Talk:Game Client

Running the game from a DVD-R

Game_Client#Running_the_game_from_a_DVD-R

Because I have not attempted this personally, I do not know what issues one may encounter. I wonder about Installation Directory. Can one run CityofHeroes.exe from ANY folder? Is the installdir only applicable to cohupdater.exe? What information does the game client actually pull from the registry? What if you import 'settings.reg' once and then come back with an updated client? What will happen on the login screen? Is the version stored internally or read from registry? --Konoko 13:37, 27 August 2007 (EDT)

Installation Directory is only used by COHUpdater to find the client. CityofHeroes.exe can be run from any folder. The registry pulls the authentication server, graphics settings and a few other keys from the registry. The version is stored in the registry so you have to run a settings.reg on each update (I believe). -- Leandro 20:38, 27 August 2007 (EDT)

Even More Commands

I think it's possible to pass in just about any of the switches in the registry as a command line parameter. I know it works in demos. I haven't checked to see what affect it has playing the game but I suspect it will act as a temporary change to your settings. I'm not real sure what use those switches may have outside of demos, but there it is.

--Zloth 00:45, 10 September 2007 (EDT)

Command line arguments

Need to gather data. I summon Zloth! --Konoko

List of allowed command line arguments

Updater only

• -test

program only

• -demoplay
• -demodump
• -demostats
• -demoloop
• -demofps
• -demodumptga
• -disable2d
• -demopause
• -demoframestats 1
• -project coh This will allow you to launch the game directly using CityOfHeroes.exe, completely bypassing the updater. Can cause a version mismatch error if there is an update on the server that is not installed on the client. This can allow you to log into the game when the updater is too busy or down but the servers are running fine.

both updater and program

• -fullscreen
• -screen x y (no quotes)
• -project game
• -console
• -usetexenvcombine
• -compatiblecursors
• -renderthread 1
• -port
• -cov
• -coh
• -maxfps <number>
• -maxinactivefps <number> I set this to 5 so the framerate goes down when I alt-tab, freeing CPU time for other programs.
• -stopinactivedisplay 1 This will cause the graphic display to be completly frozen and unchanged while COH is not the foreground application. Very useful for running multiple clients on the same computer.

List of dis/un/not allowed command line arguments that one would think would be

Put command line arguments that do not work down here, preferably ones that one would assume would work, but do not.

• -maximize
• -refresh