ConfigManager.txt

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# Configuration rules and options for Spore
# 
# Andrew Willmott
#

#
# This script both defines what the various game options
# do, and sets defaults for them based on the video
# card, sound card, CPU, and other factors.
#
# It also sets some properties determining what the
# hardware will support.
#


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# Constants
# 

# UI graphics settings
set Off 0
set On  1

set Low    1
set Medium 2
set High   3

# Shader paths -- must match with Material/config.mtl
seti shaderPath2_m 0
seti shaderPath2_0 1
seti shaderPath2_x 2
seti shaderPath3_0 3

# Set up option categories
#
sinclude Options.txt



#############################################################################
# Set up
#

setVariables

if ($VistaKB940105Required)
   alert "The game may run out of address space with some configurations\nand video cards, resulting in stability problems.\n\nIt is recommended that you install the latest Windows Vista Service Pack\nand check for updated video drivers.\n\nFor details see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article\n\n    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/940105\n\n" 1003 -warning
endif

if ($cider)
   # Running under Mac wrapper. Set mac-specific options here
   boolProp AlwaysFullscreen true
   boolProp MacSpecificText true
   boolProp Support51Audio false
endif

# Initial 'best case' defaults.
# These may be overridden below according to CPU or card.

setOption OptionShadows             $High
setOption OptionTextureDetail       $High 
setOption OptionEffects             $High
setOption OptionBakeQuality         $High
setOption OptionLighting            $High
setOption OptionPlanetQuality       $High

setOption OptionPhotoRes            $Medium
setOption OptionVideoRes            $Medium
setOption OptionAudioPerformance    $Medium
setOption OptionGameQuality         $High

setOption OptionDiskCacheSize        4  # 1GB
setOption OptionTutorialsEnabled     $On
setOption OptionShowHints            $On
setOption OptionExplainSporepedia    $On
setOption OptionExplainPaintLikeThis $On



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# Identify graphics card
#

# set some config variables based on a card table and vendor specific rules
# sets isCardFound, cardVendor, and cardName
include "VideoCards.txt"

# Fallback on the card name text supplied by the card itself.
# Assumes that at least the cardVendor has been matched, since
# vendor name is not contained in some vendor card names.
# Note that specific vendors are overridden to a default card.
#  For ATI    -> Radeon 9800 Pro
#  For NVIDIA -> NVIDIA 4800 TI SE

#if (not $isCardFound)
   set cardName "Radeon X1300/X1550 Series" # $graphicsCard
#endif

trace "==="
trace "=== Graphics Card: ${cardName} from ${cardVendor}, driver build ${driverBuild}"
trace "==="

if ( ${numSimultaneousRTs} > 1 )
    setOption OptionShadows         $High
    boolProp MRT 1
else
    setOption OptionShadows         $Low
    boolProp MRT 0
endif

if ($cpuCount > 1)
   seti adjustedCPU (round($cpuSpeed * 1.3))
else
   seti adjustedCPU $cpuSpeed
endif


# TODO: adjust for M/core 2
if     ($adjustedCPU < 2200)
   seti cpuLevel 0   
elseif ($adjustedCPU < 3000)
   seti cpuLevel 1
else
   seti cpuLevel 2
endif

trace "=== CPU level ${cpuLevel}" 

if ($cpuLevel == 0)
   setOption OptionShadows       $Low        # these add to the CPU dispatch burden
   setOption OptionEffects       $Low
   setOption OptionBakeQuality   $Low        
   setOption OptionPlanetQuality $Low
   setOption OptionGameQuality   $Low
endif

if ($cpuLevel == 1)
   setOption OptionShadows       $Medium 
   setOption OptionEffects       $Medium
   setOption OptionBakeQuality   $Medium     
   setOption OptionPlanetQuality $Medium
   setOption OptionGameQuality   $Medium
endif

if ($cpuLevel == 2)
   setOption OptionShadows       $High
   setOption OptionEffects       $High
   setOption OptionBakeQuality   $High
   setOption OptionPlanetQuality $High
   setOption OptionGameQuality   $High   
endif

setOption OptionTextureDetail $Medium 


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# Set base shader path
#

seti shaderPathToSet 0

# First, set the maximum path the card will support.
   
if ((${maxVertexProgramVersionHW} >= 768) and (${maxPixelProgramVersion} >= 768))  
   trace "=== Setting 3_0 shader path"
   seti shaderPathToSet $shaderPath3_0
   
elseif ((${maxVertexProgramVersionHW} >= 512) and (${maxPixelProgramVersion} >= 512))

   if ((${maxPSInstructions} >= 256) and (${maxPSRegisters} >= 32))
      trace "=== Setting 2_x shader path"
      seti shaderPathToSet $shaderPath2_x
      
   else
      trace "=== Setting base 2_0 shader path"
      seti shaderPathToSet $shaderPath2_0
   endif
   
elseif ((${maxPixelProgramVersion} >= 512))
   # probably intel-integrated with software VS
   # TODO: extra checks that CPU speed is fast enough.
   
