Keyboard mapping and Graphics problems
Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 16:55
Hi,
My main issue is this: I can't play a decent game of Spring because the frame rate is very slow (about 4 fps on a decent battlefield with a decent number of units on each side).
Graphics: Intel HD graphics (fully updated, and yes I have read the FAQ on it.)
So my next solution is to disable widgets so that I can play at a decent fps. The problem is that my Fkeys are already mapped to certain preloaded functions. They basically come with the laptop, you know, stuff like increase/ decrease brightness, media controls, etc. The function for F11 (the widget key in Spring) is to play/pause (for media control). As such, whenever I play Spring and want to open the widgets bar to speed up my game by pressing F11, nothing happens. It doesn't open up, because the key is already mapped. I tried looking for a manual way to change the widgets/decrease settings but I got nowhere.
So my main questions are thus, or TL/DR XD
1. How can I map Spring shortcuts so that I can open the widgets menu with a different key besides F11?
2. OR, how can I use the Registry / other tools to let F11 be used for the application such that F11 DOES open the widgets menu?
3. Are there any other ways I can increase performance on an Intel HD graphics card, or can I never play Spring?
Oh and for some reason, whenever I play Zero-K on the lobby (basically starting a game from the 0K lobby and playing on an online server with a bot), the frame rate is much improved, but it crashes much more often. NORMALLY, on offline games for example, it does not crash; it simply goes slowly.
Thanks!
My main issue is this: I can't play a decent game of Spring because the frame rate is very slow (about 4 fps on a decent battlefield with a decent number of units on each side).
Graphics: Intel HD graphics (fully updated, and yes I have read the FAQ on it.)
So my next solution is to disable widgets so that I can play at a decent fps. The problem is that my Fkeys are already mapped to certain preloaded functions. They basically come with the laptop, you know, stuff like increase/ decrease brightness, media controls, etc. The function for F11 (the widget key in Spring) is to play/pause (for media control). As such, whenever I play Spring and want to open the widgets bar to speed up my game by pressing F11, nothing happens. It doesn't open up, because the key is already mapped. I tried looking for a manual way to change the widgets/decrease settings but I got nowhere.
So my main questions are thus, or TL/DR XD
1. How can I map Spring shortcuts so that I can open the widgets menu with a different key besides F11?
2. OR, how can I use the Registry / other tools to let F11 be used for the application such that F11 DOES open the widgets menu?
3. Are there any other ways I can increase performance on an Intel HD graphics card, or can I never play Spring?
Oh and for some reason, whenever I play Zero-K on the lobby (basically starting a game from the 0K lobby and playing on an online server with a bot), the frame rate is much improved, but it crashes much more often. NORMALLY, on offline games for example, it does not crash; it simply goes slowly.
Thanks!