even lower graphics settings for older systems

Discussion in 'Support!' started by mrmaximo, October 4, 2013.

  1. mrmaximo

    mrmaximo Member

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    This is probably a shot in the dark, but I thought since I'm a backer and all I should probably try suggesting this. I have an older computer, so my graphics card is pretty outdated, and although I do plan on getting a new one, I'd still like it if the game had even lower graphical settings. I probably gets 15 fps on the lowest settings in windowed mode.

    by the way I have an inspiron 570 with a radeon HD 4200 gpu, and amd Athlon X2 II 250 processor
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  2. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    You can try to run PA.exe with "--nofeatures" flag, trees, rocks and many other objects will be invisible for you then but you will able to see metal spots using icons (use Ctrl+N to toggle icons for them).
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  3. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    The main thing that will help this is time. :) We're continuing to work on optimizations and other things to help improve performance across the board.
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  4. hahapants

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    The most recent build (54696) has been running great for me, and I used to see a lot of slow down especially with larger unit numbers. Whatever you're doing to optimize... it's working.
  5. mrmaximo

    mrmaximo Member

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    is that through steam? I'm using Ubernet
  6. garat

    garat Cat Herder Uber Alumni

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    No.. If you're fully patched up, all the launcher does is execute PA.exe. You can run PA.exe from a command line. That's what he's suggesting. It's not the best way to run - obviously if you don't run the launcher, you won't know when a patch is ready. However, if it helps your perf, it can be worth doing between patches. :)
  7. SXX

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  8. akovac35

    akovac35 New Member

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    I have tried it in no steam version:

    have tried the following:

    "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures
    "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" -nofeatures
    "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" "--nofeatures"

    The above did not work. Any other solution (trees were still there)? No mods...
  9. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    Can you please do not post same thing in 3 places?
    Otherwise I won't answer you anywhere.

    PS: It's will be good idea to ask some moderator remove other two messages.
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  10. maxpowerz

    maxpowerz Post Master General

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    Can you create and post a DxDiag.txt as an attachment.
    I will see if i can find a way to improve your in game framerate for you.
  11. akovac35

    akovac35 New Member

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    Appologies for posting more than once.


    I have pasted some of the info below. Hopefuly Uber will add an option to remove the trees and rocks - they are nice, but slow down the game....

    Can anyone suggest what is the correct way to enable nofeatures? I will try the quotes, but I do not think this is the reason.

    Note that I have updated the drivers not long ago - but FX2700M does not see a lot of updates :).
    ------------------
    System Information
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    Time of this report: 1/11/2014, 20:39:37
    Machine name: REMOVED
    Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.130707-1535)
    Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
    System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
    System Model: HP EliteBook 8730w
    BIOS: Default System BIOS
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
    Memory: 3066MB RAM
    Page File: 1494MB used, 4845MB available
    Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
    DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

    ---------------
    Display Devices
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    Card name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
    Manufacturer: NVIDIA
    Chip type: Quadro FX 2700M
    DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
    Device Key: REMOVED
    Display Memory: 1775 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 497 MB
    Shared Memory: 1277 MB
    Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
    Monitor: SyncMaster 2232BW/2232GW,SyncMaster Magic CX2232GW(Analog)
    Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
    Driver Version: 9.18.0013.0783 (English)
    DDI Version: 10
    BGRA Supported: Yes
    Driver Attributes: Final Retail
    Driver Date/Size: 1/31/2013 12:21:23, 15413704 bytes
    WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
    Device Identifier: REMOVED
    Vendor ID: 0x10DE
    Device ID: 0x063A
    SubSys ID: 0x30EC103C
    Revision ID: 0x00A1
    Revision ID: 0x00A1
    Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

    ...

    NVIDIA control panel reports driver version 307.83
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  12. maxpowerz

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    Are you using 32bit or 64bit version of vista?

    The game requires 4gb of ram and your system is only showing you have 3gb of ram,
    This may be because your using a 32bit operating system, 32bit operating systems can't effectively use any more than 3gb of ram...
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  13. maxpowerz

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    Also
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures
    or
    "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures
    Depending on where you installed the game will disable features..

    Putting the qoutes around the location to the game or program executable only then after the quote add command line options.
    Example
    "c:\location of game\game.exe" -commandlineoption
    ^^^ this is the correct way to make windows shortcuts with command line options
  14. SXX

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    It's won't, this flag not working anymore.
  15. MCXplode

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    can also run --software-ui, did you try scaling the resolution down in the settings. You can also play with the ui settings.
  16. SXX

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    It's also broken so it's bad idea. :D
  17. v4skunk84

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    If your machine is old, optimisations may not even give a perf increase. I was running a pentium D up until the 2nd gen core i7(2600k) came out nearly 3 year ago and the difference in performance was litteraly 10+times faster in everything.
    It can be financially difficult to upgrade/build a pc but it is worth it when every thing is running sweet.
  18. MCXplode

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    I can get it to work by hitting Ctrl+P in the menu
  19. MCXplode

    MCXplode Active Member

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    You can upgrade to a decent quad core pretty cheap. Either core i5 or AMD A8-10 and cheap video card. All I have is Radeon 7750 can even run on 7660D integrated graphics
  20. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    Yes, but I guess it's don't give any real performance advantage to use it.

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