Red Orchestra 2 Tweaks

[Apex.]

Can i request an admin to sticky this.. so i've seen alot of people complaining about bad performance, so until the performance is more optimized, we are going to have to rely on config tweaks,

So im creating this thread for all tweaks to be posted. as im RO2 admin over at CyberGamer im getting a few site pm's over there asking on how to improve performance, first im going to mention the obvious, update your graphics and sound drivers, they play a big part in PC gaming, also make sure you defrag regulary.


if you have any additional tweaks, post them and i will update this post with them. most of these tweaks are found in ROEngine.ini, which is located in the following path for most people, not to sure on others.

(replace my name with yours)
C:\Users\Geoff\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\ROGame\Config

AllowMLAA=False
AllowFXAA=False
MaxAnisotropy=1
MaxMultisamples=1
GraphicsQualitySetting=0
CharacterQualityDetail=0
TextureQualityDetail=0
ShadowQualityDetail=0
LightQualityDetail=0
PostProcessQualityDetail=0
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
UseHighQualityBloom=False (probably the best one imo)
StaticDecals=False
DynamicDecals=False
UnbatchedDecals=False
LensFlares=False
FogVolumes=False


DO NOT DISABLE DEPTH OF FIELD! if you do your game will go dark like this
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/574/2011090300002.jpg

UPDATE:

You can turn it off "DepthOfField" with out it going dark.
In order to do so you need to set Bloom to "True"

When disabling "DepthOfField" this seems to alter the impact of Bloom lighting significantly anyway, a great deal of Bloom and blurring is removed even though Bloom is set to "True"


Example:
DepthOfField=false
Bloom=True

To disable startup movies search for the following


bForceNoMovies=TRUE

To disable mouse acceleration, open ROInput.ini and change to the following.
bViewAccelerationEnabled=false


OTHER TWEAKS NOT RELATED TO PERFORMANCE

To remove Toggle ADS.

If you go to Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\ROGame\Config and open the ROInput.ini file, look for the [ROGame.ROPlayerInput] section.

Replace:
"Bindings=(Name="Ironsights",Command=" Ironsights | onrelease Toss",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl= False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)"

With:
"Bindings=(Name="Ironsights",Command=" Ironsights | onrelease Ironsights",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl= False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)"



got anymore? post in this thread and ill update any dev's got any tweaks we can use for performance?

id also like to give credit to the CyberGamer community for posting the settings on our forum

 

[Apex.]

dev's can you fix that depth of field thing in a future update, it really boosts performance, as you can see by my framerates in that screenshot, but its dark as hell, only way to make it better on the eyes is to up the gamma which makes the radar useless.

 

[babokitty]

*RAGEBUMP* for DOF disabling

u sir deserve a medal.

btw, what are your specs? 96 FPS is pretty good.

 

[justachap]

So thats why my game is so dark and bland looking, why would DOF do that?

 

[Thalvik]

Thanks for the tweaks.
But strange, I disabled DOF (=False) and my screen is not darkened (ATI 5770).

 

[Verluste]

dev's can you fix that depth of field thing in a future update, it really boosts performance, as you can see by my framerates in that screenshot, but its dark as hell, only way to make it better on the eyes is to up the gamma which makes the radar useless.

yea it seems like a bug, doesnt make any sense at all why gamma and contrast are related to DOF.

 

[Apex.]

no idea but id love to be able to disable it, if you don't care about the radar, you can up the gamma so you can see again, but it can make the menu hard to see aswell.

and my specs are
AMD Phenom x2 550 Black Edition 3.11ghz
4gb ddr2 (yes ddr2 lol)
and HD6870

 

[Apex.]

Thanks for the tweaks.
But strange, I disabled DOF (=False) and my screen is not darkened (ATI 5770).

are you able to post what else you have disabled/enabled? might be able to figure out why disabling DOF goes dark for some people.

 

[Apex.]

updated OP with tweaks not related to performance.

 

[K@n@y]

For removing the stratup movies no need to add the semi icon in front of all the lines; just set this line to True :

[FullScreenMovie]
bForceNoMovies=True

 

[Thalvik]

are you able to post what else you have disabled/enabled? might be able to figure out why disabling DOF goes dark for some people.

edit in the config.ini:
depthoffields=false

Ingame options:
Bloom disabled
Motion Blurr disabled
Fps smoothing disabled

 

[Apex.]

i have them disabled aswell... 11.8 drivers? or earlier, could be a bug with latest ATI drivers.

 

[supremo]

dev's can you fix that depth of field thing in a future update, it really boosts performance, as you can see by my framerates in that screenshot, but its dark as hell, only way to make it better on the eyes is to up the gamma which makes the radar useless.

You can turn off "DepthOfField" without the effects of going dark.
In order to do so you need to set Bloom to "True"

When disabling "DepthOfField" this seems to alter the impact of Bloom lighting significantly anyway, a great deal of Bloom is removed even though Bloom is set to "True"


Example:
DepthOfField=false
Bloom=True

 

[Apex.]

bForceCPUAccessToGPUSkinVerts= false

anyone tried messing with this command? setting to true to see how it plays out.

 

[Apex.]

thanks supremo, ill give that a try and report back

 

[maxpain456]

Can you change which version of DX you're using?

 

[Apex.]

there is an option in ROEngine.ini

AllowD3D10=False set to True

not to sure if it works or not though.

 

[u-s-e-r]

there is an option in ROEngine.ini

AllowD3D10=False set to True

not to sure if it works or not though.

A mod (zetsumei?) said that it should be always false

 

[Apex.]

yep, keep it on false, crashes game on opening.

 

[Veniathan]

Bumping thread. We need more info. The tweaks work btw.