From 901ff2272c4db0a33326ccaa6f1521cde1d9d597 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: driAn <adrian26ch@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:43:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: graphics guide

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/actiongame/code/trunk/ac@3724 e016b1c5-ed68-44aa-a2f7-31cac88cffde
---
 docs/README.html           |   2 +-
 docs/getstarted.html       |   5 +-
 docs/graphicsdrivers.html  |  67 +++++++++
 docs/performanceguide.html | 289 -------------------------------------
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 293 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/graphicsdrivers.html
 delete mode 100644 docs/performanceguide.html

diff --git a/docs/README.html b/docs/README.html
index 2977c707..57cd69ff 100644
--- a/docs/README.html
+++ b/docs/README.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             <ul>
                 <li><a href="getstarted.html" shape="rect">Getting started</a> - How to install and
                     make AssaultCube work. </li>
-                <li><a href="performanceguide.html" shape="rect">Performance guide</a> - Read this to
+                <li><a href="graphicsdrivers.html" shape="rect">Graphics drivers</a> - Read this to
                     get the most out of AssaultCube. </li>
                 <li><a href="introduction.html" shape="rect">Introduction</a> - Basic information about
                     the game including gameplay, modes, weapons. </li>
diff --git a/docs/getstarted.html b/docs/getstarted.html
index 9a769342..33b88903 100644
--- a/docs/getstarted.html
+++ b/docs/getstarted.html
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@
             <p>
                 <b>Sound problems:</b>
                 <br clear="none" />
-				Read the <a href="performanceguide.html" shape="rect">performance guide</a> or refer to the 
-				<a href="http://assault.cubers.net/wiki/Sounds" shape="rect">sounds page</a> on the wiki.
+				Read the <a href="http://assault.cubers.net/wiki/Sounds" shape="rect">sounds page</a> on the wiki.
             </p>
             <h2>
                 Display settings
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@
                 so they automatically execute on startup.
             </p>
 			<p>
-			  A lot of information about graphics can be found in the <a href="performanceguide.html" shape="rect">performance guide</a>.
+			  A lot of information about graphics can be found in the <a href="graphicsdrivers.html" shape="rect">graphics guide</a>.
 			</p>
         </div>
         <div id="footer">
diff --git a/docs/graphicsdrivers.html b/docs/graphicsdrivers.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4902b6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/graphicsdrivers.html
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN">
+<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+<head>
+    <title>Graphics drivers</title>
+    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8" />
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="pics/favicon.ico" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/cubedoc.css" />
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="main">
+        <div id="logo">
+            <img src="pics/head.gif" alt="AssaultCube logo" />
+        </div>
+        <div id="title">
+            <h1>
+                AssaultCube: Graphics drivers</h1>
+        </div>
+        <div id="content">
+            <h1 id="drivers">
+                Graphics drivers
+            </h1>
+            <p>
+                The best way to get the best performance out of any 3D application is using the
+                latest and correct drivers, with the correct settings. AssaultCube is no exception
+                to this rule. If you have any problems running AssaultCube, always check your drivers
+                first!
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                To download and install the latest and correct drivers, follow these steps...
+            </p>
+            <ol>
+                <li>Find out the correct name/make/model of your video card. </li>
+                <li>Go to the driver/support section of your video card manufacturers website (e.g.
+                    <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html" shape="rect">nVidia</a>, <a href="http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html"
+                        shape="rect">ATi</a>, <a href="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/" shape="rect">Intel</a>,
+                    <a href="http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/" shape="rect">Matrox</a>,
+                    etc) and download the latest and correct drivers for your model and operating system.
