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I have a netbook with linux joli os, and I'm getting some pretty bad lag. I have already turned down the in-game gfx settings. However, I would like to tweak my autoexec.cfg file to boost my fps, but since I'm new, I have no idea what cmd's to use or what vars to modify (I was thinking colorbits 8, but that didn't work). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

First, ensure you have the correct drivers installed (in many cases you need to use the proprietary drivers, not the open source ones included in your distro).

For tweaking performance, some (not all) of the topics discussed on the Cube wiki should apply: http://cube.wikispaces.com/Performance+Guide

Do note that many of the commands needs to be changed for RE, for example

{l Code}: {l Select All Code}

-f0 -h480 -w640

in sauer, would in RE be

{l Code}: {l Select All Code}

-df0 -dh480 -dw640

c.f. https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ ... client_cli

robberguy189 {l Wrote}:I have already turned down the in-game gfx settings. ... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

As arand mentioned I believe, 640x480 is a good resolution to play in if lowering the graphical settings doesn't change enough. I play in it all the time. Gives me a solid 80-90 on all low settings. I usually play with everything up high WITHOUT use of shaders and get around 50-60 on the small and medium sized maps. Hopefully that helps

Thanks for all the replies!

I changed my autoexec config to

colorbits 16
botlimit 5
depthbits 16
dynshadow 0
maxtexsize 128
shaderdetail 0
waterreflect 0
waterrefract 0

Is there anything wrong with this, and is there anything else I can do (put into my autoexec.cfg because I still have lag).

Also, what's command line. I found references to it in the cube performance guide, and how do I use it (for example to turn shaders off with -f0).

Edit: I figured out, forget it.

Also, are there any other command line commands I can use to increase my fps?

robberguy189 {l Wrote}:Thanks for all the replies!
Is there anything wrong with this, and is there anything else I can do (put into my autoexec.cfg because I still have lag).

You could try adding these;
vsync 0
zpass 0

Disabling zpass tends to bump up my fps about 10-20 on most maps, although if you disable it you might notice a few graphical hiccups on walls when another object is in front of one (eg; strafing past a pillar in front of a door, the wall behind it might flash every now and then).

zpass 0 makes my game crash, and I already disabled vsync, but is there anything else? Anything at all?

This isn't in regards to low fps, but how do you force 960x540 in fullscreen mode? I've tried putting it in the [res] menu and it just either takes me down to 800x600 or bumps me up to 1024x600. is there like a line that gets typed into the config file to force it?

Have you tried custom resolution?
Tweaking through command line?
Autoexec.cfg tweaking?

Also, I really badly need tweaks, are there any people familiar with cube2 engine and can give me some tweaks!

robberguy189 {l Wrote}:Have you tried custom resolution?
Tweaking through command line?
Autoexec.cfg tweaking?

That's what i'm asking.

In terms of increasing my fps?
I've already tried. Don't you think if I came up with them I would try them.
Geez... I ask for some help with my lag, and everyone starts getting frustrated and insults me.

robberguy189 {l Wrote}:In terms of increasing my fps?
I've already tried. Don't you think if I came up with them I would try them.
Geez... I ask for some help with my lag, and everyone starts getting frustrated and insults me.

Umm, I think you might be a bit confused. We're not insulting you, well at least I'm not. I'm confirming part of what you said as what I'm asking in regards to the config file. Nothing against you, and there's nothing wrong with being a noob to code and all this stuff. Someone will help. Someone always does.

Oops... Sorry Impersona, really sorry.
It's just that people on urban terror forums started attacking me when I asked how to get more fps and I thought that was what you were doing. I'm really sorry!

PS: I still need tweaks, is there anyone I can e-mail about this, or should I just wait for an experienced coder to help me?

I'm the only experience coder here for RE, and I've given you everything I have already. You're not going to get much more out of an integrated chipset on a netbook with a 3d game. It's basically; turn all settings in "options" down, use a low resolution, pray.

I used to game on a laptop with an integrated chipset... have you checked to see if it's possible to change the amount of RAM allocated to video? I noticed a rather large improvement when I went into the BIOS and bumped that from 64 to 128MB.

Vaecrius {l Wrote}:.. have you checked to see if it's possible to change the amount of RAM allocated to video? I noticed a rather large improvement when I went into the BIOS and bumped that from 64 to 128MB.

Hmmm, I'm actually gonna give that a try. I don't ever game on my lappy but it might help my sister, seeing as she games about a majority of the time she has my laptop, and she always has it lol. I own a Dell Latitude D630 with 2.00ghz dual core and chipset graphics. Has 4GBs of ram.

qreeves {l Wrote}:I'm the only experience coder here for RE, and I've given you everything I have already. You're not going to get much more out of an integrated chipset on a netbook with a 3d game. It's basically; turn all settings in "options" down, use a low resolution, pray.

Okay, I'm just gonna quite RE if you don't know any autoexec tweaks. Maybe I'll try xonotic (formerly known as nexuiz), there are lots of tweaks posted on their forums.

Give it a try, but my experience is, that Xonotic is more hardware-hungry than Red Eclipse. I had during good conditions like 25 fps, but when the screen gets crowded it drops down to 10-15 (=unplayable). Using a 2.4Ghz single core P4, 512MB RAM and a 128MB OpenGL 1.5 Graphics Card. But on the other side, I didn't do any bigger performance tweaks (just the things you can adjust via options). Nexuiz ran fine on my system, as RE does. Hope this comparison helps a bit

I know that xonotic is more hardware hungry, but has more tweaks, whereas red eclipse has no tweaks whatsoever.

Actually, screw xonotic, it sucks. Are there any developers I can email about this problem?

qreeves is the main developer...

I know, but he doesn't seem to know any tweaks. (no offense queeves, I'm sure you're an amazing coder).

robberguy189 {l Wrote}:I know, but he doesn't seem to know any tweaks. (no offense queeves, I'm sure you're an amazing coder).

Trust me (or well, him), if Quin can't come up with any tweaks, there aren't any. I mean i know i don't have a great system but seriously, low graphics at 640x480 should at the very least get a Pentium 4 single core with 512mb of ram somewhere around 20 and 40 (at the very least).