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virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
February 08 2014 19:19 GMT
#101
is it possible to force the ground to be black? this looks awesome.
first we make expand, then we defense it.
kuan888
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada305 Posts
February 08 2014 21:30 GMT
#102
On February 07 2014 16:32 Existor wrote:



Kuan 888
Weird, but it changed my desktop colors and chrome colors... uhh lol

How starcraft 2 settings may change the colors of entire windows? How it's possible? It sounds like "My StarCraft 2 formatted my hard drive"
------------------------------

I found it, for some reasons it change my color settings from 32 bits to 16 bits. I had to change it back but took me a while to figure it...
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ||| Acer.Scarlett <3
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 08 2014 22:14 GMT
#103
On February 09 2014 04:19 virpi wrote:
is it possible to force the ground to be black? this looks awesome.


Yes

Add lighting=0 to your variables.txt
Change your Shaders to High or above.


Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
-Miszu-
Profile Joined April 2012
Poland18 Posts
February 08 2014 23:54 GMT
#104
Ok i think i find fix to background be black or pink.

you need to delete 2 folders (Cache,shaders30988)
C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Maps
C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Versions

after that turn on sc2 and load map and check if it helps you. If not you need to do it again and again until it work but sometimes your background can be black, pink or black+pink dont worry. It helps me after 5 delete so be patient

here my screen http://scr.hu/1uq9/qljec
muzzy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States640 Posts
February 09 2014 00:05 GMT
#105
On February 09 2014 08:54 -Miszu- wrote:
Ok i think i find fix to background be black or pink.

you need to delete 2 folders (Cache,shaders30988)
C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Maps
C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\StarCraft II\Versions

after that turn on sc2 and load map and check if it helps you. If not you need to do it again and again until it work but sometimes your background can be black, pink or black+pink dont worry. It helps me after 5 delete so be patient

here my screen http://scr.hu/1uq9/qljec

I did this as well and it worked for me.

Also, if you're ever not comfortable or sure about deleting a folder used by a program, just change the name (I append "-OLD" to mine), that way you can restore it if you'd like.
SONICDK
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark2 Posts
February 09 2014 00:42 GMT
#106
has anybody made some performance testing with these settings ?

would be nice to see how it compare with medium and low settings

don't rest until you beat the best
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
February 09 2014 05:38 GMT
#107
On February 09 2014 09:42 SONICDK wrote:
has anybody made some performance testing with these settings ?

would be nice to see how it compare with medium and low settings



Good idea. What would be the best method for collecting performance data?
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
kuruptt
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada168 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-09 08:11:16
February 09 2014 07:51 GMT
#108
Edit: Nevermind, everything is working perfectly. Thanks so much for your guys work Existor and Jakatak. I can't thank you guys enough. When it comes to competitive gaming I am very OCD about the settings or else I won't bother playing until I get everything perfect and optimized for the clearest advantage!

I guess I am lucky as I don't have any problems with anything. Everything looks freaking amazing and is sooo much easier to play.

lightning=0 is awesome as the shiny effect is terrible. Especially when playing against/as a zerg.
Darkness2k11
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Chile313 Posts
February 09 2014 08:09 GMT
#109
Gonna try this out while playing in the KR server, seems pretty good.
When Behind, Dark Shrine
yaeger
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway98 Posts
February 09 2014 15:19 GMT
#110
Great, is every bugged fixed? =)
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 09 2014 15:24 GMT
#111
On February 10 2014 00:19 yaeger wrote:
Great, is every bugged fixed? =)

Bugs that are during game, can be fixed by doing steps from the end of 1st post.

