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haaz
Profile Joined May 2010
157 Posts
May 08 2013 16:57 GMT
#1
Ok so my notebook is crap but I manage to play on it on lowest settings possible and get like 45-50 fps.
What else in game I can do to increase performance?

I heard changing variables.txt helps, but dont know what can I change?
I found only two things so far:

alternateLowTextures=0
shadowmapsize=1

What else?



Bonus questions: what these below do? can I change them somehow to increase performance?

bakeTerrainLighting=1
fastFOW=1
use20shaders=1
waterflipbook=1
waterrendertargetsize=768
TerrainTextureSize=480
lightingLevel=1
lightmap=1
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namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
May 08 2013 17:08 GMT
#2
Don't forget to check that your laptop isn't running any weird preinstalled "utility" programs that computer manufactures like HP like to force on your system, they just eat up performance for no gain at all.
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ZappaSC
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark215 Posts
May 08 2013 17:09 GMT
#3
Also its important to have the power saving setting to something along the lines of 'no saving, full power'. Because the power saving modes eat alot of perrformence.
FloKi
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
1490 Posts
May 08 2013 17:09 GMT
#4
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?
Where do whores go?
watewer
Profile Joined October 2010
Latvia17 Posts
May 08 2013 17:12 GMT
#5
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?

I have kinda bad Laptop aswell. Only can play on LOW still 60fps with no lags. Some ppl say how can you play on low its so ugly. Dude graphics is not for what i play games for.
HAHA
covetousrat
Profile Joined October 2010
2109 Posts
May 08 2013 17:12 GMT
#6
Im playing with a crap com that cant even work on low setting. With this changes it works perfectly except the ground is totally blank. 60 fps smooth. You can easily spot Widow mines but not clock units like DT and banshee. Remember to backup your variables first.

TerrainTextureHiResCacheSize=20
TerrainTextureLowResCacheSize=20
TerrainTextureSize=4

Lumi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1616 Posts
May 08 2013 17:32 GMT
#7
Hey haaz - I'm a lower than low purist and have been always. I'm wondering what "shadowmapsize=1" effects and if you could point me to where you learned about changing this variable? I'd like to check it out for myself. I'd be really grateful - ty. Cool thread btw - the guy above me sounds crazy haha - I'm gonna PM him to ask for a screenshot of that.
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covetousrat
Profile Joined October 2010
2109 Posts
May 08 2013 17:44 GMT
#8
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=365437

Good link.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10167 Posts
May 08 2013 17:53 GMT
#9
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.
ImustnotfeaR
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom154 Posts
May 08 2013 17:58 GMT
#10
On May 09 2013 02:53 Godwrath wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.


fine until high masters / GM...
'Fear is the mind killer'
GunSec
Profile Joined February 2010
1095 Posts
May 08 2013 18:07 GMT
#11
On May 09 2013 02:08 namste wrote:
Don't forget to check that your laptop isn't running any weird preinstalled "utility" programs that computer manufactures like HP like to force on your system, they just eat up performance for no gain at all.


can you give example on which programs? I use pavilion g6 hp laptop and hots settings are all the lowest but it laggs sometimes anyways
roym899
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany426 Posts
May 08 2013 18:10 GMT
#12
On May 09 2013 02:58 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2013 02:53 Godwrath wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.


fine until high masters / GM...

I don't see any reason why it shouln't be enough there too. Starcraft 2 isn't about timing that much. The latency when playing online will always be higher then the differrence between 50 FPS and 100 FPS. (because there is pretty much none)
ImustnotfeaR
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom154 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-08 18:22:01
May 08 2013 18:21 GMT
#13
'Fear is the mind killer'
ImustnotfeaR
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom154 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-08 18:26:00
May 08 2013 18:23 GMT
#14
On May 09 2013 03:10 roym899 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2013 02:58 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:53 Godwrath wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.


fine until high masters / GM...

I don't see any reason why it shouln't be enough there too. Starcraft 2 isn't about timing that much. The latency when playing online will always be higher then the differrence between 50 FPS and 100 FPS. (because there is pretty much none)


hmm i play on 40 fps, and it makes a diff in bane wars at that level, though perhaps its my internet connection as much as the fps.

Though i thought pretty much everything in Sc2 is about timing,...
'Fear is the mind killer'
SoraLimit
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada747 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-08 18:50:46
May 08 2013 18:45 GMT
#15
On May 09 2013 03:23 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2013 03:10 roym899 wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:58 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:53 Godwrath wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.


fine until high masters / GM...

I don't see any reason why it shouln't be enough there too. Starcraft 2 isn't about timing that much. The latency when playing online will always be higher then the differrence between 50 FPS and 100 FPS. (because there is pretty much none)


hmm i play on 40 fps, and it makes a diff in bane wars at that level, though perhaps its my internet connection as much as the fps.

