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[FSDev]Preacher

10-09-2006, 02:28 PM

This is a Long post so People With Short Attention spans, probably have'nt Read this far anyway, so theres no need for me telling you to look away now!

I thought I would Write this up after reading some Posts with concern to how 2142 will run on their system (they work for BF2 aswell hence the title :) )

Well, I Am running the game with the following options:

Video
VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 2
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 2
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 0 (I had these off from the beta as they were bugged, I could)
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 0 (turn them on, but I'm used to it without them, so why hurt FPS)
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 1
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 2
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 1
VideoSettings.setResolution 1024x768@85Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1 (100%)
VideoSettings.setUseBloom 0
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

Audio
AudioSettings.setVoipEnabled 1
AudioSettings.setVoipPlaybackVolume 1
AudioSettings.setVoipCaptureVolume 1
AudioSettings.setVoipCaptureThreshold 0.0935538
AudioSettings.setVoipBoostEnabled 1
AudioSettings.setVoipUsePushToTalk 1
AudioSettings.setProvider "hardware"
AudioSettings.setSoundQuality "Medium"
AudioSettings.setEffectsVolume 0.800002
AudioSettings.setMusicVolume 0.497746
AudioSettings.setHelpVoiceVolume 1
AudioSettings.setEnglishOnlyVoices 0
AudioSettings.setEnableEAX 1

With these system specs:

AMD XP1900
FX5900U (256MBDDR)
SB Audigy
1GB PC2100 DDR ram.
2 x 40GB HDD 7200RPM

So basically I am pretty much on the bottom end of the spectrum PC wise, However, Alot of my settings are on medium and to pinch the phrase, "It runs Buttey Smooth". Including Inside Titans (although when the titans are moving it drops FPS a bit but it's still plyable).

Tips to getting your PC running the Game.

1) Rename you BF2142.exe to somethign else e.g. BF2143.exe (sometimes Nvidia and ATI put custom profiles and stuff in their drivers, and it can actually make it run worse, changeing the .exe file name solves this)

2) Courtesy of EastCoastHandle
In some cases if you update your wrapper it may in fact increase performance. Although this WILL NOT work for everyone.

Here is what you do:
-vist this websit to obtain the most current wrapper
http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=46
-install the wrapper
-reboot
-go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\ and copy OpenAL32.dll and copy it to your desktop.
-rename the OpenAL32.dll from your desktop to BF2OpenAL.dll
-go to X:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\ copy file BF2OpenAL.dll and paste it in X:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\. This will create a duplicate of that file.
-Now copy and paste the BF2OpenAL.dll from the desktop to C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\
-delete your cache found here C:\Documents and Settings\your name\My Documents\Battlefield 2142\mods\bf2142\cache
-Start BF2141
-reselect your sound settings and video
-start up a match
-use "~" and type renderer.drawfps 1 then type game.lockfps 999
-look at the upper right corner and you will see your FPS. Conduct test inside the Titan both before and after. Has it increase or is it the same? Its better to examine your fps prior to install the new wrapper.

BF2OpenAL.dll 2.0.8.0 --version that comes with Bf2142
OpenAL32.dll 6.14.357.13 --newest version that you are updating to. Don't Forget if sounds go missing on high quality drop to medium (it's a 2142bug)
3) Change the Amount of PB checks on your system, Simply Join an ONLINE game bring teh console down and type PB_Sleep 500 (the Default is 60) then once you have typed that and pressed return type
PB_Writecfg (Saves the changes for the next time you load up)

PB actually advise you to do this, it's perfectly legal, and stops Punkbuster from checking on your system too frequently.

4) Defragment your Hard Drive, Seriously It can make a Massive Difference. Also I would advise running Scandis, also known as Checkdisk.
Go to Start > My Computer > right click on your Hard Drive, select Properties > Inside properties click on the Tools Tab > In the tool tab Click Error Checking, Check now.

5) Run Spyware Removal and Adware Removal Tools, And Virus Scan your computer, on a regular basis.

