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adultprodigy

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OMG it works now! Lowered the draw distance and now my laptop is getting 30 FPS!

 

My settings:

 

Client settings (read only)

 

[Renderer]
D3DFullScreen = false
EnableBloom = false
Height = 768
NativeHeight = 768
NativeWidth = 1366
RefreshRate = 60
TextureQuality = 0
UseMinSpecShaders = true
VerticalSyncState = flase
Width = 1366
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
AllowDepthOfField = true
doShadows = false
doBlobShadows = false
PlantDensity = 0
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.75
FullScreen = true
FarClipScale = 0.1371195
AntiAliasingLevel = 0
enableadvenvirolighting = false
DebugAdvEnviroLighting = false
TextureAnisotropy = 0
MeshLODQuality = 0
DynamicLightsLimit = 0

[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

Graphics mirror (read only)

 

[settings]
Graphics_Resolution = 1366x768
Graphics_VerticalSync = false
Graphics_Buckets = loc:11020:preferences
Graphics_ConversationDepthOfField = true
Graphics_ShadowQualityDropdown = loc:160002:preferences
Graphics_WindowMode = loc:160011:preferences
Graphics_TextureQuality = loc:11012:preferences
Graphics_ClipDistance = 0.1

 

Dxdiag

 

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 1/8/2012, 11:11:58
      Machine name: SUP2069-LAPTOP
  Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
      System Model: Satellite L655D
              BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.70
         Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II N660 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
            Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3578MB RAM
         Page File: 3496MB used, 3659MB available
       Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
    DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

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Glekisobran

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XP: Click Start, then Run and type "shell:Local AppData" (without quotes). Then browse to SWTOR \ swtor \ settings.

Vista/7: Click Start, type "%localappdata%\swtor\swtor\settings" (without quotes).

 

Thanks a ton! I found it and changed the .ini file, worked like a charm. PvP is playable now yay!

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Breneso

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OMG it works now! Lowered the draw distance and now my laptop is getting 30 FPS!

 

My settings:

 

Client settings (read only)

 

[Renderer]
D3DFullScreen = false
EnableBloom = false
Height = 768
NativeHeight = 768
NativeWidth = 1366
RefreshRate = 60
TextureQuality = 0
UseMinSpecShaders = true
VerticalSyncState = flase
Width = 1366
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
AllowDepthOfField = true
doShadows = false
doBlobShadows = false
PlantDensity = 0
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.75
FullScreen = true
FarClipScale = 0.1371195
AntiAliasingLevel = 0
enableadvenvirolighting = false
DebugAdvEnviroLighting = false
TextureAnisotropy = 0
MeshLODQuality = 0
DynamicLightsLimit = 0

[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

Graphics mirror (read only)

 

[settings]
Graphics_Resolution = 1366x768
Graphics_VerticalSync = false
Graphics_Buckets = loc:11020:preferences
Graphics_ConversationDepthOfField = true
Graphics_ShadowQualityDropdown = loc:160002:preferences
Graphics_WindowMode = loc:160011:preferences
Graphics_TextureQuality = loc:11012:preferences
Graphics_ClipDistance = 0.1

 

Dxdiag

 

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 1/8/2012, 11:11:58
      Machine name: SUP2069-LAPTOP
  Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
      System Model: Satellite L655D
              BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.70
         Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II N660 Dual-Core Processor (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
            Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3578MB RAM
         Page File: 3496MB used, 3659MB available
       Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
    DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For some reason i don't have farclipscale and some other ones any idea why its not there? Please help!

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Adamantrose

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Heya... I've been trying to figure out a way to make the game playable on my laptop. It is very glitchy and feels more like a flipbook than a game :p I would love to get a new computer soon but for now, this is it. It's an older laptop but I've never had issues playing other games (Read: WoW). I turned off shadows and bloom, set the grass/tree settings to low. I added your line of code and yet, I'm still having problems. Maybe I am missing something that you computer savvy guys might see.

 

I have NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and I just downloaded the newest driver. My system seems to be up to date.

