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The games CVARs are located in 'variables.txt' in Documents/Starcraft folder.
The following tweaks include:
The original goal was to improve performance without sacrificing quality.
Note: Default values are for ULTRA graphic settings in game.
foilagedensity (default 0.75) - this both a gpu/cpu feature. lowering this is benefit greatly but also image quality. (e.g. 0.25-0.15)
parallaxshadow (default 1) - gives a sense of "depth". turn this Off (e.g. 0)
particlelod (default 3) / particleobjects (default 1) / particleterran (1) - disabling/lowering these will reduce load on the cpu, beneficial for R1 users.
shadowmapsize (2048) - lower this to 1024/512/256 to improve performance.
TerrainTextureSize (1024) - amount of VRAM availible.
transparentshadows (1) - shadows cast through transparent objects. turn this to 0
vsync (1) - change to 0
watercaustics (1) - simulates pre-calculated waves/splashes in water. change to 0
waterreflection (1) - reflections on water change to 0
WaterRenderTargetSize (1024) - set to 512 or 256 to reduce gpu load.
Original post/credit @ techspotlight.net: The Starcraft 2 Tweak Guide - Improve your graphics performance | TechspotLight
The following are benchmark performance increase results on the follow system specs: C2D 2.6 GHz, 2GB of RAM, HD 4890 1GB
~8 AVG FPS INCREASE FROM ULTRA SETTINGS
~15 MIN FPS INCREASE " "
Note: This was tested using ULTRA settings. I would presume that MEDIUM OR HIGH would greater boost performance. As well as the M11xR2 model
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Starcraft 2 Optimization Tweaks
Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DanNNN, Feb 21, 2011.
