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This tweak/tip guide will be full of caveats. Why? Because tweak guides should be full of caveats, of course. There are always implications and side effects to any choices you make when customizing a system.
In electronics, it is a synonym for "trimming." Analog circuit boards often have small potentiometers or other components on them that are used to calibrate or adjust the board as a service procedure: the small insulated screwdriver used to turn them is often called a "tweaker."
Hardware tweaking is a process of modifying certain parts of a hardware such as changing the cables, cleaning the heads of a VCR with a branded cleaning fluid or oiling the moving parts of an engine with the best possible oil.
Computer hardware tweaking is an extension of hardware tweaking, specifically geared towards the components of a PC. They include: changing voltage and clock rates of processing units, modifying RAM unit timing, improving cooling systems to reduce chance of overheating, etc.
Software tweaking is the process of improving the performance of an application or the quality of its output. There can be two ways of accomplishing this: manually (that is, if one is familiar with programming; though it may be irrelevant if the source of the application is closed, and there are no built-in means to adjust its performance) or using another piece of software specialized for that purpose. Tweaking of this kind generally increases usability, in terms of personal configuration preferences, rather than objective performance of the system overall).
Some very precise applications need constant and thorough tweaking to stay up to date and deliver best possible results. One of the most obvious examples of such a fine tuning is LAME MP3 encoder, whose 3.9x branch is not only considered as the state-of-the-art MP3 encoder,[1] but also continues to shape the boundaries of the MP3 codec and stay competitive with its successors.[2]
My suggestion for this issue is to tweak how the charge mechanic works. Instead of the user manually charging shots, the Lucius will automatically begin charging shots by itself. This means the weapon will always fire on trigger press rather than trigger release while allowing you to pick the charge level you prefer, and also lets you maximize the RPM of the weapon.
On the X3 Live...when both lights WAH an VOL are lit up, I'm in Tweak mode, but regardless of what I set tweak to control for the current tone (via the System screen), the pedal does not affect it that setting (or any setting). Why? Does anyone out there have an X3 with a tweak mode that is operational or is that broken for everyone? The pedal controls Wah and Volume just fine, and sends out appropriate Midi signals too.
EDIT: Okay, my pedal tweak works after all. I learned two things: 1) the pedal tweak will not change the values you can manually set (and change via knobs), so, for example, if you set the pedal tweak to reverb volume and you move the pedal up and down, you will not see the reverb mix setting change dynamically the way you would if you were turning a knob for that setting. 2) The pedal tweak will only alter the % of whatever you've manually set for the value you're tweaking. For example, if you've manually set the reverb mix to 2%, then the tweak pedal will only vary between 0% (when it is up) and 2% (when it is down), not 0-100%. If you manually set the reverb mix to 67%, then the tweak pedal will vary from 0-67%.
>In nCleaner, in Tweaks section, use lots of tweaks available to speed up your system and enhance privacy, you need to do this on your own and posses at least average knowledge about software and tweaking. There are many other tools that you could use for system tweaking. Disable visual effects in Windows, make it look like the old ugly Windows Classic, disable shadows in windows, animations, shadows on cursors, etc, you get the idea.
>Disable or uninstall running processes. If you have many tools that run on startup and all the time, your systems performance will fly through a window, right into the trash can. use CCleaner to manage which programs will start upon system boot and which wont, the less of them start when system is booted, the better your system will do. In addition, if you are an expert with tweaks, I suggest that you get COMODO Cleaning Essentials and it's KillSwitch app, it's by far best of this kind, and it's free.
Yup, you need to know how to do things so your system can perform better. In games for example, how well do you know your hardware? What are your hardware's limitations? In short, the better you understand your hardware's capability the preciser your in-game settings will match the smoothest framerates given as well as best visual/audio quality delivered. Most of the time, to get the best result you will need to tweak your games settings rather than something "globally" on your system.
>Autoruns - Autoruns(find in dir)>Scan>Disable/delete the ones you think are not needed, you may detect well over 1000 startup processes, it is advised that even pro tweakers take EXTREME precaution tuning up anything in this tool.
Quality preference - Best left untouched, however if you are a lazy one use it for preset graphic settings on the go. This setting changes automatically once you start to adjust things manually. Mine says Very High after all the tweaks I applied to my A2 and OA settings although not everything is on highest.
Memory Tweaks - There were and still are many debates on memory tweaks for ArmA 2, so I decided to get to the core of it, do some tests on my own and find the best solution. This by far is the biggest tweak of all for ArmA 2(CO, Free) and will in fact improve your performance for up to 80%!
:icon_question: There is a much easier method for forcing custom memory tweak values with A2/A2F/A2OA. You can apply same "formula" from this section but with exception that you use shortcut parameters and not cfg's. Refer to Parameters section for more detail.
The even more important memory tweak is memory allocation. Since recently, A2:OA supports custom memory allocators (dll's) to help solve performance issues. I myself had an issue with A2:OA until recently and went on to test all memory allocators that came with the game as well as use some custom memory allocators that are available for free.
G.A.S. or Graphics Aperture Size is a bios setting that can fix lots of crashes with games, presumably ArmA 2. I myself experienced many crashes only to get them fixed this way. However, this tweak involves BIOS setting modification. If you don't know what BIOS is, how to access it or how to modify it, don't even think about trying this one out, rather skip.
This tweak is useful not only for ArmA 2 but also for other games, and is specially useful with studio suites like Creative Suite, FL or Kerkhytea where GPU is processing a lot of data and needs a lot of RAM memory.
Anyway a good guide, but with this game it means little without the game tweaks, of which there are numerous, if I were you I would gather up and link tweaks, plus add some of the game tweaks you use or have tried to your OP, then build it up from there. It will be a great help to many who are coming into this game and pc gaming in general.
Really good post, much appreciated. Actually it is a bit too general to make it sticky here but it could be stickied in the OT section. If you manage it to have more ArmA 2 related tweaks besides the more general tweaks, i could make it a sticky in here which personally i would prefer.
I understand you made a lot effort into this, however there are some mistakes in this guide which make me wonder how reliable is the performance testing done with the tweaks, as in following cases the tweaks suggested do nothing at all:
Sure, the more tweaks the better. From my own tests I found out that Video settings memory presets (Low, Normal, High) affect both GPU and local RAM, though I'm not sure if there's a limitation for 512 MB only on GPU cards. I do use default setting and it gives me performance boost.
By default, A2/A2OA engine does indeed write only to cfg files and doesn't attempt to read those custom values. However, once I forced the engine (Via operating system) to not write to these files but "read" them, A2, A2Free and A2OA did in fact use these values. I purposely even put 4 MB for localVRAM and nonlocalVRAM with significant difference in performance and lots of crashing, and I used special tools to monitor memory usage (CCE) to make sure those values in fact work. What I found out was that using value higher than RAM amount available (GPU, local) crashed my game, while measured values made things go smoother. So I don't know what to say about this. However if you don't want this tweak listed do let me know.
PS: I'm aware that this guide represents your personal opinion, but for the sake of anyone coming here looking for tips and tweaks to improve their performance, I think it is important to stick to proven facts. False information does not help anyone and just leads to people wasting their time. :)
The Incorrect / outdated info part of your comment is true with newer systems, Windows Vista, W7 and W8 but not fully true with mediocre systems. After all, why would anyone who has a high end system look up for a tweak guide?:rolleyes:
You yourself have apparently fallen victim to this effect with your localVRAM tweak, just as I did a few years ago. This is no fault of yours, nor anyone elses. All I am saying is that the guide can and should be updated to reflect new information. If something simply does not work, it has no place in a guide.
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