It looks very complicated at first look, so someone who could understand what does what (All those extra stuff u dont see in the regular options) would be so kind to help?

Tiler

Russian Federation79 Posts

April 29 2010 02:08 GMT

#82

On April 29 2010 08:41 Marksman wrote:
It looks very complicated at first look, so someone who could understand what does what (All those extra stuff u dont see in the regular options) would be so kind to help?

Okay how it works. I make video about it.

When changing options in the game you can see what parameters are changing in 'Variables.txt'. Variables in the program does not linked like in game (they just a variables from file) and they can be changed separately. Variables are grouped into groups, you can verify this yourself by changing the game options and watch what happens.
Variables changes only when you click 'Apply'. If the variable is not in the file the program will not create it, it works only with those variables that exist in the file.
Well anyway, i did it for myself, so if someone is not comfortable - sorry.

PS: sorry for bad english (blame translate.google.com)

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

April 29 2010 02:43 GMT

#83

Hello, I have a question:

Does anyone have any experience with the Shaders set on Extreme? It's a setting that only shows up on high-end cards as it has the SSAO technology. I understand this is heavily reliant on the GPU, and I noticed that in the main menu the FPS drops form 62 to 42 when I use this.

Can anyone explain what this does? I am not really noticing the difference between Ultra and Extreme, other than the depth being represented somewhat better (i know this sound silly but I don't know how else to explain myself).

feather6

48 Posts

April 29 2010 21:18 GMT

#84

Same problem as others have mentioned, no longer able to turn portraits off. Also, the framerate variables don't seem to be having any effect... anyone with success turning portraits off and capping FR in the latest patch?

DrSmoke

United States175 Posts

April 29 2010 21:23 GMT

#85

This is a good guide for anyone that hasn't bought a new pc in 5 years. You really should replace those antiques though.

MoreGas

Sweden4 Posts

April 30 2010 02:05 GMT

#86

Mr.Larson

Canada10 Posts

May 01 2010 17:22 GMT

#87

Can't turn portraits off anymore

Hopefully someone figures it out.

go4it

Croatia91 Posts

May 01 2010 19:50 GMT

#88

On May 02 2010 02:22 Mr.Larson wrote:
Can't turn portraits off anymore

Hopefully someone figures it out.

Yeah, same thing is bothering me :/

KCrazy

United States278 Posts

May 01 2010 20:02 GMT

#89

yea im not sure why they took out the turn off portraits option

im stuck at around 30 fps as an everage through a game now

Miniraser

Sweden63 Posts

May 03 2010 21:42 GMT

#90

Thanks alot, this seriously worked magic

Vei

United States2845 Posts

May 03 2010 21:59 GMT

#91

does turning a particular setting to too low prevent you from seeing cloaked units?

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

May 03 2010 22:10 GMT

#92

I'm on a tablet PC and I dip down to the teens sometimes because I play zerg haha. 2v2 can get quite hectic sometimes but in 1v1 I don't notice it too much and I get mid 30s. It has to be a GPU bottleneck because I'm on 4GB Ram and a decent 2.4Ghz dual core.

Spaceninja

United States211 Posts

May 09 2010 00:32 GMT

#93

Would you recommend having reduce mouse lag on or off?

Dankmids

United States316 Posts

May 09 2010 03:00 GMT

#94

Guys everything still works, besides portraits, for some weird reason, blizzard thinks turning portraits off is a nono.

Also last patch took a hit on my FPS at least, dont know about others, but that is on blizzards side.

Ner0

United States131 Posts

May 09 2010 08:16 GMT

#95

Thanks a bunch this helped out my friend a TON. Before he was spiking down in FPS hard and this worked really well.

forgotten0ne

United States951 Posts

May 09 2010 08:36 GMT

#96

Yup, shadows are completely useless. Especially when aiming storm against air units. Yup. Useless.

PaterSin

Germany301 Posts

May 09 2010 08:49 GMT

#97

I got it all on ultra and it runs fine.
But that might be because I bought a new comp a few weeks ago^^
my old one only ran it on low and looked very crappy

but nice guide none the less a job well done

shindigs

United States4795 Posts

May 09 2010 08:55 GMT

#98

Followed your guide and it worked great! I still get a bit of lag because of a gpu bottleneck with the shaders, but it was a lot better than before. I'm sure I can get it to a really smooth playability if I could just turn off portraits altogether, does anyone know how to do that?

Also, turning models up to high seem to really affect my performance. This hasn't happened before, is it because of the new patch?

Art_of_Kill

Zaire1232 Posts

May 09 2010 09:52 GMT

#99

i am using all setting on max, though i would love to have low shadow, since they show the position of the air units
which changes i have to do, so i get low shadow but still have ultra at all other setting?
i tried some but all that happened was that the shadow just diappeared ...

i hope it is possible to have ultra setting with low shadow

InfiniteIce

United States794 Posts

May 15 2010 03:50 GMT

#100

On May 09 2010 18:52 Art_of_Kill wrote:
i am using all setting on max, though i would love to have low shadow, since they show the position of the air units
which changes i have to do, so i get low shadow but still have ultra at all other setting?
i tried some but all that happened was that the shadow just diappeared ...

i hope it is possible to have ultra setting with low shadow

Try it out and read through the thread...experiment around..?

yes it's possible and if you read even one single page you'd see...So tired of people not even trying before asking for help...

There's also an option called "Flyer unit helper"...will let you see exactly where air is, keep shadows off for max performance...

But if you truly prefer shadows then...yes, it's easy to do that...

Here's ur proof...Click spoiler to see the image.
look at the areas highlighted in bright-ass-yellow (100 hours in M$Paint)
+ Show Spoiler +

It works. Note that the textures and shaders are at ultra/extreme and the shadows are on low, but enabled...

Read through the rest of this thread (there's even a VIDEO on this thread, on this PAGE...) to figure out how.

GL!