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[mwittman]

>> You can find the file at following location:
>> - Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\*UserName*\Application Data\W\

Hmm, there is no "Application Data" folder beneath my username on my Win XP SP3 machine.  I see .m2, Desktop, Favorites, My Documents, Start Menu, Windows and workspace folders.  

Also, there is only a single preferences.xml file on my entire hard drive and it belongs to another game.

Any other clues?  Thanks!

[Frehelias]

@mwittman check the box at map settings to show hidden folders and files.

Or just type this in your addres bar: %appdata% (that parameter works on all Windows systems from MS-DOS)

[mwittman]

Frehelias, on Dec 05 2010 - 18:38, said:

@mwittman check the box at map settings to show hidden folders and files.

Or just type this in your addres bar: %appdata% (that parameter works on all Windows systems from MS-DOS)

Thanks!  Nifty parameter!

[TrIpMo]

Wait I edit my gamefiles of some games a lot. Like America's Army etc.
But the weird thing is you say this:
"SKY_LIGHT_MAP, shadows from the clouds. 0 - on. 1- off. Default setting - off.

MRT_DEPTH, special rendering with use of depth buffer. 0 - on. 1- off. Might increase fps on new video cards. Default setting - off. Requires client reboot.

SHADER_VERSION_CAP. shader version: 0 - 3, 1 - 2. Default = 0.

TEXTURE_QUALITY. : 0 - max, 1 - medium, 2 - minimal. This setting puts the most strain on the used system and video memories.

TEXTURE_FILTERING. : 0 - anisotropic 16х, 1 - anisotropic 8х, 2 - anisotropic 4х, 3 - anisotropic 2х, 4 - trilinear.

SHADOWS_QUALITY. Quality of tank's shadow: from 0 - max to 3 - no shadows at all.

SHADOWS_COUNT. Number of tank's shadows: from 0 = 32 shadows to 6 = 1 shadow.

TERRAIN_MESH_RESOLUTION. : 0 - high, 1 - medium. 2 - low.

SPEEDTREE_QUALITY. Quality of trees and bushes: from 0 - high to 3 - very low.

WATER_QUALITY. : from 0 - high to 3 - very low.

FAR_PLANE. Rendering depth (how far you can see): from 0 - the farthest to 2 - 50% from max. (I'd keep it at 0 unless you video car really sucks)

FLORA_DENSITY. grass density: от 0 - max, to 4 - no grass at all.

OBJECT_LOD. details on objects: 0 - max, to 2 - low lever of details will turn on at close distance."

So you are saying 1 = off. And 0 = on???

Normally 1 = on, and 0 = off

can someone confirm the right settings?

[Busse]

Help!!^^

I have read all the thread but i didnt't seem to found what i need. I have the following problem with which i hope you fellows can help me with.

My problem is that i cannot see the units highlighted when i mouseover them on one machine (better one) and on another comp i can see em (a lower performance one). I have an ATI Radeon 1950x graphic card (an older model) while on the lower computer there is an onboard card about the same age. Please help if you know how^^... i have asked before on some thread and i got an answer like "Had this issue and fixed by it's self" i didn't had this luck so far so if anyone had it and fixed it pls tell me what did you do about it.

Thanks a lot

[merig00]

TrIpMo, on Dec 06 2010 - 11:26, said:

Wait I edit my gamefiles of some games a lot. Like America's Army etc.
But the weird thing is you say this:
"SKY_LIGHT_MAP, shadows from the clouds. 0 - on. 1- off. Default setting - off.

MRT_DEPTH, special rendering with use of depth buffer. 0 - on. 1- off. Might increase fps on new video cards. Default setting - off. Requires client reboot.

SHADER_VERSION_CAP. shader version: 0 - 3, 1 - 2. Default = 0.

TEXTURE_QUALITY. : 0 - max, 1 - medium, 2 - minimal. This setting puts the most strain on the used system and video memories.

TEXTURE_FILTERING. : 0 - anisotropic 16х, 1 - anisotropic 8х, 2 - anisotropic 4х, 3 - anisotropic 2х, 4 - trilinear.

SHADOWS_QUALITY. Quality of tank's shadow: from 0 - max to 3 - no shadows at all.

SHADOWS_COUNT. Number of tank's shadows: from 0 = 32 shadows to 6 = 1 shadow.

TERRAIN_MESH_RESOLUTION. : 0 - high, 1 - medium. 2 - low.

SPEEDTREE_QUALITY. Quality of trees and bushes: from 0 - high to 3 - very low.

WATER_QUALITY. : from 0 - high to 3 - very low.

FAR_PLANE. Rendering depth (how far you can see): from 0 - the farthest to 2 - 50% from max. (I'd keep it at 0 unless you video car really sucks)

FLORA_DENSITY. grass density: от 0 - max, to 4 - no grass at all.

OBJECT_LOD. details on objects: 0 - max, to 2 - low lever of details will turn on at close distance."

So you are saying 1 = off. And 0 = on???

Normally 1 = on, and 0 = off

can someone confirm the right settings?

Yes that is correct. If you notice all settings start with 0 being the highest setting so follow that logic.

Busse, on Dec 06 2010 - 13:10, said:

Help!!^^

I have read all the thread but i didnt't seem to found what i need. I have the following problem with which i hope you fellows can help me with.

