maximizer problems

[Sun]

well, since the 3.0 my frame rates have been horrible.

I recently went to Full screen instead of windows mode and my frame rates shot up the roof. I downloaded the wow maximizer again to see if i could use that program alone to put wow.exe on my other screen. NADA. Still in windowed mode and when I change it in game, my screen on the 2nd monitor goes back to the 1st display.

I am asking if anyone knows how I can put multiple screens(using maximizer or keyclone) without going into windowed mode. I basically want the frame rates but need to have 2 machines with dual monitors with both accounts in full screen.

Can it be done?

[keyclone]

i believe the fps drop is due to the shadows. log into a single wow... go to video settings and set the shadows to the lowest level. then exit to force the setting to be written to disk. then start your wows normally

and no, you cannot run in 'full screen' mode... but you can have your wow be the size of your full screen using keyclone's maximizer on one monitor.. and a 2x2 grid on the other monitor (this is how i normally run mine)

http://solidice.com/keyclone/layouts/kc_1440x900x2_5regions.jpg

[Sun]

I got Blizz on the phone...

I basically made some changes on some accounts according to the letters direction posted below. I also unchecked the Vertical sync in the UI. Removed all AddOns. This improved my FPS in windows mode. Which means now I can box again without lagging in and around Shattrath or anywheres else. I couldnt move with 10 FPS setup. O and btw, I also change FPS in wordpad to 0 which changed my FPS as well.

anyone having problems may want to follow the extra advice Blizzard says to do.

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Hello Charles,

Thank you again for contacting Blizzard Entertainment Technical Support. This email is being sent to you as a follow-up to your phone call to us.

With the game closed please try moving or deleting your WTF, CACHE, and INTERFACE folders out of your World of Warcraft directory. These are temporary cache files that will be recreated by the game the next time you launch. Moving them to the desktop makes it easy to replace them if necessary.


Below is additional information that may assist you in resolving your issue:

Some users that were experiencing slow or choppy framerates have needed to make more advanced changes to the display settings than is available in game. More detailed setting changes can be made from outside the game via the Config.wtf file.

These settings were intended to allow advanced users the ability to customize the performance of the game. Following all the below instructions should reduce the visual quality of the game, significantly increasing performance. Some of the steps below involve reducing ranges to their minimums, and after the game is running smoothly, you should try increasing these values. You may wish to try to test game performance after each step, and experiment with different option combinations to find the optimal balance of speed and image quality.

1. Open the World of Warcraft folder on your hard drive (Default Folder: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft).
2. Open the WTF folder.
3. Open the Config.wtf file using a text editor, like WordPad.

If you do not see any of the lines below you can add them manually.

* SET lod "0"
Toggles Terrain Level of Detail (LOD) on "1" and off "0".

* SET mapShadows "0"
Turns display of terrain shadows on "1" or off "0".

* SET shadowLevel "0"
Sets the resolution of the shadow maps on the terrain. "0" is high, "1" is low.

* SET farclip "477.0"
This matches the Farclip slider bar in the Game Options menu. The range is 177 to 777.

* SET pixelShaders "0"
Enabling pixelShaders allows the world to be rendered in less passes, potentially increasing performance on cards that support them.

* SET specular "0"
Specular cannot be used without pixelShaders. This option enables specular highlighting on certain terrain textures, giving a shiny, reflective look to some objects.

If you are experiencing poor frame rates, but you notice that the problem is primarily occurring when you enter large city areas, try changing rendering modes between "OpenGL' and "Direct 3D' modes. Sometimes one mode will be smoother on a video card than the other. Here's how to set it up:

1. Open the World of Warcraft folder on your hard drive (Default Folder: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft).
2. Open the WTF folder.
3. Open the Config.wtf file using a text editor, like WordPad.
4. Choose either SETgxApi "opengl" or SET gxApi "direct3d"
5. Save the file and start World of Warcraft again.

Remember, you can restore your game settings to default at any time by deleting the Config.wtf file located in your World of Warcraft directory inside the WTF folder. A new Config.wtf file will be created the next time the game is run.

NOTE: If you reopen the "config.wtf" file after making changes to it, you may not actually see all the lines you added, but this is normal. It does not necessarily mean the game has not saved them in its own data files.

If you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to reply to this email, or call us at 949-955-1382, Monday - Friday, 8am to 8pm Pacific.

Thank you,
Jose
Blizzard Entertainment
Technical Support
www.blizzard.com/support\
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These steps mentioned in the above letter are not available in-game and will greatly increase your FPS regardless of windowmode or without. I dont like to have shadows in-game because it can cause lag (especially for PVP).

Anyways, I hope this will help others who may experience lag. Addons and shadows seem to have caused quite a bit of game lag lately.

[Frosty]

I recently went to Full screen instead of windows mode and my frame rates shot up the roof.I'm not going to be much help. But I've noticed a great decrease in FPS on one of my machines since the patch. I'd assumed it was all the extra "crap" from the holiday event.
I hadn't tried going to full screen though, so I may give that a shot.