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DynamicPerformance V1.9  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: V1.9
by: Mahiro [More]

[big]This is a fanupdate, all credits for this addon goes to include for this fantastic addon.
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You've got an average PC?

Normally you've got 40FPS (frames per second) but you experience a massive FPS decrease in Shattrath and on Isle of Quel'danas? You are worried about the 12FPS while doing raid dungeons?

But you won't throttle down your settings before a raid begins or permanently because when doing solo-content you have an average of 40FPS?
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Then this is the perfect add-on for you:
D Y N A M I C P E R F O R M A N C E
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This small but great add-on automatically adapts your graphics settings in real-time according to the situation. The basis for this addon is that you have an average pc that usually has enough power to provide an acceptable visual appearance, but the power doesn't suffice in some special cases.

By typing /dp or /DynamicPerformance you will see a small window where you can define your desired framerate. when your framerate is below your
defined framerate (because you enter Shattrath or you are close to a battlemaster) the add-on will adapt specific graphical settings dynamically until the desired framerate is reached again.

This mechanism works in both directions: If your framerate is far above your desired one, the add-on will raise the graphic settings as much as possible.

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parameters that are affected by the add-on:
· visibility range of objects (it will get foggy sometimes *g*)
· visibility range of landscape (far mountains will disappear)
· visibility range of herbage and similar landscape characteristics
· visibility range of small objects
· weather effects (removed due to an internal bug of WoW)
· spell detail level (range from 5 to 10, because below 5 ground effects are not visible anymore)
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All adaptions are made dynamically and there won't be any disrupting effects (e.g. lag because of ReloadUI).

Visibility ranges in battlegrounds will be less adapted as for example in Shattrath because otherwise you may recognize enemy movement too late.


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I N S T A L L A T I O N
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Important: You have to shutdown WoW before installing this addon.

Now unzip the ZIP-archive to your addon-directory. Normally its found in the "interface"-subdirectory of WoW. for example: "c:worldofwarcraftinterfaceaddons"

Restart WoW an log in. As soon as the loadingscreen disapears, a new window pops up. it will show you the actual stats and qualitysettings. There's a slider on the right side of the frame. Its used to set the desired frames per seconds (its set to 27fps per default)

To activate or deactivate the addon, use the buttons of this frame, or do it directly by the slashcommands. (see below)




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C O N T R O L
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There is eigther a minimapbutton nor an extension for Titan or FuBar. Use to following slashcommands instead:

· /dp or /dynamicperformance
This will show /hide the configframe
· /dp on/off
To activate or deactivate the addon directly without GUI


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On betatesting the addon, i removed some configs to keep the tool as simple as possible. You don't have to create or modify any profiles and there aren't any complex configurations to set.

While scripting the addon, i copied a lot of good ideas and concepts of WowAce. So DynamicPerformance uses as less ressources as possible (40-100KiB)

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Special thanks goes to the guild "Knights of Saxony" (http://wow.kos-gilde.de) and some ex-members. They helped me to develop the addon, made some betatests, gave feedbacks, fixed some typos etc...

*version: 1.7*
changed: removed some old code, cleanup
changed: set the max values to highest wow values instead to reset value (this will be added later with user control)
added: update frequency to lower the update intervals (might fix some strange behavior on slow machines)
removed: groundEffectDistance: this caused some serious lag (can be changed in the video options)
fixed: horizonfarclipscale can now be disabled
tested: new values (groundeffectdensity, horizonfarclip) without success, removed again
changed: increased the maximum FPS for highend computers and testing purposes
changed: lowered max fps again to avoid vsync problems, 55 down from 200
changed: frame background and border
changed: priority level to 1 for the moment
fixed: error when disabling settings (self caused problem)

*version: 1.6*
fixed: event handlers
fixed: typo in german localization
fixed: OnUpdate(self, elapsed)
changed: removed spellEffecLevel, no longer exists
changed: removed smallcull, no longer exists

*fanfix: 1.5*
changed: removed battleground limitations (needs to be tested with low end computers)
changed: increased FarClip to 1277
fixed: settings should be saved correct (database should update to latest version)
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Unread 04-04-09, 12:50 AM  
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Woo. Good to see this one again!
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Is the bottom slider suppose to be slide-able by the user? I try sliding it down and it just moves the entire frame.
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Originally posted by Fiercy
Is the bottom slider suppose to be slide-able by the user? I try sliding it down and it just moves the entire frame.
No, the slider at the bottom is to show you an indication of just how much DP has had to scale performance to meet your target FPS goal. When you are above your FPS target (by default, 27fps), the slider will scale closer to 'max'. As your FPS takes a dive, the slider will scale back to 'min' (and you get nifty stats above to show you exactly what is being scaled back - distance, clutter, spell effects, etc.).

