CFS3 settings

[Emile]

Hello,
When I started with the CFS3 I found a post recommending settings for the game (textures, ..) that did help me a lot to have a very nice game ... that was before the HD crash ....
To day I do not find this post again.

Can you help ?
Thanks in advance.

 

[ndicki]

http://regshanger.com/Groundcrew/ho...round Crew Design CFS3 2048x2048 settings.php

 

[loverboy1]

if i ,might . also suggest this recent addon ...works well and inside is settings set out works for eto ...for me anyway , not sure for cfs3 ,,,,exact anyway fyi


http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/page.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=14088


High-end PC visuals settings for ETO Expansion

Self installing files for the terrain textures and scenery in ETO expansion, with configuration utility settings to improve the overall quality and depth of the visuals. Reccomend minimum dual core CPU, 512Mb high-end PCI-e graphics, 4Mb RAM.​

Download - eto-perf_visuals_32bit.zip (43.1 Meg)​

 

[Fly Swatter]

64 bit available?

Greetings-
The file references a 64 bit version. I did a search with no luck. Does anyone know where to find it?

Thanks

 

[MajorMagee]

Here's The Link To The Original Help Guide

 

[rouge34rtw]

Fly Swatter.... The performance visuals for ETO file is very easily set to install into a 64 bit system. Download the eto-Perf_visuals.exe file (click open and extract it to a location on your PC (desktop for example) There will be three files... a text document with instructions, a folder with configuration settings, and an .exe that installs the files to your game folder., double click the .exe file to run the installer, the first screen you will see is the location to extract files into confirmation page. Click the browse button and browse to your ETO installation folder (should be C:/program files (x86)/microsoft games/CFS3 ETO Expansion) and select or type the location..... click install and let it run. If it asks to overwrite files select yes ( a full set of backups is provided in case you want to go back to the original settings). Then open the configuration settings folder, it walks you thru the cfs3 configuration page by page, follow the instructions. When you finish that, go to your ETO folder, C:/program files (x86)/microsoft games/CFS3 Eto Expansion and open the Terrains folder, at the bottom of the list find the scenery.zx and terrain.zx files and delete them (it writes new ones when you restart the game).

Thats it....enjoy...

 

[Fly Swatter]

Thanks! I've downloaded and will give it a go.

 

[greycap.raf]

Posted this in the original thread but it works here too.

Being the eternal pessimist I am, that "enhancement" makes sure you'll lose your 2048x2048 skin enablement if you have one done. It also manages to drop frame rates by almost 50% while keeping the looks the same simply because it tells you to use the _SYSTEMMEM option instead of the _RENDERTARGET in the "Pool" selections. It also increases the scenery quality marginally in the compositescenerybudgets.xml and compositescenerytextures.xml which is the main difference it seems to make together with higher scenery LODs. I didn't find a single difference in the actual textures, or any other file for that matter.

Another thing, the need for at least 4 GB of RAM is a total joke. I've never managed to make CFS3 use more than 1.5 GB - not even with those mods applied - and this rig has that 4 GB.