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Author	Topic: Configuring your computer to run best with CMT SPV2 (102 messages, Page 1 of 3)
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The Barron Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Howdy	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:29 AM Msg. 1 of 102 Alright... well first off i would like to state right off the bat that if you could run spv1 then you can run spv2. these configurations are more for those people who want to record the game or what not, but regular gamers could still use this and achieve VERY good fps. (fps = frames per second... its basically how smoothly the game runs) alright here are the settings. resolution: 640x480 refresh rate: 60Hz framerate: no vsync (this setting may cause visual tears and if you dont want that switch to 30 fps) specular: NO shadows: NO decals: YES (Whichever you like...i have mine on YES) particles: High (Whichever you like... i have mine on high) texture quality: High (Whichever you like... i have mine on high) Am running a OLD OLD OLD GFX card and still manage to play spv2 just fine so if you all play with spv2 with those settings your good to go. your choice however Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 as you can see its really bad you all should be able to do just fine with those settings alright well hope this helps you enjoy you spv2 experience more Edited by The Barron on Aug 5, 2009 at 10:32 AM

DarkZealot Joined: Jan 1, 2008 Time management: 40% Xbox, 30% PC, 30% Skating	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:32 AM Msg. 2 of 102 My 5200 FX doesn't work so well. D:

The Barron Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Howdy	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:37 AM Msg. 3 of 102 when you get to a encounter after like a minute of fighting go to cmt extras and press "collect unseen garbage" that should help glad your back zealot! YEAHYAH!

Invader Veex Joined: Apr 11, 2007 i make poast	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:48 AM Msg. 4 of 102 I run my 5200 FX with everything on, everything high, except res 640x480. That works fine for me.

Arteen Joined: Mar 8, 2008 ...	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:54 AM Msg. 5 of 102 Turning off decals can cause a significant performance increase for some people, too.

The Barron Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Howdy	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 10:55 AM Msg. 6 of 102 i call shenanigans on Veex

BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh?	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 11:38 AM Msg. 7 of 102 Nice logo!

The Barron Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Howdy	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 11:55 AM Msg. 8 of 102 thanks made it in like 1 minute with adobe after effects.

gruntfromhalo Joined: Nov 21, 2007 actual loli	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 12:28 PM Msg. 9 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Nice logo! This. I got a GTX 275 yesterday, so I have no framerate issues at all. Though even with my old card I probably wouldn't get any either.

Ninjadude Joined: Jun 22, 2008	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 12:43 PM Msg. 10 of 102 Destroying all uneeded background processes often helps me.

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:04 PM Msg. 11 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: The Barron resolution: 640x480 refresh rate: 75Hz framerate: vsync (this setting is the best and you get the Best Frame rates) specular: YES shadows: YES decals: NO (can and will cause Frame rate lag if too many Decals) particles: High texture quality: High Edited by The Barron on Aug 5, 2009 at 10:32 AM This is my Settings... It's a highly good Set of Settings and My Halo CE as never Run better any way else...In English my Settings are the Best you can get. Edited by Sgt Blaze on Aug 5, 2009 at 01:04 PM

BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh?	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:09 PM Msg. 12 of 102 Res: 1600x1200 RR: 75hz Vsync: Off Specular: Yes Shadows: Yes Decals: Yes Particles: High Texture Quality: High OpenSauce: On ^^^^^^^^^^ My settings anyone with the same experience?

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:10 PM Msg. 13 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Res: 1600x1200 RR: 75hz Vsync: Off Specular: Yes Shadows: Yes Decals: Yes Particles: High Texture Quality: High OpenSauce: On ^^^^^^^^^^ My settings anyone with the same experience? WTH is OpenSauce?!?!?!?

