD settings. ......................... vet Posted Jun 18, 2007, 3:23 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,780 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Quote: Shouldn't be too hard to have some LoD settings. With my level of 3dstudio knowledge, it's difficult. But I'd be really interested to hear if you could do this dan.. the lack of LoD on the cars has always annoyed me ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Jun 18, 2007, 3:31 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,780 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Just an update here, I have figured out how to do levels of detail on 3D models (basically, a lower detail model is used when the model is far enough away that you won't notice), and I'm just completing the reworking of all the car models to use this. So framerates should hopefully improve noticeably when there's several cars onscreen at once. ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Jun 20, 2007, 12:51 pm

Kelaparan Hungry Hyenas Autodueller Renegade Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: May 22, 2007 cool! I'll let you know how it runs. As mentioned in the chat, I was tweaking the prefs.cs file and turning off dynamic lights and shadows helped a lot: $pref::Terrain::dynamicLights = "0"; $pref::Interior:ynamicLights = "0"; $pref::OpenGL::force16BitTexture = "1"; (dunno if this one has effect) $pref:recipitationOn = "0"; $pref::CloudsOn = "0"; $pref::shadows = "0.000000"; well those are the ones I set to zero pretty much. There are no weapons flashes, and there are no shadows on the cars. very flatting looking, but faster running. ......................... vet Posted Jun 20, 2007, 3:35 pm

*sam* The Salthill Sluggerz Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Lead Developer Posts: 16,780 Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Thanks, I'll put them into the options window. ......................... marshal vet deathrce1 paintladder combat1 wv ped1 cont slay2013 Posted Jun 20, 2007, 3:39 pm

*viKKing* Skulls And Bones Darkwind Guru Renegade Group: Marshals + Contributors Posts: 4,249 Joined: Oct 12, 2006 Quote: $pref:recipitationOn = "0"; ` This one may be a problem and a potential abuse for some missions. I would recommend locking it to 1 after further tests. I do use precipitations for some purpose  There is also this one that might be bound to force 16 colors only: $pref::Video:nly16 = "0"; Kelaparan: could you post a few screenshots with your settings, as well as the specs of your laptop, please?  ......................... vet cont zom slay2013 marshal wv Posted Jun 20, 2007, 3:41 pm Last edited Jun 20, 2007, 4:11 pm by *viKKing*

Kelaparan Hungry Hyenas Autodueller Renegade Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: May 22, 2007 hmm what's a good image host to use? you know the precipitation setting didn't actually work I think, since in the arena combat it was raining. So far the shadows are the main thing; i'm not 100% sure on the lighting either. I'll keep a closer eye on those. ......................... vet Posted Jun 20, 2007, 5:31 pm

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