I found out that it's not the Sherry Modded Driver that gives the eye candy graphic boost, it's one of the setting line in the variables.txt
On Aug 16, 1:34 pm, ElbErtZaI <[email protected]> wrote: > hmm..i was wondering what is causing the game to be slowdown =/..i > remember in one of the previous beta, i was able to play medium > (performance+eye candy) smoother , around 17-24FPS, drop to 5-10FPS > when battle occur.. > > On Aug 14, 8:04 pm, Dalmation <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I guess not. The Texture details and quality depends on the settings > > in game, this texture is just darker not more details :) > > > On Aug 14, 1:40 pm, ElbErtZaI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dalmation, will it effect the game performance if use the dark > > > texture? > > > > On Aug 14, 12:47 pm, Dalmation <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Anyone use dark texture ? I actually like it a lot, especially for > > > > toss :). Right > > > > here:http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=118174 > > > > Now u must modify the MPQ file or something. > > > > > On Aug 13, 11:19 pm, ElbErtZaI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > yea, Terran give the best FPS, Im also a zerg player too..must set > > > > > effect setting to medium, cuz u'll see alot of blood effect by zergs > > > > > unit and building XD > > > > > > On Aug 13, 11:49 pm, Dalmation <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Surprisingly, playing Terran will give u best fps, too bad I play > > > > > > Zerg :P I actually take on the best graphic possible for me and have > > > > > > super-unplayable fps lol, curse inte > > > > > > > On Aug 13, 6:10 pm, ElbErtZaI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Espionage, I've tried playing starcraft 2 in window XP, it was > > > > > > > kinda > > > > > > > horrible back then during beta, im not sure about the performance > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > now. and yea, even core 2 duo 1.66 is struggling in CPU > > > > > > > performance > > > > > > > > AngelicTears, hate to disappoint you on this, but it seems like > > > > > > > im not > > > > > > > getting increase FPS,instead it decrease quite a lot when i play > > > > > > > starcraft 2 (i even had to set the model detail to low but still > > > > > > > its > > > > > > > very laggy) =/ > > > > > > > Hoping to hear from your latest modded work (maintaining the eye > > > > > > > candy > > > > > > > while a boost to FPS performance =D), You did your best and all > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > best to your next driver =) > > > > > > > > P.S. It seems my laptop kept off-power itself when things go > > > > > > > incredibly lag and heat-up when playing starcraft 2 o_________o' > > > > > > > P.S. i was inactive very very long, personal life plus not much to > > > > > > > update except now is finding the best tweaking that enable 945GM > > > > > > > user > > > > > > > to play Starcraft 2, smooth,eye-candy and playable. I'll be > > > > > > > waiting > > > > > > > for the next updated sherry modded driver for my research. > > > > > > > > Cheers to all ^^ > > > > > > > > On Aug 13, 4:02 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > im very grateful for the great news ^^ > > > > > > > > as i said before the driver will give out full eye candy > > > > > > > > according to game > > > > > > > > setting..but performance may vary... > > > > > > > > also i never thought that the driver can improve performance on > > > > > > > > newer (2010) > > > > > > > > game engine... > > > > > > > > i'll keep this in mind and if can i make a final version which > > > > > > > > will be > > > > > > > > optimize for newer game engine also... > > > > > > > > > thanks again for ur support elbertzai ^^ (ps : uve been > > > > > > > > inactive lately, i > > > > > > > > often visit to ur blog and theres no news..) > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Espionage724 > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I was able to get like 20FPS with XP drivers, on 7 it was far > > > > > > > > > lower. > > > > > > > > > my CPU is probably the culprit here though, single core 1.6Ghz > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:37 AM, ElbErtZaI > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > dang..even if all is set to lowest, it's still laggy in > > > > > > > > > > skirmish > > > > > > > > > > battles, even in 1vs1..i rmb there's a time one