Casio E-115

[Kensman]

Hello all,<br>   I have a Casio E-115 with more than enough memory(10.47 for program and 4.3 for storage).  I have the .Exe file in the memory on board and the pak file on a storage card.  My problem is that PQ is not playable because it is way too slow.  Is there anything I can do to speed up the game, ie: make changes to the autoexec file, change location of files, use different pak files.  I know my PPC is slow at 131 Mhz and I can overcolck but I would like to exhaust all other options before I get into that.  Thanks.<br><br>Ken

[Moose or Chuck]

cl_bob "0" <br>cl_bobup "0" <br>cl_rollangle "0" <br>cl_rollspeed "0" <br>v_kickpitch "0" <br>v_kickroll "0" <br>v_kicktime "0" <br>d_mipcap "1" <br>d_mipscale "1" <br>r_waterwarp "0" <br>crosshair "1" <br>fov "80" <br>loadas8bit "1" <br>m_filter "1" <br>viewsize "100.000000" <br><br>r_drawviewmodel "1"<br>r_maxedges "999"<br>r_maxsurfs "333"<br>r_maxparticles "40"<br><br>_snd_mixahead "0.15"<br><br><br><br>This is my autoexec.cfg file. If you want to you could change lots of these settings to make it run faster. Such as:<br>d_mipscale "3" <br>r_maxparticles "10"<br>r_drawviewmodel "0"<br>fov "70"<br>viewsize "90.000000" <br>r_maxedges "999" // these two can be lower, but it<br>r_maxsurfs "333" // will cause lots of distant polygons<br>                 // to turn grey, so it's a big visual hit.<br>                 // maxedges should be 3x maxsurfs.<br>//and if you want FPS at any cost:<br>d_mipcap "3" //this will make all the textures really blury<br>             //but your FPS will increase noticeable.<br>             //can also be set to 2, same with d_mipscale for an inbetween settting.<br><br>[EDIT]BTW, I get around 7.6 FPS with my 200MHz Casio E-125 with that config. So I'd expect around 5.6 with your device, maybe more maybe less. I've never used an E-115, much less for Quake, so I'm not sure what it's FPS usually is.Last modification: Moose Master - 06/09/01 at 06:57:44

[Ken]

Moose,<br>   Thanks a bunch I will try it.<br><br>Ken

[RavenRay]

Hey Moose,  Did you have to add those to the autoexec.cfg file?  I had installed PockeQuake when they first came out,  but found it too slow to play.  I have finally o/ced my E-115, so I'm going to give this a try a second time.  Will this really up the FPS?

[Matt Keys]

Raven, you do have the latest version of PocketQuake right? If not you can get it at www.pocketmatrix.com/pocketquake

[RavenRay]

Matt, yup....just d/l today.  I checked the autoexec.cfg, but couldn't find anything with those parameters that was posted.  Is there a new autoexec.cfg file I should d/l?

[Matt Keys]

You can simply edit your current config with something like windows notepad. just copy the "oldschool tricks" from above in this post and put them anywhere in you current autoexec

[RavenRay]

Matt, Cool, thanx.  Oh yeah, just one more question.  If I was to d/l Quake 1 Pak file,  will i be able to play the old Quake stuff?

[randall]

yeah. Actually you MUST have the demo at least. pocketQuake needs GFX.WAD to even start. Maps, models and sounds are optional- but without them you don't have much of a game.<br><br>The original maps are very slow though.<br><br>I must note, that when pocketQuake 0.041 was released (I think that was the first for Mips) I actually PLAYED through the first 3 levels of the demo.<br><br>Last modification: randall - 06/11/01 at 16:51:48

[RavenRay]

That's ok, I don't mind playing the Demo.  Not to much of a first player gamer.  Just want it in those cases when I'm just really really bored.  Waiting for the Argentum when that comes out.  Now that is the kind of game that gets me goin.

[Moose or Chuck]

uh huh.

[999]

Moose, looks like you've spent some time tweaking those config settings <br><br>Now, I'd be interested how much quality you've sacrificed for a speed trade-off. I included an autoexec with an older release of Dan's PQ that everyone complained about because of the loss of quality (yet ironically noone bothered to comment on the fps increase). I wonder how similar the two are now, especially since we all are going for speed over gfx.<br><br>==<br><br>In my tests, the FOV really made a big difference in speed, as does the window size. If you go down a few notches, and keep an FOV of 60-70, you will seriously see a major increase. Mipcap at 3 sounds good, 4 would be overkill. Also, my surfs etc are that high so you can still play id maps. I always plan to make my cfg the default iPAQ cfg, but keep forgetting to tell Dan Anyhow, if they go lower, you'll see a lot of walls dropping out in the base maps. I suppose for custom maps, your numbers are right on the money.<br><br>

[Moose or Chuck]

High praise from 999, I'm honored.<br><br>I just thought that a good autoexec.cfg discussion was needed so I explained some of the more pertinent settings.

[Moose or Chuck]

you've just been awarded <br><br>999's seal of 666. Yes you are spawn of devil.

[RavenRay]

WooHoo!  Yes!  PQ is now playable for me.  Now, All I need to know is,  How do I modify the buttons to my preference?  I like the strafing an all, but i rather be able to turn left and right and then push a button for strafing.