6) When Setting your Video Settings, don't automatically Tick All Low (if your low end like me) I actually Found All Low performance to be worse. The Reasoning behind this (I didn't believe this either when i Heard About it) Is that, setting everything to low, means your Graphics card isn't Realy doing an awful lot, compared to the CPU and if your CPU is on the low end, it's gonna make it worse. So in some cases liek myself, your actually better off setting a Few things to medium, to make the GFX card do alot of the donkey work, and distribute the workload evenly.

7) Update Your Drivers for your Sound card, Motherboad, and anything else in your system (except GFX card)

8) Don't necessarily, update your GFX drivers to the latest release Whilst this is often recommended it is not Always the best thing to do. For Example, My Card (FX 5900U) Gets ALOT and I mean ALOT more performance out of BF2 and 2142, when using the official 81.95 Drivers, than any of the latest releases (I used trial and error to determine this, using Driver Cleaner pro etc, in-betwen each driver change).
By all Means Test the latest Driver (I do) but always keep the ones that have never let you down, Backed up (unless you get graphical corruption/Errors or a New driver Actually Does beat your older driver for Performance) there is no need to change them.

9) Useless Services and Programs Running in the Background. If i Want to squeeze as Much Juice and RAM out of My computer I can cut my Background programs down to about 17 total. You can Switch Windows Themes off and Even explorer.exe To squeeze even more, running the game Via the task manager (to get explorer back in task manager just type explorer.exe in the run section and it boots it back up.)

http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12 << This Shows What used to be BlackVipers Information on which services you can turn off, I would advise Everyone to Go with the "safe" option, this will Increase Performance all Accross your machine.

10) Cache/Ram Saver. Alot of people think these programs are a Crock, However, I swear by it. there is a Program Called CachemanXP:
You can get a Free Trial here http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Cacheman-XP.shtml

this program Is extremely Easy to use, equiped with an auto optimise feature (pretty much all you need). But one of the Best Features about this is the ability to manually Lower the ram useage of background programs.

e.g. typically, svchost.exe (one of them lol) can take up to about 20-30mb of your RAM, and explorer.exe can do the same, Not to mention you will have many other progs takeing up 5-10mb. all of this Adds up, and if you've only got 1gig like me, then you need as much of it as you can get.If you don't feel comfortable disabling explorer, (and you can't get rid of svchost.exe) then this program will at least let you reduce their RAM useage to only 1-2mb.

Therefore those extra 20-30mb or more of Ram useage can go toward Loading textures and Models in 2142/BF2.

11) Another Utility that has always helped me out in General Computer Upkeep is a Program called Tune up utilities 2004 (yeh i haven't updated this one for a while lol) It's not free, but it can delete all junk files on your computer freeing up precious HDD space. Clears all useless registry entries, and will Defrag your Registry too.

12) IGN have written a Good guide to useing TuneXP (Do not confuse with Tune up utilities, they are completely Seperate). http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/626/626714p5.html This guide helps you tune up windows XP Improving performance all-Around.

13) PCI Latency Tool can be found here http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/PCI_Latency_Tool/1105467085/1 This Tool allows you to change the Latency timings of Various system components, such as your GFX card Sound Card buss ports etc. In New computers etc, the GFX card will Most likely Be set at a latency of about 256, and sound card sSometimes are at 128. decreaseing the latency timings on these Can decrease or irradicate stutter in audio or video you may suffer and can potentially increase FPS.

14) I also have applied Network Tweaks for correct MTU and RWIN settings to reduce pings etc, and Router Tweaks. I can't tell you how to do these as there individual to your own setup. But if you can research how to do them then I would advise doing so.

15) Page File Defragmentation. This is a 2 Part tip, firstly Make sure you set your pagefile size to NOt automatic e.g. Dont let windows handle it. Set the min and maximum Page file size to the same number. Now over time the pagefile can become fragmented. Normal Defragmentation does not effect the page file so you will need this handy utility.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html

Instructions on it's use can be found on that page.

16) Update Punk Buster Regularly. I know It's supposed to Update It'self but It never seems to do that for me to go to the punkbuster site, http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php and download pbsetup. every so often simply run this program and it will keep your Games up to date. (I know the bf2142 demo is not added at present but it will apply when the game is released.

