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Version: 2.3.0-beta2
by: Drooliog [More]

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What does this addon do?

Maybe you are a gamer with a computer, which is not an uber-high-end-wtfpwnz0riz0r-machine (perhaps you're gaming on a notebook?) and when you get your char into a crowded area your frames per second (FPS) drop instantly. (e.g. like Ironforge, Orgrimmar, Alterac Valley)

So what can you do about that? Hmm, changing the graphic settings in WoW would be a good choice but it soon gets a pain in the butt to change it over and over, so I had the idea to code an addon that toggles these settings automatically by just pressing one key or let it automatically switch settings depending on the zone you're entering. e.g. When I do PvE, I'd like to switch settings to high, when I'm at PvP or in town I'd toggle to low.

gfxToggle 2 has key bindings, slash commands and LDB support

This addon affects the following graphic-parameters (they all don't need a logout or restart of the game):

Effects:
- View Distance (Farclip)
- Environment Detail
- Texture Resolution
- Ground Clutter Density & Radius
- Particle Density
- Weather Intensity
- Shadow Quality
- Death Effect
- Full-Screen Glow Effect
- Projected Textures

Misc:
- Vertical Sync
- Triple Buffering
- Reduce Input Lag

Note: I've only added settings that don't need a restart of the game to take effect. I did this on purpose and I won't add any other features that'll need a restart, so please don't ask.

There are three ways the addon switches the parameters. Note: at the bindings menu you can assign a key to gfxToggle.

1) By pressing the Toggle-Key: If you didn't save customized settings it'll switch from lowest to highest by default.

2) By pressing the Toggle-Key: Once you've saved your customized settings for low and high it will use these instead. (will be saved permanently until you reset or set new ones)

3) Auto-Switch Mode: If you added a zone to the gfxToggle database, it will check for this specific zone and switch automatically to LOW when you're entering it. After you leaved that zone gfxToggle will switch back to HIGH.


Commands
At first bind a 'Toggle Low/High' and 'Auto-Switch'-Key to gfxToggle (you'll find it in WoW's bindings menu)

- '/gfxt about' - will show some extra information about this addon.

- '/gfxtoggle' or '/gfxt' - will show help and all available commands.

- '/gfxt mute' - will toggle all messages off/on.

- '/gfxt medium' - will turn on the new medium feature.

- '/gfxt delay' - set the delay for auto-toggle in seconds.

- '/gfxt restartgx' - Allows or disallows re-initializing the graphics driver (needed for VSync changes).
To switch VSync and Smooth Mouse the game has to restart the graphics. While it does the restart, it'll switch to the desktop for a duration of 1-2 seconds. By using this command you allow switching of Vsync and Smooth Mouse. It's deactivated by default.

- '/gfxt auto' - will toggle auto-switch mode. you can add zones to a database which will get automatically switched to low or medium settings (if activated) after you've entered them.

- '/gfxt toggle' - will manually toggle between low/(medium)/high (for using in macros).

- '/gfxt save low', '/gfxt save medium' and '/gfxt save high' - will save settings you've done in the graphics options.
Before you execute this command, go to the WoW graphics options and make your changes to the world appearance, the shaders and the misc settings. Click on the 'OK' button after you're done. After that type '/gfxt save low', '/'gfxt save medium' or '/gfxt high'
just depending on your settings. These stored settings will also be used for the auto-switch mode.

- '/gfxt addl' - will add a zone to the low database, eg. '/gfxt addl' saves the actual zone '/gfxt add Orgrimmar' is saving Orgrimmar to the low zones db.

- '/gfxt addm' - will add a zone to the medium database, eg. '/gfxt addl' saves the actual zone '/gfxt add Orgrimmar' is saving Orgrimmar to the medium zones db.

- '/gfxt del' - will delete a zone from the database. Same usage as for the 'add' command.

- '/gfxt del all' - clears your whole zone database. (can't be undone)

- '/gfxt list' - will list all zones you entered before

- '/gfxt reset' - will popup a dialog which'll ask you to confirm to clear settings and use defaults

Each time you switch the settings, gfxToggle will report it in an overhead text message (green = low, yellow = medium, red = high) except you mute gfxToggle 2 by '/gfxt mute'.

v2.3.0-beta2
- gradually increase farclip to avoid loading screen
- more code tidy-up; remove temporary table abusage

v2.3.0-beta1
- fix: ticket 1; error when /gfxt list - no translation for "Zones: Low"
- fix: potential exposure of 'self' global var
- remove M2Faster, also hidden lod and shadowLOD CVar's
- only RestartGx() if necessary, when special CVar's actually changes
- force RestartGx() when manually loading a set (but only if necessary)
- even if gxRestart disabled, still set the relevant CVar's
- general code tidy-up; remove needless object vars and functions
- rearrange saved vars structure (all sets will be lost)

v2.2
- split spellEffectLevel into particleDensity and projectedTextures
- re-normalise default settings for low, mid and high
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Unread 03-25-06, 12:58 PM  
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Good but if ...

It seems a really nice idea, i think 50% of players experiment perfs problems on wow, and maybe more since the 1.9 (just look at posts in tech forums)

I would like to know if it would be possible to activate depending on your Fps, you can see with Ctrl+R, so you can switch automaticaly to low parameters when your fps reach a certain level ...

What do you think of it ??
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Re: Good but if ...

This would be easy to add but it would have one major drawback: screen freezes. Each time when it's toggling the graphics you'll notice a short lag/frezze. So if you'd set a treshold like 15 or 10 frames it would switch everytime the frames drop (and the fps are changing a lot of times). I'm afraid with this feature the performance would get more worse than before. Try walking through the world and hit your manual toggle keybinding a few times, then you'll probably see what I'm talking about

Oh, and please use the portal to submit bugs or feature requests. thank you.

