Turnind Down Video Graphics (4 instances WoW)

[KTSid]

Is it possible to turn down the video graphics on 3 of my instances of WoW and leave the 4th at the normal graphics? When I turn down the other 3 the changes take place on all 4. I run them all on the same computer and monitor hence the reason I would like one to be normal and the others to have their settings adjusted down to help performance.

On a side note: Y'all got me addicted quick. I went from running 2 accounts (Friday), then to 3, and now 4. My money my money ;(

Thanks in advanced.

Sid

[Valgorite]

Is it possible to turn down the video graphics on 3 of my instances of WoW and leave the 4th at the normal graphics? When I turn down the other 3 the changes take place on all 4. I run them all on the same computer and monitor hence the reason I would like one to be normal and the others to have their settings adjusted down to help performance.

On a side note: Y'all got me addicted quick. I went from running 2 accounts (Friday), then to 3, and now 4. My money my money ;(

Thanks in advanced.

SidAre you running these all from one directory? I think the settings are per copy of wow - meaning if you run them from different folders (or in your case 2 separate folders - one for your main, and another for your slave copies) you can have different settings between them. You don't have to install either in each folder, just copy everything from one folder into a new folder and then name that new folder "Slave WoW' or something.

[KTSid]

Is it possible to turn down the video graphics on 3 of my instances of WoW and leave the 4th at the normal graphics? When I turn down the other 3 the changes take place on all 4. I run them all on the same computer and monitor hence the reason I would like one to be normal and the others to have their settings adjusted down to help performance.

On a side note: Y'all got me addicted quick. I went from running 2 accounts (Friday), then to 3, and now 4. My money my money ;(

Thanks in advanced.

SidAre you running these all from one directory? I think the settings are per copy of wow - meaning if you run them from different folders (or in your case 2 separate folders - one for your main, and another for your slave copies) you can have different settings between them. You don't have to install either in each folder, just copy everything from one folder into a new folder and then name that new folder "Slave WoW' or something.I know this might be a pretty dumb question but how will my keyclone know which WoW is for which? Do I just use that new folders version of the WoW.exe? Btw thanks for the quick and helpful response to my other question.

[Dorffo]

check this out:
Single or Muli WOW dir's ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=6364&highlight=symlinks')

also, you can tell keyclone which directory to point at by setting up "commands" and launching the game via those.

[KTSid]

check this out:
Single or Muli WOW dir's ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=6364&highlight=symlinks')

also, you can tell keyclone which directory to point at by setting up "commands" and launching the game via those.Thanks for the help :D

[dirjax]

if you really want to keep working with one install you can also use the following commands in a macro:

shamelessly stolen from another forum:

Make WoW nicer with a few console commands
As surprising as it sounds, some people found a way to make WoW look nicer just by typing a few console commands. The best way to do that would be to create a macro with the following commands.

/console groundEffectDensity 256
/console groundEffectDist 140
/console detailDoodadAlpha 100
/console horizonfarclip 2112
/console farclip 777
/console characterAmbient 0
/console smallcull 0
/console skycloudlod 3

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Obviously, it will probably lower your framerate a little and you can revert the changes by typing the following :

/console groundEffectDensity 16
/console groundEffectDist 1
/console horizonfarclip 1305
/console farclip 177
/console characterAmbient 1
/console smallcull 1
/console skycloudlod 1
/console detailDoodadAlpha 1


Here's a bit of description about what each setting do.

/console groundEffectDensity 256
This controls how densely natural terrain is covered with small details like grass or small rocks. 64 seems to be the max value you can set for this in video options

/console groundEffectDist 140
This controls how far around you those details are rendered. 140 also seems to be the max value you can set in video options

/console detailDoodadAlpha 100
Not sure about the exact effect this have yet

/console horizonfarclip 2112
This controls how far away that terrain is rendered. Setting it past the value here can make the game try to render terrain that has not yet been loaded into memory, causing it to appear suddenly out of nowhere as you move closer. Note that this only really affects how your horizon line will look since most of the stuff out there will be covered in fog.


/console farclip 777
This controls how far away from you that the fog will be drawn. Max value in video options seem to be 750. You may want to increase this a bit more than 777. I use 1000.

/console characterAmbient 0
When set to 1, all sides of a character will be lightened up using the same value for color and brightness. When 0, it looks more naturally lightened by light coming from the relevant directions.

/console smallcull 0
When set to 0, some small models (but not all) will still be drawn even when you're not close to them, rather than fading out.

/console skycloudlod 3
This only really have an effect in areas that don't use a skybox model (all outland zones do, as well as some instances in Azeroth like Stratholme and Dire Maul).


there you go, enjoy