 

Dxdiag

 

System Model: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
              BIOS: Default System BIOS
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P7350  @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
            Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
         Page File: 1656MB used, 6529MB available
       Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
    DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

 

 

 

client_settings.ini

 

[Renderer]
D3DFullScreen = true
EnableBloom = false
Height = 900
NativeHeight = 900
NativeWidth = 1440
RefreshRate = 60
TextureQuality = 1
UseMinSpecShaders = true
VerticalSyncState = true
Width = 1440
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
GammaRamp = 0.98244566
doShadows = false
doBlobShadows = false
FarClipScale = 0.3371195
PlantDensity = 2
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.86005437


[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

 

Graphics_Mirror.ini

 

[settings]
Graphics_Gamma = 0.982445657253
Graphics_Resolution = 1440x900
Graphics_WindowMode = loc:160010:preferences
Graphics_Buckets = loc:11020:preferences
Graphics_ShadowQualityDropdown = loc:160002:preferences
Graphics_GroundClutterDensity = 2.31884050369
Graphics_SpeedTreeDistance = 0.860054373741

 

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adultprodigy

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Heya... I've been trying to figure out a way to make the game playable on my laptop. It is very glitchy and feels more like a flipbook than a game :p I would love to get a new computer soon but for now, this is it. It's an older laptop but I've never had issues playing other games (Read: WoW). I turned off shadows and bloom, set the grass/tree settings to low. I added your line of code and yet, I'm still having problems. Maybe I am missing something that you computer savvy guys might see.

 

I have NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS and I just downloaded the newest driver. My system seems to be up to date.

 

Dxdiag

 

System Model: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
              BIOS: Default System BIOS
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P7350  @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
            Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
         Page File: 1656MB used, 6529MB available
       Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
    DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

 

 

 

client_settings.ini

 

[Renderer]
D3DFullScreen = false
EnableBloom = false
Height = 900
NativeHeight = 900
NativeWidth = 1440
RefreshRate = 60
TextureQuality = 0
UseMinSpecShaders = true
VerticalSyncState = false
Width = 1440
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
GammaRamp = 0.98244566
doShadows = false
doBlobShadows = false
PlantDensity = 0
FarClipScale = 0.1371195
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.86005437
AntiAliasingLevel = 0
enableadvenvirolighting = false
DebugAdvEnviroLighting = false
TextureAnisotropy = 0
MeshLODQuality = 0
DynamicLightsLimit = 0



[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

 

Graphics_Mirror.ini

 

[settings]
Graphics_Gamma = 0.982445657253
Graphics_Resolution = 1440x900
Graphics_VerticalSync = false
Graphics_WindowMode = loc:160010:preferences
Graphics_Buckets = loc:11020:preferences
Graphics_ShadowQualityDropdown = loc:160002:preferences
Graphics_GroundClutterDensity = 2.31884050369
Graphics_SpeedTreeDistance = 0.860054373741
Graphics_ClipDistance = 0.1

I’ve edited your client and graphics ini’s, Things I have changed:

-D3DFullScreen to false, not sure if that will do anything

- TextureQuality to 0

- VerticalSyncState to false, no point in making the video card wait!

- PlantDensity to 0. No grass equals faster speeds!

- FarClipScale = 0.3371195 to FarClipScale = 0.1371195. A guy mentioned that was the lowest settings he saw in his beta ini before the command was removed at launch.

-(Added): AntiAliasingLevel = 0

enableadvenvirolighting = false

DebugAdvEnviroLighting = false

TextureAnisotropy = 0

MeshLODQuality = 0

DynamicLightsLimit = 0

-(Added to Graphicsmirror): Graphics_ClipDistance = 0.1, Graphics_VerticalSync = false

 

Feel free to change anything and to re-enable read-only when your done!

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adultprodigy

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OK, my 30fps was short lived. All through out flashpoints I was lagging so bad due to fps that I had trouble healing. I have never ran into a game I couldn't play on the lowest settings, and ini tweaks to turn EVERYTHING OFF!

 

I hope they fix this in the future, in the mean time I must wait 2 months before I can game again on my gaming desktop.

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Adamantrose

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Thanks for the help-- I've been reading a lot of the complaints about the fps being so low and I guess it's a very common problem. I just blamed it on my laptop being old- but it has never given me this much of a problem before.

 

I guess we'll just have to have patience and hope that they'll get these issues fixed. It's a beautiful game and so rich in lore-- it's just a shame something like this could ruin it. :( It's also hard to revert back to a game that runs like this when a lot of us are so used to our bajillion fps on a game as refined as WoW is.