From some minimal playing with it, it is an excellent addon for us underpowered types. It seems to scale the settings quickly enough to keep things pretty well close to the target FPS with minimal jittering.
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Unread 04-18-09, 01:39 AM  
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Just registred to say THANKS That was a great mod and you made it even better.
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Unread 04-27-09, 10:12 AM  
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does this addon reloadUI? as im getting a constant image pop up for like a split second, as if i was to reload my UI via /rl but its extremly fast
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Unread 05-25-09, 04:44 PM  
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Hi and thanks for this useful addon. However I do have one request:

Can you add an option to lock the window? Sometimes I accidentally dragged around the windows while playing and I don't want to hide it too


TIA.
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Unread 05-26-09, 11:19 PM  
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thank you

I just wanted to post a quick thank you. This addon is absolutely beautiful. I used to get horrible lag, but only in dalaran and occasionally when heading somewhere on my epic flyer. Now after one or two small stutters the problem quickly corrects itself. I don't know why everyone doesn't use this.
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This addon does not work as of 3.2, please please update
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Rigged it up so that it works. I'm no expert or anything, so it's probably not perfect. The problem, so far as I could tell, was that the variable for HorizonFarclip was renamed to HorizonFarclipScale and the numeric values changed. Of course all credit still goes to the creator for this awesome addon and hopefully he shall return and give us a real update.

So, until then, not necessarily perfect, but if you're desperate like me, feel free...

http://wow.tatsumaru.org/DynamicPerformance.zip
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Unread 08-23-09, 08:11 AM  
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Originally posted by toumei64
Rigged it up so that it works. I'm no expert or anything, so it's probably not perfect. The problem, so far as I could tell, was that the variable for HorizonFarclip was renamed to HorizonFarclipScale and the numeric values changed. Of course all credit still goes to the creator for this awesome addon and hopefully he shall return and give us a real update.

So, until then, not necessarily perfect, but if you're desperate like me, feel free...

http://wow.tatsumaru.org/DynamicPerformance.zip
/dp doesn't work with that fix
Further than that either my settings are fucked(which i can't change as /dp doesn't work) OR your fix does the complete opposite of fixing the fps in raids as i go to sub 5 where i was above 15 during encounters with this addon before.

Been running without it till i checked today for an update and tried out your fix.
Am now anxiously hoping for a real update and running without this addon till then
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Unread 08-25-09, 08:26 PM  
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Originally posted by toumei64
Rigged it up so that it works. I'm no expert or anything
http://wow.tatsumaru.org/DynamicPerformance.zip
You sir are a saint. DP works again!
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Originally posted by toumei64
Rigged it up so that it works. I'm no expert or anything, so it's probably not perfect. The problem, so far as I could tell, was that the variable for HorizonFarclip was renamed to HorizonFarclipScale and the numeric values changed. Of course all credit still goes to the creator for this awesome addon and hopefully he shall return and give us a real update.

So, until then, not necessarily perfect, but if you're desperate like me, feel free...

http://wow.tatsumaru.org/DynamicPerformance.zip
thanks for the fix, i uploaded a new version with your fix and some improvements i did a while back.
let me know if there are still problems with this version.

sadaharu7: i will add this to the list so it might get implemented in a future release;D
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version 1.5 needs to be tested with slow computers, i increased the farclip again and removed the battleground restrictions so that might cause some problems with slower computers. let me know if you get problems with this version.
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The only thing I did differently is changing the minimum for HorizonFarclipScale to 1 rather than 0. Maybe it's just personal preference, but I noticed that sometimes when my laptop starts getting hot and my performance suffers, it would take it down to 0; that made my viewing distance much lower than I wanted it to be. I got a new cooling pad though so it's less of a problem now!

Maybe it's just me and some people would rather go for the performance boost.

Thanks!
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Originally posted by toumei64
The only thing I did differently is changing the minimum for HorizonFarclipScale to 1 rather than 0. Maybe it's just personal preference, but I noticed that sometimes when my laptop starts getting hot and my performance suffers, it would take it down to 0; that made my viewing distance much lower than I wanted it to be. I got a new cooling pad though so it's less of a problem now!

Maybe it's just me and some people would rather go for the performance boost.

Thanks!
this addon was designed for low end computers to get manageable frames in crowded areas and i intend to keep it that way. i also use it on my machine with the fps set to 40 and it really helps keep my frames at a playable level in heavy combat situations and dalaran.
if there are problems with the current version on low end computers then i might implement a option to switch between low/high end computers which would allow such changes.
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