Technical questions

[assobanana76]

My PC is 32bit...

That's fine, Banished comes with both x32 and x64 versions... the point is that its real name is "Application-x32.exe" (without the steam part).

How can I launch the game without launching Steam?

Oh, I'm sorry - did you not buy it from Shining Rock, or GoG, or Humble Bundle?
No standalone, drm-free installer straight from the maker? 

are you kidding me?? 
I know that, deep down, even you love Steam! 
there must be a way to start it WITHOUT Steam !! 

[A Nonny Moose]

Just as a matter of information, I run Banished from a 32-bit wine prefix.  It seems happier that way than with the default 64-bit prefix.

I don't think the extra bandwidth of the 64-bit decor makes much difference.  Nothing discernible, anyway.

[assobanana76]

Just as a matter of information, I run Banished from a 32-bit wine prefix.  It seems happier that way than with the default 64-bit prefix.

I don't think the extra bandwidth of the 64-bit decor makes much difference.  Nothing discernible, anyway.

[assobanana76]

and this???
WTF is this??
2nd mod in the list..

[assobanana76]

last night I did 300 tests ..
and as usual @RedKetchup , once again, you are a genius !!! 

I do not know how it is possible with my GeForce 210 but in DirectX11 it works!
I was able to start a game with NMT, FM and DC together !!!
or better .. the game put us about 10 minutes to open .. but opened the game !! no crash !!

then I was so excited, and at the same time tired, I have not tried to build anything in this new game (so not sure if the first command of construction of some building of these mod, the game crashes) I threw on an old saved game with only CC and FM and my mega-market.

with DX11, the game is faster than when I used DX9!

tonight I might try adding NMT that saved game and see what happens! e.g. build a channel around the market ..

and there's another thing that I try to do and that I fear will crash the game .. activate the starting conditions of TOL and InvisibleAddCollision ..
I will make attempts ..

[A Nonny Moose]

Interesting.  I will add DX11 to my wine prefix and see if I can force the game to use it.

[assobanana76]

Interesting.  I will add DX11 to my wine prefix and see if I can force the game to use it.

and the game is even more fluid ..
at 1x I can see they move !!
at 1x with DX9 my citizens seemed stopped!
but perhaps the merit is that it was a new game with virtually nothing built ..

mysteries of video cards ..

[A Nonny Moose]

No luck with DX11.  My 64-bit prefix has it, but the game doesn't see it.

[Gordon Dry]

and the game is even more fluid ..
at 1x I can see they move !!
at 1x with DX9 my citizens seemed stopped!
but perhaps the merit is that it was a new game with virtually nothing built ..

mysteries of video cards ..

I also recognized that the game launch is very slow on DX9 but very fast on DX11.

I also tuned the NVIDIA Profile for Banished (I use NVIDIA Inspector, it does the same but the UI is better in my eyes).



Sorry for the pictures, but unfortunately this board has no features to create "spoilers" (hidden content to unfold) or to auto resize pictures to thumbnails with embedded link.

The main graphics settings are set inside Banished, the profile only gives some key features.

My exported settings file of NVIDIA Inspector is attached.

[assobanana76]

mmmmhhh......
considering my inexperience in video cards do not dare touch settings that may cause permanent damage !! 

[A Nonny Moose]

Fear not.  Nothing you can do from the keyboard can cause permanent damage to a component.  Mind you, you can disable things, so be careful to understand what you are doing.

[assobanana76]

exactly .. my fear is not being able to go back!

[Gordon Dry]

In NVIDIA Inspector, only the bold black written entries are changed.
The grey entries are untouched.

And if you delete the profile for Banished, the game will start with default settings again.
But you can also set the the profile itself to default, or a single setting of it.

[assobanana76]

my problem is that I do not know what they mean none of the words in bold .. 
antialiasing? triple buffering? anisotropic? 
my video settings "Banished" are random .. if I'm not mistaken bilinear, low shadow (or something) and the rest all average.
but if I can tonight I make screenshots of them.

[assobanana76]

technical question..

does anyone know if is possible appear / disappear the window with all professions with a shortcut of keyboard? set-up F...? or already exists?