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Astralll

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I have had no performance issues with this tweak and the game looks absolutely amazing for me. I think SLI users have been having bi-polar issues

 

[Renderer]

Width = 1920

WindowX = 0

WindowY = 0

DynamicLightsLimit = 2

MeshLODQuality = 1

TextureAnisotropy = 16

FarClipScale = 3.9371195

PlantDensity = 150

D3DFullScreen = true

NativeHeight = 1080

NativeWidth = 1920

doShadows = true

doBlobShadows = true

UseMinSpecShaders = false

EnableBloom = true

VerticalSyncState = false

FullScreen = true

TextureQuality = 0

AllowDepthOfField = true

GammaRamp = 1.037854

SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 1.25

AntiAliasingLevel = 16

enableadvenvirolighting = true

DebugAdvEnviroLighting = true

Height = 1080

 

 

My rig is:

W764bit

16gb RAM

Gigabyte Mobo GA-890FXA-UD5

EVGA Nvidia 560ti super overclocked

850 PSU Corsair

 

My gaming laptop is an Asus G73 with an I7 and nvidia 460m and has the same tweeks with W7 32bit and 4gbs of ram. No issues.

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Zephyrnine

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The problem I am having is the game plays beautifully (58-62 fps) for mins (sometimes 10-15, sometimes 2-3) and then a severe drop in frame rate (down to 2-5 fps) for maybe 1-1.5 min and then shoot back up into the 60s, only to repeat the process all over again.

 

My question is, is this the problem most everyone else is having or is everyone else suffering from a constant 10-20 fps? I would like to know before I go tinkering with the ini's if my problem is different. My issue has nothing to do with moving, flytext, etc. I can be standing still doing nothing, looking at the floor and this can happen. And yes, I have tried turning every setting down to the lowest as stated and this is getting really annoying. (Core 2 Duo 2.5, 6G ram (4.4G free))

 

TIA...

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KelvinDho

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I have had no performance issues with this tweak and the game looks absolutely amazing for me. I think SLI users have been having bi-polar issues

 

[Renderer]

Width = 1920

WindowX = 0

WindowY = 0

DynamicLightsLimit = 2

MeshLODQuality = 1

TextureAnisotropy = 16

FarClipScale = 3.9371195

PlantDensity = 150

D3DFullScreen = true

NativeHeight = 1080

NativeWidth = 1920

doShadows = true

doBlobShadows = true

UseMinSpecShaders = false

EnableBloom = true

VerticalSyncState = false

FullScreen = true

TextureQuality = 0

AllowDepthOfField = true

GammaRamp = 1.037854

SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 1.25

AntiAliasingLevel = 16

enableadvenvirolighting = true

DebugAdvEnviroLighting = true

Height = 1080

 

 

My rig is:

W764bit

16gb RAM

Gigabyte Mobo GA-890FXA-UD5

EVGA Nvidia 560ti super overclocked

850 PSU Corsair

 

My gaming laptop is an Asus G73 with an I7 and nvidia 460m and has the same tweeks with W7 32bit and 4gbs of ram. No issues.

 

I used these settings and my game went from 20-30 Frames to 60 frames overall, I had to change the height and width, and turn Antialiasing and Anisotropy to 0.

 

My specs are:

 

AMD Phenom 9500 2.2Ghz

Vistax64 SP2

4GB Ram

Radeon HD 6850

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Lostkitty

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I'm bumping this I started another thread on this but just found this one... If they can add the Distance view changer thing back then that'll help a crap ton of players... currently I only run about 20 FPS but I know with being able to change the view distance i'll easly be able to play with 50+
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PitzaHutt

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so whom it may concern.

after this patch i also noticed drop in fps, i tried that FarClipScale trick, it didnt help though.

 

then i noticed that grass was much more detailed than i am used to, but grass quailty slider was on 0%. Hm, i moved it to 100%, applied, moved to 0%, applied, grass gone, fps jumped up.

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The problem I am having is the game plays beautifully (58-62 fps) for mins (sometimes 10-15, sometimes 2-3) and then a severe drop in frame rate (down to 2-5 fps) for maybe 1-1.5 min and then shoot back up into the 60s, only to repeat the process all over again.

 

My question is, is this the problem most everyone else is having or is everyone else suffering from a constant 10-20 fps? I would like to know before I go tinkering with the ini's if my problem is different. My issue has nothing to do with moving, flytext, etc. I can be standing still doing nothing, looking at the floor and this can happen. And yes, I have tried turning every setting down to the lowest as stated and this is getting really annoying. (Core 2 Duo 2.5, 6G ram (4.4G free))

 

TIA...

 

That does SOOOO sound like your GPU is overheating, and to protect itself it lowers the power it uses to cool down... when it has reached a desired cool, it gives your the perfomance back... till it overheats again... and it loops... you need better cooling or clock it down so it doesn't get to the point where it has to cool down.

