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jorrit

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Tip: Howto improve speed of MB
« on: March 15, 2003, 09:12:03 pm »
If you have a video card with 64 or 128 meg video ram then there is a way to improve speed (and also lag) when running MB.

First tip is of course to upgrade to the 007 release. If you can\'t use the updater then check http://www.planeshift.it for more info about that.

But there is another thing you can do. In c:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\data\\config\\opengl.cfg you will find the following four lines:

Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum0 = 12
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum1 = 148
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum2 = 48
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum3 = 0

If you have 128M ram on your video card (NOT main memory. I\'m talking about video card memory) you can change these values to:

Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum0 = 15
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum1 = 185
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum2 = 60
Video.OpenGL.SuperLightMapNum3 = 0

This will enable MB to use more video memory on the card for textures and it will improve speed. If your card only has 64M RAM then those values may perhaps be too much and decrease speed again. You\'ll have to experiment but if it is not optimal you might try something like 14,160,55,0 for example.

A very short summary: the first number is the number of 128x128 textures used for lightmaps. The second number is the number of 64x64 textures and so on. Every pixel of a texture takes 4 bytes memory so you can calculate yourselves to how much memory that corresponds. Also keep in mind that the video card memory is also used for other things. Don\'t use it all up. I recommend using perhaps half of it for this.

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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2003, 09:36:25 pm »
i have 64 mb
how execly do i fine tune this??
« Last Edit: March 15, 2003, 09:36:42 pm by azeazezar »
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2003, 10:00:42 pm »
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i have 64 mb
how execly do i fine tune this??


Well like I said. Edit the opengl.cfg file and change the values like I explained in my message above.

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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2003, 10:01:05 pm »
Nice tip Jorrit thanks, I\'ll try it next time I\'m on.

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how execly do i fine tune this??

Huh? He just explained it step by step in his post. You have to open the file \'opengl.cfg\' in Notepad or other text editor and then make the changes he suggested - does that help?
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2003, 10:04:06 pm »
i know how to CHANGE the veluse
but i dont know how i find out wat\'s best
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2003, 10:25:27 pm »
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Originally posted by jorrit
You\'ll have to experiment
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2003, 04:58:12 am »
I have one simple question what does MB stand for. where can I find a link or a thread explaining the terminologies used here?

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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2003, 05:51:17 am »
is it worth it at all to try and tweak that file on a 32 mb video card... i know you said 64 or 128, but could i improve at all? or should i just leave well enough alone?
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2003, 07:23:46 am »
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is it worth it at all to try and tweak that file on a 32 mb video card... i know you said 64 or 128, but could i improve at all? or should i just leave well enough alone?


I assume by him talking about tweaks for 64mb and 128 mb means that it is already tweaked out for a 32mb card. Speaking that the majority of the population is still using 32mb.
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2003, 07:46:34 am »
MB = Molecular Blue

Which is the game that this forum was made for... How did you get to the forum if you aren\'t here from the game page? Just curious.
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2003, 10:23:15 am »
Many Thanks My GeForce 3 is all the happier
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« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2003, 10:53:20 am »
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MB = Molecular Blue

Which is the game that this forum was made for... How did you get to the forum if you aren\'t here from the game page? Just curious.


I thought this game was Planeshift
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« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2003, 12:42:51 pm »
The Games name is PlaneShift and the current version of PlaneShift is called Molecular Blue,and the next version of PlaneShift will be called crystal blue at least that\'s what i think its called anyway I say it again thanks jorrit the game runs that much better now  
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« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2003, 03:11:24 pm »
My gfx card is a Geforce 2 mx/mx400 and thats 32 MB, can I still use those same values to tweak the card? Sorry if the answer is wrapped up in here somewhere, I am a bit out of it.
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2003, 01:50:16 am »
lets say i have 16mb of ram for video, which is below the requirements... in that case should i concider lowering the numbers ? heh
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