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TheDwf
Profile Joined November 2011
France19747 Posts
February 07 2014 11:29 GMT
#61
Thanks for this, very useful!
-Miszu-
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland18 Posts
February 07 2014 12:22 GMT
#62
On February 07 2014 06:32 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
=(

[image loading]

Running a repair/scan right now. Any ideas if that doesn't work? On latest NVIDIA beta drivers.

ONLY 2h of trying find good settings and i finnaly find it !
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0 FIX!!!!!!!!!

Still i dont know why it helps but it helps and thanks to Existor and JaKaTak GL HF!!
Deleted User 137586
Profile Joined January 2011
7859 Posts
February 07 2014 12:43 GMT
#63
On February 07 2014 21:22 -Miszu- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 06:32 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
=(

[image loading]

Running a repair/scan right now. Any ideas if that doesn't work? On latest NVIDIA beta drivers.

ONLY 2h of trying find good settings and i finnaly find it !
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0 FIX!!!!!!!!!

Still i dont know why it helps but it helps and thanks to Existor and JaKaTak GL HF!!


This fixed my purple ground issue too ^^

But I could now test it, and my computer can't handle these settings Goes down to 20 fps.
Cry 'havoc' and let slip the dogs of war
ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3491 Posts
February 07 2014 13:11 GMT
#64
This makes everything super smooth and clean. I do have more trouble spotting Widow Mines and Force Fields are a little harder to see than the higher graphic settings
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
February 07 2014 13:19 GMT
#65
is this legal? as in, do blizzard have the right to ban my account if im caught doing this? Cheers.
CutTheEnemy
Profile Joined November 2013
Canada373 Posts
February 07 2014 13:53 GMT
#66
Any screens of burrowed widow mines or cloaked units?
Can we help spread the word and create pressure to get Rob Pardo to replace Browder as head of Sc2? Pardo led the team for broodwar, frozen throne, and wow/BC. We need to make this a thing before LotV development starts. Think about it.
Harajuku
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
150 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 14:14:14
February 07 2014 14:12 GMT
#67
On February 07 2014 22:19 TAMinator wrote:
is this legal? as in, do blizzard have the right to ban my account if im caught doing this? Cheers.


Hardly, it's not a 3rd person program, its just modifying graphic settings, you're just doing it via the variables.txt instead of ingame options.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 07 2014 15:21 GMT
#68
So what changed that this works again?

We with JaKaTaK found special parameter that never exists in variables.txt - lighting=0.

And then we optimized low settings to these Hybrid ones, taking some stuff from Mediums, like force fields or creep.

Any screens of burrowed widow mines or cloaked units?

They are same as on Medium settings.

I do have more trouble spotting Widow Mines and Force Fields are a little harder to see than the higher graphic settings

On hybrid settings or on low?

ONLY 2h of trying find good settings and i finnaly find it !
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0 FIX!!!!!!!!!

You know that low-shaders shutting down entire Hybrid settings?
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 07 2014 15:25 GMT
#69
On February 07 2014 12:10 KarneEspada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2014 09:39 JaKaTaK wrote:
On February 07 2014 09:35 KarneEspada wrote:
I really like how the game looks, but cloaked stuff is way harder to see.


harder to see than what?

edit: @master of dalk
you're almost at 1337 posts. Make sure your 1337th is mad 1337 yo!

Sorry, harder to see than the standard Medium Shaders + Low Textures setup that people use to see cloaked units better.


I am fairly sure that as far as cloaked units go it's the same as med shaders low textures. Screen caps?
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
-Miszu-
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland18 Posts
February 07 2014 15:48 GMT
#70
On February 08 2014 00:21 Existor wrote:
Show nested quote +
So what changed that this works again?

We with JaKaTaK found special parameter that never exists in variables.txt - lighting=0.

And then we optimized low settings to these Hybrid ones, taking some stuff from Mediums, like force fields or creep.

Show nested quote +
Any screens of burrowed widow mines or cloaked units?

They are same as on Medium settings.

Show nested quote +
I do have more trouble spotting Widow Mines and Force Fields are a little harder to see than the higher graphic settings

On hybrid settings or on low?

Show nested quote +
ONLY 2h of trying find good settings and i finnaly find it !
GraphicsOptionShaderDetail=0 FIX!!!!!!!!!

You know that low-shaders shutting down entire Hybrid settings?


