I just changed WinME to WinXP Pro a couple of weeks ago and GP4 didn't like it.
Running on WinMe, I never got more tan 19 FPS!!!!!! and now, with the same LOD i can't even get 10 FPS #!*@?$&.
My PC (i think it's not so old):
Athlon 1.2GHz
ASUS A7A266
256MB DDR
ATI All In Wonder 32MB
SoundBlaster Live MP3
am I getting a reasonable performance?
Here is my actual f1graphics.cfg. I've spent hours tweaking it (no result):
- i didn't post the MIRROR VIEW and VIDEOWALL VIEW sections; mirrors are set very low and i'm not even using the videowalls
- i'm not using EAX sound either.
- gpxpatch 3.32 and GP4NOCD first release (i've tried newer gp4.exe's)
any ideas??
thanks in advance for your help
1 ; f1graphics.cfg controls all settings (default 0)
1024 ; [RELEASE] Game 3D Horizontal Resolution
768 ; [RELEASE] Game 3D Vertical Resolution
0 ; [RELEASE] Enable 32bit mode if available NB. If Windowed then is forced to desktop format
0 ; [RELEASE] Enable hardware T&L if available
0 ; [RELEASE] Run in a window
0 ; [RELEASE] Number of multisamples if available (0-16 :: 0 => off, 1 unused)
0 ; [RELEASE] Force use of reference rasterizer
0 ; [RELEASE] Vsync (0=>off, or every nth frame) v2
153 ; [RELEASE] AutoPerformance (Automatic Performance Setting)
0 ; [RELEASE] TestedPerformanceLow (Tested Performance Setting)
0 ; [RELEASE] TestedPerformanceHigh (Tested Performance Setting)
800 ; [DEBUG] Game 3D Horizontal Resolution
600 ; [DEBUG] Game 3D Vertical Resolution
0 ; [DEBUG] Enable 32bit mode if available NB. If Windowed then is forced to desktop format
1 ; [DEBUG] Enable hardware T&L if available
1 ; [DEBUG] Run in a window
0 ; [DEBUG] Number of multisamples if available (0-16 :: 0 => off, 1 unused)
0 ; [DEBUG] Force use of reference rasterizer
0 ; [DEBUG] Vsync (0=>off, or every nth frame) v2
153 ; [DEBUG] AutoPerformance (Automatic Performance Setting)
0 ; [DEBUG] TestedPerformanceLow (Tested Performance Setting)
0 ; [DEBUG] TestedPerformanceHigh (Tested Performance Setting)
0 ; Texture quality : 0 => max 2 => half 4 => qtr 8 => eigth
1 ; Increase car texture quality (1 on, 0 off)
0 ; Low track geometry (1 on, 0 off)
0 ; Crude quadtree cull only (0=> off, 1=>always, 2=>only for TNL); recommended for fast gfx, low cpu
0 ; Number of mipmaps (0 => off) v2
1 ; Use compressed textures if supported
0 ; Full 32bit textures
8 ; Set 0 => no 8bit alpha (all stencil - yuck) 8 => all 8bit alpha (no stencil - nice) else 1-7 as cut off
5 ; If using compressed then ramp 1bit DXT1 to nbit DXT5 to avoid edge bleed v2
0 ; Render targets must match the main formats v2
1 ; Enable Fogging
0 ; Enable AdvancedCarShader v2
0 ; Low res geometry track (1 low res, 0 normal)
1 ; Rotate wheels via textures v2
1 ; Bump map track (requires DP3; 0 => off)
4 ; Load balance : Frames over which to sample occupancy
105 ; Load balance : Start load decrease if occupancy over this
90 ; Load balance : Start load increase if occupancy under this v2
75 ; Load balance : Speed of load decrease ( < slower > faster)
33 ; Load balance : Speed of load increase ( < slower > faster)
1 ; Enable mirrors
2 ; Angle left mirror 0(in)-16(parallel)-32(out) v2
2 ; Angle right mirror 0(in)-16(parallel)-32(out) v2
16 ; Magnify mirror (16 => normal <16 wide >16 zoom)
0 ; Show own car (0 never, bit 1 trans, bit 2 solid, bit 3 context only bit7-fullpolycar in tcam) v3
0 ; Overide show own car if mirrors set low
70 ; Cockpit zoom (0 to 100) v2
1 ; Enable external view mirrors (0 0ff, 1 onboard, 2 all external views) v2
0 ; Enable track map (0 off, 1 arcade views only, 2 all non trackside)
2 ; Num overdraws for blur effects (eg reflections) Should be one of {2,4,6,9,12,16}
0 ; Reflect effect (0 => none-very sharp reflections), 1 => mipmapfilter, 2 => overdraw(best), 3 => hardwareboxfilter, 4 => swmungefilter(2nd best-best for 16bit), 5 => jitter(GP3 stylee) v3
512 ; If Jitter, how many ?
100 ; For normal reflections scale LOD (0 to 100%) v3
100 ; For blured effect reflections scale LOD (0 to 100%) v3
0 ; Maximum allowed heat hazes in a single view v2
0 ; Haze size in pixels : 0 => auto as proportion of main resolution (recommended)
0 ; Enable rain droplets on lens/visor
0 ; Enable visor when in cockpit view
0 ; Full dynamic video walls
0 ; Size of video wall textures (dynamic) 0=>auto scale to game resolution
200000 ; Number of particle time slices per second.
