does anyone know how to switch off portraits on patch 9/10 ? i had them switched off in patch 8 and it worked by changing it in the way that the topic crateor said.

anyone knows how to switch off it now ?

sutureself

United States192 Posts

April 25 2010 19:57 GMT

#62

On April 26 2010 04:34 JeepAss wrote:
does anyone know how to switch off portraits on patch 9/10 ? i had them switched off in patch 8 and it worked by changing it in the way that the topic crateor said.

anyone knows how to switch off it now ?

Hmmm, I just applied some of his tactics today, with the latest patch, and everything worked fine. Maybe you just need to go back into the .txt file and do it again since the new patch was applied?

Latham

9589 Posts

April 25 2010 20:31 GMT

#63

Argh, I wanted this to work so much. I wanted Shaders higher. Unfortunetely, I can't have shaders on medium =(. It litterally devours my fps. I have everything set to low or off expect for: Models which are set to high, textures are set to high, and unit portraits which are 3D. Like this I get around 90-120 fps and around 60-70 in big late game battles.

When I turn portraits off and put shaders on medium my fps pummels to 30-40 LOL =(. Anyway, with shaders set to medium, the whole thing looks soooo much more grainy, like a bad movie. I already got used to seeing crystal clear with shaders set to low.

landaishan

Australia104 Posts

April 25 2010 21:09 GMT

#64

On April 25 2010 01:41 USn wrote:

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Wow, that would be totally unacceptable to me O_O

that would be totally unacceptable to me too O_O

bull0563

112 Posts

April 25 2010 23:09 GMT

#65

so since patch nine the game is more resource intensive?
I suddenly have fps dropping

JeepAss

Poland39 Posts

April 26 2010 08:14 GMT

#66

yes the game is more resource intensive. i have fps dropping also because of this portraits witch i can't switch off...

Dr.Frost

United States389 Posts

April 26 2010 08:16 GMT

#67

Do these settings also work out on 1920 x 1080 resolution?

Spec

Taiwan931 Posts

April 27 2010 02:46 GMT

#68

Thank you very much for the post... I seriousily don't understand all these complications, kind of a step back from good'ol bw.

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

April 27 2010 10:28 GMT

#69

There is an option in the variables folder called preBlendedCreep, that if you set to 1, changes creep with medium shaders to look like it does with low, not moving or shiny, and makes it a bit shadowy and darker. This added about 15 FPS for me in zerg bases when on medium shaders, putting me from about 30FPS to 45. It's also less distracting to look at, so I like it a lot.

The problem I have when I try to go up to medium shaders (cause I mean, I do want stuff to look cool) the first time I see something, the game slows down a lot, but then it seems able to handle stuff ok. Like I sent a scout into a terran base, and the instant I got vision on 4 buildings and a marine shooting at me I dropped to about 5 fps for 2 seconds or so, then went back. Then I alt-tabbed to type this, when I went back to sc2 window, when I moused over the fogged terran base, I lagged again seeing the buildings, but then could scroll back to the buildings and be fine. It's not playable though, I guess my machine is just not playable on medium shaders, sigh.

rbkl

772 Posts

April 27 2010 12:10 GMT

#70

Feel bad for you, your rig is AMAZING... 6 years ago.

bh.

United States342 Posts

April 28 2010 06:00 GMT

#71

so im trying to get portraits off for my friend who wants to run on old laptop, was there any discovery in how to turn off the portrait in the new patch?

Werezerg

Germany62 Posts

April 28 2010 06:39 GMT

#72

well a lot of the entrys you talk about do not exist in my txt.

like preblendedcreep, portraitsOff, or the framerate stuff... maybe its only in the us version.

bh.

United States342 Posts

April 28 2010 07:53 GMT

#73

i actually had the same thing werezerg, i had the options, and then i told my friend to reinstall and with new patch many of the lines do not exist any more

go4it

Croatia91 Posts

April 28 2010 08:34 GMT

#74

Guys, just cre8 line, write them manually.

Tiler

Russian Federation79 Posts

April 28 2010 12:50 GMT

#75

Guys, if you want to change 'Video options' from Variables.txt you can use SC2Tools v0.98.5 program Download

thingstuff

Canada4 Posts

April 28 2010 13:32 GMT

#76

Thanks, this is very useful for someone with an obsolete rig like mine!

(single core AMD processor, GeForce 9800 GT, 2 gb ddr1)

SkyTheUnknown

Germany2065 Posts

April 28 2010 13:40 GMT

#77

Can someone please clarify how to do these settings with the new patch.
As far as I see a lot of these entrys are not there anymore. It is possible to put them in manually like go4it claims? Has anyone tried this before and it worked fine?
I tried the settings from the OP but with shaders on my FPS are too low (~30) with a 2010 MBP.
So I did some very low setting profile and now my FPS are around 80 to 100. Way too much lol.
The entry for capping the FPS is not there anymore so I can't optimize it for 60 FPS

I think we should update this thread regularly in the first post - it has huge potential.
Thanks to the OP.

PanzerDragoon

United States822 Posts

April 28 2010 13:51 GMT

#78

The shadows don't get turned off by the variables text. They are stuck on medium for me.

Also, this runs great for me in game but stutters like hell in replays when I get to 6 x Faster.

go4it

Croatia91 Posts

April 28 2010 22:40 GMT

#79

On April 28 2010 21:50 Tiler wrote:
Guys, if you want to change 'Video options' from Variables.txt you can use SC2Tools v0.98.5 program Download

Is this working? Can you rise youre fps with this program?

z]Benny

Romania253 Posts

April 28 2010 22:43 GMT

#80

I can't find this

"portraits3d=0 (no 3d portraits)
portraitsOff=1 (Portraits off)"

Am i supposed to add those?