   trace "=== Setting 2_m minimal PS shader path"
   seti shaderPathToSet $shaderPath2_m

else
   alert "Sorry, your graphics card is below our min spec, the game will not run. Please see the README for details." 2001
   seti shaderPathToSet 0
endif

# NOTE: do not override this for special cases, unless the card will
# actually crash or has bugs. Instead setOption OptionLighting to
# reduce the path by default to what we recommend.
intProp shaderPath $shaderPathToSet

if ($instancing)
    trace "=== Instancing can be enabled"
    boolProp effectsInstancing true    # we may override below on cards that have bugs
endif


############################################################################
# Shadow/texture settings
#

if ($shaderPathToSet >= $shaderPath3_0)
   seti shadowOption $High
   seti resolutionTarget (1024 * 768)
elseif ($shaderPathToSet >= $shaderPath2_x)
   seti shadowOption $Medium
   seti resolutionTarget (1024 * 768)
else
   seti shadowOption $Low
   seti resolutionTarget (800 * 600)
endif

if ($shaderPathToSet >= $shaderPath2_x)
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $High
elseif ($textureMemory > 128)    # this generally includes AGP, so we need to adjust this
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $Medium
else
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $Low
endif


# Exceptions
if (match("${cardVendor}", "ATI"))
   if (match("${cardName}", "*X1??0*"))
      if (not match("${cardName}", "*X18?0*") and not match("${cardName}", "*X19?0*"))
    	   setOption OptionShadows $Medium
    	endif
   endif
endif

if (match("${cardVendor}", "NVIDIA"))
   if (match("${cardName}", "*6??0*") or match("${cardName}", "*Quadro*FX*14?0*") or match("${cardName}", "*Quadro*FX*15?0*") or match("${cardName}", "*Quadro*FX*3450*"))
    	setOption OptionShadows $Medium
   endif
endif

trace "=== Card-based shadow setting ${shadowOption}"

# CPU override -- card can handle it but we don't have CPU to push the extra polys
if ($cpuLevel == 0)
   seti shadowOption 0
endif

if ($cpuLevel == 1 and $shadowOption > $Low)
   seti shadowOption ($shadowOption - 1)
endif

trace "=== CPU-adjusted shadow setting ${shadowOption}"
setOption OptionShadows $shadowOption



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# Exceptions based on GPU
#

# Vista exhibits hangs when using D3DQUERYTYPE_EVENT.
trace "OS = ${OSName}"
if (match("${OSName}", "*vista*"))
   trace "=== Vista: avoiding GPU flush"
   intProp NumFramesToBuffer 3    # avoid GPU lock to reduce buffering -- leave it to the driver
endif


############################################################################
# Exceptions based on GPU
#

# The notorious NVIDIA FX series.
# These theoretically support PS2, but in practice have such
# appalling performance (even with half) that it's unusable.

if (match("${cardVendor}", "NVIDIA") and match("${cardName}", "*5??0*"))
   trace "=== FX -- dropping settings"
   
   setOption OptionShadows       $Low
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $Low
   setOption OptionEffects       $Low
   setOption OptionBakeQuality   $Low
   setOption OptionLighting      $Low        # this will force 2_m path, but we let them raise it if they want
   setOption OptionPlanetQuality $Low

   seti resolutionTarget (800 * 600)
endif

# Low-end/integrated parts
# These are generally heavily cut down, integrated, and/or have no VRAM, e.g. NVIDIA's "TurboCache"
# stuff. NVIDIA in particular have a habit of selling these using very similar series
# numbers to their high-end parts.

# ATI Radeon X300 (Xpress 200)
# NVIDIA GeForce 6100
# NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache-16
# NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache-32 
if (match("${cardName}", "*TurboCache*") or match("${cardName}", "*NVIDIA*GeForce 6100*") or match("${cardName}", "*NVIDIA*GeForce 6200*") or match("${cardName}", "*ATI*Xpress*"))
   trace "=== Integrated/low-end card -- dropping settings"
   setOption OptionShadows       $Low
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $Medium 
   setOption OptionEffects       $Low
   setOption OptionBakeQuality   $Medium
   setOption OptionLighting      $Low        # this will force 2_m path, but we let them raise it if they want
   setOption OptionPlanetQuality $Low

   seti resolutionTarget (800 * 600)
endif


# Intel integrated
# TODO: go off ID, to catch any non-9xx changes
if (match("${cardVendor}", "Intel") and match("${cardName}", "*9??*") and not match("${cardName}", "*59?0*"))
   trace "=== Intel Integrated Graphics"
   
   boolProp effectsInstancing false
   
   setOption OptionShadows       $Low
   setOption OptionTextureDetail $Me...