Reducing World Editor Lag

This thread combines the information from two previous stickies.

There are two things that you can do to greatly reduce the lag that sometimes occurs in the World Editor. Both of these tricks work for both TFT and RoC.

First, to greatly reduce object editor lag, all you have to do is go to the Window drop down menu in the main window and deselect the Brush List.

The Brush List displays a list of brushes (units, doodads, etc.) at the lower left corner of the main World Editor window. Most people don't use the Brush List, but the World Editor has to load all the object data for it. When a value in the Object Editor is changed, the Brush List is refreshed, which causes the lag.



Secondly, if you have Windows XP or 2000, you can change the priority of the World Editor to make Windows run it faster. There are 2 modes for this, Above Normal and High. You should only do this if your computer is fast and if the World Editor lags.

Above Normal system requirements:
384 megs ram
1.7 ghz equivalent processor
32 meg video card

Fastest system requirements:
512 megs ram
2.4 ghz equivalent processor with a more than 266 mhz FSB
64 meg video card

To change the running priority:

• Go to your Task Manager (control+alt+delete).
• Click on the Processes tab
• Right-click on worldedit.exe and select Set Priority.
• Set it to Above Normal or High, depending on your system.

If your computer runs really choppy like this, immediately reset its priority to Normal or your computer will crash.
Do not ever set priority to Real-Time unless you have an uber fast computer, or your computer will become completely unresponsive until you close the World Editor!

If you try to use any other programs while you have the priority changed, your computer will be slow. It just means your computer wants to play with WE, and will leave other programs outside, making them slower.
If you need to have other things running, such as an antivirus program or whatnot, you can reduce the other programs' priorities. Don't lower it too much or it won't run right. You probably shouldn't go down more than one level.

If you are still getting lag

You can also lower the Undo Count In file\prefferences from 256 to 10.

Also avoid placing destructables/ units above start locations, also avoid overlapping start locations.

Edit: Avoid to post anything that is not a question in this thread, do not spam like HeyPetray did, don't post thanks either (we already know this works =)

Thx but it was a bit late for me :(. I removed 60 units with that lag. I needed to do that, had no choice, but that was really boring and took time. I did it 4 days ago.

Great stuff, thank you. Easy and my WE works faster now.

Is there a way to do a similar thing for object manager... or something that makes my 1020... regions load faster?

Will doing these tricks help reduce the time it takes for a terrain square to completely edit?

When i try to edit a little piece of terrain, the editor freezes for about 10-15 seconds, then the terrain is done. Is this something in the editor, or is it something that i did?

Check if you have anything overlapping any start location, this was the cause of similar lag for me.

Would placing unbuildable terrain under a start location also create lag?

I don't think so

Or, a more simple answer:

Time to look into a new computer :ggani:

There is an easy way to always start the WE (or any EXE) in High process priority with Win 2k/Xp/2k3, here is how:

1) Create a new TXT file inside the War3 Folder.
2) Write the following text on it: start /High worldedit.exe
3) Save this txt.
4) Rename it to WE-High.bat
5) Create a shortcut to this WE-High.bat on your Desktop.

You can also use those instead of "/High":

/Realtime DON´T USE THIS UNLESS U HAVE A VERY FAST DUAL CPU MACHINE
/AboveNormal
/Normal
/BelowNormal
/Low

Any ideas for Macs? I hate having to wait 8 seconds everytime i click something in the triggers.

Sorry, we can't help you, I guess that the brush list and the start location things are the only ones you can do.

Research in your mac's help files / manual there should be a way to change the system priority.

* Removed a post that could lead to a flame war *

Is raising the priority wise (with the right cpu) in the game itself? I could see it helping alot with big open + thousands of doodad areas. Just curious...