Originally posted by kill4100
CREATING/MODIFYING AA3 SHORTCUT:
1) First, and possibly one of the easiest and best tweaks, is modifying the shortcut. If you haven't done so already, navigate to the AA3 binaries folder (X:\Program Files\USArmy\America's Army 3\Binaries\), and right-click on AA3Game.exe, then select "Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut)". Now you have a shortcut to directly start AA3, without the AA3 Deploy app. This results in quicker starting of AA3, as well as saving some RAM/CPU by not having AA3 Deploy running in the background.
2) Next, we are going to work a little magic on the shortcut, by adding a DOS command to start AA3 in High Priority mode. Right-click on your AA3 shortcut, and select Properties. Under the Shortcut tab, click in the Target box, then move over to the beginning of the path text (should read: "X:\Program Files\USArmy\America's Army 3\Binaries\AA3Game.exe").
3) Next, paste this before that path: X:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start "runhigh" /high.
4) The full path should read: X:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start "runhigh" /high "X:\Program Files\USArmy\America's Army 3\Binaries\AA3Game.exe"
Bonus:
Other priority values:
/normal
/abovenormal
Setting processor affinity, for those that have multi-core CPUs:
http://www.techenclave.com/gui...17.html
AA3 CONFIG MODIFICATIONS:
1) First, navigate to your AA3Game\Config folder (X:\Program Files\USArmy\America's Army 3\AA3Game\Config). Open up AA3Engine.ini, with Notepad or a text editor of your choice. It's advised to make a backup of this file before editing! You can simply do a find (ctrl+f) to get to the referenced settings.
2) There are several options you can disable to boost performance.
[Engine.Engine]
bDynamicDecalsEnabled
[SystemSettings]
DynamicDecals
DynamicLights
DynamicShadows
LightEnvironmentShadows
CompositeDynamicLights
MotionBlur
DepthOfField
AmbientOcclusion
Bloom
UseHighQualityBloom
Distortion
DropParticleDistortion
MaxShadowResolution <- Lower this by powers of 2- ie, if it's 512, lower it to 256.
ShadowFadeResolution <- Same as above
Other things that can be done to boost performance & kill lag:
In AA3Engine.ini find the line (should be near the top that reads)
DebugEXEName=Debug-AA3Game.exe
change it to read
in the BaseGame.ini file (located at USArmy\America's Army 3\Engine\Config\BaseGame.ini ) and AAGame.ini file (same place as the AA3Engine.ini file) find the line that reads
and change it to
In AA3Engine.ini set
DepthOfField=False (helps with scopes and sights)
I also suggest
Bloom=False
UseHighQualityBloom=False
SpeedTreeLeaves=False
SpeedTreeFronds=False
FoliageDrawRadiusMultiplier=0.000000 (gets rid of most stupid grass that totally blinds you but gives NO cover)
You can turn up your desired framerate to your monitors refreshrate, if you have the power for it
MinDesiredFrameRate=60.000000