And I think that about Wraps it up I Currently Can't think Of any Other Tweaks I run, I apologise in advance for Spelling errors.

I hope this Helps some people out. Remember Not everything posted will work for Everybody, however some of it is universal, and it does'nt matter how powerful your PC is, if you don't take care of it, the thousands of pounds you spent on it, are going to waste as it's probably performing about 2 steps down or more, so you may aswell have bought a mid range system.

My Rig is about 6 years old now this year, so buying and upgradeing smart with alot of Care means theres no need to spend thousands of pounds a year on PC equipment.

Thank You for your Time

Preacher

P.S. Remember Kids, If your Specs are the Same or Higher than mine, You have No Excuse for Saying BF runs poorly on your System :D

Happy Gameing

How it looks on my Rig.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8339/screen000oy3.png
Above is from the Beta So the FPS have actually gone up a bit since.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8144/screen001cu1.jpg
Aside From Jpeg Compression, Looks Good even on my Rig, so the game Scales Well.

Nefarious

10-09-2006, 02:40 PM

For the Video and Audio settings, where in the BF 2142 directory is that wordpad document?

Iliketofrolic666

10-09-2006, 02:54 PM

good thread

Here is another( I know it is not a performance tip put we should put all the tips together isntead of 100s of threads):

If you have a USB mouse you can make it update faster (It sends data to the computer every 8ms but you can get it to 1ms)

USB Mouserate Switcher lets you enforce a mouse polling rate
of 250Hz (4 ms), 500Hz (2 ms) or 1000Hz (1 ms)
and lets you restore Windows' original "usbport.sys" (8 ms)
if needed.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Restart Windows and login to Safe Mode (F9 at boot I think) with an admin account
2. Run this utility in SAFE MODE and follow the instructions
3. Reboot your computer

http://www.majorgeeks.com/USB_Mouserate_Switcher_d4469.html

The Damned

10-09-2006, 02:59 PM

very nice thread, though i get a constant 25 -30 fps, with textures on medium and everything else on low,

{TKM}MiK

10-09-2006, 03:03 PM

Great guide mate very nicely done and your efforts are apreciated, I have a p4 2.4ghz 3 gig of 3200 mem a 6600gt 500/900 4 mb connection and I get about 8 to 15 fps inside the titan its unbelivable it annoys me that we have to work so hard to get our systems working better for that game mode when conquest works spot on with out a bit of lag with settings on max guess Ive got a lot of tweaking to do.

This should be made a sticky nice work :cool: .

[MyIS]Steve

10-09-2006, 03:06 PM

great thread very informative...

stuck..

thanks

Indian

[FSDev]Preacher

10-09-2006, 03:12 PM

oooh, iliketofrolic, Nice tip!

Conquest Mode Does run ALOT better than titan mode, However, I believe this to be DICE pehaps Over stretching their polygon and texture limits with teh titan itself. I think teh last Time i checked (the beta) the interior was about 88k pollies with about 50 texture sets or so.

When we make our Capital Ships for First Srike, I can virtually guarentee they will be ALOT lower than that heh.

Thanks for the compliments, It's just I know that teh Game CAN run well on systems that are low, so I realy wanted to help those guys out without haveing to do all the trial and error/Research and tip finding I myself Have had to do.

Plus I wanted to kick those people With Realy good systems Who can't get the Game to run Up the backside, and Say "OI theres no reason it shouldn't be running well" lol.

21FPS inside the titan on the BETA may not seem like Alot to the high end people, But for my system spec's with teh beta build, It was a Proud day for myself lol. I was like OMG YES! I actually achieved playable frame rates lol.

the FPS (in the much much more optimised demo) are more like 25-30 inside the titan (unless its moving then it's back to good old 15-20), and outside it's Easily an average of about 45, with it going to 60 in less Polygon intensive areas.