Yeah i know but if you will find better solution of this problem let me know
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 07 2014 15:55 GMT
#71
Yeah i know but if you will find better solution of this problem let me know

I'm not sure I'll find something better.

The only thing you can try - turn everything to standard Medium and then add to variables next line

lighting=0

It will be similar to the Hybrid settings, but with some extra stuff and some differences.
-Miszu-
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland18 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 16:05:55
February 07 2014 15:57 GMT
#72
when i add all to variables then go to starcraft and change to medium all background is still black maybe it will help you and if i change to low or high,ultra then everything its fine.

Thx i'm still testing .

Edit1:you can add me on skype if you wanna help me: miszugondor

Edit2:after i delete variables turn on game and change to medium then turn off and add lighting=0 background is still black so i think its problem with sc2 maybe i will reinstall game
CutTheEnemy
Profile Joined November 2013
Canada373 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 17:51:59
February 07 2014 17:47 GMT
#73
by clear cache, do you mean delete contents of folder? So, delete the folders Maps and Versions?? Looks great, but sorta laggy when new stuff shows up so far.
Can we help spread the word and create pressure to get Rob Pardo to replace Browder as head of Sc2? Pardo led the team for broodwar, frozen throne, and wow/BC. We need to make this a thing before LotV development starts. Think about it.
-RusH
Profile Joined June 2012
United States240 Posts
February 07 2014 17:55 GMT
#74
@Existor do I just add lighting=0 or do I change a line that's already in my variables since I don't see any line that just says lighting.
Life..
Magnifico
Profile Joined March 2013
1958 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 18:17:38
February 07 2014 18:16 GMT
#75
Since Hots SC2 became a very demanding game.

I have a decent rig (i5 3450, Hd7850) and can run above 60fps only on low and medium quality (the physics stuff I always put on max)
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20327 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 18:36:19
February 07 2014 18:29 GMT
#76
Above 60fps where?

On low i have plenty of performance at start of game:
[image loading]

And on max, it's usually like in the 300's. Hard to believe i have 5x the FPS you have on medium while i'm on max? (with a 770)

I'm only GPU limited at the start of game, though below 60 is a rarity. Reflections is terrible for performance though and effects and physics both have the potential to cut your FPS in half if you're not careful with them. That's not on the GPU, though - and they only prove to be a problem when dealing with lots of units

I'm gonna try a few settings here, ty!
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
xxjcdentonxx
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada163 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 19:11:21
February 07 2014 19:04 GMT
#77
Before I try this, I'd like to try Medium settings the way some pros apparently opt to go. I presume they tweak some things. Such as Physics to Off and Terrain to Low. And Textures on Low for make cloak more visible?

What about Effects, is there a reason not to also put that on Low?

And what about Post-Processing? Is that only applied to cinematics or does it do something in gameplay?

Thanks very much.
"Expand or die." —Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #45
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 07 2014 19:22 GMT
#78
On February 08 2014 02:55 -RusH wrote:
@Existor do I just add lighting=0 or do I change a line that's already in my variables since I don't see any line that just says lighting.


you have to add it. It's not in there normally.
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 07 2014 19:49 GMT
#79
do I just add lighting=0 or do I change a line that's already in my variables since I don't see any line that just says lighting.

Add

Before I try this, I'd like to try Medium settings the way some pros apparently opt to go. I presume they tweak some things. Such as Physics to Off and Terrain to Low. And Textures on Low for make cloak more visible?

Textures on low may give you alternatelowtextures. They require less memory, because those alternate textures are just smaller texture files in the game resources.

And what about Post-Processing? Is that only applied to cinematics or does it do something in gameplay?

Post-processing haven't been noticeable during tests. So we turned it off in Hybrid settings.

What about Effects, is there a reason not to also put that on Low?

In Hybrid settings we took some options from medium Effects, such as special effects for Mothership Core building animation, ground holes for static burrowed units, but this also adds not so distracting effects for blink/warping animation, also for minerals when they're in mining process.
xxjcdentonxx
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada163 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-07 21:03:19
February 07 2014 20:12 GMT
#80
On February 08 2014 04:49 Existor wrote:


I tried Medium and it killed my framerate. Playing with minimum specs equipment. So since that's not an option, I'll be using Hybrid 2.0 or going back to Low if Hybrid lowers my fps too much.
"Expand or die." —Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #45
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