3DView2 Command Line Parameters

3DView2 Command Line Parameters

The following command line paramters are available for 3DView2:

Connectivity

-server <ip or host name>

• Specifies a world server to connect to
• default is 127.0.0.1 (i.e. localhost)
• Example: 3dview2 -server myserver.example.org
• Example: 3dview2 -server 192.168.0.23

• Specifies the port the world server is using
• default is 10001
• Example: 3dview2 -port 80

Appearance

-alwaysontop (true|false)

• Specifies whether the application window should be always on top (i.e. always float above all other top level windows)
• has no effect in fullscreen mode
• default is false
• Example: 3dview2 -alwaysontop true

• Specifies whether the application should go fullscreen rather than open a window
• default is false (i.e. windowed mode)
• Example: 3dview2 -fullscreen true

Quality / Performance

-res <width>x<height>

• Specifies the screen resolution of the 3DView2 application in pixels.
• higher resolutions are slower and use slightly more video memory
• Default is 800x600
• Example: 3dview2 -res 1024x768

• turns triple buffering on or off
• triple buffering uses two instead of three frame buffers; this can increase performance if vertical synchronization is on
• triple buffering makes no sense if vsync is turned off!
• triple buffering uses more video memory
• Default is false
• Example: 3dview2 -triplebuffering true

• turns vertical synchronization on or off
• vsync scynchronizes screen buffer flips with the screen refresh; this makes the frame rate smoother and prevents visual artifacts
• vsync limits the frame rate to whatever the display frequency is (not a problem, you cannot see 600fps on a 60Hz display anyway)
• vsync slows the application down somewhat, triple buffering can possibly compensate for that
• Default is true
• Example: 3dview2 -vsync true

• specifies the default texture resolution that the application will use
• valid values are 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024
• all textures are square, so 64 means 64x64 pixels
• smaller textures use less video memory; your must reduce the texture resolution if your graphics card does not have enough memory
• the application will try to use all textures in the resolution you specified; if a texture is not available in that resolution, the application will try to use the next smaller version that is available; if that fails, it will use the next larger version
• Example: 3dview2 -textureresolution 256

• turns sound on or off
• Default is true
• Example: 3dview2 -soundtrue