The tips I posted Seem like alot (cos it's a lot of badly spelled writing lol) but alot of them only need done once, and Are quite quick to do.
If you printed them off and went through the list from easiest to more difficlt tweak, you could tick off a fair few of them within about 10 mins.

cheers
Preach

TheMshine

10-09-2006, 03:45 PM

As posted above.. What file can be altered with the setting you listed
in Notepad or Wordpad. In game they are sliders, no numbers, so If I
want mine to be exactly as you suggest, I would rather edit a config
file.

Please post the name and location of this file. Thanks

moltenblack

10-09-2006, 03:57 PM

Good effort.

Good of you to take the time.
I have one question: I set punkbuster to the max 500 and most inportantly saved it (as you said) back when playing bf2.Do I have to do this again after instaling the demo,and again when I instal the retail?

RavenRealms

10-09-2006, 03:57 PM

It's strange how people complain about lower frame rates inside the titan.

My P4 3ghz 1GB 3200RAM X800XT Platinum 256mb comp can run it perfectly and it doesn't lag as i enter the titan. It used to in the beta though.

And that's running on max settings with AA.

[FSDev]Preacher

10-09-2006, 04:00 PM

Oh So sorry I missed that, My apologies.

The File can be found by going. Start > My Documents > Battlefield 2142 Demo > Profiles > 0001 > Video.con OR Audio.con

I would'nt Advise throwing Any old numbers in there, just incase it screws BF up. But generally it's

1 = low
2 = medium
3 = High

However, 1 for Viewdistance = 100%, so to get less than 100% e.g. 80% it would be somethign like 0.80 Or something.

don't mess with the Video Option scheme (it sets that its self)

erm, it's fairly self explanatory realy I'm sure you wouldn't mess with things you weren't sure of anyway :)

EDIT: Do I have to do this again after instaling the demo,and again when I instal the retail?

YES you will have to do it for the demo AND for teh retail as they all have a Seperate Punk Buster folder for themselves. So it needs to be done for every itteration of BF2 that has it's own folder. (Mods etc you don't) Not sure about Special forces as I don't own it.

moltenblack

10-09-2006, 04:19 PM

Quote: Do I have to do this again after instaling the demo,and again when I instal the retail?

Answer:
YES you will have to do it for the demo AND for teh retail as they all have a Seperate Punk Buster folder for themselves. So it needs to be done for every itteration of BF2 that has it's own folder. (Mods etc you don't) Not sure about Special forces as I don't own it.

Thank's i'll do it now as this had quite an effect on BF2.

Beerman

10-09-2006, 10:22 PM

My problem isnt my pc its my internet, cant do anything either since I live in the sticks

Digikid

10-10-2006, 12:53 AM

I just maxed out everything....runs smooth for me.

Excellent topic.

sumguyhavinfun

10-10-2006, 01:03 AM

9) Useless Services and Programs Running in the Background. If i Want to squeeze as Much Juice and RAM out of My computer I can cut my Background programs down to about 17 total. You can Switch Windows Themes off and Even explorer.exe To squeeze even more, running the game Via the task manager (to get explorer back in task manager just type explorer.exe in the run section and it boots it back up.)

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SmartClose is a handy tool that allows you to close all currently running programs - a task often required during software installations to minimize conflicts (or during defrag operations). This can be a tedious task when performed manually, and usually requires a restart to get all your programs back up and running. With SmartClose however, the entire process is simplified and automatic, as it stores the running program information is a system snapshot and not only closes all applications for you, but also restarts/restores them later. The program can be customized in various aspects, and a quick wizard also allows you to exclude programs from being closed or restored. It will automatically skip applications that are required for the Windows system to run. In addition, it supports services, as well as Explorer and Internet Explorer windows and saves their current location, so they can be restored properly.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartclose.html

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14) I also have applied Network Tweaks for correct MTU and RWIN settings to reduce pings etc, and Router Tweaks. I can't tell you how to do these as there individual to your own setup. But if you can research how to do them then I would advise doing so.

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CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak any option you may want to in the adjuster. You can load "CableNut Custom Setting" files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection.

You can make your own "CableNut Custom Setting" files save them for later use, or distribute them to anyone with the CableNut program. Dialup, Cable, DSL, and Satellite connections are supported out of the box. If you don't have one of the supported connection types don't worry you can visit the site, and ask the CableNut team for help. Best of all it is freeware. We don't haggle you with annoying advertisments, banners, time limits, or restrictions.

