Ganondor/Raistel's Lag Fix

[c0deX]

First of all, for those of you who dont know what your doing, I urge you NOT to do this simply because you will end up re-installing your PlaneShift client.  

Second of all, these settings are for 128 MB CARD USERS only, because thats all I was able to configure them for, so if you actually know what your doing as well, then configure more settings for the 16mb cards and add to this post.  

Third and final of all, I take no responsibility in screwing up your game if you did somthing from the tutorial wrong...if the info below doesnt help you, then please read my more explainable tutorial and look at my screen shots below.  

I have marked the config zip which contains my entire config dir, just replace your config dir
(c:\\program files\\planeshift\\config\\) with mine and you should be all set
(dont forget to use the unzip fix as well with the settings though)

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http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/config.zip
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http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/tutorial.txt
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/setup1-folders.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/setup2-world-folders.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/setup3-models-folders.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/setup5-awsdef-folder.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/shot1.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/shot2.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/shot3.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/shot4.jpg
http://www.gamesplit.net/ps/shot5.jpg

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Unzip all of your world maps into the main Planeshift dir.
(e.g. C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world)

each world should have its own folder (of course, so files wont over-write
others)
(example of my setup is below)

C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\dungeon
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\dungeon\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\dungeon\\cache\\genmesh_lm
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\dungeon\\cache\\thing_lm

C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\hydlaa
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\hydlaa\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\hydlaa\\cache\\genmesh_lm
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\hydlaa\\cache\\thing_lm

C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\11a372546f1b8a51b284374
6a8987d82
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\38adf611acab5fe4101df99
e0a1d70be
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\8004fafd244f1bf69ae720c
7d4505a69
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\a6066b22b094802156a5afe
ef7b4e31d
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\c610f9f011ab2112d267686
bc2d34e6f
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\podium\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\c62d4949039b31b456deecf
98d2f1dbb

C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\temple
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\temple\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\temple\\cache\\genmesh_lm
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\temple\\cache\\thing_lm

C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\tower
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\tower\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\tower\\cache\\genmesh_lm
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\world\\tower\\cache\\thing_lm

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Now for the models

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C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\models
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache
C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\11a372546f1b8a51b2843746a8987
d82
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\38adf611acab5fe4101df99e0a1d7
0be
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\8004fafd244f1bf69ae720c7d4505
a69
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\b3eb0cb96cf680b0ccd525d1ebd62
9b7
C:\\Program
Files\\PlaneShift\\models\\cache\\spr3dnormals_0_0\\f9136a426ccb8e7665fbb8e7b120f
4a8

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and the weapons

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C:\\Program Files\\PlaneShift\\weapons

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Now for setting up the actuall config

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Planeshift.Mount.mapdir = this/world/hydlaa/
Planeshift.Mount.mapdir = this/world/dungeon/
Planeshift.Mount.mapdir = this/world/podium/
Planeshift.Mount.mapdir = this/world/temple/
Planeshift.Mount.mapdir = this/world/tower/
Planeshift.Mount.model = /this/models
Planeshift.Mount.weapon = /this/weapons
Planeshift.Connection.Server = planeshift.fragnetics.com
Planeshift.Connection.Port = 13331
; 1 = Show Frames around GUI components
Planeshift.Client.Developer.GuiFlags = 0
; number of seconds before timeout
Planeshift.Client.User.Connecttimeout = 60
Planeshift.Client.User.Persisttimeout = 3000

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Hope you enjoy my examples and my fix, if you have any problems just be sure to let me know
(on here only dont bug my personal life)
I check the forums often so I should be answering any questions you may have.  

Thanks,
             Ganondor/Raistel

[Kunlock]

it worked great for me, now i go between areas seamlessly and the only lag i get is now server lag, thanks tons

[c0deX]

[Drilixer]

hehe, I\'ll favorite this... but I\'m too tired right now to do it ROFL

[c0deX]

[c0deX]

hmm

[Vengeance]

Who else has tried this?  I find it hard to believe this would help in any way.

- Venge

[Drilixer]

hehe - i favorited it a while ago - but I havn\'t tried it yet - maybe I\'ll give it a whirl later...

[Cobrec]

Well I have a G-Force 4 with 64 Megs of Ram...... Will this work, I am affraid to try, because the last time I installed PS it wouldn\'t patch.... finally I was able to get the patch to d/l and install.  I am not sure I want to go throught that headache again.

[zaphar]

I\'m going to try it when the server comes up again. I will gladly forward my before and after stats for you if you tell me where to send it venge.

[Lawngila]

Vengeance, I tried it on my computer. I was getting some lag around the temple and few other spots.

I have planeshift on a 2gig partition. The lag from loading files was cut down by 20 to 40%.

Some other settings that helped with my fps.
Video.OpenGL.MaxTextureCache = 0
Video.OpenGL.Caps.HWPlanes = 128

[lostprophet]

I\'ve just followed your tutorial, sounds like a great idea because I was wondering why everything had to be squeezed into .zips anyway. Can\'t find out how badly you\'ve messed my game up yet though because the server\'s down

[lostprophet]

Just logged on works like a charm, still get lag when looking at the temple but way less than before. Thank you!

[c0deX]

Glad to see that most of you like the fix, those of you who have tried it anyways.

I forgot the mention the fact that when you run the planeshift updater it will kill the fix due to it over writing the psconfig.cfg.  

If you would like to keep the psconfig.cfg just make a backup of my copy, simple as that.  

Now lets just try and con the other PS admins/devs into applying my settings to see how they like it.  


[No more pre-loading to the RAM..yuck yuck yuck]
[Run straight from the hard drive]
[And at least use .pk3 minus the pre-load ram process]

[c0deX]

now I remember what I was going to say earlier..Talad, invest more on letting the rest of the team make improvements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Thanks,
             Ganondor/Raistel