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A quick tip to increasing your frame rate in SC2 - Page 2

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Sanasante
Profile Joined March 2010
United States321 Posts
April 18 2011 23:52 GMT
#21
I went from 60 frames on Medium to 120 frames from these changes. They do work ^_^
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light
curreh
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia265 Posts
April 18 2011 23:55 GMT
#22
I've been getting lag spikes at the start of games recently, hopefully this helps, thanks! ^_^
SlayerS Hwaiting! : )
Amber[LighT]
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States5078 Posts
April 18 2011 23:57 GMT
#23
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/375107634

I doubt they would make it a sticky if it was against the EULA. I mean if they want to just give their customers new gfx cards that would be okay too
"We have unfinished business, I and he."
curreh
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia265 Posts
April 19 2011 00:01 GMT
#24
sanasante I'm a bit confused sorry, I'm looking for those options and the only one I can find is soft shadows which is already 0, am I meant to paste the other options in?
SlayerS Hwaiting! : )
sereniity
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Sweden1159 Posts
April 19 2011 00:11 GMT
#25
On April 19 2011 09:01 curreh wrote:
sanasante I'm a bit confused sorry, I'm looking for those options and the only one I can find is soft shadows which is already 0, am I meant to paste the other options in?


I wonder the same!
"I am Day9, Holy shit!"
PtM
Profile Joined March 2011
89 Posts
April 19 2011 00:17 GMT
#26
On April 19 2011 09:01 curreh wrote:
sanasante I'm a bit confused sorry, I'm looking for those options and the only one I can find is soft shadows which is already 0, am I meant to paste the other options in?

This should work if they're not there already. If the variable no longer exists in the current patch then it should have no effect, and if it does exist then it may have the effect you want depending on what the default value is. Just make sure to save a backup copy of the file before you experiment with it.
Minigun
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
619 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 00:20:07
April 19 2011 00:19 GMT
#27
nm sry
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” ― Stephen Hawking
LesPhoques
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada782 Posts
April 19 2011 00:29 GMT
#28
I read it as "A quick tip to increasing your fame..."
lol. Thanks for the tip
I)etox
Profile Joined April 2011
1240 Posts
April 19 2011 00:29 GMT
#29
On April 19 2011 08:57 Amber[LighT] wrote:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/375107634

I doubt they would make it a sticky if it was against the EULA. I mean if they want to just give their customers new gfx cards that would be okay too


thanks for the find on bnet forums! seems like blizz doesn't mind this at all. BRB :D
I)etox
Profile Joined April 2011
1240 Posts
April 19 2011 00:41 GMT
#30
tip for mac users:

the file variables.txt is under
HD -> Users -> Your Account Name -> Library -> Application Support -> Blizzard -> Starcraft II -> Accounts -> (there should only be one file here with a string of numbers as the name)

bonus tip: if you go down one more folder you will find the folder where your replays are stored
Minigun
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
619 Posts
April 19 2011 00:50 GMT
#31
My fps just doubled. Thanks a lot!
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” ― Stephen Hawking
aMelo
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada38 Posts
April 19 2011 00:57 GMT
#32
Sounds cool, I'll give it a try. I run Starcraft on a laptop (even though it runs very well on medium), taking any load off my GPU would be a plus since it can get very warm after a long gaming session. Thanks for the find!
mentallyafk
Profile Joined October 2010
139 Posts
April 19 2011 01:13 GMT
#33
On April 19 2011 09:11 sereniity wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2011 09:01 curreh wrote:
sanasante I'm a bit confused sorry, I'm looking for those options and the only one I can find is soft shadows which is already 0, am I meant to paste the other options in?


I wonder the same!

i wonder the same
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
April 19 2011 01:18 GMT
#34
On April 19 2011 06:11 ZeraToss wrote:
i dont know, but someone told me that this kind of editing is "illegal" ? they said blizzard considers this as something bad or something, dunno


This doesn't qualify as something bannable since Blizzard support gives these kinds of answers to help people on their forums.
There's no S in KT. :P
SuperNothing
Profile Joined September 2010
United States76 Posts
April 19 2011 01:39 GMT
#35
My stuff was already set to 0, but I couldn't find "set shadows." Should I add it in?
Sanasante
Profile Joined March 2010
United States321 Posts
April 19 2011 01:43 GMT
#36
On April 19 2011 10:39 SuperNothing wrote:
My stuff was already set to 0, but I couldn't find "set shadows." Should I add it in?


Should be just Shadows=0 not Set Shadows
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
April 19 2011 01:53 GMT
#37
This change had a negative effect on my game stability. I personally would not recommend this.
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
April 19 2011 01:56 GMT
#38
On April 19 2011 06:16 Nizzy wrote:
Okay I did it. Does anything look different in actual game play?

Shadows if you have them on low will no longer have a giantblob below them, they'll be completely gone, this alone gives a big boost, trees and the like wont have shadows anymore nor will buildings

I use all these changes and they up fps(specifically the shadow ones) by ALOT
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Irave
Profile Joined October 2010
United States9965 Posts
April 19 2011 01:58 GMT
#39
Thanks for sharing this, I'm also seeing an increase in fps!
Goodseed
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)270 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-19 02:25:14
April 19 2011 02:10 GMT
#40
When I opened the variable.txt
I have nothing but

displayunitstatus=All
hotkeyprofile=My Keys
mastervolume=0.275410
mousewheelzoomenabled=0
musicvolume=0.000000
profanityfilter=0
showmissiontime=1
sound=1
worldobjecttooltips=0

do I just add them in?

Edit: Found it. xd
안녕하소~
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