Originally posted by Tazmanyak
It seems a really nice idea, i think 50% of players experiment perfs problems on wow, and maybe more since the 1.9 (just look at posts in tech forums)

I would like to know if it would be possible to activate depending on your Fps, you can see with Ctrl+R, so you can switch automaticaly to low parameters when your fps reach a certain level ...

What do you think of it ??
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Wtf ?

For some unknown reason, when I quickly change my settings with this uber phat lewt addon, I loose my minimap backdrop :\ I have the minimap and the arrow of me and dots of my teammates, but its transparent, no map.
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Re: Wtf ?

Originally posted by Tuplad
For some unknown reason, when I quickly change my settings with this uber phat lewt addon, I loose my minimap backdrop :\ I have the minimap and the arrow of me and dots of my teammates, but its transparent, no map.
This is more than strange - I'll try to reproduce that. Never seen this tho. It could be the M2Faster feature. Try /gfxt m2faster to toggle it off.
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Re: Re: Wtf ?

Originally posted by neriak_x
This is more than strange - I'll try to reproduce that. Never seen this tho. It could be the M2Faster feature. Try /gfxt m2faster to toggle it off.
Nope; that didnt help
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Re: Re: Re: Wtf ?

Originally posted by Tuplad
Nope; that didnt help
I'm verry sorry but I can't see the problem .. even when I spam the toggle key my minimap stays fine :-/ I'm using an ATI 9600 XT 256mb, and you ?

Edit: hm seems I'Ve got a logical error in M2Faster toggle. I'll upload a fixed version soon. When I remember right some people reported odd issues with the minimap because of this new implemented gamefunction.

Edit2: new version up. Please try to toggle the M2faster option to off and test again.
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I've updated, didn't help.

I use an ATI Sapphire 9250.

I dont think it's cuz of my videocard, more likely the differs in settings.
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Originally posted by Tuplad
I've updated, didn't help.

I use an ATI Sapphire 9250.

I dont think it's cuz of my videocard, more likely the differs in settings.
Do you have an addon that's changing the design of the minimap? maybe you could try to disable every mod except Ace and gfxToggle. You see, I'm pretty clueless atm.
I've never had anyone with this kind of problems before but I'm willing to help where I can.
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Originally posted by neriak_x
Do you have an addon that's changing the design of the minimap? maybe you could try to disable every mod except Ace and gfxToggle. You see, I'm pretty clueless atm.
I've never had anyone with this kind of problems before but I'm willing to help where I can.
Yes, I do, I have Squeenix, Ace'd minimap

And umm, I also use this crap, Discord Art, I made some graphics myself and put them on my screen, and it seemed that the backdrop of the minimap(the map itself) wouldnt come up, but the border and all the buttons were visible, so I've changed the, dunno what the name is, with Discord Frame Modifier, from BACKGROUND to DIALOG. And after that, the art didnt go "above" the map.

Maybe that'll help.
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Originally posted by Tuplad
And umm, I also use this crap, Discord Art, I made some graphics myself and put them on my screen, and it seemed that the backdrop of the minimap(the map itself) wouldnt come up, but the border and all the buttons were visible, so I've changed the, dunno what the name is, with Discord Frame Modifier, from BACKGROUND to DIALOG. And after that, the art didnt go "above" the map.

Maybe that'll help.
Yes, that makes sense. The minimap itself really don't like such settings. I once changed the alpha of the minimap to make it more transparent, guess what - each time I've entered a city or instance my map turned black :-/

I think it's neither my addon nor the blizzard graphic settings. I rather think it's Discord Art or Squeenix. To get a prove for this disable those two addons at the addon selection screen and restart the game. Btw you should'nt have to change the strata of a frame anyway. Blizzard also added a new API to change the MiniMap backdrop/texture.
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Originally posted by neriak_x
Yes, that makes sense. The minimap itself really don't like such settings. I once changed the alpha of the minimap to make it more transparent, guess what - each time I've entered a city or instance my map turned black :-/

I think it's neither my addon nor the blizzard graphic settings. I rather think it's Discord Art or Squeenix. To get a prove for this disable those two addons at the addon selection screen and restart the game. Btw you should'nt have to change the strata of a frame anyway. Blizzard also added a new API to change the MiniMap backdrop/texture.
Well, I've tried it on my brother's account, he almosts uses no addons, only some basics like EnergyTicker and StunDuration things. His minimap dissapeared, but the borders and the icons and buttons stayed.
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I've tried again without mods, not even yours. When I change video settings, the backdrop of the minimap dissapears.
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Re: Good but if ...

[i]Originally posted by Tazmanyak [/i

I would like to know if it would be possible to activate depending on your Fps, you can see with Ctrl+R, so you can switch automaticaly to low parameters when your fps reach a certain level ...

What do you think of it ?? [/b]
Maybe just add the option but really i do not like anything 'auto' on this subject. Changing video settings on the fly will lead to freezes and I want massive control over this kinds of key features.
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Originally posted by Tuplad
I've tried again without mods, not even yours. When I change video settings, the backdrop of the minimap dissapears.
try this:

Disable gfxToggle

in game type:
/console m2faster 0

and reload the ui

and also read the first page of this topic please.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...mp=1#post17425

this should fix things.

Edit: you may also check your wtf\config.wtf with a text editor.. is there still SET M2Faster "1" ? if yes turn the 1 into a 0 and save this file
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@Tuplad and all others that get problems with their minimap please join this thread:
http://www.wowinterface.com/portal_a...port&bugid=637
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