+                </li>
+                <li>Install and configure the drivers as per the instructions given to you by the manufacturer
+                    (make sure previous versions of the drivers are uninstalled). </li>
+            </ol>
+            <p>
+                Some operating systems and graphics cards have other special drivers and methods
+                that you can explore for your drivers. Microsoft Windows users may benefit from
+                <a href="http://www.omegadrivers.net/omega_drivers.php" shape="rect">Omega Drivers</a>,
+                some nVidia Microsoft Windows users can try using <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html"
+                    shape="rect">nTune</a>. Linux users might like <a href="http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html"
+                        shape="rect">EnvyNG</a>.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                <b>Warning:</b> If you're using a laptop, you may need to consult your laptop manufacturer
+                for drivers, as laptop graphic drivers are heavily customised.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                <b>Note:</b> None of these links or drivers are endorsed, maintained or supported
+                by the AssaultCube team.<br clear="none" />
+                Use these links at your own risk. We highly advise it to be best searching the forums
+                and support pages for your operating system supplier or graphics card manufacturer
+                if you are having problems with 3D graphics rendering.
+            </p> 
+        </div>
+        <div id="footer">
+            Rabid Viper Productions
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/docs/performanceguide.html b/docs/performanceguide.html
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e5b56f..00000000
--- a/docs/performanceguide.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,289 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN">
-<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-<head>
-    <title>Performance guide</title>
-    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8" />
-    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="pics/favicon.ico" />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/cubedoc.css" />
-</head>
-<body>
-    <div id="main">
-        <div id="logo">
-            <img src="pics/head.gif" alt="AssaultCube logo" />
-        </div>
-        <div id="title">
-            <h1>
-                AssaultCube: Performance guide</h1>
-        </div>
-        <div id="content">
-            <h1>
-                Performance guide
-            </h1>
-            <p>
-                Getting the best performance possible from your hardware while running AssaultCube,
-                without sacrificing too much quality is important to most players. A lot of newer
-                hardware will run AssaultCube very well, with no changes neccesary, but some older
-                hardware may need some optimisation to get a good result. This guide details some
-                ways on how to do this.<br clear="none" />
-                <b>Note:</b> Although many settings can be changed in-game, for ease of explanation
-                and understanding, this guide only details the way to change the settings through
-                configuration files <b>outside</b> of the game.
-            </p>
-            <ul>
-                <li><a href="#drivers" shape="rect">Graphics drivers</a> </li>
-                <li><a href="#gengraphics" shape="rect">General graphics</a> </li>
-                <li><a href="#acgraphics" shape="rect">AssaultCube graphics</a> </li>
-                <li><a href="#sounds" shape="rect">Sounds</a> </li>
-                <li><a href="#mouse" shape="rect">Mouse</a> </li>
-                <li><a href="#general" shape="rect">General</a> </li>
-            </ul>
-            <h2 id="drivers">
-                Graphics drivers
-            </h2>
-            <p>
-                The best way to get the best performance out of any 3D application is using the
-                latest and correct drivers, with the correct settings. AssaultCube is no exception
-                to this rule. If you have any problems running AssaultCube, always check your drivers
-                first!
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                To download and install the latest and correct drivers, follow these steps...
-            </p>
-            <ol>
-                <li>Find out the correct name/make/model of your video card. </li>
-                <li>Go to the driver/support section of your video card manufacturers website (e.g.
-                    <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html" shape="rect">nVidia</a>, <a href="http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html"
-                        shape="rect">ATi</a>, <a href="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/" shape="rect">Intel</a>,
-                    <a href="http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/" shape="rect">Matrox</a>,
-                    etc) and download the latest and correct drivers for your model and operating system.
-                </li>
-                <li>Install and configure the drivers as per the instructions given to you by the manufacturer
-                    (make sure previous versions of the drivers are uninstalled). </li>
-            </ol>
-            <p>
-                Some operating systems and graphics cards have other special drivers and methods
-                that you can explore for your drivers. Microsoft Windows users may benefit from
-                <a href="http://www.omegadrivers.net/omega_drivers.php" shape="rect">Omega Drivers</a>,
-                some nVidia Microsoft Windows users can try using <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html"
-                    shape="rect">nTune</a>. Linux users might like <a href="http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html"
-                        shape="rect">EnvyNG</a>.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                <b>Warning:</b> If you're using a laptop, you may need to consult your laptop manufacturer
-                for drivers, as laptop graphic drivers are heavily customised.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                <b>Note:</b> None of these links or drivers are endorsed, maintained or supported
-                by the AssaultCube team.<br clear="none" />
-                Use these links at your own risk. We highly advise it to be best searching the forums
-                and support pages for your operating system supplier or graphics card manufacturer
-                if you are having problems with 3D graphics rendering.