of the beta > > > > > > > > > > patch > > > > > > > > > > gives FPS boost alot while maintaining the eye candy > > > > > > > > > > graphics, tat's > > > > > > > > > > when 1280x600 resolution was available. dang..if only that > > > > > > > > > > internal > > > > > > > > > > setting config can be brought back and apply to current > > > > > > > > > > game file.. > > > > > > > > > > I think 950GMA cant even handle the shadow setting, but > > > > > > > > > > they're kind > > > > > > > > > > enuf to just put blobs shadow rather than none > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 13, 1:58 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> On my Radeon HD 3200 I can do everything high except > > > > > > > > > >> Shaders, > > > > > > > > > >> Lighting, and Shadows (shaders is what kills FPS, and when > > > > > > > > > >> its low, > > > > > > > > > >> the other 2 go low). > > > > > > > > > > >> If I enable Shadows from the varaibles file, perfomance > > > > > > > > > >> hit is little to > > > > > > > > > none. > > > > > > > > > > >> On my 950GMA, Terran made a huge FPS I noticed in the beta. > > > > > > > > > > >> But yea IMO, physics (which doesnt make a difference on my > > > > > > > > > >> fps at all) > > > > > > > > > >> and 3d portraits make the biggest difference and should be > > > > > > > > > >> enabled no > > > > > > > > > >> matter what :p > > > > > > > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:21 AM, ElbErtZaI > > > > > > > > > >> <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > Hey guyz, Long time no see > > > > > > > > > >> > I've played finish the campaign of Starcraft 2 (setting > > > > > > > > > >> > was all low > > > > > > > > > >> > but the model and movie detail is high, 3D portrait > > > > > > > > > >> > (it's a must when > > > > > > > > > >> > play in campaign), and reflection turn on) > > > > > > > > > >> > some mission were a horror because of the FPS hit in > > > > > > > > > >> > some part > > > > > > > > > >> > (2-7fps) but nevertheless, i was able to play finish all > > > > > > > > > >> > the mission > > > > > > > > > >> > ( and i mean all 29/29 including the secret and protoss > > > > > > > > > >> > mission) > > > > > > > > > >> > The Skirmish performance was quite ookay i guess but > > > > > > > > > >> > still massive FPS > > > > > > > > > >> > hit when there's many thing going on especially when > > > > > > > > > >> > playing as > > > > > > > > > >> > protoss (when u're building many phylon) > > > > > > > > > >> > I was using the '9xx Soldiers sans frontiers Alpha1' > > > > > > > > > >> > modded driver > > > > > > > > > > >> > Now im using 'V1.2 Ultimate Graphics "Sherry" Alpha' > > > > > > > > > >> > modded driver and > > > > > > > > > >> > i've notice some graphical eye candy gain, the Protoss's > > > > > > > > > >> > Nexus > > > > > > > > > >> > building finally has glow effect when u build probes > > > > > > > > > >> > O.O! im not sure > > > > > > > > > >> > whether there's performance gain or not, but it's still > > > > > > > > > >> > laggy and > > > > > > > > > >> > slowdowns alot when there's alot happening. > > > > > > > > > > >> > P.S. I'm stil tweaking the variable.txt config to > > > > > > > > > >> > provide both nice > > > > > > > > > >> > performance while maintain that eye candy graphics. > > > > > > > > > >> > P.S. I'm a starcraft fanatic since brood war expansion > > > > > > > > > >> > release way way > > > > > > > > > >> > back > > > > > > > > > >> > P.S. I found that AngelicTears laptop spec is same as > > > > > > > > > >> > mine 100% > > > > > > > > > >> > similiar (except my ram is 1GB DDR2 kingston x2) o___o > > > > > > > > > > >> > -- > > > > > > > > > >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > > > > >> Acer TravelMate 2480 > > > > > > > > > >> GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB > > > > > > > > > >> DDR2 333Mhz > > > > > > > > > >> HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > Acer TravelMate 2480 > > > > > > > > > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB > > > > > > > > > DDR2 333Mhz > > > > > > > > > HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Laptop: > > > > > > > > Acer Aspire > > > > > > > > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > > > > > > > > Intel GMA 950 IGP > > > > > > > > Intel 945 Chipset > > > > > > > > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > > > > > > > > 80GB standard PATA HDD > > > > > > > > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
