This workaround just works for the "Corrupted Shader Files" problem and do not require downloading programs!
for other graphical issues resulting in framerate drop look here:
http://mwomercs.com/...g-certain-ways/
This Guide is written under the assumption that you have installed MechWarrior Online the standart way into this folder:
C:GamesPiranha GamesMechwarrior Online
if not, simply replace those lines to your actual folder, or ask via commenting for Help, i will reply as soon as possible!
Before continuing you can try if deleting the following folder is a fix to your problem:
C:\Games\Piranha Games\Mechwarrior Online\USER\Shaders
if that helps: continue reading.
If not: then try looking here:
http://mwomercs.com/...g-certain-ways/
What does that Workaround do?
Basically this Workaround automatically deletes that Folder every time you start MechWarrior Online thus is only helping with corrupted shader files
Here is the Step by Step:
1: open your basic windows Notepad (not Word or Open Office)
you can do so by pressing "Start", type in "notepad" and hit the enter button (windows vista and windows 7)
or pressing "Start", press "execute", type in "notepad" and hit enter (windows XP)
or by Right-Clicking the Desktop and go to "New" and press "New Text Document"
2: copy and paste the following three lines of text in THE EXACT order into the empty file:
rd /s /q "C:GamesPiranha GamesMechWarrior OnlineUSERShaders"
cd "C:GamesPiranha GamesMechWarrior OnlineBin32"
MechWarriorOnline
3: click "Save As" and change the type from "Textfile" to "Any" and make shure the "encoding" part is set to "ANSI"
i suggest saving the file on your Desktop!
4: type in: MWO.bat
note: the "MWO" part is up to you to rename it any way you want, the ".bat" part is the important one and must be written exactly like mentioned!!!
5: From now on use the produced MWO.bat to start MechWarrior Online instead of the Launcher Icon
If the Framerate start to drop again, simply close MWO and restart it with the MWO.bat
that you made yourself!
That Workaround already helped 3 persons so far including myself!
If you have troubles with the Workaround simply drop a Commend!
greetings Kaputnik!
For those Curious how that workaround works exactly, here is the description:
what we are creating is a batch file (.bat) inside of such a batch file, there can be any dos code wich can also be entered into the console. It will be executed the order it was written.
It is utmost important to keep the order i mentioned because FIRST it should delete the folder AND THEN it should start MWO, the other way round will not work!
rd /s /q "C:GamesPiranha GamesMechWarrior OnlineUSERShaders"
rd means Remove Directory, it is a DOS command witch deletes a specified Folder with ALL included data.
the /s tells the rd command to also remove every subfolder
the /q tells the rd command to not question if you want the files to be deletet
in the code we use for the Workaround it removes the "Shaders" folder
cd "C:GamesPiranha GamesMechWarrior OnlineBin32"
cd means Change Directory, it is a DOS command witch temporarly switches the current position of your console to somewhere else specified.
in the code we use it changes the position into the "Bin32" folder
MechWarriorOnline
this line simply tries to Execute a programm (inside the current position of your Console) called MechWarriorOnline. That will ONLY WORK if we changed the position of the console from windows standart to the "Bin32" folder with the "cd" command used above
Why?
because only in the "Bin32" folder there is a MechWarriorOnline.exe file wich can be executet
This MechWarriorOnline file is the same that your standart MechWarrior Online Desktop Shortcut uses
Edited by Kaputnik, 30 October 2012 - 02:25 PM.