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    bfv tweak guide

    ik was ant surfe opt i-net en ik kwam dezen guide tege dunno of hem ier al heeft gestaan :


    CONTENTS

    I. Introduction
    II. System Requirments
    III. The Basics
    IV. Video Settings
    V. Sound Settings
    VI. Advanced Tweaks
    VII. Conclusion


    I. INTRODUCTION

    Hi, and welcome to my BFV tweaking guide. The goal of this guide is to
    help people have the best expierience they can while playing BFV.I've found
    that many people have quit this game already due to poor system performance.
    A new patch isn't always a safe bet either. It can make thingsworse. So I've
    come up with some things that can help run this game smoothly and lag free.
    They might not work for everybody, but for the most part, if applied
    correctly, you'll be able to enjoy this game to the fullest.



    II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    ***Straight from the box***

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

    Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
    933Mhz PIII or Athlon Processor
    256 MB RAM
    64mb DirectX9 video card
    Directx9 Sound card
    2gb hard drive space
    16X CD Rom Drive
    Cable, DSL or faster

    My suggestions to run this game decently are as follows:

    Windows XP
    2 Ghz Processor
    1 gig DDR RAM
    128 MB Video Card

    They're pretty much the main players in perfomance, and the main things
    you need to pay attention to.


    III. THE BASICS

    ***All settings are based on WINDOWS XP***

    Many factors contribute to slow down and lag. As the game stands
    right now, most of you are not having system problems, you're having
    server lag problems. The net code for this game at the momentis horrible.
    I get pings of 10 and it still lags. I know its not my computer, because
    I'm getting 80-90 FPS while its lagging. This is a server side issue, so
    make sure you know if you're lagging or slowing down. You can check your
    FPS(Frames Per Second), by opening the CONSOLE. This is achieved by
    pressing the TILDE KEY(~`). Its usually next to the 1 key. Once open, type
    in FPS 1. Hit enter, then the console key again. You should see your FPS
    in the upper left of the screen. To turn it off, repeat the steps above,
    but use FPS 0.

    Make sure you don't have a lot of programs running in the background.
    The most I suggest to be running would be 15. You can check to see how
    many you have running by opening up the TASK MANAGER. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL
    at the same time to bring this up. Don't just start shutting down things,
    as they may be vital to your system stability. I suggest going to Black
    Viper's(www.blackviper.com) website. This guy has taken the time to go
    thru WIN XP and WIN 2000, to find out what you can safely turn off in the
    WINDOWS SERVICES. Follow his directions, and you'll see a huge improvement
    in performance.

    Don't try to play this game on a 56K. It slows down everything. Not
    just for you, but the whole server. I know some people can not get cable
    or dsl in their town. Move to somewhere you can get it. Just kidding.

    If you can, I suggest getting a second hard drive, and running a
    dual-boot system. Install the bare minimum on it. Make it your gaming
    system side. Its not very hard to do and it gets the most perfomance out
    of your hardware. The OS isn't bogged down by extra, un-needed programs.

    Go to www.microsoft.com for tips on running a dual-boot system. Also, if
    you can afford it get more RAM. That always helps performance.

    Defragment! This is a very important thing to do. Files get spread
    all over your hard drive and in turn, degrade the performance of your
    machine. Run the windows defragmenting program at least once a week or
    after you've installed or un-installed 2 or more programs.

    Spy-ware can cripple a system, too. I suggest you get Ad-aware and
    Spy-bot. Both have free versions for download. They can remove all adware
    and malware from your system. Google for them!

    Make sure you have the latest drivers for all your hardware. They
    can really be a factor in performance sometimes. Drivers usually fix
    performance related issues. I highly recommend this step.

    Increasing VIRTUAL MEMORY, or the PAGEFILE size, can sometimes help
    out systems with lower amounts of RAM. I've read numerous articles on the
    subject, and found that size really does matter. LOL! I suggest making the
    size 3 times the amount of RAM that you have installed. So, if you have
    256MB of RAM in your system, make your PAGEFILE size 768MB. If you have
    at least 1GB of RAM, I wouldn't even worry about this at all, since its
    never really a factor. Let Windows manage this or have no PAGEFILE at all.
    To access the PAGEFILE, go into the CONTROL PANEL and click on SYSTEM.
    Click the ADVANCED tab. Select the PERFORMANCE SETTINGS. Click ADVANCED.
    Click CHANGE under VIRTUAL MEMORY. Select CUSTOM SIZE. Plug in the numbers
    and click SET. I have another tweak for the PAGEFILE you can find under
    the ADVANCED TWEAKS of this guide.

    While we're there, CONTROL PANEL, SYSTEM, ADVANCED, PERFORMANCE
    SETTINGS, VISUAL EFFECTS. Select ADJUST FOR BEST PERFORMANCE. This can
    help some slow moving systems, also.



    IV. VIDEO SETTINGS

    *Make sure you have the latest patch for the game*

    If you're at or slightly above the system requiements, run the game
    at low settings. Don't try to run it medium or high. Its going to suck
    for you if you do. I run the game at medium and I have a fairly decent
    video card. If you have a Radeon 9800 or a GeForce 5950, then you can run
    this game at high. Everyone's system is different, so try out
    different settings to see what your system can do.

