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So it used to be that you could modify the texture groups in the HawkenSystemSettings.ini and achieve this kind of graphical level:

 

 

Being partially blind in my right eye, I find the simple flat textures allow me to understand what's actually happening in front of me without the confusion of visual noise.

 

As far as I can tell though, since Reloaded has taken over Hawken I have found the game seems to just ignore my ini settings, forcing it to the lowest in-game settings instead.

 

Is this a problem occurring for anyone else?

 

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On a related note, it seems the game also has a bugged FPS limit.

 

If I disable "Capped Smooth Framerate" I get between 400-520 FPS in menus, 90 FPS in ONLINE matches, and 190+ FPS in OFFLINE Training/Explore Map.

 

If I enable "Capped Smooth Framerate" I max out at a constant 122, in all modes online or offline.

 

I have tried going into the HawkenEngine.ini and setting the FPS cap to 146 instead of 122, but it stubbornly remains at 122 in-game, similar to how the textures refuse to cooperate.

 

I have a 144 hz monitor, and I would like to actually see those remaining 22 FPS for the sake of smoothness.

 

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On another note, I'd like to point out that enabling D3D9 MSAA in the HawkenSystemSettings.ini allows the game to utilize driver-based MSAA, which looks fantastic, but a strange side-effect is that the minimap no longer displays the map itself, and becomes transparent with allies and enemies floating in nothingness.

 

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Finally, do you think we could raise the FOV cap to at least 120? Most competitive gamers will use between 110-130 in other games, so it'd be nice to have some consistency here. Hell, even Evolve allows you to achieve 120 and that's a pretty casual game.

 

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EDIT: I went ahead and recorded a quick video in Reflex (a game currently in ALPHA), showing off the built-in visibility settings called "High Visibility Mode" the game offers. I personally think it's a really good option for people who have performance issues, or just like clean visuals in general. I wish more games did this, and I'd love for Hawken to have it.

 

Have a look:

 

 

Also note that the game includes FOV up to 130 through the in-game options (and it can be manually set to anything you want via console if 130 isn't enough), includes support for 144hz monitors, a built-in FPS counter that doesn't require enabling via console, and the option to turn off gibs. Hawken FYI does have gibs, in the form of destructible environment objects and the carcasses left behind by dead players (and these can actually block your weapon fire, resulting in self-splash damage).


Edited by Kittles, 21 April 2015 - 02:16 PM.

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I believe the bug that pushed "an update" out but didn't really is responsible for this, and caused the game to revert to default values, but that's just speculation. 

 

Unless someone else offers an alternative, back up your .inis, wipe your game and related folders (including those with the inis) and reinstall. Copy the backed-up information into the re-installed .ini.


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I believe the bug that pushed "an update" out but didn't really is responsible for this, and caused the game to revert to default values, but that's just speculation. 

 

Unless someone else offers an alternative, back up your .inis, wipe your game and related folders (including those with the inis) and reinstall. Copy the backed-up information into the re-installed .ini.

 

Yeah I pretty much tried all of this. Even tried going into every copy of the ini's in mydocuments, and the game folder itself. I'm very frustrated that I can no longer play with clear visuals.



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Since when? I noticed that my laptop hasnt reached normal levels of fps since somewhere around stress test. Week before it ran game always capped 60 fps excluding large team fights when fps fell to 50-ish. Currently even smaller firefights drop fps to 40-55, sometimes even down to 30-ish.

 

Strange thing is, settings seem to be quite the same, atleast I havent noticed that big differences. So im not too sure about changes in what ini can mod. Or it could be some limits are now in place. However, my changes arent that big, mostly removing unnecessary stuff for fps and reducing level of detail here and there. So difference to normal low settings isnt too noticeable. (Stuff like grass props are still disabled tho.)

 

Regarding fps cap, you probably already know this, but in ini file theres fps cap in multiple places. Meaning editing wrong one has no effect. Changing them all to desired value is easy way to make sure fps cap is set right.



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Added an extra section to my original post.



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I have a 144 hz monitor, and I would like to actually see those remaining 22 FPS for the sake of smoothness.

 

The setting you're looking for is MaxSmoothedFramerate. I believe it is in HawkenEngine.ini.


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The setting you're looking for is MaxSmoothedFramerate. I believe it is in HawkenEngine.ini.

Yeah after Silent_ informed me there are several lines in there you need to change, I did manage to get it working. Seems awfully tedious to have to change it multiple times.



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Oooooh a higher frame rate cap, except I don't get a consistent 100+ frames in the first place.....

 

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On another note, I'd like to point out that enabling D3D9 MSAA in the HawkenSystemSettings.ini allows the game to utilize driver-based MSAA, which looks fantastic, but a strange side-effect is that the minimap no longer displays the map itself, and becomes transparent with allies and enemies floating in nothingness.

 

 

 

Are you telling me.....Doing this not only added an improved graphical option, it also balanced the radar? (sorta)


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Are you telling me.....Doing this not only added an improved graphical option, it also balanced the radar? (sorta)

Yeah basically.

 

I actually feel it made the radar less OP. Wouldn't mind the up/down arrows that show how high a mech is being removed as well.



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a built-in FPS counter that doesn't require enabling via console

The Steam client has a FPS counter now. You can turn it on somewhere in the settings, under 'in-game interface' iirc...


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The Steam client has a FPS counter now. You can turn it on somewhere in the settings, under 'in-game interface' iirc...

 

If you are in Hawken you can hit F5 and then type: stat fps

 

This will show you the fps, to turn off just do the same command again.






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