Hi all! I know there are tools available for effects removal, but I like stuff I can do myself and I thought I'd share what I did. I think sometimes simple is better...this took about 5 mins and a basic knowledge of MS-DOS.
Start Notepad...you will be making a batch (*.bat) file.
Navigate to your Conquer 2.0 folder, wherever that happens to be. Note the path (e.g. C:\Program Files\Conquer 2.0) and enter that in notepad.
Find 3DEffect.ini and make 2 copies of it. Rename one to 3DEffecton.ini and rename the other to 3DEffectoff.ini.
Open 3DEffectoff.ini and delete all the contents and save it. The first copy (3DEffecton.ini) is a backup of the original, which you should not screw with.
Now in MS-DOS, we want to use the ini folder, so in my text file I typed:
cd C:\Program Files\Conquer 2.0\ini
(The cd command changes to the given directory.)
Then I used the copy command with a /y switch to confirm overwrite (out of habit, as the switch is normally not required in batch mode). So the second line reads:
copy 3DEffecton.ini 3DEffect.ini /y
Thats all. I saved the file on my desktop calling it effectsOn. You will need to change the file extension from .txt to .bat for this to work (i.e. rename effectsOn.txt to effectsOn.bat).
Again, the 2 lines in this file:
cd C:\Program Files\Conquer 2.0\ini
copy 3DEffecton.ini 3DEffect.ini /y
To make the other one only a minor change is required to the 2nd line. I called this one effectsOff.bat. Here are the 2 lines of that file:
cd C:\Program Files\Conquer 2.0\ini
copy 3DEffectoff.ini 3DEffect.ini /y
End result: 2 files on desktop, one to switch on and one to switch off effects. As you can see, all this does is overwrite the file that the game is going to load with either an original or blank file. You can do it manually by cut/paste but that's too much work.
NOTE: You must exit the game and re-login if effects are on and you wish to turn them off, or vice-versa. Set it on or off, then open client. Of course you can open a client, change effects on/off, then open another without having to close the first one (or several).
In 110 stakes at TG (the worst on my server) I have a steady 31 fps with my archer and a stig bitch there. Before doing this I had 3-4 fps. People move and I hear sounds but there are no effects and I don't lag out as much.
In the future, when there is a patch, all you have to do is delete the first copy 3DEffecton.ini and remake it as before by copying the new ini file. But make sure you dont run either batch file before you make this copy or you will still be using the old version.
Small contribution I know, but perhaps it helps someone. Anyway it feels good to try and give back to the community. Thanks to all the coders for your awesome stuff. I use joek's CO2swap and blinko's CoZoom all the time and they're excellent.
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