Higuy Joined: Mar 6, 2007 @lucasgovatos	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:11 PM Msg. 14 of 102 My settings: res: 1920x1080 Vysnc: on rr: 60hz Specular: Yes Shadows: yes decals: no Particles: high: texture: high fps: 60.00 locked

BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh?	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:11 PM Msg. 15 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Sgt Blaze Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Res: 1600x1200 RR: 75hz Vsync: Off Specular: Yes Shadows: Yes Decals: Yes Particles: High Texture Quality: High OpenSauce: On ^^^^^^^^^^ My settings anyone with the same experience? WTH is OpenSauce?!?!?!? BBQ plugin for halo. No seriously, it extends the engine, more possabilities, more apps, multi vehicle teaming (fun if other people don't have it, will go WTF) and more Quote: Kornmann00 So here it is, June of 2009. I've been doing the things I do for over seven years now, kind of hard to believe. First things first, Open Sauce Update #2. Rather bluntly, here are some of the features you'll be seeing with the Yelo and HEK portions of the SDK Yelo (The part of OS which is ran by the runtime) * Extending the amount of Campaign missions, allowing you to support up to a theoretical count of 32 campaign missions. * Menu system a la Battery * Settings system, with retro support for Battery settings * Server only: Turning on\off console echoing\file logging for server events (ie player join) OS HEK (The part of OS which is used by the tools obviously) * (Tool) Building cache files with Yelo specific memory upgrades * (Tool) Building cache files with "mod" based shared data files (optionally combined with memory upgrades) * Selecting a different globals tag to use with your scenario. Requires your scenario to make use of the project_yellow tag. Two new standard tag groups for use in the Open Sauce SDK. "project_yellow_globals" "project_yellow", acts as a scenario extension without screwing with the actual scenario's structure layout. There may be some other tricks up the HEK's sleeve for you to enjoy too... Of course whats listed isn't the COMPLETE list. It would be silly to show all of my cards, then theres no room for surprises. Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 5, 2009 at 01:12 PM

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:12 PM Msg. 16 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Quote: --- Original message by: Sgt Blaze Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Res: 1600x1200 RR: 75hz Vsync: Off Specular: Yes Shadows: Yes Decals: Yes Particles: High Texture Quality: High OpenSauce: On ^^^^^^^^^^ My settings anyone with the same experience? WTH is OpenSauce?!?!?!? BBQ plugin for halo. No seriously, it extends the engine, more possabilities, more apps, multi vehicle teaming (fun if other people don't have it, will go WTF) and more and how can i get it?

Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Steam: gamma927	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:14 PM Msg. 17 of 102 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing.

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:17 PM Msg. 18 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing. NVM I went to the wrong website Edited by Sgt Blaze on Aug 5, 2009 at 01:18 PM

BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh?	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:20 PM Msg. 19 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing. That, but then again, it's fanmade, so it's pretty inevitable that it would, nothing is perfect. It's valhalla for modders though, i LOVE the post processing version http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/d64b63a44d8061980c8383a65fbe8f61fbb0ddd4.png pimps the visuals up alot, EXCEPT if you have a bad computer, since it decreases fps logically, so it's a trade-off that needs considering

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:22 PM Msg. 20 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing. That, but then again, it's fanmade, so it's pretty inevitable that it would, nothing is perfect. It's valhalla for modders though, i LOVE the post processing version http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/d64b63a44d8061980c8383a65fbe8f61fbb0ddd4.png pimps the visuals up alot, EXCEPT if you have a bad computer, since it decreases fps logically, so it's a trade-off that needs considering Darnit I can't find the darned thing........still....

BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh?	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:30 PM Msg. 21 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Sgt Blaze Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing. That, but then again, it's fanmade, so it's pretty inevitable that it would, nothing is perfect. It's valhalla for modders though, i LOVE the post processing version http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/d64b63a44d8061980c8383a65fbe8f61fbb0ddd4.png pimps the visuals up alot, EXCEPT if you have a bad computer, since it decreases fps logically, so it's a trade-off that needs considering Darnit I can't find the darned thing........still.... http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16852 download for the ones who are banned: http://www.filefront.com/14021789/FoV%20and%20Third%20Person%20v1.1.rar it's the FOV & Third person version Also, kornmann's screenshot, something about improved netcode? heh, im taking it with a grain of salt http://kornnersoftware.com/yelo/updates/custom_group_example.jpg Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 5, 2009 at 01:31 PM

shadowslayer123 Joined: Feb 22, 2009 Not the american average	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:45 PM Msg. 22 of 102 i downloaded post processing but i have some problems, it came with a folder called halo ce and a folder called open sauce, i extracted he contents of both to my halo custom edition folder and when i start halo it says d3dx9_40 not detected or something like that and then halo ce says it needs direct x to run, i turned off xfire. any ideas on how to fix this?