Though i thought pretty much everything in Sc2 is about timing,...

I don't think that's the timing he was talking about. In an First-person shooter, everything is about the fastest trigger. A player with 20 fps vs a player with 60 fps, the higher fps will almost always win because of the time it takes to see each other on screen.

Now with an RTS like SC2, fps doesn't make a whole lotta difference except in large micro wars like Ling/bane wars. Obviously, you want an fps that you can coherently see (preferably 30 fps), but the difference between 50 fps and 100 fps won't make a difference.
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-08 18:54:02
May 08 2013 18:51 GMT
#16
Blizzard doesn't make it easy for people, do they?

I imagine UI would make it so much easier, just imagine a list of options. E.g.

'Unit graphics'
[x] Low
[ ] Medium
[ ] High

Then SC modifies variable to:
unitModel = 0; // 0 for low, 1 mid, 2 high

Boom! No need to understand what each variable in variables.txt does.

Time for community to wake up and ask for this.

Alternatively, some user solution can be made (configurator) that asks you questions based on which it generates variables.txt, but the creator first needs to understand variables.txt very well.
ImustnotfeaR
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom154 Posts
May 08 2013 18:54 GMT
#17
On May 09 2013 03:45 SoraLimit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2013 03:23 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
On May 09 2013 03:10 roym899 wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:58 ImustnotfeaR wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:53 Godwrath wrote:
On May 09 2013 02:09 NaZa wrote:
if you are only hitting 50fps with those specs,I would personally invest to build a new pc for like $400/600.

I know its not the answer you're looking for but damn dude how can you enjoy playing sc2 like that?


50 FPS is perfectly fine to play. This is not a shooter.


fine until high masters / GM...

I don't see any reason why it shouln't be enough there too. Starcraft 2 isn't about timing that much. The latency when playing online will always be higher then the differrence between 50 FPS and 100 FPS. (because there is pretty much none)


hmm i play on 40 fps, and it makes a diff in bane wars at that level, though perhaps its my internet connection as much as the fps.

Though i thought pretty much everything in Sc2 is about timing,...

I don't think that's the timing he was talking about. In an First-person shooter, everything is about the fastest trigger. A player with 20 fps vs a player with 60 fps, the higher fps will almost always win because of the time it takes to see each other on screen.

Now with an RTS like SC2, fps doesn't make a whole lotta difference except in large micro wars like Ling/bane wars. Obviously, you want an fps that you can coherently see (preferably 30 fps), but the difference between 50 fps and 100 fps won't make a difference.


Yeah its a good point, the margins are way finer in an fps. But i would argue once you get into the mid game and later where you can be stringing together complex sequences of actions at 250 apm and higher, having even a few of those actions delay or not register can really screw you up eg Ctrl clicking a group of running speedlings or setting a rally point. Having to redo stuff as the latency has caused an inaccurate/null action like that makes the game really really difficult.
'Fear is the mind killer'
haaz
Profile Joined May 2010
157 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-09 11:22:54
May 09 2013 11:22 GMT
#18
I changed variables.txt options:

+ Show Spoiler +
creepnormalmap=0
creepQuality=0
creepreflection=0
creepshadow=0
creeptrans=0

fog=0

GraphicsOptionEffectsDetail=0
GraphicsOptionLightingQuality=0
GraphicsOptionModelQuality=0
GraphicsOptionMovies=0
GraphicsOptionOverallQualityVer7[14]=5
GraphicsOptionPhysicsQuality=0
GraphicsOptionPortraits=1
GraphicsOptionPostProcessing=0
GraphicsOptionReflections=0
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0
GraphicsOptionShadowQuality=1
GraphicsOptionSSAO=0
GraphicsOptionTerrainQuality=0
GraphicsOptionTextureQuality[2]=0

halo=0
hdr=0

shadowmapsize=1
shadows=0

spec=0
splatlod=0
ssao=0

TerrainTextureSize=128

waterrendertargetsize=2
watershadow=0


I get increase from 50 to 80 fps
GG Thanks :-D


Why blizzard did not add this options in game?
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Pyloss
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1515 Posts
May 09 2013 13:59 GMT
#19
Mhm, i changed the alternateLowTextures to zero, but i still got 50 fps at the start, and 30-40 later on, but its quite fine for me.

Does someone know if there is a differents between Fullscreen and Fullscreen (windowed) perfomens wised? Would be interesting.
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Srdjan2311
Profile Joined February 2011
Serbia20 Posts
May 09 2013 14:17 GMT
#20
use this

bitdepth=16
cheapquadselection=1
displayunitstatus=Damaged
GraphicsOptionShadowQuality=1
lighting=0
shadows=0

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