The COD2 performance improvement thread

[xtknight]

***NEW: MOUSEOVER PICTURES: Comparisons of picmip,specular,bumpmap and texture quality per resolution

http://farmz.net/xtknight/cod2/ss/

If you don't see the specular images change, that's not a problem. The specular mipmap didn't seem to make a difference.

You have to mouseover the picmip # (0-3), leave your mouse there, and wait while that particular image loads.

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First enable your console (it's in the Game Options).
Press tilde (~) to bring down the console, and type the following to switch to DirectX 7 mode (helps a lot for GeForce FX):

r_rendererPreference dx7
vid_restart

To show FPS:
cg_drawFps Simple (fps)
cg_drawFps Verbose (fps, other)
cg_drawFps Time (mspf)

Reduce mip map quality:

r_picmip range 0 (best) through 3 (worst)
vid_restart

Note: if these don't work, I found I had to set this variable first:
developer 1

More to come soon...perhaps with best quality/FPS ratio settings.
If you have any tips post below.

 

[Polish3d]

I have all settings cranked up as high as possible including some additional ones through rivatuner, was doing it for DOD S and I only get 30fps and as low as 23 in the extreme action

1680x1050
4AA
everything ultra high
trilinear mipmaps
SSTAA

Its smooth though but still

 

[Killrose]

How do you get the timedemo to work? I typed it into the console (timedemo 1) hit enter, but nothing happened.

 

[ddogg]

yup im getting in the range between 20-30 with 4XAA at 16x12 with all settings maxed.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Killrose
How do you get the timedemo to work? I typed it into the console (timedemo 1) hit enter, but nothing happened.

This is what I've figured out so far:

record demoname to start a demo.
stoprecord to stop it.
timedemo 1 to activate timedemo mode.
demo demoname to start demo.

Not sure how to get the results. I'll figure that out tomorrow.

Edit: some numbers in this file:

..\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 2 Demo\Main\demos\timedemo_eldaba_mode_1280x1024.csv

Not quite sure of the format of the file though.

Doc excerpt from previous CoD:

Timedemos write a .csv file based on the map name and resolution that says how many milliseconds each frame took. This can be opened directly in a spreadsheet program for benchmarking performance over time.

 

[xtknight]

Bump.

New picmip comparison added.

Any issues with the website I'll have to address tomorrow.

 

[xtknight]

Comments?

 

[Gamingphreek]

Nice job xtknight....VERY NICE!!! :thumbsup: