Vanguard 'vgclient.ini' Tweaking Guide: 3.1

can I just delete the vgclient.ini file and it will auto repatch it for me? whats the quickest way to set it back to default. thanks ahead of time.

Overlord4Us wrote:

yes

I have read through MOST of the posts here and made the changes that I could from the first page list...
BUT - My VanguardINIVersion=12 .......Problem?
I have NO GENERAL area to change - I have GENERAL listed but nothing in that area - is this in a different file? Because this isn't in my VGCLIENT.INI file I can't change any of the Texture etc settings.
Thanks for any and all info - I am having a terrible time running this game and I have a VERY GOOD PC
XP Professional
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6750@2.66GHz (2CPU's)
3326mb Ram (683 used, 6026 available)
nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512.0mb (with new drivers updated 6-18-08)
Sound Max HD Audio
I freeze then crash - sometimes with the "blue screen of death" after a few minutes of play.

mappam wrote:

First thing, delete vgclient.ini from your vanguard/bin folder. Then restart the game and also log on to a character. Then exit out and make the changes it states.

The General category gets its initial info when you log in to a character. And as of last patch, the version number for vgclient.ini is 14.

Also, that Sound Max audio. Is this on-board audio? If so, I think you need to set your sound device to General Software. Though, you may want to look in other places for that issue. I think that is probably a good cause for your crashing.

Is there any plan on making a update for this config since Gu5?
Also ... ever since this ini set the textures to 0 and so on this has been about the lowest performance i have gotten from this tweaked cfg since i have started using it.

Hope to see more updates again.

Supposedly changing enhanceddenoiser = False to enhanceddenoiser = True under sound options will give you better qualty if you use onboard sound.

Thanks - I have made the changes mentioned above.
I was able to play yesterday BUT would still freeze and then crash to desktop - - sometimes - - strange!
Is one "area" within the game programed differently than others? I made a new Thestra character and can't play her for more than a few minutes without crashing. I can play my Kojan character(s) and Qalia character longer with no problems????
Yes - I have multi-characters as I am testing which class/area/craft etc I like - then will zero in and play one more than the others.

UseHitchThrottling=False

should this be set to TRUE or is there better performance with it on false? (I use someone else ini file )


thanks

Did Staulinmas quit Vanguard? It shows his last online as almost 2 months ago. If that is the case, does anyone plan to step up and help us computer challenged people tweak the UI for GU5? I know people have made suggestions but I mean in a comprehensive way listed like the first post. Thanks.

Ok red people here: u need to do something about this. The community need to have this briliant thread updated and u know it.

Something I noticed after someone else tipped me off to it. Leaving the shader model at 255 instead of changing it to 300 for shader 3.0 cards appears to now give a 3-5 fps *increase* over 3.0. People might want to check this with both settings. 8800gts here.

Well, it probably should. The newer version takes advantage of the features on the newer cards. Leaving the old version of the shader will therefore take fewer resources on those newer cards.

Removed

Hello everyone

After hearing from a few people asking where I was, I decided to head over here and read some of the posts. I currently don't play the game anymore, reasons we'll leave alone, and haven't been doing too much with anything lately. Tonight before heading to bed I will install the game and update the vgclient.ini tweak guide here in the next week or so (playing the game and testing the changes). I didn't think this thread would ever become as popular as it has, but it certainly has shown to be the opposite.

Keep checking the version number, which I will change from v 3.1 to 5.0 to reflect the GU5 update version number so it is easier for people to distinguish from.

Staulinmas

I KNEW it U are a hero Staulinmas

Nailuj wrote:

This increased my FPS by a good 25% with pixel shader 3.0 turned on; 8800gt 512mb

Vivisect wrote:

I just don't know. I've been skipping the tweaks because I honestly just don't see any real increase in performance when using them anymore, just about any of them.

Quad at 3.4, 4 gigs ram and 8800gts

Staulinmas wrote:

is it done yet!? /bounce

Brode wrote:

Still working on it

Visceral wrote:

Curious to know what memory and motherboard you're using to obtain 3.4Gb. I have the E version of the Quad CPU