0 ; TV style overlays on track cameras.
1 ; Multiplayer overlays 1
n 2:+cockpit 3:+allviews 4:+text 5:+gfx 6:+allcars
1 ; Multiplayer overlays - show for N closest
0 ; Enable user-defined gamma ramp v2
100 ; Gamma ramp for Reds (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Reds (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Reds (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
100 ; Gamma ramp for Greens (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Greens (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Greens (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
100 ; Gamma ramp for Blues (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Blues (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
200 ; Gamma ramp for Blues (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v4
0 ; Enable cockpit gamma 0 off,1 player for all, 2 player for player only, 3 driver specific. Bit 7 (only when visor on) v2
100 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Reds (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Reds (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Reds (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
100 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Greens (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Greens (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Greens (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
100 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Blues (min value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Blues (max value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
190 ; Cockpit Gamma ramp for Blues (pow value) range signed : 0-200 => -1 to 1 v3
64 ; Size in texels for shadows over each car v2
256 ; Size in texels for projected shadows under each car
256 ; Size in texels for blurred projected shadows under each car
0 ; Attempt to page the over shadows
0 ; Attempt to page the under shadows
0 ; Animation rendering mode. (0 - cheap lighting, 1 - proper lighting, 2 - VS) v2
3 ; [MAIN VIEW] Texture filter quality (0 => none, 1 => point, 2 => bilinear, 3 => anisotropic, 4 => flatcubic, 5 => gaussiancubic) v3
3 ; [MAIN VIEW] Texture filter quality for mipmaps - if any - (0 => none, 1 => point, 2 => bilinear, 3 => anisotropic, 4 => flatcubic/quincunx, 5 => gaussiancubic) v3
7 ; [MAIN VIEW] Max anisotropic filtering (1 => off, to max 7) v2
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Mipmap bias (0 => -8 to 200 => +8) -ve=> sharper v2
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Distance cull ALL track objects past this distance (overides LOD, 0 => off) v2
5 ; [MAIN VIEW] Fade out (cull) track objects band depth as % of cull distance (0 => immediate at cull point)
500 ; [MAIN VIEW] Scale track LOD distance - make larger to force lower LOD earlier
100 ; [MAIN VIEW] Constant min distance in metres for track LOD calcs - make larger to force lower max LOD - else 0 for full LOD range
250 ; [MAIN VIEW] Threshold distance in metres to switch in low LOD track
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Display track shadows
2 ; [MAIN VIEW] Shadow type (under cars) (0=> off, 1=> static, 2=> composite, 3=> projected)
9 ; [MAIN VIEW] Blur shadows (projected shadows only)(should be 0 (no blur),2,4,6,9,12, or 16)
4 ; [MAIN VIEW] Max number of shadow maps that are allowed in view UNDER CAR
4 ; [MAIN VIEW] Max number of shadow maps that are allowed in view OVER CAR
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Enable wet weather reflections (if main view is disabled, then all views are disabled)
300 ; [MAIN VIEW] Reflect static objects within this distance (0 => off) v3
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Reflect cars in wet track
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Reflect car particles (broken subassemly) in wet track v3
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Enable static environment reflections (0=>off 1=>on) v3
200 ; [MAIN VIEW] Enable dynamic environment reflections to X metres (for advanced carshader only) v3
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Max number of dynamic envmaps to use (1 to 22(!), 0=>off - for advanced carshader only) v3
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Particles
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw rain (0 => off, 1 => on)
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] DrawBrakeGlows (0 => off, 1 => on)
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] DrawExternalSteering (0 => off, 1 => on)
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw crowds (0 => off, 1 => on, 2 => on and animating)
11 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw X objects in pit lane (0 => off, else max number of 'teams' to draw)
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw crowd camera flashes
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw sky
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw heat haze v3
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw lens flare (0 => off, 1 => 'real' camera views only, 2 => all views but cockpit, 3 => always)
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Bushes
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside cameras
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside cranes
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw distant buildings
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw near buildings
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw horizon strips
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside photographers
2 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw track (0 => off, 1 => basic, 2 => with detail maps)
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside platforms
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw videowalls
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Misc. trackside objects
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside fences
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw trackside walls
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw track kerbing
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw bridges
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Near stands
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Far stands
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Near land
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Far land
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw track marshalls
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw large trackside signs
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw small trackside signs
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Near trees
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Far trees
0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw video-wall screens
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw shadows on track v2
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] Draw Required trackside buildings
70 ; [MAIN VIEW] Car lod : load balance as % of notional max possible number of car polys (at highest LOD) v9
100 ; [MAIN VIEW] Car lod : maximum LOD (scalar 100=>1) v2
1000 ; [MAIN VIEW] Car lod : distance at which to cull cars in view (metres) v3
50 ; [MAIN VIEW] Car lod : scalar
1 ; [MAIN VIEW] If using advanced car shader, then we can also (optionally) use improved wheel lighting
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