Just remember that we developed this application to make your Internet go faster, that is what we wanted. This software will support any connection type, and it does work with Windows XP!

http://www.cablenut.com/

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:)

TheMshine

10-10-2006, 03:01 AM

Ok, I did most of the tweak and the setting in the video.con
were actually lower than what I already had.. I did not notice
a real difference..

What I do know is that unless things change, someone else is
going to have to do the defense inside the Titan because I
can barely make it down the corridor!!!

I'll run and then all of a sudden the screen jerks left or right,
back and forth... Is this lag?

People freeze up, and then disappear... A guy will be standing
right in front of me, I'll go prone even,, put on the cross hairs dead
center and lay a clip into him... no joy.. I always seem to be on the
losing end of the stick (er ah gun).

Does anyone have a smooth running game inside the Titan?

I am running:
P4 3.2 Ghz
2 GIG Ram
X800 PCIe Card (pretty sure 256MB 16pixel pipeline)
Onboard sound :( (but I have the settings turned down and eax off)

Iliketofrolic666

10-10-2006, 03:25 AM

The Cow Goes Moo

10-10-2006, 04:29 AM

thanks :)

DeathEchoDemon

10-10-2006, 04:33 AM

Thanks for all of that information i might use a couple of those tips on the demo.
Must have taken you a while.

[FSDev]Preacher

10-10-2006, 02:49 PM

CABLENUT, That was th name of one of the network optimisers I couldn't remember when writing that up lol. thankyou, you have saved me a restless night trying to think of that lol.

Also the Mshine, Did you remember to Clear out your Cache After making teh video changes so it would RE-Optimise your shaders? You should only ever have 1 and Only 1 folder in your Cache folder.

This can be found at

My Documents >Battlefield 2142 Demo > mods> bf2142 > Cache < Delete this Cache folder After you have made Video changes.

e.g. Go into the Game Menu, Change your Video Settings, Quit out of the game, Delete teh cache folder, then go back in the game and load the map up. this will force it to re-optimise the Shaders to the new settings.

If you didn't do this it won't make as much a difference changing the video settings.

DrZyklon

10-10-2006, 02:54 PM

anyone know any tips on how to make defragementation

TheMshine

10-10-2006, 04:06 PM

I do

Athlon 64 3700+
1GB RAM
x800xl PCI-E
Audigy 2 ZS

I get 60-30 fps in the titan. 30 fps with tons of people attacking. I run on the default settings (I changed view distance scale from 95 to 100 though)

When you say the default settings, does that mean you did not even
adjust the screen resolution? I think by default it is under 1024x768 and
the refresh rate is at 60mhz.. Maybe that's my problem?

I switched to 1024x768 85mhz

TheMshine

10-10-2006, 04:57 PM

anyone know any tips on how to make defragementation

Tips on how to "Make Defragmentation?"

Do you mean on how to force certain file to deframent, or how to run
the defragment process itself?

If you mean on how to run the defragmentation process itself, then:
START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/SYSTEM TOOLS/DEFRAGMENT

If you mean on how to defrag certain files that the tools reports as not
being able to be defragmented, save the defrag results to a text file
and post them here. Some files are protected and will not be touched
in the defrag process (ex. MFT Master File Table, or System Restore files)

Iliketofrolic666

10-10-2006, 11:12 PM

When you say the default settings, does that mean you did not even
adjust the screen resolution? I think by default it is under 1024x768 and
the refresh rate is at 60mhz.. Maybe that's my problem?

I switched to 1024x768 85mhz
refresh rate is only for your monitor, the default is 800x600 if it is not then I must of changed it. I have it at 800x600@120hz
The higher the resolution the less fps you get

TheMshine

10-11-2006, 01:51 PM

Yes I did clear out the cache, then reloaded the game.

What I actually did was copied your video settings, then
I went into my profile folder and pasted in your settings
to the Video.com file, replacing what was already there.

Then I deleted the cache folders, and reloaded the game.

