editing variables.txt

Hello,

since patch 1.5 the the game looks different, than with the previous patch, despite having the excact same settings.

I know that this is a common issue.

I dont like the new look of the game so i want to play around with the settings in the variables.txt file, to get the old look of the game ("old washed out look" = low-settings).

My question:

Is it allowed to change those settings as i want to or is it against any terms of use and do i risk to get banned when changing them?

Thanks in advance..

talontromper United States. August 02 2012 23:50. Posts 253

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You haven't looked very hard at how to fix the change of the look have you.

19. "Low" texture setting looks much nicer, results in lower performance
As described here, "Low" texture settings now load prerendered static bumpmaps, whereas the previous "low" setting had no bumpmapping at all. The result is (arguably) a nicer-looking picture, but some people are reporting performance problems that may have something to do with this.

Fix: You can restore the old "low" texture behavior by setting "alternateLowTextures=0" in variables.txt.

Is on like three threads on how to get the old settings back.

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talontromper United States. August 02 2012 23:50. Posts 253

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Oh and you don't risk getting banned.

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graNite Germany. August 02 2012 23:51. Posts 1911

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On August 02 2012 23:50 talontromper wrote:
You haven't looked very hard at how to fix the change of the look have you.

19. "Low" texture setting looks much nicer, results in lower performance
As described here, "Low" texture settings now load prerendered static bumpmaps, whereas the previous "low" setting had no bumpmapping at all. The result is (arguably) a nicer-looking picture, but some people are reporting performance problems that may have something to do with this.

Fix: You can restore the old "low" texture behavior by setting "alternateLowTextures=0" in variables.txt.

Is on like three threads on how to get the old settings back.

That does not answer his question, read it again.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that it is not against the rules. Recently they even told us to edit it to fix the wrong language files

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talontromper United States. August 02 2012 23:57. Posts 253

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Point taken, prolly it is technically wrong to modify the settings, that being said I've seen on the b.net forums on the technical help about modifying the variable.txt file.

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ZenithM France. August 03 2012 00:02. Posts 8325

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Huh no, I don't think that's illegal at all. The file is there in plain text for you to modify after all. SC2's Options are just there as an interface to help you use some presets of options without knowing all the technical parameters.

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