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- Rage Update 1 info:
- RAGE Patch Release Notes - October 8th 2011
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- http://www.fileserve.com/file/M5kj9PW/Rage.Update.1-SKIDROW.rar
- http://www.wupload.com/file/346958017/Rage.Update.1-SKIDROW.rar
- http://www.filesonic.com/file/2460861214/Rage.Update.1-SKIDROW.rar
- http://www.filejungle.com/f/UDmmE4/Rage.Update.1-SKIDROW.rar
- http://d01.megashares.com/dl/a192bff/Rage.Update.1-SKIDROW.rar
- RAGE defaults to lower video settings to allow the game to work on a
- wide variety of hardware and software configurations.
- Unfortunately, it is not possible to anticipate all possible graphics
- driver issues in combination with unique end user hardware and software
- configurations. For this reason RAGE does not automatically increase
- video/graphics settings as this could result in negative side effects
- on specific hardware and software configurations. The original release
- of RAGE does not expose many video/graphics options for people to tweak
- because some of these settings, although desirable from a quality
- perspective, simply will not work on specific configurations either due
- to hardware limitations and/or driver bugs. Due to popular demand for
- more video and graphics options, this patch updates the video settings
- menu and exposes several quality and performance settings. However, not
- everyone may be able to increase the settings due to hardware limitations
- and/or driver bugs.
- VSync
- -----
- The new "VSync" option in the video settings menu allows you to remove
- screen tearing. There are three options: ON, OFF and SMART.
- When VSync is turned OFF you may experience screen tearing.
- When VSync is turned ON you should not see screen tearing. However,
- any time your frame rate drops below 60 frames per second you will
- get a sudden more severe drop to 30 frames per second. This is how VSync
- inherently works. If your computer cannot maintain 60 frames per
- second and you miss the synchronization to the vertical retrace of
- your monitor then you will miss a whole frame and synchronize to
- the next frame instead.
- Some graphics drivers now support a so called "swap-tear" extension.
- You can try using this extension by setting VSync to SMART.
- If your graphics driver supports this extension and you set VSync
- to SMART then RAGE will synchronize to the vertical retrace of
- your monitor when your computer is able to maintain 60 frames per
- second and the screen may tear if your frame rate drops below 60 frames
- per second. In other words the SMART VSync option trades a sudden drop
- to 30 frames per second with occasional screen tearing. Occasional
- screen tearing is usually considered less distracting than a more
- severe drop in frame rate.
- If your graphics driver does not support SMART VSync and you set VSync
- to SMART in the video settings then RAGE will automatically fall back to
- turning VSync OFF and you may experience screen tearing. The "swap-tear"
- extension is brand new and may still present some issues on certain
- graphics hardware. If you experience any problems using SMART Vsync
- then set VSync to either ON or OFF. We are actively working with the
- graphics hardware vendors to improve the "swap-tear" extension.
- If changing VSync in the RAGE video settings menu does not appear to
- make any difference then make sure you are not overriding the VSync
- setting in the graphics vendor control panel. You can find the
- graphics vendor control panel by right-clicking on the Windows desktop
- and selecting the " control panel" option from the pop-up menu.
- If you force VSync to the 'on' setting in the graphics vendor control
- panel then you should not see any screen tearing in RAGE but you may
- get a more severe drop in frame rate if your computer cannot maintain
- 60 frames per second.
- If you force VSync to the 'off' setting in the graphics vendor control
- panel then you may experience screen tearing no matter what setting you
- use for the VSync option in the RAGE video settings menu.
- Texture Cache
- -------------
- The new "Texture Cache" option in the video settings menu allows you
- to increase the texture cache size to keep more texture data in
- video memory.
- If the Texture Cache is set to LARGE then RAGE will keep more texture
- data in video memory. This may not only significantly reduce blurry
- textures and texture popping, it will also allow complex scenes to be
- rendered with more texture detail.
- However, this may not work on computers that do not have enough system
- or video memory, or you may experience a significant drop in performance.
- If you experience issues due to hardware limitations you will have to set
- the Texture Cache back to SMALL.
- If after changing the Texture Cache to LARGE you experience a crash or
- texture corruption (like a partially or completely blue world) then
- the graphics driver may have run out of memory.
- We are actively working with the graphics card vendors to resolve
- any crashes.
- If you do not experience a crash but you see texture corruption then you
- may be able to get the large Texture Cache to work by accepting the change
- and restarting the game. If you still experience texture corruption after
- restarting the game you will have to set the Texture Cache back to SMALL.
- You may also be able to improve the memory situation on your computer by
- changing the Windows paging file management. Note that making changes to
- the Windows paging file management may change the performance characteristics
- of your computer. Any changes you make to your system configuration are
- at your own risk. Always make backups of your system and revert these
- changes if you notice undesirable side effects.
- To change the paging file management on Windows Vista and Windows 7, first
- press the "Start" button, then right-click on "Computer" and then select
- "Properties" from the popup menu. Then select "Advanced system settings"
- on the window that appears. Select the "Advanced" tab on the
- "System Properties" window that is displayed and press the "Settings"
- button under "Performance". Select the "Advanced" tab on the
- "Performance Options" window that shows up next and press the
- "Change..." button under "Virtual memory". Now uncheck the option
- "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" and make
- sure that the option "System managed size" is selected on the
- "Virtual Memory" window. Confirm the change by pressing the "OK" button
- on each window. After making this change you will have to restart your
- computer for the change to take effect.