    Its not worth it to run this game at 800X600. You miss out on so
    many beautiful things. I wouldn't go any lower than 1024X768. You'll
    lose maybe 2 FPS. No big deal. Sometimes, it helps to run this game at
    a 60Hz refresh rate. I haven't tried it, but some people say it does
    wonders. Turn off AA(Antialiasing) and AF(Anisotropic Filtering)
    if you don't have a high end system. Especially if you have an ATI
    card. EA has stated this themselves.

    Sometimes it helps to run in 16 bit mode. Less colors, more
    perfomance.

    In the video settings uncheck shadows and lightmaps.
    You'll get a few more FPS without noticing any degredation in quailty.



    V. SOUND SETTINGS

    I usually turn the menu music and map loading music off. This is
    especially important if you do not have a lot of RAM. It seems to
    take up a lot of memory to produce the menu music and map loading
    screen music. It definetly helps perfomance to eliminate menu music.
    Turn your sound settings to low or medium for a perfomance increase.
    Use the least amount of channels that you're comfortable with. I know
    I need sound to play this game, so do some expirementing with sound
    channels. I'm not sure what OCCLUSION does. It may be what they call
    the DOPPLER AFFECT. Like when sound pitch changes depending on the
    distance it is to you. Mess with it, and see if you get any changes.
    Get the latest drivers for your sound card.



    VI. ADVANCED TWEAKS


    ***Use these settings at your own risk! I claim no responsibility for
    any damage done to your system***

    First off, make back-ups of all the files we are about to go
    over. These are just some .con changes, I have found very useful. I
    use them all myself. You can find these all by following this path:
    by default C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield Vietnam\Mods\
    BfVietnam\settings.

    This tweak is courtesy of GameFaqs user, APPLE PIE. I give him
    all the credit. Open up the DEFAULT.con file with NOTEPAD. By
    default it looks like this:

    rem *** for BC
    Game.GameLevelPath BFVietnam/Levels/Operation_Irving/
    Game.useMenu 1
    Game.useHud 1
    Game.menuMain BattlefieldMenu
    Game.menuInGame InGame
    Game.menuMap Map
    Game.DebugCallbackDisabled 0

    run AliasedCommands.con

    softRun ../../../Tools/Editors/Editors.con

    Make it look like this:

    rem *** for BC
    Game.GameLevelPath BFVietnam/Levels/Operation_Irving/
    Game.useMenu 1
    Game.useHud 1
    Game.menuMain BattlefieldMenu
    Game.menuInGame InGame
    Game.menuMap Map
    Game.DebugCallbackDisabled 0
    Game.SoundBufferSize 400

    run AliasedCommands.con

    softRun ../../../Tools/Editors/Editors.con

    As you can see, I've added the line, Game.SoundBufferSize 400.
    This is susposed to make the game not lag. It is said to work,
    but I'm not totally convinced. It may or may not work for you. It
    doesn't hurt to try it. When you are thru, hit save, not save as.
    Open it up again to make sure it saved correctly.

    The next trick only works if you turn VERTICAL SYNC off.
    There are different ways of turn this off, depending on your video
    card. Check the help guides on your system for more information.

    Open up the VideoDefault.con file with NOTEPAD. By default it
    looks like this:


    rem * TEMP *
    renderer.FullScreen 1
    console.showStats 0
    renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 0

    Make it look like this:

    renderer.FullScreen 1
    console.showStats 0
    renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1
    renderer.lockfps 250

    Notice I've changed the allowAllRefreshRates to 1 and I
    added the line, renderer.lockfps 250. you don't have to put in 250,
    but I've found this is the best and most stable number to use.
    Make sure you hit save, not save as, and close the file.

    If that doesn't help any, you can make the VideoDefault.con
    look like this:

    renderer.FullScreen 1
    renderer.fieldOfView 1
    renderer.globalLodRadius 1
    renderer.globalLodRadiusScaleFactor 6
    console.showStats 0
    renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1
    renderer.useTrilinearFiltering 0
    renderer.mipmapbias -3
    renderer.lockfps 250

    Sometimes this can lower image quality, but in cases where you
    can't get the game to run well at all, try the above settings.

    Sometimes fooling with that good old PAGEFILE can solve a lot
    of problems. If you're running a dual-boot system, delete it on
    the side of WINDOWS that is not running. For instance, if you're
    running WINDOWS on your C drive, delete the one on your D drive,
    and vice-versa. Make sure you have show hidden files and folders
    checked in your folder options, so you can see the PAGEFILE.
    Again, if you have a GB or more of RAM, I suggest having no
    PAGEFILE at all.