-            </p>
-            <h2 id="gengraphics">
-                General graphics
-            </h2>
-            <p>
-                <b>Note:</b> Where applicable, if there is a way to change the setting through the
-                AssaultCube client, it has been mentioned (note: in most situations, the drivers
-                need to be enabled in such a way for AssaultCube to be able to change these settings)
-                but because graphics settings differ from card to card, there may be options mentioned
-                which are unavailable on your card and many options can't be changed through AssaultCube.
-                For these situations, please consult your graphics card manufacturer to find out
-                how to do this. There are also many options for video card performance and eye-candy
-                which are not covered due to the vast amount of them, in that case we suggest you
-                check with your video card manufacturer for what else you can do to improve performance
-                as this guide only covers some of the more common ones.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Resolution
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                Your resolution in-game determines the amount of detail on the screen. The higher
-                the resolution you use, the more the graphics card has to work. If you are having
-                problems with low frame rates, lag or stuttering, then lowering the resolution will
-                yield the biggest result.<br clear="none" />
-                Note: LCD panels typically work best at their native resolution rather than a bigger/smaller
-                one.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                To change the resolution of your screen, open the settings menu in-game.<br clear="none" />
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Refresh rate
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                Making your refresh rate happen at a higher level can generally help increase FPS.
-                Ways to do this differ depending on your system and setup (consult online documentation
-                for your operating system to find out how).
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Colour quality
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                In most systems, you are able to change the colour quality which may boost your
-                performance. Normally you have a range of 16/24/32 bit. The ways to change this
-                differ depending on OS, consult your OS manual.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                V-sync (AKA: Vertical refresh)
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                Vsync is a method of synchronising the frame rate of games to the refresh rate of
-                the monitor. Turning on Vsync prevents a graphic phenomenon called "tearing" from
-                occurring. Screen tearing can occur when the frame rate being output from the video
-                card is higher than the refresh rate of the monitor and can make the screen look
-                torn into sections and moved with the high speed motion of the game. Turning this
-                off can help increase performance for many players, but if you experience tearing,
-                it may be best to turn it back on.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                Visit the settings menu in-game to change the Vsync settings.
-            </p>
-            <h4>
-                Triple buffering
-            </h4>
-            <p>
-                If you use V-sync, enabling this can help improve overall performance in OpenGL
-                games such as AssaultCube. However, if you don't have enough video RAM, this may
-                cause lag and problems.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Anti-aliasing
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                Anti-aliasing is a process that attempts to smooth out the jaggedness of diagonal
-                lines in a 3D game environment. Visit the settings menu in-game to change the Anti-aliasing settings.
-            </p>
-            <h4>
-                Temporal antialiasing
-            </h4>
-            <p>
-                Some graphics cards support "temporal antialiasing". It's basically a driver trick
-                that gives the effect of a antialiasing, but with less work needed by the graphics
-                card. Try it out, as it is a faster method of antialiasing, but if you don't like
-                it, or it's still too slow, don't use it.
-            </p>
-            <h4>
-                Adaptive Anti-Aliasing
-            </h4>
-            <p>
-                This is an antialiasing technique which improves the appearance of transparent textures.