- To change the paging file management on Windows XP, first press the
- "Start" button, then right-click on "My Computer" and then select
- "Properties" from the popup menu. Select the "Advanced" tab on the
- "System Properties" window that is displayed and press the "Settings"
- button under "Performance". Select the "Advanced" tab on the
- "Performance Options" window that shows up next and press the "Change"
- button under "Virtual memory". Make sure that the option
- "System managed size" is selected on the "Virtual Memory" window.
- Confirm the change by pressing the "OK" button on each window.
- After making this change you will have to restart your computer for
- the change to take effect.
- Anisotropic Filter
- ------------------
- The new "Anisotropic Filter" option in the video settings menu allows
- you to increase the anisotropic texture filtering.
- Anisotropic filtering is a method to enhance the image quality of
- textures on surfaces that are at oblique viewing angles.
- The anisotropic texture filtering in RAGE defaults to a low value to
- accommodate for low-end graphics hardware. However, the anisotropic
- filtering can be increased for high-end graphics hardware by setting
- the Anistropic Filter option to HIGH in the video settings menu.
- Do not force anisotropic filtering to the βonβ setting in the graphics
- vendor control panel because this may cause rendering artifacts in
- the game.
- Note that increasing the anisotropic filtering may improve the
- texture quality while it may also decrease the frame rate.
- Patch Changes / Fixes
- ---------------------
- - Implemented workaround for AMD driver crash right after intro cinematic
- on Win 7 32-bit systems.
- - Disabled UBOs because they are causing animation issues with AMD drivers.
- - Don't allow swap-tear to be enabled on AMD while the extension is not
- exposed because it may crash.
- - Support for new video settings: "texture cache", "vsync" and
- "anisotropic filter"
- - Automatically adjust vt_maxPPF based on the number of available cores.
- - Improved performance for SLI cards when GPU transcode is enabled.
- - Fix for GPU Transcoding option being disabled after exiting gameplay.
- - Added safe mode to restore video settings to default values.
- - Allow g_fov to be changed from the RAGE launch options in Steam.
- - Server now forwards text chat from clients to all other clients while
- in-game.
- Known Graphical Issues
- ----------------------
- The following issues were found using NVIDIA graphics hardware with
- the GeForce R285 Driver or AMD graphics hardware with the AMD Catalyst
- 11.10 Version 2 Preview Driver.
- - If you turn up both the screen resolution and anti-aliasing settings
- to high values in the video settings menu and/or you enable
- "GPU Transcode" then the screen may no longer update on some hardware
- configurations. This means your system does not have the necessary
- video memory to run with these high settings. You can re-enter the video
- settings menu and lower your settings to restart screen updates.
- - If you turn up both the screen resolution and anti-aliasing settings
- to high values in the video settings menu you may experience a crash
- if your system does not have the necessary memory to run with these
- high settings. To avoid this problem you will have to re-enter the
- video settings menu to lower the settings. If you can no longer launch
- the game after changing the video settings to high values you can add
- the following to your RAGE launch options in Steam:
- +com_safemode 1
- The launch options can be found by right-clicking on RAGE in Steam
- and selecting "Properties". Then click on "Set Launch Options" in
- the dialog that pops up. Adding this option will reset your video
- settings to the default values the next time the game is launched.
- When the game is launched in safe mode the game will show "safe mode"
- in the corners of the screen. Do not forget to remove the safe mode
- launch option after launching the game once to make sure you do not
- lose your video settings each time you launch the game.
- - Using a NVIDIA graphics card on Windows XP 32-bit or XP 64-bit, you
- may experience a crash or hang when changing the screen resolution in
- full screen mode or switching from windowed mode to full screen mode.
- This has been identified as a graphics driver problem. We have spent
- significant effort trying to work around this problem and were
- successful in reducing the frequency of occurrence but a driver update
- is necessary to completely fix the problem. We are actively working with
- NVIDIA to make a solution to this problem available as soon as possible.
- - Using an AMD graphics card, you may experience black flickering
- artifacts on flags, banners and zip-lines if you run in full screen
- mode. This has been identified as a graphics driver problem. We are
- actively working with AMD on a solution to this problem.
- - Using an AMD graphics card, you may experience black grid lines on
- some graphical user interface (GUI) elements like the in-game mini-map.
- This has been identified as a graphics driver problem. We are actively
- working with AMD on a solution to this problem. If you find the grid
- lines particularly distracting, you can add the following to the RAGE
- launch options in Steam as a temporary workaround.
- +vt_maxAniso 1
- The launch options can be found by right-clicking on RAGE in Steam
- and selecting "Properties". Then click on "Set Launch Options" in
- the dialog that pops up. However, note that adding this setting will
- lower the general texture quality in the game.
- - If you have an AMD graphics card with a dual core CPU system you may
- experience severe hitching and low frame rates. This has been
- identified as a driver problem. We are actively working with AMD on
- a solution to this problem. As a temporary workaround you may add the
- following to the RAGE launch options in Steam:
- +jobs_numThreads 0
- The launch options can be found by right-clicking on RAGE in Steam
- and selecting "Properties". Then click on "Set Launch Options" in
- the dialog that pops up.
- - If you are running RAGE in full-screen mode and you ALT-TAB to a
- different application you may lose your VSync setting. When you
- switch to a different application VSync stops functioning.
- RAGE detects that VSync is no longer working and automatically switches
- back to synchronizing to real-time to make sure the game time advances
- in a consistent manner. We are actively working with the graphics
- vendors on a solution to this problem.
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