HOW TO - use /nosound switch to increase performance

Step by step guide on using the /nosound switch to increase Demigod performance.

from Demigod Forums

Hi all, I had a quick look over these forums and saw a lot of posts telling people to use the "/nosound" switch but no actual post explaining how to do it. So, that being said I thought I'd do up a quick guide to help people get this up and running. If there is a post already and I missed it, I'd be more than happy to have this deleted.

My experience using the /nosound switch has been really positive - I've seen an increase of 2-3 in simspeed and really noticeable FPS increases (while running iTunes in the background because playing with no music or sound is boring!)

Anyway - the steps

1.) Browse to your Demigod\bin folder .. if memory serves me correctly this is defaulted to "C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Demigod\bin"

2.) There should be a "demigod.exe" file located in the Demigod\bin folder. Right click this file and select "Send to desktop (create shortcut)

3.) Locate the shortcut you just created on your desktop, should be named something like "Shortcut to Demigod.exe". Right click this shortcut and at the end of the target box type '/nosound'.

4.) The target text box should read similar to this (quotes included)  "C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Demigod\bin\demigod.exe" /nosound

5.) Run the game using this shortcut. If all worked correctly, the game should run with no sound and you should experience a performance increase.

 Let me know if you find any errors within this post.

 

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Excellent post thank you :)

If you do find you get a significant performance increase please post to http://forums.demigodthegame.com/348232. Only if enough people show they have the issue will we have any hope the issue will get resolved. /nosound is a workaround but the option of playing with nosound is not great

Tals

 

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Yeah, it's funny how running with no sound can make such a big difference

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Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Bu...bu...bu... i like the sound :(

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Ralsar, reply 4
Bu...bu...bu... i like the sound

 

I would suggest posting to the other thread - link on my post above. This is the instruction thread the other thread is the complaint and the confirmation that it is a workaround. If enough people post to it then it will make the devs more interested. If it's just 6 of us (which I think is about the number people indicating they are having the problem) then we're never see a fix.

 

Tals

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Nighteyes, reply 2
Yeah, it's funny how running with no sound can make such a big difference

Are you runnning DG on single core cpu?

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

wow....this no sound thingg.....actually works.

before...i was lucky if i could muster out 5fps...but now...im playin at around 27-30fps, YAY:drool:

i had my doubts......but now i can actually play online, WOOT!!! XD

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

"my computer isnt letting me edit the target file any suggests?"

Same problem, says the name specified is not valid, I'm running Vista, does that make a difference?

 

Edit: Solved it, there was a space I missed.

 

"C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Demigod\bin\Demigod.exe" /nosound

 

Thats it right there after " and before /nosound

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Skeziks, reply 9
my computer isnt letting me edit the target file any suggests?

 

Hi Skeziks,

What error in particular are you getting?

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

make sure to p[ut space after " or it will not work

Reply #14 from Demigod Forums Top

 Mine went from 5-6 start (-1 to -2 endgame) to 8-9 start (with 1 to 2 endgame) with /nosound!  But playing with "no sound" is pretty awful :\

Reply #15 from Demigod Forums Top

There is no "folder" DD, it's a file, executable.  It has to be there somewhere, that's what starts the game.   If there is a shortcut on your desktop for DemiGod, you can just right click on it, left click on properties, and add /nosound  to the end of the "Demigod.exe" line (make sure there is a space between exe and the /).

 

Reply #17 from Demigod Forums Top

There seems to be at least 3 threads about this issue.  Has anyone seen a reply from a Dev that says they know about this bug/problem, or that a fix may be on the way.  I don't read all the threads. . .

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

i have a problem , how can u edit the name of the file , special character like / cant be write , on my pc dont make me allow to do it