-                The performance impact should not be significant over normal antialiasing, but if
-                you don't like it, or it's still too slow, don't use it.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Catalyst A.I (ATi only)
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                If this is enabled, it allows ATi graphics cards to make graphics "shortcuts", normally
-                with no noticable reduction in image quality. It is best to enable this to give
-                yourself better performance.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Mipmap Detail Level
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                This helps determine how good textures generally look, when combined with AssaultCube's
-                own texture settings. Changing this can help gain/loose some performance by making
-                the textures appear duller or sharper.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Anisotropic filtering
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                Anisotropic Filtering helps make textures (the 2D images covering the surface of
-                all 3D objects) at a distance appear clearer. Setting this lower may help improve
-                performance.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Useful links
-            </h3>
-            <ul>
-                <li><a href="http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_1.html" shape="rect">Tweakguide: Gamer's
-                    Graphics and Display Settings Guide </a>- This link is extremely useful if you know
-                    nothing about optimising your hardware. </li>
-                <li><a href="http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_1.html" shape="rect">Tweakguide: Nvidia
-                    Forceware Tweak Guide</a> - Information about optimising nVidia graphics cards.
-                </li>
-                <li><a href="http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html" shape="rect">Tweakguide: ATI
-                    Catalyst Tweak Guide</a> - Information about optimising ATi graphics cards. </li>
-            </ul>
-            <h2 id="acgraphics">
-                AssaultCube Graphics
-            </h2>
-            <h2 id="sounds">
-                Sounds
-            </h2>
-            <h2 id="mouse">
-                Mouse
-            </h2>
-            <h3>
-                The mouse input is delayed when trying to rapidly fire in linux
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                This is a common problem on Linux and is not specific to AssaultCube. Edit your
-                xorg.conf and set the value of <i>Emulate3Buttons</i> to off.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Aiming is difficult
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                If you're using Microsoft Windows, deactivate mouse acceleration.<br clear="none" />
-                If you're using a cheap optical mouse, you may find at quick movements it may stop
-                moving.
-            </p>
-            <h3>
-                Jitters and choppy images after upgrading to Microsoft Windows SP3
-            </h3>
-            <p>
-                After upgrading to SP3, mice with overclocked USB ports get their polling rates
-                stuck at 125hz. This can be fixed:
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                Download the <a href="http://files.filefront.com/mouseraterar/;10969699;/fileinfo.html"
-                    shape="rect">mouserate checker</a>. Then download the new <a href="http://files.filefront.com/hidusbfzip/;10969768;/fileinfo.html"
-                        shape="rect">USB port overclocker</a>. Unrar them both. Go to the driver
-                folder and then install executing "setup".
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                Then, open the USB port overclocker. Tick 'Filter On Device'. Choose the polling
-                rate you want. Keep "Mouses only" ticked to save yourself from confusion. Make sure
-                you've clicked/highlighted your mouse. <b>Install service</b>. Then restart.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                Then check your hertz with the mouserate checker. If it doesn't read out that its
-                been altered you'll probably have to restart. Also if you change what port you plug
-                your mouse into you'll have to repeat the process.
-            </p>
-            <h2 id="general">
-                General
-            </h2>
-            <p>
-                Physical ways to increase your computers performance for AssaultCube are: Upgrading
-                RAM, CPU power, Graphics cards, use a more powerful power supply, overclocking,
-                use PCI express instead of AGP, etc, etc.<br clear="none" />
-                If you wish to upgrade your systems hardware, please seek advice elsewhere. There
-                are plenty of resources available online!
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                When running AssaultCube, it would be wise to turn off any un-needed applications,
-                especially those that suck down CPU performance and graphics rendering. For example:
-                Turn off compiz, music players, windows defender, etc. Also try turning down the
-                graphics settings used by your operating system for everyday tasks.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                Turning off power saving features (for example: on laptops) may help improve performance.
-            </p>
-            <p>
-                If using Microsoft Windows, defragmenting your hard drive may speed up loading,
-                as the data will be arranged on your hard drive in a way that will make it easier
-                to find and read by your OS. Also, ensuring that viruses and spyware are absent
-                from your machine will ensure they aren't taking up any extra resources.
-            </p>
-        </div>
-        <div id="footer">
-            Rabid Viper Productions
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</body>
-</html>