Configuration Utility
With
the latest patch Sea Dogs now contains a configuration utility which you can use
to change certain settings before loading the game.
Click
on Start, Programs, Bethesda Softworks, SeaDogs
(Change the Start menu folder as appropriate of course) & select
the SeaDogs Config icon.
Device.
This selects the Display adapter used for rendering Sea Dogs. Generally you
cannot change this setting so leave this alone.
Resolution.
Selecting a lower setting will improve performance & maintain a stable,
higher frame rate. Although, higher resolutions will look better, they generally
run slower.
Fullscreen
mode. Tick
this setting to enable Sea Dogs to run in full screen mode. Seeing as
you’ll be running the game with a 3D graphics card you’ll definitely want to
leave this enabled.
Antialiasing.
Tick this setting to enable the use of FSAA (Full scene
Anti-Aliasing) on supported graphics cards, such as the Voodoo 5 or Geforce.
This can significantly improve graphics quality by eliminating image artifacts
such as jagged edges. This
page contains screenshots with FSAA On & Off.
Low
texture resolution.
Ticking this setting enables the use of lower resolution textures
in Sea Dogs. You should only do this if you have a slow system or a video card
with 16MB of memory or less. Untick this setting will enable the
use of high resolution textures in Sea Dogs, this will provide optimal image
quality.
Clear
frame. Ticking
this will clear the screen before each frame is displayed. This will have an
adverse effect on performance so just leave it Unticked for best
performance.
Sleep
time. I’d
recommend leaving the setting at the default value of 2.
Enable
music. Untick
this to setting to disable
the in-game music from playing. This will improve performance. Leave this
setting Ticked to enable the in-game music being played. I’d
recommend leaving this setting Unticked.
Music
Volume. Use the
slider bar here to set the volume level for music in the game. The further to
the right, the louder & vice versa.
Enable
sound. Untick
this to setting to disable
the in-game audio from playing. This will improve performance significantly, but
obviously the game will be muted. Leave this setting Ticked to enable
the in-game audio being played. You should have no real reason to Untick
this setting.
Sound Volume. Use the slider bar
here to set the volume level for sound effects in the game. The further to the right,
the louder & vice versa.
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