insanle low FPS

[Nazok]

becuase of this mod my FPS has droped to 15 on the campaign map.i have an athlon x2 at 2.9GHZ and a 9600GT SSC.any thougths?

[YD23]

Turn the resolution to the lowest one just for the campiagn, turn shadows off for the campaign. Can't think of anything else.

[jo_dus]

Definately turn off campaign shadows, it really helps.

[YD23]

And also don't scroll around the campaign if one of the characters is selected it produces major lag for some reason.

[shenryyr]

And also don't scroll around the campaign if one of the characters is selected it produces major lag for some reason.

that's caused by pathfinding

[Nazok]

resolution change is pointless. kept it at 1920x1080.the fps went from 15 and shot up straight to 60 and never went down with the campaign shadows off.

[kbibs89]

yea the shadows killed it for me too

[Nazok]

well this is off topic.but how do i run the game in windowed mode?

[Eriol]

There's an option in the medieval.cfg file, something like windowed=false. Change it to true. It might also be 0 or 1, I don't have access to it now..

I've also noticed the lag in the campaign map, and it's quite horrible. And I have shadows turned off.

[Nazok]

i looked in the file "medieval2.preference" for windowed mode and found only wide screen. maybe wrong file?

[Eriol]

i looked in the file "medieval2.preference" for windowed mode and found only wide screen. maybe wrong file?

that's the file. If you don't have the windowed=true there, just put it there. I guess it goes under the [video] tab.

[Nazok]

it didnt work

[shenryyr]

it didnt work

open:

• C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Stainless_Steel_6\Stainless_Steel_Kingdoms.cfg

and add these lines:

• [video]
  battle_resolution = 1024 768
  campaign_resolution = 1024 768
  windowed = true
  

if your desktop resolution is 1024x768 or smaller, then change both of those values to 800 600

[Eriol]

I just checked it. It has to be windowed=1 under the [video] tab. works for me.

[YD23]

I'm thinking it didn't work because you have to lower the resolution in the file also. Since it was set to full screen before just lower it down to like 1024x768 in the .cfg file
I hope this helps.

[Nazok]

i just copied and pasted "windowed=1" under the video tab.no luck

[YD23]

i just copied and pasted "windowed=1" under the video tab.no luck

Did you read the two posts above?!

[Nazok]

so this is my medieval 2 prefrence video tab. i cut some parts out.

[video]
windowed = 1
anisotropic_level = 16
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 2
assassination_movies = 1
autodetect = 0
battle_resolution = 1920 1080
bloom = 1
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1920 1080
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 3
effect_quality = highest
event_movies = 1
gamma = 128
grass_distance = 75
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
infiltration_movies = 1
model_buffers_per_node = 4
no_background_fmv = 0
reflection = 1
sabotage_movies = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 1
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 0
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 0
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = higher
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = high
vsync = 1
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen =1

and this is the stainless steal cfg

[features]
mod = mods/Stainless_Steel_6

[io]
file_first = true

[misc]
show_hud_date = true
;bypass_sprite_script = 1

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
;level = * trace
level = * error

[game]
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1
event_cutscenes = 1

{video]
battle_resolution = 1024 768
campaign_resolution = 1024 768
windowed = true
[multiplayer]
## comment/uncomment following line to disable/enable hotseat campaign
# playable = true
## faction mask for setting default starting factions in hotseat campaign
# factions = 1 # = england, 2 = france, 4 = hre, 3 = england+france, etc

[hotseat]
## disable start turn scroll in hotseat campaign
# scroll = false
## disable forced separate human faction turns (including diplomacy) in hotseat campaign
# turns = false
## enable cheat console in hotseat campaign.
# disable_console = false
## specify password for administrator access to the dev console when console disabled. Change 'password' to a suitable password
# admin_password = password
## enable camera updates during ai turn in hotseat campaign
# update_ai_camera = true
## enable voting in papal elections in hotseat campaign (only first valid human faction votes)
# disable_papal_elections = false
## disable forced autoresolve all battles in hotseat campaign
# autoresolve_battles = false
## disable diplomacy validation for incoming propositions
# validate_diplomacy = false
## disable forced relevant hotseat options to be saved with game.
# save_prefs = false
## autosave hotseat game at start of players turn
# autosave = true
## save config file in save dir containing information about next players turn
# save_config = true
## close medieval II directly after a hotseat autosave
# close_after_save = true
## sub directory name for hotseat save games
# gamename = hotseat_gamename
## ensure game data files used in previous save match current campaign data files.
# validate_data = true
## prevent game to load if savegame or data validations fail
# allow_validation_failures = false


it still dosent work. and my desktop res is 1920x1080

[YD23]

Right, now change under [video]

battle_resolution = 1024 768
campaign_resolution = 1024 768

Try that.

[Nazok]

well i did that under my medieval 2 cfg.still same thing.