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Martyrc
Profile Joined May 2012
217 Posts
July 06 2012 14:42 GMT
#161
I don't think this violates any rules, you're just changing in-game settings, same as you can in-game, just in a more detailed manner.
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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 14:46:52
July 06 2012 14:45 GMT
#162
Isn't this against Blizz's Terms of Use or is it not? If it isn't, then you should update the OP so that people don't hesistate when they want to install this because they think that it violates the Terms of Use.

It's not against ToS, because:

- some time ago Blizzard recommended to add some parameters to variables.txt to limit FPS to stop burning video-cards. It was fixed some time ago, but parameters can still be used. I mean these parameters:
frameratecap=60 (In-game FPS limit)
frameratecapGlue=30 (FPS limit for the battle.net user interface)

- this file is yours and isn't a game client file. You can delete it, modify, etc This file contains your ingame settings.

Why they should ban you for changing ingame resolution or shaders? You can do that via ingame options and via variables.txt. Both ways are same, just first one is more designed with option menus, when second one is a list of parameters, that you can turn on/off
Martyrc
Profile Joined May 2012
217 Posts
July 06 2012 14:46 GMT
#163
BTW where do I find this file? I'm having some trouble finding it and ctrl+f isn't working for soem reason.
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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 14:49:02
July 06 2012 14:48 GMT
#164
On July 06 2012 23:46 Martyrc wrote:
BTW where do I find this file? I'm having some trouble finding it and ctrl+f isn't working for soem reason.

Vista/7/8: C: \ Users \ <user name> \ Documents \ StarCraft II \ ..here..
XP: My Documents \ StarCraft II \ ..here..
Mac: / Users / YOUR_USER_NAME / Library / Application Support / Blizzard / StarCraft II / ..here..
Martyrc
Profile Joined May 2012
217 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 14:57:11
July 06 2012 14:51 GMT
#165
thanks, :D, I'm on ubuntu but I was looking in the wrong directory (Programfiles X86) on my Windows partition, silly me :D

EDIT: WOAH, for me this sucks, I'm on:
-AMD Phenom II X4 965
-Geforce ENGTS 450
- 6 gigs of ram

And I get 8 fps. What the hell?
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Sufinsil
Profile Joined January 2011
United States760 Posts
July 06 2012 14:54 GMT
#166
On July 06 2012 23:31 neozxa wrote:
I don't want to spoil the fun, but I want to ask this: Isn't this against Blizz's Terms of Use or is it not? If it isn't, then you should update the OP so that people don't hesistate when they want to install this because they think that it violates the Terms of Use.


Nah. But you are basically changing graphic settings to settings Blizzard did not test or optimize for.

You might see gains, you might see it make it worse.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 14:58:02
July 06 2012 14:56 GMT
#167

You might see gains, you might see it make it worse.

Yes, there are tons of graphical settings, and they're a lot more, than ingame options via menus. And it allows to modify ingame graphic more detalized, turning off some effects or graphical things, that you can't turn off with ingame options.
ChEDo
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada310 Posts
July 06 2012 15:38 GMT
#168
It looks good so far, havent got any spikes yet :D
jdseemoreglass
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3773 Posts
July 06 2012 16:35 GMT
#169
It looks beautiful man, thanks!
"If you want this forum to be full of half-baked philosophy discussions between pompous faggots like yourself forever, stay the course captain vanilla" - FakeSteve[TPR], 2006
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3684 Posts
July 06 2012 17:03 GMT
#170
On July 06 2012 23:31 neozxa wrote:
I don't want to spoil the fun, but I want to ask this: Isn't this against Blizz's Terms of Use or is it not? If it isn't, then you should update the OP so that people don't hesistate when they want to install this because they think that it violates the Terms of Use.


No it's not, variables.txt just stores all the settings you set in the options and lets you adjust some more stuff that the graphic settings don't have settings for. This mod only changes your graphic settings, nothing else.

Will try new settings later, really hope it fixes the frame drops.
Chrono000
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Korea (South)358 Posts
July 06 2012 17:12 GMT
#171
If anyone is having lag issues try add/adjusting these:

creeptrans=0
shadowmapsize=512
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0
softshadowTaps=6
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 17:26:40
July 06 2012 17:14 GMT
#172
On July 07 2012 02:12 Chrono000 wrote:
If anyone is having lag issues try add/adjusting these:

creeptrans=0
shadowmapsize=512
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0
softshadowTaps=6

Or make creep more static, changing preblendedcreep to 1.

Also with your settings shadows becomes very pixelated. But with softshadows parameter it becomes more smooth
PauseBreak
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States270 Posts
July 06 2012 17:55 GMT
#173
Ok, so Low settings don't show much. And High settings are taxing. And this long post to suggest Medium settings?
Chrono000
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Korea (South)358 Posts
July 06 2012 17:57 GMT
#174
doesnt softshadow make things slow again? anything soft is hard for my weak computer me guessing
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 18:01:38
July 06 2012 18:00 GMT
#175
On July 07 2012 02:57 Chrono000 wrote:
doesnt softshadow make things slow again? anything soft is hard for my weak computer me guessing

Probably yes, thats why there are a bit pixelated shadows, but not much and with medium resolution

Ok, so Low settings don't show much. And High settings are taxing. And this long post to suggest Medium settings?

Theese settings are between low and medium. If you change ingame from low to medium, you will see a huge difference. This one is lower, than medium, but a bit better, than low.
Chrono000
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Korea (South)358 Posts
July 06 2012 18:04 GMT
#176
if u discover any more cool setting list it...
Chrono000
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Korea (South)358 Posts
July 06 2012 18:04 GMT
#177
How do u change the color of the box/highlights etc wasn't it green before now its yellow...
Digitalis
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1043 Posts
July 06 2012 18:07 GMT
#178
I played the single player after changing my settings to these and there are these bright red squares in place of textures that I assume don't work on these settings.

Most notably in missions where the zerg rain down those zergy drop pods the ground becomes a bright red square.

Ill try to get some SS's
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-07-06 18:11:30
July 06 2012 18:10 GMT
#179
I played the single player after changing my settings to these and there are these bright red squares in place of textures that I assume don't work on these settings.

Most notably in missions where the zerg rain down those zergy drop pods the ground becomes a bright red square.

Ill try to get some SS's

Those settings was adopted for multiplayer and not tested for campaign.

How do u change the color of the box/highlights etc wasn't it green before now its yellow...

Really? It's green for me as always
Demolicious
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia38 Posts
July 06 2012 18:20 GMT
#180
I'm not sure if its already been said, but VSYNC was owning me. Once I turned it off FPS went up up up!
Thanks for this , it looks so dam clear!
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