Thanks a lot for this, back to my standard low settings, unfortunately this did not remove the 3 sec freeze at the start which has never happened to me before the new patch

Existor

Russian Federation4295 Posts

August 01 2012 21:38 GMT

#47

On August 02 2012 06:35 syriuszonito wrote:
Thanks a lot for this, back to my standard low settings, unfortunately this did not remove the 3 sec freeze at the start which has never happened to me before the new patch

Why you think low sized textures can cause freezes for you? If they take less memory than previous textures. Turn on your logic please. It's not terrain texture at all! -_-

Lumi

United States1612 Posts

August 01 2012 21:40 GMT

#48

Sweet, back to true low I go

TY for this post.

sVnteen

Germany2238 Posts

August 01 2012 21:43 GMT

#49

well i don't understand anything of what you're saying but nice find haha

i like the new version a lot

Medrea

10003 Posts

August 01 2012 21:49 GMT

#50

New low is all around better except on ultra low powered systems.

syriuszonito

Poland332 Posts

August 01 2012 21:52 GMT

#51

On August 02 2012 06:38 Existor wrote:

Show nested quote +

Why you think low sized textures can cause freezes for you? If they take less memory than previous textures. Turn on your logic please. It's not terrain texture at all! -_-

well something causes it, new textures sounded more likely than new ui

tehemperorer

United States2183 Posts

August 01 2012 21:52 GMT

#52

So basically old low textures had no values for different effects and depending on your settings the card computed a list of the information on the fly. Now the textures come with default information, so if settings are set to low the card doesn't compute much since the information is already present?

Teachings

12 Posts

August 01 2012 21:53 GMT

#53

Damn, people on TL are so smart! I don't know a lot about graphics, but I found this really interesting to read. Is this discussion over dynamic lighting / buffers common knowledge among video game developers?

Completely enamored by the details. I really take all of this for granted.

NiKoJa

26 Posts

August 01 2012 22:00 GMT

#54

So all in all, which one does give the best performance? The old or the new. I prefer the old one in termes of looking but if the new low graphic settings give better performance i'm gonna stick to them.

Gorlin

United States2753 Posts

August 01 2012 22:01 GMT

#55

Very very interesting post, thanks. I don't really have a preference between the "old" and "new" low textures, but that was quite the educating read.

Medrea

10003 Posts

August 01 2012 22:02 GMT

#56

On August 02 2012 07:00 NiKoJa wrote:
So all in all, which one does give the best performance? The old or the new. I prefer the old one in termes of looking but if the new low graphic settings give better performance i'm gonna stick to them.

Depends on your system. If your system is ancient and low budget, the old new is prob better.

MorroW

Sweden3522 Posts

August 01 2012 22:06 GMT

#57

after testing it i wish blizzard added a lower low than low xd

not because of performance issues but because of viability, some people (like me) liked how it used to look on lowest graphics

sorry if i misunderstood that u can play like it used to be, if its possible. i didnt actually play 1.5 too much yet

Medrea

10003 Posts

August 01 2012 22:07 GMT

#58

You can still get that look. It didn't go anywhere. But you might have to dig for it in config files. Also there are instructions on how to use the alternate low textures on TL already.

EDIT: Oh but not the old fog of war.

Thats gone.

forsakeNXE

Germany539 Posts

August 01 2012 22:08 GMT

#59

you can still get the textures at least as they were before morrow, that's something, but all the units look like they have a some sort of lamp carrying around >,<

Klonere

Ireland4123 Posts

August 01 2012 22:08 GMT

#60

On August 02 2012 07:06 MorroW wrote:
after testing it i wish blizzard added a lower low than low xd

not because of performance issues but because of viability, some people (like me) liked how it used to look on lowest graphics

sorry if i misunderstood that u can play like it used to be, if its possible. i didnt actually play 1.5 too much yet

If only there was a system whereupon a player could somehow modify Starcraft II, I think it could open up a whole new world of possibilities!