How to choose/set graphic settings before/during Demoplay?
By
Codewalker,
Posted on: 2012-10-01 08:19 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
A little update for all with the same problem:
I think i found a solution 
The graphic settings which are used by the Demoplay CoH AND CoHBeta can be found in the registry under:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH
(Sorry Mac-User, this is for Windows 7)
I guess, because i used the betaCoH for demoplay, i hadn´t installed the normal Coh and because the graphic settings of BetaCoH are saved on a different registry string ---> setting CohBeta settings does not effect a demoplay.
But if i change the settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH it effects also the demoplay with the cohbeta client.
So my suggestion:
Make a backup of this registry path if you want to use demoplay lateron 
Winke
Chris
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You can pick which of these to use by adding -project to the command line in addition to demoplay. For example, if you use "-project cohbeta -demoplay demoname", it will use the graphics settings that you have for your Beta install, regardless of which client you actually use to play it back.|
Originally Posted by Lichtfunke
But if i change the settings in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\CoH it effects also the demoplay with the cohbeta client.
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You're not limited to the existing names, either. You can abuse this to create predefined graphics settings to use. For example, I use "-project hq" for my high-quality settings, which live in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\HQ"
... Ah, i wondered about the "-project" string when i checked some demoplay threads here.
Quote:
That is a very handy option ... i think i will use this too.|
Originally Posted by Codewalker
You can abuse this to create predefined graphics settings to use. For example, I use "-project hq" for my high-quality settings, which live in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cryptic\HQ"
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Thanks a lot Codewalker.
Hi everyone.
Set the settings of both, the beta and the normal Coh, to the same settings and wait a night for synchronisation.
I just started testing the demorecord/-play function of the game.
But now i got a problem similar to http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=242820
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When i start a demoplay, the graphic settings are all set to low and i found no way to set them to high.
Does anyone know how to change the demoplay graphic and/or change the graphic settings without starting CoH?
Thanks in advance
Best wishes
Chris
As info:
I use Windows7 64bit and the game itself is working normal
Everything i tried already (and failed):
- Starting the game and set up the graphic there (works ingame, but does not change bad settings in demoplay)
- tried demoplay on beta and on normal coh
- tried a different demorecord
- (As suggested in the mentioned thread
- Used Zloth's Demo Launcher v2. But it shows "could not find City of Heroes" even if i start it as admin and with Net framework v1.1 or 4.0 installed