Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of Manual_Settings

Timestamp:

Aug 30, 2012, 12:52:18 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

myconid

Comment:

Added info about the main new graphics options

Manual_Settings

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 = Settings =
-
 For info on how to permanently change various game settings, see the file [source:/ps/trunk/binaries/data/config/default.cfg binaries\data\config\default.cfg] (can be found in the folder where 0 A.D. is installed, which varies on different operating systems). To change a setting, create a '''new''' local settings file. The path varies by your OS, see GameDataPaths. Open the new file in your text editor of choice, and copy any lines you want to change from `default.cfg` into the new `local.cfg`.
 
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  * Particles: You can disable particles by adding `particles=false`.
  * Render path: If you have any problems with graphics due to an older graphics card, add the line `renderpath=fixed` to test the game without shaders. If this fixes the problems, please [/newticket report] it as a bug to us.
+ * Prefer GLSL: If you are using the shader renderpath and have a graphics card/driver with good OpenGL 2.1 support, you can enable some ''experimental'' graphics effects by setting `preferglsl=true`. These include:
+   * Smooth LOS. Smoothes the movement of the "line of sight" (aka. "fog of war") around units. Enabled by setting `smoothlos=true`.
+   * Advanced mapping effects on buildings (such as parallax, normal and specular mapping). First you need to set `gentangents=true`, and then depending on your hardware, you can set `materialmgr.quality=10` to enable all the effects, `5` to enable only some of the effects, or `0` to turn them off.
 
 You can also set the game to run in windowed mode in a `local.cfg`, please see the `default.cfg` for info on how to do it.
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 == Keyboard Shortcuts ==
-The keyboard shortcuts can be changed with the same process outlined above, just copy the relevant line from the `default.cfg` file to the `local.cfg` and change the part after the equal sign ('''=''') and before the semicolon (''';'''). For shortcut key combinations edit the keys between the quotation marks ('''""'''), and use a plus sign ('''+''') to tie together more than one key (so don't remove it unless you change a multi-key shortcut to a single key shortcut).
+The keyboard shortcuts can be changed with the same process outlined above, just copy the relevant line from the `default.cfg` file to the `local.cfg` and change the part after the equal sign ('''=''') and before the semicolon (''';'''). For shortcut key combinations edit the keys between the quotation marks ('''""'''), and use a plus sign ('''+''') to tie together more than one key (so don't remove it unless you change a multi-key shortcut to a single key shortcut).