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Just bought Jedi Academy and I'm getting into it in a big way...lots of fun! For those of wanting to try before you buy, a great playable demo with two full levels and all the sabre styles can be downloaded here or from places like Fileplanet or Fileshack.
Below are some tips to make sure you get the best performance out of JA, as there are a few issues with this game. Firstly, read the official JA FAQ on performance here for some basic tips from Lucasarts.
Go to the file jaconfig.cfg (typically in the C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy\GameData\Base directory) and edit it using Wordpad.
Add the following lines at the bottom of the jaconfig.cfg file:
seta r_displayRefresh "70"
That way you're not stuck at 60Hz. Edit the number 70 above to whatever your monitor's maximum refresh rate is at your chosen resolution.
seta com_hunkmegs "512"
Assigns more RAM for the game to use. I've chosen 512MB because I have 1GB of RAM, so for those with say 512MB of system RAM set the above to 256MB.
There are other settings you can edit in the jaconfig.cfg, but those are best adjusted using the in-game settins screens.
General Performance Boosts
I found the biggest hit in my framerate came from enabling the Dynamic Glow option under More Video Options. I personally can't see the image quality difference between Dynamic Glow on and off (this is different to the Dynamic Lights setting), but with Dynamic Glow on my fps was 20fps average, and with it off it is 60fps average!
The other setting which can really drain your performance is the Volumetric Shadows. Set to Simple Shadows for a hufe fps boost, or even turn it off altogether.
Obviously you can turn down/turn off other settings like Dynamic Lights etc for a further fps boost, but the two settings mentioned above give massive performance hits for very little if any image quality difference.
EAX Performance Boost
If you're using EAX you can get an audio quality and performance boost if you have the file OpenAL32.dll in your C:\Windows\System32 directory (usually an Audigy/Audigy2 or the like will have it). If you do, rename the file OpenAL32.dll in the C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy\GameData directory to something else (e.g. OpenAL32.Real_dll)...this forces JA to use your sound card's OpenAL driver.
That's pretty much it for JA. If you experience crashes or lockups then lower your settings as JA is fairly system intensive. Even though it runs on a highly modified Quake3 engine, it still has a lot of whizz-bang features and high polygon counts and detailed textures, so it puts a real strain on your system.
Seems like a fun game and looks fantastic, I'm really enjoying this game :)
Below are some tips to make sure you get the best performance out of JA, as there are a few issues with this game. Firstly, read the official JA FAQ on performance here for some basic tips from Lucasarts.
Go to the file jaconfig.cfg (typically in the C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy\GameData\Base directory) and edit it using Wordpad.
Add the following lines at the bottom of the jaconfig.cfg file:
seta r_displayRefresh "70"
That way you're not stuck at 60Hz. Edit the number 70 above to whatever your monitor's maximum refresh rate is at your chosen resolution.
seta com_hunkmegs "512"
Assigns more RAM for the game to use. I've chosen 512MB because I have 1GB of RAM, so for those with say 512MB of system RAM set the above to 256MB.
There are other settings you can edit in the jaconfig.cfg, but those are best adjusted using the in-game settins screens.
General Performance Boosts
I found the biggest hit in my framerate came from enabling the Dynamic Glow option under More Video Options. I personally can't see the image quality difference between Dynamic Glow on and off (this is different to the Dynamic Lights setting), but with Dynamic Glow on my fps was 20fps average, and with it off it is 60fps average!
The other setting which can really drain your performance is the Volumetric Shadows. Set to Simple Shadows for a hufe fps boost, or even turn it off altogether.
Obviously you can turn down/turn off other settings like Dynamic Lights etc for a further fps boost, but the two settings mentioned above give massive performance hits for very little if any image quality difference.
EAX Performance Boost
If you're using EAX you can get an audio quality and performance boost if you have the file OpenAL32.dll in your C:\Windows\System32 directory (usually an Audigy/Audigy2 or the like will have it). If you do, rename the file OpenAL32.dll in the C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy\GameData directory to something else (e.g. OpenAL32.Real_dll)...this forces JA to use your sound card's OpenAL driver.
That's pretty much it for JA. If you experience crashes or lockups then lower your settings as JA is fairly system intensive. Even though it runs on a highly modified Quake3 engine, it still has a lot of whizz-bang features and high polygon counts and detailed textures, so it puts a real strain on your system.
Seems like a fun game and looks fantastic, I'm really enjoying this game :)
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