    If you don't like deleting things, here's another trick for
    clearing the PAGEFILE. Make sure you back up the REGISTRY before
    you do this. Type REGEDIT in the RUN box. Navigate to this point:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\System\CurrentControlS et\Control\
    Session Manager\Memory Management

    Look for the registry string:

    ClearPagefileAtShutdown

    Double click it and change the value to 1. Hit OK. Restart
    your machine. Now the PAGEFILE will be cleared every time you
    shutdown or restart. Now it acts like RAM does, clearing itself,
    erasing any bad happenings. I must warn, that this does increase
    shutdown and restart times to about 40 seconds on average.


    VII. CONCLUSION

    BFV is a stellar game that should be enjoyed by everyone
    who plays it. EA makes it hard sometimes for us gamers, but
    maybe these tweaks will help you out a bit. Thank you for
    taking the time to read this guide. If you're in dire need of
    help, I'm always availiable at DTAFamily@hotmail.com or
    AIMTAFamily. Once again, if you do have a comment, question,
    or suggestion, please feel free to contact me. If you have a
    tweak you would like me to add, email it to me and I'll give
    you credit for it. Thanks to APPLE PIE for his Sound Buffer
    tweak. Thank you EA for an awesome game!!!!! See you on the
    battlefield.



    ©2004 Dominic Cavey/DTA Productions. All rights reserved.
    You may not duplicate this document for redistribution without
    written consent from Dominic Cavey(MeGaBigD). If you would like
    to use this document on your website, please contact
    dcavey@comcast.net for permission.
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    er moet gewoon een optie mouse lag in da spel komen .

    maar toch effe shecken die guide
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    fucking lame tweaks, doe diene brol weg en speelt eerlijk
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    dit verhoogt enkel je framerate waardoor je geen pc lag hebt, dit zijn geen hacks.

    Sommige mensen toch, he...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deleter
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    fucking lame tweaks, doe diene brol weg en speelt eerlijk
    wat is daar lame aan ? ik post diene hier omda sommige mensen veel system lag enz hebbe
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    [qoute]renderer.lockfps 250 [/quote]

    mmm 250, ik ken geen enkel systeem dat bf:v op 250 fps runt ...
    als iemand de tweak zou volgen, zou ik er 70-50 van maken, afhankelijk van je systeem. moet je een beetje uitzoeken.
    ik weet dat ik bf1942 op 60 fps 'locked' speelde.

    het zet namelijk je fps vast op een bepaalde rate, als je die te hoog zet, gaat je systeem vastlopen want hij kan het niet aan, als je het te laag zet, gebruik je niet ten volle de potentie van het systeem ...
    experimenteren is de boodschap!

    om af te sluiten: DEFRAGGEN doet écht wonderen. doet dat ELKE week!
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    Das het leuke aan BF en BF:V: ge kunt het niet zo tweaken zoals games gebaseerd op de Quake-engine, das daar soms echt een pest. In BF/BF:V is het tenminste eerlijk voor iedereen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Epyon
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    Das het leuke aan BF en BF:V: ge kunt het niet zo tweaken zoals games gebaseerd op de Quake-engine, das daar soms echt een pest. In BF/BF:V is het tenminste eerlijk voor iedereen.
    hmm... toch wel... er zijn genoeg tweakers spijtig genoeg
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    nice post sparco

    Hoewel ik er ni veel nieuwe dingen in zie die je ook al in BF42 kon gebruiken en vermits dit ongeveer dezelfde engine is ......

    toch altijd handig voor de nieuwelingen op dit forum
    svelta olé olé
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    Veel standaard tweaks maar idd handig voor mensen die er niet zoveel van kennen

    en iedreen, for gods sake, zet die menu muziek af ik bent beu van mensen op Teamspeak te horen dat ze mij niet verstaan door hun maplaadmuziekje

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deleter
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    fucking lame tweaks, doe diene brol weg en speelt eerlijk

    idd lag is plezanter ...
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    Ik weet dat dit mss dom klinkt, maar zijn er ook tweaks om battlefield op z'n volle vormogen te laten draaien (er is ooit zo een tweak guide gemaakt voor de demo van ut2003).
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    Quote Originally Posted by yannick
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    Ik weet dat dit mss dom klinkt, maar zijn er ook tweaks om battlefield op z'n volle vormogen te laten draaien (er is ooit zo een tweak guide gemaakt voor de demo van ut2003).

    nee, de enige tweaks die mogelijk zijn ,staan hier al vermeld
    svelta olé olé
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    kzou toch nog een tweak willen toevoegen die eigenlijk veel leuker is dan al die andere:

    rechterklik op de snelkopping van BFVietnam.exe, kies eigenschappen en voeg bij doel ' +restart 1' eraan toe zonder de '

    op mijn pc was het dus origineel:
    "I:\games\EA GAMES\Battlefield Vietnam\BfVietnam.exe"
    en nu is het:
    "I:\games\EA GAMES\Battlefield Vietnam\BfVietnam.exe" +restart 1

    *edit*
    vergeten te zeggen wat het doet, ge moet nie meer wachten bij het opstarten tot al die stomme logo's zijn gepasseerd keer op keer en omdat hij de filmpkes en logo's niet moet laden is u spel direct opgestart zonder lange laadtijden of wat dan ook
    Last edited by stelly; 13-07-2004 at 14:14.
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