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cybertouch

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Hi guys, I have tried to set the view distance to minimum in so many ways and still nothing:( I am playing the game on minimum settings, so if some1 knows how to edit the client settings. ini and the graphisc,ini in a general way i would realy be glad if he could change mine.

My .ini are the following:

Client.ini

 

 

[Renderer]

Buckets = 1

D3DFullScreen = true

GraphicsDeviceId = 38226

Height = 768

MeshLODQuality = 0

NativeHeight = 768

NativeWidth = 1366

TextureAnisotropy = 1

Width = 1366

WindowX = 0

WindowY = 0

EnableBloom = false

AllowDepthOfField = false

TextureQuality = 1

UseMinSpecShaders = true

doShadows = false

doBlobShadows = false

PlantDensity = 0

SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.75

 

 

[Game]

MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies

SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

 

 

Graphic.ini

 

 

[settings]

Graphics_Buckets = loc:11020:preferences

Graphics_Bloom = false

Graphics_ConversationDepthOfField = false

Graphics_TextureQuality = loc:11012:preferences

Graphics_ShaderComplexity = loc:11012:preferences

Graphics_MeshLodQuality = loc:11012:preferences

Graphics_TextureAnisotropy = loc:11012:preferences

Graphics_ShadowQualityDropdown = loc:160002:preferences

Graphics_GroundClutterDensity = 0.0

Graphics_SpeedTreeDistance = 0.75

Graphics_Resolution = 1366x768

 

 

 

Help would be much ipriciated.

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Jedzeke

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I just bought a cheap laptop for my son to play and when I first started the game it was getting about 5 fps which was unplayable. After changing those settings in the .ini files and saving them again as read only it's now getting 20-50fps depending on if it's inside or out. So changing those settings has certainly worked, thanks to all those who worked out how to do this.
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brewergamer

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Great news lads! :p

 

I've managed to decrease draw distance... And I will show you how to do it in few simple steps!

 

Go to:

(this is on Windows 7, installed on C: drive :p )

 

C:\Users\<computer name>\AppData\Local\SWTOR\swtor\settings

 

Replace <computer name> with your windows username!

 

in "settings" folder you will find a file called "client_settings.ini" - right click on it and select "Open with > Notepad"

 

My file looks like this:

 

[Renderer]
D3DFullScreen = true
EnableBloom = false
Height = 768
NativeHeight = 1024
NativeWidth = 1280
RefreshRate = 85
TextureQuality = 1
UseMinSpecShaders = true
VerticalSyncState = true
Width = 1024
WindowX = 0
WindowY = 0
FarClipScale = 0.3371195
PlantDensity = 14
SpeedTreeDistanceScale = 0.82336956
AllowDepthOfField = false
doShadows = false
doBlobShadows = false


[Game]
MoviesFolder = ..\..\Movies
SwtorRegKey = SOFTWARE\BioWare\Star Wars - The Old Republic

 

So... Now u have to find "PlantDensity", in your "client_settings.ini", and INSERT

 

FarClipScale = 0.3371195

 

ABOVE "PlantDensity".

 

(You can also try 0.1371195 or 0.5371195, but I know that 0.3371195 works perfectly for me!)

 

Don't FORGET to SAVE your "client_settings.ini" after u add "FarClipScale = 0.3371195".

 

After you've done that, close your "client_settings.ini" and right click on it - > Properties. On the bottom of Properties window you'll see a check box "Read-only". Check it! Now you should be ready to play!

 

I hope this helps!

 

 

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This has GREATY increased performance.. I'm playing perfectly smooth on my baddie computer. I went from 10-20 fps to 30-40 fps! thank you micq!

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You know what... my computer runs the game great maxed out but i see the utter frustration with my friends comupter when he tries to play...an from WoW expirience i know that the draw distance would make it fine to play...he pretty much has to quit cuz there is no draw distance.... BioWare why would you do this? this is probably one of the biggest flaws ive seen in the game yet.... this is UNSAT:mad:
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RudyVassar

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Maybe it's because I'm running Vista but I can't even find the client_settings.ini file.

 

I've turned everything in-game down to the utter minimum--even reduced the screen down to an utterly horrible 800x600--and it's still laggy as heck. Yet I can see so far off into the distance. Why? Why can't we turn this down in-game without resorting to rooting around in ini files, which I can't even find?

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