Swagger's Smoother Campaign | Reduces Campaign lag | 2.1 Compatible |

[Swagger]

for everyone experiencing lag in the campaign lag (like me), here's something that might help you

What it Does:

-it makes the game to run smoother, due to the reworked texture files

-now and by own experience, the campaign map runs faster making the lag (or a part of it, related to the textures) to disappear considerably

Installation:

-copy the files inside ModFiles and paste them inside mods/Third_Age/data/

-if asked, overwrite the folder & files

Download

http://files.filefront.com/SmoothTAT.../fileinfo.html

Usage of the Material

-if by any chance anyone wants to use this mod, or part of it, feel free to do so

-preferably put my name in the credits or/and ask for permission before you do so

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Have Fun

[Joysong]

thanx ill try it, but you shoulnd be working on sunday

[Swagger]

this was made like 3 months ago when no one had the beta except the devs


i just posted today due to obvious reasons

[Pvt. Parts]

So how does it affect the game, apart from making it smoother? And how does it do it?

[Ketchup]

Yes, I'de be interested as to how you manage it? IS it replaces textures with those of a lower resolution? Or is it optimising them somehow?

[Swagger]

the texture files are resized to half, so literally the lag is reduced by 50%




and using my awesome 2D Skills the file quality is 99% the same, and the changes aren't noticable

[SmurfDude]

Perfect. I just started a campaign and the map was lagging in places. Thanks

[MadTiest]

I also had some lag while looking at forests. This definately helped. Though turning off campaign shadows helped even further. Strange the campaign doesn''t work 100% smoothly, considering my pc is fairly powerful and I can run battles maxed out.

+rep

[Swagger]

that's becouse of the high number of models in game that is much higher than the vanilla


from more agents, to the wonders etc



does anyone else confirms that the mod plays smoother after this?

and what about the ground textures, have they been affected in anyway (the quality) ?

[sithlord447]

so swagger the quality of the map is ot decreased alot?

[Swagger]

VERYYYYY slightly, almost un-noticable in my game, but i want to be sure it works for everyone elses

[Swagger]

here's a actual screenshot:

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i can't find any change in the quality...

[Walkman810i]

Yep worked for me. It helped me a lot. Thx Swagger

[Presbiter]

haha nice swaggi and +rep, could also need it for new shores

[Swagger]

Yep worked for me. It helped me a lot. Thx Swagger

glad it worked

haha nice swaggi and +rep, could also need it for new shores

thank you, feel free to use it on New Shores mod (just put me in the credits please)

[redxavier]

Strange, I don't have that much of a problem with the map, or at least I don't really notice it, but the battles are really slow for me, with sieges virtually unplayable.

[killerrabbit]

thanks swagger, I'll use it once part 2 is finished

[HaveFallen]

Wow, hmm, people are saying there are no noticable differences...But I love my quality. Can someone post before after pics? I apologize...

[Walkman810i]

Tbh I haven't noticed any changes :-/

[ShadowBane]

Thanks swag,

Confirmed there is a difference (NOT that i'm saying anything bad for TATW team).