My problem is that i cannot see the units highlighted when i mouseover them on one machine (better one) and on another comp i can see em (a lower performance one). I have an ATI Radeon 1950x graphic card (an older model) while on the lower computer there is an onboard card about the same age. Please help if you know how^^... i have asked before on some thread and i got an answer like "Had this issue and fixed by it's self" i didn't had this luck so far so if anyone had it and fixed it pls tell me what did you do about it.

Thanks a lot

Alt+tab several time that helps. Also in your graphic card settings disable Anti Aliasing to use the game settings. It's a known (mostly ATI) bug.

[SiberianExpress]

Is there a way to turn off the mouse acceleration in the garage?

[merig00]

SiberianExpress, on Dec 10 2010 - 07:47, said:

Is there a way to turn off the mouse acceleration in the garage?

do you mean is there a way to turn it off for garage but so it would work in the rest of the game?
If you are talking about all the small glitching in the garage when you move mouse around - it will be fixed in the next patch.

[SiberianExpress]

merig00, on Dec 10 2010 - 15:50, said:

do you mean is there a way to turn it off for garage but so it would work in the rest of the game?
If you are talking about all the small glitching in the garage when you move mouse around - it will be fixed in the next patch.

Not just the Garage, but everywhere when you're not in a tank. There is an option to use "hardware cursor" in some games, is there one for this game. Its not a big deal and its not glitchy, its just a personal preference. I remember seeing a variable for mouse acceleration in one of the .pyc files but obviously I can't and don't want to try to edit that.

[bojanski]

Another thing related to preferences.xml :

it seems that after the update I can't set the resolution to 800x600, although i played it like that before the update (even with the overlaping text and hud objects) which doesn't work after the update.

I don't mind the quality of 800x600, it really gave me an fps boost, so i'd like to see if there's anyone else experiencing this?

[Blaze45]

After the update, I can only run the game in 640x480...... on my 32" monitor. WTF?

I tried changing the settings in the preferences.xml... set it to read-only... and it still starts up in 640x480.

The only workaround i've found is to run it in windowed mode... and manually drag the window to fit the screen. What happened in the latest patch? I can't run full screen higher than 640x480, regardless of what the xml file says.

[AggressoR]

Blaze45, on Dec 29 2010 - 10:00, said:

After the update, I can only run the game in 640x480...... on my 32" monitor. WTF?

I tried changing the settings in the preferences.xml... set it to read-only... and it still starts up in 640x480.

The only workaround i've found is to run it in windowed mode... and manually drag the window to fit the screen. What happened in the latest patch? I can't run full screen higher than 640x480, regardless of what the xml file says.

editing new or old preferences.xml???


new preferences.xml "USER\Application Data\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks"

[Zaany]

merig00, on Jul 08 2010 - 17:23, said:

REMOVING FIRE AND SMOKE FROM BURNING TANKS:
Find the following folder WOT=>Res=>particles=>Tank
Rename the files containing the following in their names
Explosion
Fire
Flaming
Add number 2 to the name (i.e. fire_12/fire_22/fire_32 etc.)

all of em ?
Fire_01
Fire_02
Fire_03
Fire_First_01
Fire_Small_01
Fire_Small_02
flaming_01
flaming_02
explosion_all
explosion_smoke
what about the ones i bolded, these too ?

[bojanski]

AggressoR, on Dec 30 2010 - 22:24, said:

editing new or old preferences.xml???

new preferences.xml "USER\Application Data\wargaming.net\WorldOfTanks"

Indeed, this was the problem - I was editing the old preferences.xml

Thank you for your tip and if the OP is reading this, please update the original post with the new preferences.xml location.

[MrFumbles]

Zaany, on Jan 01 2011 - 16:52, said:

all of em ?
Fire_01
Fire_02
Fire_03
Fire_First_01
Fire_Small_01
Fire_Small_02
flaming_01
flaming_02
explosion_all
explosion_smoke
what about the ones i bolded, these too ?

Some of these seem to be in a 'no touchy zone'. Game wont let me join a battle with these edidted.
Just shows me the map-load progress bar and the minimap.
Still fiddling around trying to find wich one are safe to rename.
I really need to get rid of the fire/smoke effects as they choke up my system.
I would like to get rid of the trees as well... stupid trees.

Cant quite understand why we still cant turn the fire/smoke off.
Funny thing though ... i can play the SC2-demo without much trouble...

[RG_Kortor]

So, i was intrigued at the possibility to improve my FPS, and ran through some of these including removing clouds. Over all, my FPS did improve, but the thing that REALLY surprised me was finding the moon on multiple maps (Sand river, Lakeville, and a couple others). just my $0.02. kudos  Moon over Lakeville.png   313.35K   91 downloads

[alex3192]

What are you to do if you use XP but don't have the W folder in app settings?

(My client doesn't run or make an error- maybe this is why)

There is no W, and no preferences.xml

This is the third time I tried to install WoT, so should I try to re-download the installer and try it again?




A

[merig00]

alex - it is there, just search for it. If your preferences.xml is missing WoT will create a new default one.

[titopopo]

I can't seem to find the "new" preference.xml file on my PC. Only one in the  F:\Games\World_of_Tanks_closed_Beta\res\particles\Tank, and i can't read a word in the file with all those weird wordings.

How do i find the "new" preference.xml or how to convert those weird wordings to english? lol. thanks.

Using WindowsXP.

[Aiantas]

I 'll bring up a question that has been asked some months before by someone else without an answer or something,
but it seems really vital on the peak of the battle:
"Any way to delete this smoke, or dust what you can see when you shoot to the ground ?"

Thanks in advance.