I did not change the setting in the game, because there are
only sliders, so I was not sure what ammounted to a 1,2, or a 3
etc.. on the slider..

Maybe I will go back and reset to the default settings, and leave
the video resolution at 800x600 60mhz, I just think the game looks
so much better at 1024x768, higher if at all possible.

Does anyone happen to know if it matter if you desktop resolution
is different than the ingame resolution, or are they complete seperate
and one does not affect the other at all?

kj23kjg1234l124

10-13-2006, 03:31 PM

Yay I Spent $1600 Dolars Buying A Computer Just So This P.o.s. Game Can Run At A Consistent 15 Fps Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elit3_Hawkins

10-14-2006, 01:59 AM

Thank you for those tips...I am going to use some of them now...

Eaglewatch1336

10-15-2006, 01:15 PM

I just bought a new PC it kicks a**

coolbho3000

10-15-2006, 08:07 PM

Get the mouse frequency changer mentioned earlier, this thing really works, makes my cheap Dell mouse feel like one of those professional gaming mice. Use 500 hertz or below or it messes up your mouse.

EDIT: Yes, I just confirmed it does increase the USB port speed to that of a G5 (500 hz, or 2 times that, if you're willing to risk your mouse). But it doesn't give you any other nifty features. Still, the smoothness is a huge improvement.

EDIT AGAIN: Lol, the G5's supposed "500 USB reports per second" is only for Windows 9x and Windows ME. Windows XP users will have to deal with the standard 125. This utility actually boosts your mouse's performance (in some aspects) above the G5.

Great find man!

BigFinger

10-24-2006, 07:21 AM

anyone know any tips on how to make defragementation

O&O (http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag/) far far far better that the inbuilt windows pos...

get the 30day trail and use it i got a 15fps improvement in bf2 over the windows one ... by that i mena i used the windows one tried the game then used o&o and got a massive benefit.

.

UnrealAlex

10-24-2006, 07:27 AM

Yay I Spent $1600 Dolars Buying A Computer Just So This P.o.s. Game Can Run At A Consistent 15 Fps Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Works fine for most, maybe its just you. Are you competent in computers or did you just buy an alienware and think everything will be rockin?

Kapukluk

10-26-2006, 01:26 AM

My rig was ok in the demo for titan. But yeah, haven't got the game yet so I don't know. But I am about to buy 2*1024 sticks of OCZ value ram though.

RoadHazard.mike

10-26-2006, 10:15 AM

13) PCI Latency Tool can be found here http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...l/1105467085/1 This Tool allows you to change the Latency timings of Various system components, such as your GFX card Sound Card buss ports etc. In New computers etc, the GFX card will Most likely Be set at a latency of about 256, and sound card sSometimes are at 128. decreaseing the latency timings on these Can decrease or irradicate stutter in audio or video you may suffer and can potentially increase FPS.

When I ran this prigram the only latency devices on my mobo were the LAN Card and my sound card. The ETHERNET CARD was at 80 and my sound card was at 32. (my video card was at 0). What should i set my LAN and Sound card to? 0?

MouseNo4

10-30-2006, 04:04 AM

The funny thing with my rig, is that is almost exactly the same as the OP. Except for the fact that i get 20-30 fps and around 15 inside the titan. The worst part is the fact that the demo ran beautifully. The retail runs like a dog.

Hptm.Akira

11-02-2006, 04:25 AM

Excellent topic. Good to see that there are some low end users still out there (like me ^^)

Gives me hope seeing you playing on medium lighting. Currently I have the same vid settings as you just trade effects for lighting just cuz with lighting on med and effects on low i'd get stutters. I'll try some of these new optimizations i learnt out and hopefully it'll be for the best.

Beerman

11-26-2006, 02:46 PM

Something to add,
If you dont have a audio card, get one because it puts a buttload of work on your CPU, you can get as much RAM as you want but without a audio card CPU is going to be laggy, helped me alot.

ArmySquirrel

11-27-2006, 01:23 AM

Brilliant guide man! i did all this and I dont lag EVER. keep it up! :D

deadmilkman

11-27-2006, 09:10 PM

I have made a compilation of optimizations and released in a "performance pack".