What about bugs with login/menu screens - no, the best way just start quicker your game or use Planets backgrounds, because they are less corrupted by no-lighting mode, than Kerrigan.
Slevin
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany4 Posts
February 09 2014 20:59 GMT
#112
Thanks for your effort, I really like these hybrid settings!
.DrK
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada326 Posts
February 10 2014 08:32 GMT
#113
weird question, but is it possible to change the green rings around buildings and units to the ones used with medium effects settings? the positioning of it is bothering me haha.

thank you!
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 10 2014 14:00 GMT
#114
On February 10 2014 17:32 .DrK wrote:
weird question, but is it possible to change the green rings around buildings and units to the ones used with medium effects settings? the positioning of it is bothering me haha.

thank you!

Hybrid settings already use rings around units from medium effects.
DooMDash
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1015 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 16:23:52
February 10 2014 16:21 GMT
#115
I tested it out and for some reason I was getting lag spikes in game. The odd thing is I can run the game maxed @ 1440 with no lag what so ever, so something about these hybrid settings is not working well with my system.

i7 3930k, 16gb 2400 ram, ssd, 2 4GB 680's.....

didnt sound like the bugs at the bottom of the first post exactly.
S1 3500+ Master T. S2 1600+ Master T.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
February 10 2014 16:53 GMT
#116
On February 11 2014 01:21 DooMDash wrote:
I tested it out and for some reason I was getting lag spikes in game. The odd thing is I can run the game maxed @ 1440 with no lag what so ever, so something about these hybrid settings is not working well with my system.

i7 3930k, 16gb 2400 ram, ssd, 2 4GB 680's.....

didnt sound like the bugs at the bottom of the first post exactly.

Seems like Hybrid settings require refreshed cache, because they use different lighting. It's only my assumption, so try the best way - do all the steps from the end of 1st post. They already helped for some players
SONICDK
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark2 Posts
February 10 2014 19:32 GMT
#117
On February 09 2014 14:38 JaKaTaK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 09 2014 09:42 SONICDK wrote:
has anybody made some performance testing with these settings ?

would be nice to see how it compare with medium and low settings



Good idea. What would be the best method for collecting performance data?

for a start the pre loader seems to be very consistent after the first run. but dont think it pushes the cpu too hard because of the low unit count

would love to see a benchmark map being made were there will be a ton of units on the screen like archons and such,
even mixing air and ground units because of the overlapping shadows,

sadly i have no idea on how to make maps :/
don't rest until you beat the best
[MD]Frostbite
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Canada292 Posts
February 10 2014 20:46 GMT
#118
It made my average fps drop from ~23fps to about ~10fps in the early game

Computer is too shitty. :/
White-Ra, the godfather Protoss
JaKaTaKSc2
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2787 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-10 23:32:19
February 10 2014 22:11 GMT
#119
On February 11 2014 04:32 SONICDK wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 09 2014 14:38 JaKaTaK wrote:
On February 09 2014 09:42 SONICDK wrote:
has anybody made some performance testing with these settings ?

would be nice to see how it compare with medium and low settings



Good idea. What would be the best method for collecting performance data?

for a start the pre loader seems to be very consistent after the first run. but dont think it pushes the cpu too hard because of the low unit count

would love to see a benchmark map being made were there will be a ton of units on the screen like archons and such,
even mixing air and ground units because of the overlapping shadows,

sadly i have no idea on how to make maps :/


We could get a stock replay of a sudden death desert strike game. That shit is demanding for sure.

EDIT:
Check out Hybrid Graphics in motion!





There's also a reddit thread that may start filling up with questions. Anyone willing to help out the newcomers by answering questions, offering to help, or just getting in on the discussion head over to teh reddits!

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1xk8w6/hybrid_graphics_are_back_and_already_being_used/
Commentatorhttps://www.youtube.com/JaKaTaKtv
kuruptt
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada168 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-11 00:19:09
February 10 2014 23:39 GMT
#120
You just have to install it properly to not get fps drops. I was getting like 120~ish fps at one point which is really low for my system. All you have to do is install it again. After I installed it again I get a constant 200+fps. Things really get buggy if you change ANY settings after applying the hybrid settings as pointed out in the first post, so make sure you don't need to change anything before applying or you will have to install it again.

Everything is working very good so far and I recommend everyone to use it.
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