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Speedz · Mar 10, 2007, 09:21 AM // 09:21

Is there a switch or some other way of running multiple instances of guildwars on a single system?

CoolWolf · Mar 10, 2007, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Accidental Double Post - Delete Please

CoolWolf · Mar 10, 2007, 08:21 PM // 20:21

DirectSong is additional downloadable music, so unless you install that you will be using games basic music, so either -mute / -nosound or standard game music is all you'll get.
(DirectSound is the basic in-game music/sound effects etc!)

As for the -fps switch, I have since discovered that it was originally used internally when testing the game on fast gfx servers and designers systems to slow the game to the standard gfx card speed that we mere users (mortals) have.

It will also be useful to slow the gfx cards, like the next gen d3d10 aka DirectX9EX/L and DirectX10 cards (nVidia 8800 GTX/GTS as an example) if you find things like damage indication and chat going to fast to read,

King Kong · Mar 12, 2007, 10:50 AM // 10:50

Does the -email switch work at all, or has it been removed?

EternalTempest · Apr 05, 2007, 11:35 PM // 23:35

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Originally Posted by LAMS3K

"-Authsrv" is used to specify what authorization server you want to connect to. The format is: -authsrv [IP]
Such as:

-authsrv 127.0.0.1

Would make Guild Wars try and authenticate(login or any account modifications) itself with the local computer. Which fails considering no one but ANet is running a server. It does not appear to accept a port number. This command does not accept a domain name instead of an IP address. I suppose this command is here for alpha testers. It would enable them to connect to a different server network than the rest of us.

Cool, I will add the information to the guide.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedz

Is there a switch or some other way of running multiple instances of guildwars on a single system?

Not by switch to my knowledge, but there is a way - Check this forum - http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=70999

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolWolf

As for the -fps switch, I have since discovered that it was originally used internally when testing the game on fast gfx servers and designers systems to slow the game to the standard gfx card speed that we mere users (mortals) have.

It will also be useful to slow the gfx cards, like the next gen d3d10 aka DirectX9EX/L and DirectX10 cards (nVidia 8800 GTX/GTS as an example) if you find things like damage indication and chat going to fast to read,

Very good, thanks for the info, will update the guide with this info

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Kong

Does the -email switch work at all, or has it been removed?

Not sure how to use / not been able to figure it out / not seen other be able to use it

*** New Switched ***
Best *guess* will do testing as well
-dsound Enabled the dsound engine (software) that were use to
-sndasio Enable audio using ASIO Audio Format
-sndwinmm No idea other then part of the new? sound engined

Removed Switches
-newsound switch was removed - I guessing it allowed you to "test" the new audio engind (fmod) but removed since it's the default software music engine now.

Nilator · Apr 05, 2007, 11:46 PM // 23:46

My -password still works. So, yeah.

NeHoMaR · Apr 09, 2007, 12:28 AM // 00:28

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Originally Posted by Nilator

My -password still works. So, yeah.

It's not dangerous put a password in a shortcut file? I mean, some spyware or something could look for the file and get password. Sometimes some minor spywares are not detected by anti-virus because looking at shortcuts is not dangerous.

MMSDome · Apr 13, 2007, 12:07 AM // 00:07

i saw in the post your funny chat section a guy changed the color of his text, how do you do that and select what color?

EternalTempest · Apr 13, 2007, 02:43 PM // 14:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMSDome

i saw in the post your funny chat section a guy changed the color of his text, how do you do that and select what color?

I don't think this is controlled by any switches off the gw.exe

Pretty sure it's an account based function. Such as Gaile Grey's GW account is flagged as "GM" so she can do GM emote (GM hovers over head) and her text is a different color and has more options then normal players such.

Eroth · May 20, 2007, 01:53 AM // 01:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Kong

Does the -email switch work at all, or has it been removed?

I've figured out how to use it. It's like the -password one. It auto-plugs in your e-mail, say if you can't save your account name like the button says you can

it's [email protected]

(for thou challenged, the [email protected] = your email)

The -email was probably incase you wanted to log on very quickly for the first time. (I timed that it took 10-15 seconds with starting and typing account [had -password on] and only 1-3 seconds with -email and -password) and yes I know I'm a loser for timing it, but I have nothing else to do while I'm sick. but it's just kinda wierd/useless and if you get spyware then they have your password and e-mail of which equals a bad combo.

