Graphics question

**thrudvang** · July 27, 2006, 05:18 AM

Is it possible to remove the black dot shadows from the units?

I noticed they were added with BI and they are pretty annoying. Shadows of any sort really bog my computer down and I was irritated to find after disabling every sort of shadow option in the .txt and game menu that there was still black dot shadows attached to the units.

I never got why CA dwells on graphics so much when 90% of it doesnt really have a signifigant effect on anything. The full 3D engine was a big step up and was fine, but all these little shaders and shadows and stuff do squat.

**imthefrgt10** · July 27, 2006, 05:20 AM

turn off unit shaders

**thrudvang** · July 27, 2006, 05:22 AM

I did

**The Lacedaemonian** · July 27, 2006, 09:22 AM

turn it back on (unit shaders) never turn off unit shaders unless you want crappy looking units. you cant turn off the black dot. CA did it for a reason. (forgot) anyway it doesnt hit performancen

**aeterna789** · August 01, 2006, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by The Lacedaemonian

turn it back on (unit shaders) never turn off unit shaders unless you want crappy looking units. you cant turn off the black dot. CA did it for a reason. (forgot) anyway it doesnt hit performancen

Sorry for this noob question but. What does unit shader do?

**thrudvang** · July 28, 2006, 05:38 AM

It kinda does for me, since my computer is pretty bad (but I could run original RTW pretty decently on low-medium settings).

graphical quality doesnt matter to me