Thanks mr maddox

[swiss]

Originally Posted by winny

I'm gonna sound like such a noob but I only bought 1946 last week... Long story. First impressions are.. where do I start!? It's huge! I'm gonna need years with this so it's ok Oleg, take as long as you want with SoW!- I'm joking- (I was beginning to wonder if SoW stood for Sick of Waiting....).

Back to the noobishness...

In the conf.ini is 1 better than 3 or is it the other way around? and what effect does changing the video options in game have on the conf.ini, if any?

Thanks

Which video card and CPU have you installed?

[Flanker35M]

S!

Actually Forest=3 has less impact than 2 for some strange reason. I tested this on a friend's rig that is a Pentium 4 at 2.7GHz and a nVidia 285GTX. Used same map (Kuban) and flew over Novoryssiysk with FPS counter on. 2 made a hit on FPS but 3 almost none?!

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

Actually Forest=3 has less impact than 2 for some strange reason. I tested this on a friend's rig that is a Pentium 4 at 2.7GHz and a nVidia 285GTX. Used same map (Kuban) and flew over Novoryssiysk with FPS counter on. 2 made a hit on FPS but 3 almost none?!

Interesting, maybe 3 makes better use of the GPU than 2.

The main issue with Forest=3 , as stated above, is that certain tree objects become invisible, especially around runways, which can kind of ruin your day and is very annoying for mission builders wanting to "decorate" airfields.

[Flanker35M]

S!

That is an issue maybe TD could look into in the future patches? I have not encountered invisible trees except the forests at certain angle.

[winny]

Originally Posted by swiss

Which video card and CPU have you installed?

I'm running it on a laptop.. It's an AMD64x2 1.9 GHz and the Video is NVIDIA 7000M.

[swiss]

ok, winny,

conf.ini vs ingame options screen:
Any change the options screens adjusts values in the conf.ini.
In conf itself you can adjust it more precisely, plus certain values are not available through the ingame screen(like wide screen settings).
So if you decide to work with the conf, you should never ever again use the ingame screen as any changes there influence all kinds of settings in the conf - and might set them back.

values:
0: off
1: on
2/3/4: generally, the higher the better (water: ATI users can only use 2, same effect as 3 for NV)

If you start to play around with conf, make sure you copy it to a safe place first.

When changing the values, you usually don't know how bad the fps drop, therefore I suggest you test it with the "black death" .ntrk.:

In game press shift+tab, then enter:
fps START SHOW
actual fps will be displayed on top of screen
[to turn it off: fps STOP SHOW]

This link is google translated, but I think you can get the necessary informations out of it.
http://translate.google.ch/translate...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8


Concerning your system, I really don't think you can max out too many things. There weren't much infos about your GPU, but it sounds rather weak.
Well, you'll see - trial and error.


edit: while searching for your gpu and il2 I found this site: http://www.theblackfedora.com/index....d=17&showall=1
Awesome amount of info!

[winny]

Originally Posted by swiss

ok, winny,

conf.ini vs ingame options screen:
Any change the options screens adjusts values in the conf.ini.
In conf itself you can adjust it more precisely, plus certain values are not available through the ingame screen(like wide screen settings).
So if you decide to work with the conf, you should never ever again use the ingame screen as any changes there influence all kinds of settings in the conf - and might set them back.

values:
0: off
1: on
2/3/4: generally, the higher the better (water: ATI users can only use 2, same effect as 3 for NV)

If you start to play around with conf, make sure you copy it to save place first.

When changing the values, you usually don't know how bad the fps drop, therefore I suggest you test it with the "black death" .ntrk.:

In game press shift+tab, then enter:
fps START SHOW
actual fps will be displayed on top of screen
[to turn it off: fps STOP SHOW]

This link is google translated, but I think you can get the necessary informations out of it.
http://translate.google.ch/translate...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8


Concerning your system, I really don't think you can max out too many things. There weren't much infos about your GPU, but it sounds rather weak.
Well, you'll see - trial and error.

Thanks.. it is a bit weak, I'm waiting for some SoW specs before I spend any money!
I'll have a play around.

[swiss]

edited my post, see bottom

[winny]

Originally Posted by swiss

edited my post, see bottom

Wow... I know what I'll be doing later, thanks again.

[IceFire]

What does LandGeom=3 do? I checked mine and even with my settings at the highest possible... I have only 2 there. I changed it to 3 and it doesn't look any different...