FPS saver macro for Cataclysm

[Ualaa]

What I did:


Created a new mapped key, called it "High Settings".
Gave it the hotkey Control + Shift + Period.
Right Click Actions > Keystroke Actions > Warcraft Macro Action.
Target: Window (Current).
Key Combination: Control + Shift + Period.
Display As (Checked): Control + Shift + Period (Settings Up).
Using this:
/console farclip 1250
/console groundEffectDensity 48
/console groundEffectDistance 260
/console environmentDetail 40
/console particleDensity 100
/console shadowMode 0
/console waterDetail 0
/console reflectionMode 0
/console sunShafts 0
/console basemip 1
/console terrainMipLevel 1
/console projectedTextures 0
/console weatherDensity 0
/console componentTextureLevel 1
/console textureFilteringMode 1


Created a new mapped key, called it "Low Settings".
Gave it the hotkey Control + Shift + Comma.
Right Click Actions > Keystroke Actions > Warcraft Macro Action.
Target: Window (Current).
Key Combination: Control + Shift + Comma.
Display As (Checked): Control + Shift + Comma (Settings Down).
Using this:
/console farclip 350
/console groundEffectDensity 0
/console groundEffectDistance 0
/console environmentDetail 0
/console particleDensity 10
/console shadowMode 0
/console waterDetail 0
/console reflectionMode 0
/console sunShafts 0
/console basemip 1
/console terrainMipLevel 1
/console projectedTextures 0
/console weatherDensity 0
/console componentTextureLevel 0
/console textureFilteringMode 0


Navigated to the mapped key(s), which are run when the window is switched, in my case JambaMaster.
I actually have multiple switch mapped keys, based on slot, but that isn't important as these still call on the JambaMaster mapped key.
Added:
a) Do Settings (High) in General Key Map > Target: Current Window.
b) Do Settings (Low) in General Key Map > Target: All Without Current.

[Fef]

Edit : Oops, sorry Ualaa, your reply was not there when I started mine. It takes me a bit of time to try to explain things clearly in English


I think the simplest way to test the effect is just to modify the JambaMaster Key Map generated by the ISboxer wizard. It doesn't imply creating any new Key Map and allows to get a good impression of what outcome to expect. So let's go over that in details :

First, save you current ISboxer setup so you have a backup to revert to if something gets broken.

The ISboxer wizard creates a Mapped Key called JambaMaster, it is in the Control Key Maps section. It has no hotkey by default, and only one step with one action which corresponds to the following WoW macro :

/jamba-team iammaster all

This gets sent to Window:Current with the ingame key combination Ctrl+Shift+F12 by default (I think).

This mapped key is sent to the new current main character on every switch. This is activated in Character Sets > You Group > Slots > 1 > When I switch to this character - Do this Mapped Key > Control - JambaMaster

So, what I propose is to modify this JambaMaster Key Map in the following way :

-1- Edit the Ctrl+Shift+F12 -> Self action by adding "high graphics" settings in there (see higher in the thread). But at all cost make sure to keep the /jamba-team iammaster all line in there. In my setup, the macro looks like this

/jamba-team iammaster all
/console farclip 1250
/console groundEffectDensity 256
/console groundEffectDistance 260
/console environmentDetail 150
/console particleDensity 100
/console shadowMode 1
/console waterDetail 3
/console reflectionMode 3
/console sunShafts 2
/console basemip 0
/console terrainMipLevel 0
/console projectedTextures 1
/console weatherDensity 3
/console componentTextureLevel 9
/console textureFilteringMode 5
/console Sound_EnableAllSound 1
/script SetView(2)


-2- Make a copy of the Ctrl+Shift+F12 -> Self action, and paste it in the same step. Edit it to give it a new key combination (anything not already in use will do), to have it sent to Windows:All w/o Current, and paste you "low graphics" command in the macro window replacing everything that was previously there. In my setup, the macro looks like this :

/console farclip 50
/console groundEffectDensity 0
/console groundEffectDistance 0
/console environmentDetail 0
/console particleDensity 10
/console shadowMode 0
/console waterDetail 0
/console reflectionMode 0
/console sunShafts 0
/console basemip 1
/console terrainMipLevel 1
/console projectedTextures 0
/console weatherDensity 0
/console componentTextureLevel 0
/console textureFilteringMode 0
/console Sound_EnableAllSound 0
/script SetView(2)

-3- Now, save, Export All to Innerspace, do a /reload in every window, and start switching characters. It should work !

In case it would not work, check that the key combination you used for the "low graphics" action of you new edited JambaMaster Mapped Key is not already in use for some other purpose.

If things get broken, just load you backup ISboxer configuration and try again ...

[Vociferate]

Thank you very much both Ualaa and Fef, explained very well.

Even my old block head got around it.

Thanks again!

[SaraiE]

Is there a way to set your zooming mode? Everytime i switch, I have to zoom out, annoying.

SaraiE

[Ualaa]

You can save five camera positions.
Which includes angle of the camera, zoom distance etc.

And then include in your switch macro:
/Script SetView(1);SetView(1)

Change to the relevant view.

[Fef]

You can save five camera positions.
Which includes angle of the camera, zoom distance etc.

And then include in your switch macro:
/Script SetView(1);SetView(1)

Change to the relevant view.

Not that it matters at all, but out of curiosity, why the double SetView ? I always used just /script SetView(2) and it seems to work fine.

[MiRai]

Not that it matters at all, but out of curiosity, why the double SetView ? I always used just /script SetView(2) and it seems to work fine.

Placing it in there twice makes it instant, if you only put it in there once it will slowly zoom the camera in or out.

[Lax]

For anyone getting #132 crashes when using this macro, try removing the basemip lines. Related: http://isboxer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1932