Lowest possible gfx settings (congif.wtf)

#0 - Aug. 26, 2008, 4:50 p.m.

So I'm trying to run WoW on a crappy acer aspire 4715z, and turned all graphics and sound to lowest in-game settings. Frame rates are at best 20-30 and at worst 5-7 in cities. Now, I know the config.wtf file can be modified to get greater-than and lesser-than settings than the in-game UI allows. I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on the lowest possible settings so this game will run semi-smoothly on my pos laptop. I've already uninstalled all trash apps that came with it and am of course running WoW as the only program running, so I'm gonna need some miracle settings. Thanks!

~Vordak

EDIT: here is my current config.wtf file settings:

SET readTOS "1"
SET readEULA "1"
SET readScanning "-1"
SET readContest "-1"
SET readTerminationWithoutNotice "-1"
SET locale "enUS"
SET coresDetected "2"
SET hwDetect "0"
SET gxResolution "1280x768"
SET gxRefresh "60"
SET gxMultisampleQuality "0.000000"
SET videoOptionsVersion "1"
SET movie "0"
SET expansionMovie "0"
SET movieSubtitle "1"
SET mouseSpeed "1.1000000238419"
SET Gamma "0.900000"
SET profanityFilter "0"
SET showToolsUI "0"
SET Sound_VoiceChatInputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_VoiceChatOutputDriverName "System Default"
SET Sound_OutputDriverName "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)"
SET ChatMusicVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET ChatSoundVolume "0.40000000596046"
SET ChatAmbienceVolume "0.30000001192093"
SET Sound_MasterVolume "1"
SET Sound_SFXVolume "1"
SET Sound_MusicVolume "0.69999998807907"
SET Sound_AmbienceVolume "0.69999998807907"
SET realmList "us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET patchlist "us.version.worldofwarcraft.com"
SET SmallCull "0.070000"
SET DistCull "50.0"
SET MaxLights "1"
SET farclip "177"
SET baseMip "1"
SET groundEffectDist "70"
SET weatherDensity "0"
SET cameraPitchMoveSpeed "110"
SET cameraYawMoveSpeed "220"
SET cameraPitchSmoothSpeed "67.5"
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "3"
SET AutoInteract "1"
SET OutboundChatVolume "1"
SET InboundChatVolume "1"
SET VoiceActivationSensitivity "0.40000003576279"
SET UnitNamePlayerPVPTitle "0"
SET uiScale "0.79999995231628"
SET guildMemberNotify "1"
SET secureAbilityToggle "0"
SET autoLootCorpse "1"
SET showTargetOfTarget "1"
SET questFadingDisable "1"
SET lockActionBars "1"
SET alwaysShowActionBars "1"
SET shadowLOD "0"
SET checkAddonVersion "0"
SET DesktopGamma "1"
SET Sound_EnableSoundWhenGameIsInBG "1"
SET gameTip "54"
SET minimapZoom "0"
SET showChatIcons "1"
SET Sound_EnableMusic "0"
SET gxMaximize "1"
SET ffxGlow "0"
SET cameraYawSmoothSpeed "270"
SET cameraTerrainTilt "1"
SET ChatBubblesParty "1"
SET minimapInsideZoom "1"
SET showPartyBackground "1"
SET ShowVKeyCastbar "1"
SET ShowTargetCastbar "1"
SET petStatusText "1"
SET autoSelfCast "1"
SET removeChatDelay "1"
SET Sound_EnableHardware "1"
SET timingTestError "0"
SET processAffinityMask "3"
SET SlideBarConfig "anchor=right;position=192.74416135826"
SET textureFilteringMode "0"
SET spellEffectLevel "4"
SET useUiScale "1"
SET ffxDeath "0"
SET autostand "0"
SET xpBarText "1"
SET playerStatusText "1"
SET partyStatusText "1"
SET targetStatusText "1"
SET realmName "Ysera"
SET gxColorBits "24"
SET gxDepthBits "24"
SET hidePartyInRaid "1"
SET gxFixLag "0"
SET timingMethod "1"
SET Sound_OutputDriverIndex "1"
SET Sound_EnableAmbience "0"
SET Sound_NumChannels "0"
SET SoundNumChannels "16"
SET frillDensity "8"
SET bitdepth "24"
SET particleDensity "0.5"
SET detailDensity "64"
SET lodDist "50.0"
SET MaxLOD "1"
SET ViolenceLevel "5"
SET gxTripleBuffer "1"
SET lod "1"
SET UnitNameNPC "1"
SET UnitNameCompanionName "0"
SET accountName "*************"

Datth

#2 - Aug. 26, 2008, 4:55 p.m.

Hi Vordak,

There's a few unlisted settings you can try:

SET maxlights "1"
valid values: 1-4

SET vertexShaders "0"
valid values: 0-1, usually 1 makes it faster on cards capable of shaders

SET pixelShaders "0"
valid values: 0-1, usually 1 makes it faster on cards capable of shaders

SET M2UseShaders "0"
valid values: 0-1, usually 1 makes it faster on cards capable of shaders

SET M2Faster "0"
valid values: 0-1, no clue what it does. :P

Datth

#5 - Aug. 26, 2008, 5:06 p.m.

Q u o t e:

uhh... that's disturbing

I was told of its existance and that it makes the game go back to the old pre-BC way of working with stuff, but not much more than that :)

Datth

#7 - Aug. 26, 2008, 5:10 p.m.

It's very old and hardly recommended. The one time we tried to poke with it was when people were complaining that patch 2.1.0 "lowered" their FPS but research proved otherwise.

The forum search tool is broken so try doing a Google search with the site:forums.worldofwarcraft.com tag on it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=m2faster+site%3Aforums.worldofwarcraft.com&btnG=Google+Search

Datth

#9 - Aug. 26, 2008, 5:35 p.m.

Q u o t e:

SET vertexShaders "0"
SET M2UseShaders "0"
SET M2Faster "0" or "1"
-- these had absolutely no effect

SET pixelShaders "0"
-- this line dissapeared after i logged out and opened config.wtf again

The question becomes... do you have a video card with shader support? The config.wtf file does not keep anything around that is already at "default" level.