ArmaHolic ArmA 2 Optimization

[electron-libre]

For ATI owner you should try to disable AI in the Control center, this seem to give better performances when disable (but this feature is intended to increse performances)

[Wiggum]

I wonder if we need the -maxmem=2047 parameter in the coming version 1.02 ?
Or did they fix the low RAM / VRAM use ?

[geebee375]

ive just installed arma 2 ,and my mouse movements are crap is it supposed to be like that ive been playing cod 4&5 dessert combat for years and had no trouble with my set up ive tryed all sorts of calibration,the game looks good apart from that,i have a g5 logitech mouse duo core, 8800 gts card ,4 gig ram so im powerd up ok?

[Mcwaffle]

If you are playing on HD and dont know how to set it to get smooth frame rate try something like this:

Resolution_W=1680;
Resolution_H=1050;
Render_W=1680;
Render_H=1050;
anisoFilter=1;
TexQuality=0;
TexMemory=0;
sceneComplexity=300000; (its better to lower textures and put objects on higher number)
viewDistance=3000; +/- (try it on 10000 but you may get lags on chernarus)
terrainGrid=40;
shadingQuality=4; (this effects performance quite heavily too)
shadowQuality=1;

Good luck guys!

So where do I paste all of this in?

[moosenoodles]

My documents has your arma2 folder etc with the Arma2.cfg which is where the info is actually inside. Open the cfg file with notepad and you will see all you need to see.

[rowdied]

ive just installed arma 2 ,and my mouse movements are crap is it supposed to be like that ive been playing cod 4&5 dessert combat for years and had no trouble with my set up ive tryed all sorts of calibration,the game looks good apart from that,i have a g5 logitech mouse duo core, 8800 gts card ,4 gig ram so im powerd up ok?

Try setting the pre render frames setting in the nvidia control panel to 1 or 2. This might help with your mouse lag. Also try setting the floating zone in your game options all the way to the left if you haven't.

[Brainbug]

So where do I paste all of this in?

You don't paste it somewhere, because the lines are already there, you just change the values (and leave away the info in brackets of course)

But basically, all of this can be set in the game options, so there's not really any use to fiddle with the profile file.

[Richmuel]

Can anyone please explain what the localram and stuff does? Why do I and others have like a 9 didgit number when the first post has it at about 900? That is a HUGE difference? :S How do i work out what it should be or should I leave it be?

[n0bby]

Simple really, this whole game is based around the original Flashpoint engine, whilst the concept & game design is brilliant in places they are working with an archaic game engine that belongs in the 1980's.

This was originally designed as a simulator/training software, not a game.

This is Arma 1.5 Final, Not Arma 2.

Therefore untill a new engine is used it will be clunky & awkward.

As i stated before the concept & design from idea to inception is brilliant, shame about the engine.

Zackly.

[Basil Brush]

So the answer is not bother until they release a game with a new engine?.