Aphrael · Jun 07, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35

-email switch
fills in the account tab...

tried on my gf pc which we both use.. i have -email and -password set up on two different icons so that we can play at different times and not have to worry about typing in account names each time...

Njaiguni Blaze · Jun 07, 2007, 06:22 AM // 06:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aphrael

-email switch
fills in the account tab...

tried on my gf pc which we both use.. i have -email and -password set up on two different icons so that we can play at different times and not have to worry about typing in account names each time...

Yes, the parameter got added last update again.

Forgotten One · Jun 08, 2007, 12:29 AM // 00:29

Ok I have tested out some of the switches and I like the auto-logon ones.

FOR THE RECORD the -email switch got returned so here is EXACTLY how you auto-logon:

(path)/gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password yourpasswordhere

No equals sign, no colon, no dashes, just a space. The commanline differentiates between the switch fields by the "-" before the abbreviation.
Switches are different than flags "-email=(address)" is considered a flag (like Visual Basic coding). -email doesn't equal the address, it IS the address, so -email=(email) doesn't make sense if you think about it that way.

Using that switch line EXACTLY (after the .exe") auto-logs you in completely.
Imputting just the -email switch only fills in the account logon (which is auto-filled by the last logged on account anyways), so if you only are using 1 shortcut to login with multiple users/accounts, don't bother (or if you're the primary player, just put in the -email one and not the -password one as well).
If you're using a custom shortcut for each user, then the only thing holding you back from using both to auto-logon to your character select screen, is malware (or human) paranoia.

My sound card is a Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty attached to 240w 5.1 surround Logitech speakers so I have full support for all audio mixing/formats.

I am currently using the -sndasio switch

Now one thing I noticed about the 2 new sound switches (-sndasio & -sndwinmm), is when you have either of those 2 enabled, the checkbox beside "Use 3d hardware acceleration" gets un-checked and greyed out in the sound tab in the F11 menu.

I also notice that in-game, the sound effects (spell casting, weapons clashing, shields blocking, etc) on my centre speaker are non-existant directly infront of me (although the sound from my other 4 speakers sound better quality) but the music plays back fine.

If you don't use any sound switch, the sound seems a tad "muddy" to my ears, but the "use 3d..." checkbox is checked and I get the sound effects on the centre speaker.

Is anyone else noticing this?

EDIT: Oh yeah also 1 more thing. I ran the "-diag" switch and it reported that it did not detect any "HW memory" or onboard memory on my sound card, which is false. My sound card has 64MB of RAM on the soundcard, so it seems like the game is ignoring it, not using it, or is showing a false negative (opposite of false positive).

I hope someone at Anet sees this and investigates these strange things.......

EternalTempest · Jun 09, 2007, 02:46 PM // 14:46

Thank you for the update, and the testing of the sound switches.
I've updated the guide, I do apologize for the lateness of this update.

I'm only using 2 speaker headphones and unable to test out the sound stuff atm.

Cataclysm · Jun 26, 2007, 02:03 AM // 02:03

-fps 30 doesnt work for me...

Lycrius · Jul 19, 2007, 04:20 AM // 04:20

noshader seems to have slight improvement to my fps also with noshader the flowers stay on screen (without nshd they kept fading out and coming back randomly. (old post but still ok. thanks for this)

boberic · Aug 24, 2007, 09:05 AM // 09:05

how do i make gw render in dx9?

Njaiguni Blaze · Aug 25, 2007, 08:05 PM // 20:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by boberic

how do i make gw render in dx9?

It should automatically. If the "Graphics" tab under F11 shows you DirectX 8, it's your videocard that doesn't support dX9.

boberic · Aug 29, 2007, 11:19 PM // 23:19

my card supports dx9 because my gw use to run with dx9 but now it runs with dx8....? why?

Njaiguni Blaze · Aug 30, 2007, 05:04 AM // 05:04

I don't know how good you are with software, but if you do have dx9 installed (which you can check by clicking "Run..." in the Start Menu and typing "dxdiag") you need to uninstall dx8 and then reinstall dx9. That might help. Can't be bothered to explain atm, it's early and I have to go soon, sorry.