Sgt Blaze Joined: Mar 14, 2009 still actin' like Two-Bit from the Outsides....	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:51 PM Msg. 23 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Quote: --- Original message by: Sgt Blaze Quote: --- Original message by: BeachParty clan Quote: --- Original message by: Gamma927 Modacity. Crashes Xfire and several other apps, and it's pretty buggy. But if Halo starts up with it, you will have an awesome time. They currently have 3 builds that I know of, the Multi-Team one, 3rd FOV, and Post Processing. That, but then again, it's fanmade, so it's pretty inevitable that it would, nothing is perfect. It's valhalla for modders though, i LOVE the post processing version http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/d64b63a44d8061980c8383a65fbe8f61fbb0ddd4.png pimps the visuals up alot, EXCEPT if you have a bad computer, since it decreases fps logically, so it's a trade-off that needs considering Darnit I can't find the darned thing........still.... http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16852 download for the ones who are banned: http://www.filefront.com/14021789/FoV%20and%20Third%20Person%20v1.1.rar it's the FOV & Third person version Also, kornmann's screenshot, something about improved netcode? heh, im taking it with a grain of salt http://kornnersoftware.com/yelo/updates/custom_group_example.jpg Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 5, 2009 at 01:31 PM how do you work this thing???????????

boogerlad Joined: Jun 18, 2009	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:53 PM Msg. 24 of 102 there's gravity in the public beta if you use os?

pwner5889 Joined: Jun 13, 2008	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 01:59 PM Msg. 25 of 102 For all of you who are experiencing some problems. USE YOUR VIDEO CARD'S FORCEWARE DRIVERS!!!!! It's what I use. That boosts my FPS a lot. I used it on my Nvidia GeForce FX 5200. I got around 30 FPS. I don't really know if this is the latest for the Geforce FX 5200 or not. But this is what I have used. It worked WONDERS for me. Link to download the Nvidia Forceware drivers. http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_175.19_whql.html

Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Steam: gamma927	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:04 PM Msg. 26 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Sgt Blaze how do you work this thing??????????? Read the tutorial on the Modacity link.

pakar45 Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Hi	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:18 PM Msg. 27 of 102 What settings should I use for my NVIDIA 9800 GT? I just want to know what settings, and resolution, and I am running on vista 32 bit, if that matters.

boogerlad Joined: Jun 18, 2009	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:24 PM Msg. 28 of 102 max everything. The 9800gt is a great card.

pakar45 Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Hi	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:29 PM Msg. 29 of 102 What about decals? lol. And I need to write down my resolution, to see if it is compatible with halo CE... what about the Frames Per second.. 30 fps, no vsync, or vsync? Edited by pakar45 on Aug 5, 2009 at 02:30 PM

Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Steam: gamma927	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:34 PM Msg. 30 of 102 Use vsync for a smooth performance. With Vsync on, I hit 60 FPS. I usually lock it at 30, but I wanted to see how high I can go.

Greenfuzz Joined: Nov 18, 2008 PM me if you have CoD MW for Wii	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:36 PM Msg. 31 of 102 My geforce 6150 nforce 430 intergrated can run everything max on XP. On Vista, I set everything to low.

Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Steam: gamma927	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:37 PM Msg. 32 of 102 I'm running everything on max with a Nvidia 8600 on Windows 7. Yes decals. Edited by Gamma927 on Aug 5, 2009 at 02:37 PM

Advancebo Joined: Jan 14, 2008	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:50 PM Msg. 33 of 102 whats the difference between no vsync and vsync? I get a higher FPS when i turn on Vsync.

aklass Joined: Jan 25, 2008	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 02:53 PM Msg. 34 of 102 Quote: --- Original message by: Advancebo whats the difference between no vsync and vsync? I get a higher FPS when i turn on Vsync. vsync caps your framerate with the refresh rate and uses up cpu power.

The Barron Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Howdy	Posted: Aug 5, 2009 05:00 PM Msg. 35 of 102 That is why no vsync is faster but causes visual tears which you can notice if you have a .bik file start up for halo ce. I think am gonna release it just to show you guys tbmt :) and to show you what happens with visual tears if you have your settings on no vsync (note that tears usually happen when something shaky happens like a explosion or what not, and with the file ama release its super shaky.. but its still awesome sauce!) Edited by The Barron on Aug 5, 2009 at 05:01 PM

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