video, graphic detail, & lag fixing questions....

[khortez]

Dunno if i can post this here but, I'd like to know.

Whats video detail and graphic detail in the F3 menu? What are their purposes
and would they be linked to any type of lag that i might have? I'm on a Windows 7 (compaq), and ever since I used it for graal it is a LOT laggier then my XP was. So any answers/help about how to fix lag on W7, and what Video/graphic detail are would be nice. Thanks to those that help.

(Or alternatively, telling me everything on the F3 menu/comp that could possibly make me lag besides lights, weather and particles would be good too.)

[Crow]

They're for Graal 3D.

[TheRuckus]

Lies cuz mine always has high ms.
i always LAG its still the same

[Hiro]

Originally Posted by khortez

(Or alternatively, telling me everything on the F3 menu/comp that could possibly make me lag besides lights, weather and particles would be good too.)

here are a list of things you should have checked or unchecked in the f3 option tabs:

video
use bitmap fonts (checked)
use a minimum of video resources (unchecked)
wait for vertical bank (unchecked)
start in fullscreen (personally unchecked)
bitdepth (32)
font (i like arial)
size (12) - lower the font the less textual-lag you'll have
lights/weather/particles (unchecked)

3D
nothing to mess with here

capture
won't change your lag unless you're taking a video, so nothing to mess with here

audio
personally have had all audio off for years, but really, nothing to mess with here

micro
no one wants to hear you speak through graal anyways so don't touch anything in here

controls
nothing to mess with here

general (aside from language)
automapping (checked)
ignore toalls (unchecked)
use filename cache (checked)
use fixed port for UDP (checked, set to 14899)
don't use UDP for data packages (unchecked)
don't load head icons for the playerlist/map (checked) - unchecked won't really help you reduce lag that much
limit the length of nicknames to (checked, personally set to 50)
only show one level (unchecked on overworld, checked when inside)