BIS - help us help ourselves!

[BangTail]

Regarding localVRAM=X parameter. Miloslav advised this is the autodetected 'GFX resource' - I asked if he meant video card RAM - he did not answer thie question so the question is unanswered. The answer he provided is ambiguous, I am merely trying to fully understand it before it's relayed to the community.

Regarding nonlocalVRAM=X parameter. Miloslav advised this is the autodetected 'available resources from main memory via AGP' I asked if he meant AGP aperture size and if this mattered to PCIe users - he did not provided an answer, again, I was merely trying to clarify his ambigious definition if the parameter.

Regarding '-winxp'. I asked Miloslave if this forces Win7/Vista to use Direct3D 9 vs Direct3D 9EX, he did not confirm this. He only stated it minimalised OS differences and helped multi-GPU users.

Regarding video memory, there are several settings.

- low
- normal
- high
- very high
- default

They should be configered based on the amount of RAM your pesonal video card has, however, no guidance is offered on what setting is for what RAM amount - there is no answer to this question.

As Planck said, you need to tweak your settings to your preference. There is no "ONE" magic answer. You got very extensive answers to your questions which is more than you would have received from other developers.

Eth

[shuurajou]

As Planck said, you need to tweak your settings to your preference. There is no "ONE" magic answer. You got very extensive answers to your questions which is more than you would have received from other publishers.

Eth

I'm not asking for 'one' magic answer. I'm not saying 'medium' video memory should work for everyone regarldess of configuration. I'm saying, tell us what you made each setting for, so on the basis of our computer specs, we should be able to configure. Video memory is only about the graphics card memory, so this isn't about every possible configuration and every possible varient of PC, this is purely about GFX card RAM. I'm saying, if they designed 'medium' video memory to be selected for 256MB graphics cards then they should say so - if they haven't then they need to give guidance and explain so.

Some people say 'default' is for 512mb+ cards, but nobody from BIS or support has said this, people are guessing - people shouldn't have to guess, there should be guidance.

If the manual said 'For GFX cards with 1025MB RAM or more, select default', as a user, I'd know what to do. I would be able to tweak my settings as I know what they did. Nobody knows how to use the video memory setting, that's why there's a thread 7700 people have looked at as they don't get it either.

Quality settings are entirely different of course as that depends on the whole system configuration.

Some of the details support offered were ambiguous, I sought to resolve this ambiguity. There are threads with several thousand views because people don't understand these settings. I am trying to help them understand by getting the official statement around these settings.

[JW Custom]

I'm not asking for 'one' magic answer. I'm not saying 'medium' video memory should work for everyone regarldess of configuration. I'm saying, tell us what you made each setting for, so on the basis of our computer specs, we should be able to configure. Video memory is only about the graphics card memory, so this isn't about every possible configuration and every possible varient of PC, this is purely about GFX card RAM. I'm saying, if they designed 'medium' video memory to be selected for 256MB graphics cards then they should say so - if they haven't then they need to give guidance and explain so.

Some people say 'default' is for 512mb+ cards, but nobody from BIS or support has said this, people are guessing - people shouldn't have to guess, there should be guidance.

If the manual said 'For GFX cards with 1025MB RAM or more, select default', as a user, I'd know what to do. I would be able to tweak my settings as I know what they did. Nobody knows how to use the video memory setting, that's why there's a thread 7700 people have looked at as they don't get it either.

Quality settings are entirely different of course as that depends on the whole system configuration.

Some of the details support offered were ambiguous, I sought to resolve this ambiguity. There are threads with several thousand views because people don't understand these settings. I am trying to help them understand by getting the official statement around these settings.

Just try with different settings and see what do your system best!!!!

Personally i have tried tons of settings, turning off PhysX, VSync etc. etc, tried all the command line stuff and honestly it doesn't give or take on my system.

Only thing i found weird and working is to NOT set my video settings too low, meaning that if i set options to high/highest i get much better performance than with settings on normal/low!

Also noticed a performance boost with postprocess effects off, this also gives a crystal clear view instead of being annoyingly blurry!

[EricFr]

the devs don't know their own engine

[shuurajou]

Just try with different settings and see what do your system best!!!!

Personally i have tried tons of settings, turning off PhysX, VSync etc. etc, tried all the command line stuff and honestly it doesn't give or take on my system.

Only thing i found weird and working is to NOT set my video settings too low, meaning that if i set options to high/highest i get much better performance than with settings on normal/low!

Also noticed a performance boost with postprocess effects off, this also gives a crystal clear view instead of being annoyingly blurry!

I too have tried all the different settings. For me to make educated tweaks against my settings though it's important to understand their functionality.

The video memory setting systems mostly a mystery to everyone though (some people think very high is for 2GB GFX cards, some people think very high is for 512MB GFX CARDS) - I tried to uncover this mystery... but alas... I guess we'll have to keep on guessing.

I think the devs certainly do know their own engine, just that no devs with the knowledge of that part of the engine have shared that knowledge yet...

[JW Custom]

some people think very high is for 512MB GFX CARDS)

Really?? when in 2003??

[=WFL= Sgt Bilko]

Honestly I'd be more happy if they worked on a patch that will solve performance issues rather than having them babysit the forum for people who try workarounds for the same issues.

Don't get me wrong I'd try anything that will make the game smooth (and btw that doesn't necessarily mean high FPS, there is a difference). But in the end I want a patch that fixes it instead of 99 opinions about parameters in game and in gfx drivers.

[JW Custom]

Honestly I'd be more happy if they worked on a patch that will solve performance issues rather than having them babysit the forum for people who try workarounds for the same issues.

Don't get me wrong I'd try anything that will make the game smooth (and btw that doesn't necessarily mean high FPS, there is a difference). But in the end I want a patch that fixes it instead of 99 opinions about parameters in game and in gfx drivers.

Well thats exactly what they are working on for next patch!!!! Please do not read the forum is forbidden

[=WFL= Sgt Bilko]

Not sure what you mean, I'm not saying that devs should not read the forums.

But if you rather have them put all their energy on answering questions on parameters that might not even make any difference than working on the patch. Then I guess we will never see a patch.

[JW Custom]

But if you rather have them put all their energy on answering questions on parameters that might not even make any difference than working on the patch. Then I guess we will never see a patch.

If you rather put all YOUR energy in posting whine posts then go ahead.... BUT if you actually read a little around the forum you would know that what your asking for is EXACTLY what the devs are working on... PERFORMANCE and "mouse lag"