It lets you modify some console variables easily via interface options up to the real maximum.
e.g. view distance, ground effects and much more
KEYBINDINGS
Keybinding 1
Switch between two possbile graphic setting profiles *)
(e.g. different settings for soloing, raiding, screenshots etc.)
Keybinding 2
Switch fullscreen / windowed mode
Keybinding 3
Toggle maximized (in windowed mode)
Keybinding 4+5
Change screen display aspect ratio (+/-)
(Should be used in windowed mode only.)
GAME Options
Violence Level
0 = No effects
1 = Green blood effects
2-5 = Red blood effects
(Default = 2)
Screenshot Quality
Compression can be selected to be better quality in a larger file
Screenshot Format
JPEG or TGA (Default = JPEG)
Object Selection Circle
Toggles the targeting circle.
Always Compare Items
Show always a comparison tooltip for Items (without pressing SHIFT-Key).
Auto Dismount
Land mount: Dismount when trying to use an ability.
Auto Stand
Stand up when trying to use an ability.
Auto Unshift
Unshift/Unstealth/Leave shadowform when using an ability only usable 'unshifted'.
Pitch Limit
"360 degree" will allow you to do loopings with your flying mount.
SYNCHRONIZE Options
Synchronize Settings, Synchronize Config, Synchronize Bindings and Synchronize Macros
Toggles the saving of UI settings, config, bindings and macros to the server.
CAMERA Options
Camera Distance Max and Camera Distance Max Factor
Default maximum is 15, possible values up to 50.
Camera View Blend Style
Camera moves from saved positions smoothly (default) or instantly.
GRAPHIC Options
Farclip
Controls the view distance of the environment.
Default Maximum is 1277, possible values up to 1600
Game performance may decrease when you use the higher settings.
Horizon Farclip*removed
Set draw distance for the horizon (terrain). When larger than farclip, will show 'shadows' of terrain in the distance.
Default Maximum is 2112, possible values up to 6300
Texture Cache Size
Caches in memory textures when they are not in use for quick loading.
Default = 32 MB, possible values up to 512MB
M2Faster
Level of M2Faster-Optimization.
Default is 1, possible values up to 3
Groundeffect Density
Density of high quality ground effects (grass, bushes..).
Default Maximum is 64, possible values up to 256, feed your cow!
Game performance may decrease in some zones when you use the higher settings.
Object Fade
Enable or disable fading of small objects.
If you disable it you may have an increased view distance (depending from Environment Detail) but you will have 'pop-ups' too.
Environment Detail
Controls model draw distance for doodads.
Character Ambient
Set the ambient value for characters (lighting).
SpellEffect Level
Spell Effect level.
Default is 9, possible setting up to 2000
Game performance will decrease when you use the higher settings.
Sky Cloud LOD
Level of detail for Sky.
ShadowLOD
Enables or Disables Blob Shadows.
MaxFPS
Optional framerate limitation.
MaxFPSBS
Optional framerate limitation when minimized.
Ratio
Change Wide-screen display aspect ratio. (+ 25%, -25%)
(Should be used in windowed mode only.)
CPU Options
Process Affinity Mask
Determines which cores of your processor wow will load & run on. (1,2, 4 or 8 cores)
The default for a single core processor is "1 core" (ProcessAffinityMask = 1),
while all multi-core processors (dual-core, quad-core etc.) default
to "2 cores" (ProcessAffinityMask = 3).
SOUND Options
Sound Listener at Character
Set sound center to playercharacter or camera.
COLOR Options
Interface Color
Changes the color of the unitframes, mainbar and minimap.
Player Unitframe
Adds the 'rare' or 'elite' dragon around your player frame.
*) How to use the "Switch" button/keybinding:
e.g. maybe in order to have more FPS while raiding you want to reduce some graphics settings.
So you hit the button once. Now your current settings are saved and you have switched to a second setting.
Please note: The screen may flicker during this GX Restart.
Now you could reduce screen resolution, visibly range, effects or go to fullscreen mode etc. pp. and have more FPS.
When your raid is over you would like to switch back to your previous high quality settings.
Simply hit the switch button again and all your previous settings are restored.
You may bind a key for this too.
That's it.
Change Log - TweakWoW
2.9.3
Bugfix: switch button fix
.toc update to 30200
2.9.2
patch 3.2 fix
2.9.1
New: ProcessAffinityMask: menu will now offer 8 cores too
Updated zhTW and zhCN locale
2.9
New: added processAffinityMask (choose how many cpu-cores to use)
2.8.1
Bugfix: fixed a typo
2.8
New: toggle precomputed terrain shadows and added MaxFPSbs setting when the client is minimized
Removed unnecessary groundeffectDistance slider (there was no real difference to the original slider)
Updated zhTW and zhCN locale
Minor changes in some tooltip descriptions.
2.7
New: Change screen display aspect ratio
2.6
some minor bugfixes, updated ruRU locale, added keybindings for CVars gxWindow and gxMaximize
this version will reset your color settings and PitchLimit setting, sorry for that
2.5
New: added a "Fast Switch Button" for graphic settings (keybinding also available)
2.4
New: some more options
2.3
Updated zhTW and zhCN locale and changed Pitchlimit from 90 to 89
2.2
Updated ruRU locale (thanks again!), spelleffectlevel should now be easier to reset and fixed a little typo
2.1
New: some more options and default buttons for each of the tabs as requested
2.0
New: chinese simplified and chinese traditional translation, many thanks to Mr. Sparanoid,
and german translation added too
1.9.1
Bugfix: fixed a little typo *doh
1.9
New: Russian translation, many thanks to Mr. StingerSoft
New: some more options, e.g. increase Texturecache Size from 32MB up to 512 MB, select a higher Level of "M2Faster"-optimization for an improved performance in crowded scenes and disable ambient light if you want.
1.8
New: made it translatable and bugfixing dropdown once again
1.7
New: some more options, e.g. always compare items, spell effect level, more synchronize settings
Please note: be carefully with 'Spell Effect Level': extremly high settings might burn your CPU ;-)
1.6.1
Bugfix: dropdown menu will now allways update correctly
1.6
New: more detailed tooltips
1.5.2
Bugfix: restore pitchlimit and characterambience settings after restart
1.5.1
Bugfix: oops, too much loopings aren't so good
1.5
New: some more options, e.g. 'PitchLimit' ...let's do loopings and fly on your head.
1.4
Bugfix: ColorPicker will now allways update correctly
1.3
New: Change the color of the unitframes, mainbar and minimap
1.2
..was buggy
1.1
New: some more options, e.g. screenshot format and quality, max FPS etc.
Bugfix: sliders will now update correctly
1.0
initial release
Quite a nice addon. I've used these tweaks in the past manually but forgot over time but coming across this addon refreshed my memory and best part yet it now makes it simplistic.
I do have a question on one part though. What exactly is violence level? I assumed it was the thickness of blood splatters but I couldn't seem to notice much of a difference, granted I didn't pay attention to them prior anyway.
Also, are you certain that the camera view cannot be adjusted to zoom out even further or is that a new restriction in the latest WoW Clients? I seem to remember back in the day being able to set it ridiculously far, as in I could zoom out and see damn near the other side of the zone from where my character was.
Last edited by Jackalantern : 05-23-2009 at 03:41 PM.
Was able to improve a lot of things. Putting the crossfire to good use in WoW finally.
