[DaBrain]

I request this for several mods.

The mod creators have lmited influence on the performance by the file formats. By using PCX and TGA for example. If the player enables the -jpgtga flag he is able to get better quality, if not he can save performance.


So now the problem is that most mods do not want to have many seperate VPs for low-end and high-end systems.

And now let's take a shockwave I just made for TBP as example.
I've a high-end version that looks sweet, and low-end version that looks, well, ok.

Both are EFFs (DDS).

How can we implement it in one download?

Now my idea:
The -highend flag chooses files from the "/data" subfolder "/highend" (or "-lowend") over the files in the "/data" folder. So each player can use the best setting for his system without copying or deleting anything.

This will make FSO more comfortable.

[WMCoolmon]

modvp_effects_hi.vp
modvp_effects_lo.vp

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
modvp_effects_hi.vp
modvp_effects_lo.vp

Or better yet, custom installer.

[terren]

or even better, an option for those of us with 56K to download the highres sepretly.

[Fury]

Or even better, I'll just up the minimum system reqs and be done with it.

[Lightspeed]

Or even better, close this thread.



...

Spoiler:

Wait... I'm not a mod. Spam on.

[DaBrain]

What I really want is a quality slider. Like FS2 had, but for the new stuff.

[Fury]

True, sooner or later there will be increased need for such a feature. No matter how you look at it, maintaining two different vp's is just a workaround, not solution.

[Flaser]

If you're a developer - true.
If you view your MOD as a sinlge AS-IS distributed package - true.

However the truth is, most of us only download what's fit for our specs - so having two vps is the most practical approach especially since so far and probably for quite a while the prime method of distribution will be through the net.

[Fineus]

How many people really need to turn down their stuff?

Speaking as someone who really likes it simple - and someone with a machine to run the "big stuff". I'd rather have one VP with everything in it, and a quality slider that selects what options are enabled/disabled (and for the sake of debugging - perhaps a sub-menu that allows you to specify what is on and off. Having the slider at "all on" is the same as having every option ticked in the sub-menu).

[karajorma]

Remember though that a big VP means a bigger download though. For that reason alone seperate downloads may be a good idea.