In this pack you will find:

- The latest OpenAL, Python and Zlib libraries.
- Registry optimizations (IoPageLockLimit, DisablePagingExecutive, ConfigFileAllocSize, NTFSDisableLastAccessUpdate, IRQ8Priority).
- Disable intro movies.
- Disable unused libraries (inside BF folder).

http://rapidshare.com/files/5040773/BF2142_PerformancePack_0.3.exe.html

Greetings.

PS: Handle with care! I've tested this pack many times, but i can't guarantee you that it will work in every case. Don't blame me if your computer burn into flames :) ! Uninstall included.

Col.Krust

11-28-2006, 01:52 PM

will have to try it out I have a nice system but it is extremely laggy in this game...paticularly inside titans and with 64 player servers..

drops to 30-40s fps.

4800 dualcore
2 gigs ram
bfg 7800 gtx oc
x-fi extreme music

latest drivers, daily defrag and recent page defrag. 12890 x 1024
all low settings and lighting and shadow effects off. no aa or af. when I last changed by video settings I deleted the cache. can't wait to try some of these optimizations.

Chasepwner

12-04-2006, 08:17 PM

Kapukluk

12-11-2006, 03:32 AM

=SAGA=Luffy

02-04-2007, 11:25 AM

Why doesn't have the sound？

extremepilot

02-07-2007, 09:24 PM

PayThePrice

02-07-2007, 09:25 PM

Works fine for most, maybe its just you. Are you competent in computers or did you just buy an alienware and think everything will be rockin?

my alienware laptop runs awesome thank you.

SomeClown

02-10-2007, 01:01 PM

"Would be nice if you could reupload"
You would run an exe from a 1 post new member?

extremepilot

02-11-2007, 01:32 AM

Good point, I guess, but I don't care much viruses, pretty much all the ones I ever got from downloading junk I got rid of... And anti viruses detected some trojan horses in the past, but my computer is running 100% fine

Jx3Aroo

04-22-2007, 10:01 PM

My Setup:

AMD Athlon 3700+
2GB PC3200 RAM
GeForce 7950GT 512MB

And i get 10/15fps inside the titans, with settings mostly on low.. I Always end all the unnecessary programs running in my processors before i play too.. i get my RAM usage down to as little as 180k, No idea whats up.

BandoIruka

04-23-2007, 09:39 AM

Minmaster

04-23-2007, 11:51 PM

The PCI Latency tool was particularly useful. Before, my comp was prone to locking up and crashing while running 2142. But after I tweaked around with the latency, the game was running much smoother and more resistant to the blue screen.

Thx for the tips.

what part are you supposed to edit? PCI to AGP for my system was already at 64, and the only thing not 64 was VGA compatible controller which was at 255 but i changed to 64. i don't really notice a difference though. am i missing something?

alsol you guys should try turning write combining off, i did for my ATI card and i did notice more smoothness. i heard it stabilizes the game for ati users.

HarryHoudini

04-24-2007, 04:07 AM

1) Rename you BF2142.exe to somethign else e.g. BF2143.exe (sometimes Nvidia and ATI put custom profiles and stuff in their drivers, and it can actually make it run worse, changeing the .exe file name solves this)

Great write up for med to low end PC's out there, but I have to disagree with you on this one giving my case.

I am running OverClocked to 3.3Ghz 6600 Intel duo-core, 2 XFX 8800's GTX
both on SLI, 2G of ram and the nevidia profile is fine and If I change my options would be only for one reason is to improve the quality and max
everything out on nevidia settings but lowering it is not an option.

Anyone with SLI video cards out there model 7600+ and 2G of ram
should not follow this step.

Bad-Lt

05-26-2007, 07:07 PM

When I do #2, I lose my ingame sound. However, the game runs great lol. But no sound is not a trade off I want to make.

Any help?

Bad

Jx3Aroo

05-31-2007, 07:22 PM

When I do #2, I lose my ingame sound. However, the game runs great lol. But no sound is not a trade off I want to make.

Same here... i really want a fix.. i don't want to reinstall.