• Use the Settings forcombo box to select whether you are modifying options for your main City of Heroes installation (Coh) or your installation for the Training Room/Test Server (CohTest).
• Use theIn Game How Tobutton to learn how to adjust your City of Heroes client options while the game is running. The information will be presented in a command info window.
• Use the Low
  button to set the options of the current tab to the lowest possible values.
• Use the Resetbutton to reset the options of the current tab to their last known values - either from startup or from the last time Apply(see below) was pressed.
• Use the Defaultsbutton to reset the options of the current tab to their City of Heroes client defaults.

NOTE: Reset and Defaultswill only be available if the current tab has options that can be modified.

• Use the OKbutton to save the current changes and exit the program.
• Use the Cancelbutton to ignore the current changes and exit the program.
• Use the Applybutton to save the current changes and not exit the program.
• Use the Aboutbutton to bring up the About TweakCoH dialog. This can also be done with the F1 key.

NOTE: Applywill only be available once at least one option has been modified.

The first image displays what appears to be a combo box.

However, instead of popping up a list to make choices from, the combo box will popup a window with a slider. This window will depict the current value both on the slider, and numerically in the title bar of the popup window. It will also display the lowest and highest possible settings for the value being adjusted.

The third image demonstrates that when the value is adjusted by the slider, the title bar will change to reflect the new value.

When you are done, either move the mouse cursor outside of the slider popup window, or close it with the X in the upper right corner.

• Check or change the Last Account Name you used in the City of Heroes client.
• Have the City of Heroes client remember the last account you used to play by checking off Remember Account Name (note: un-checking this will clear current account name).
• Check the Current Version of the City of Heroes client.
• Check the Installer Language of the City of Heroes client.
• Go to the Installation Folder for City of Heroes.
• Go to the Start Menu Folderfor City of Heroes.
• View the City of Heroes Launcher Web Page in your default browser. Multiple choices may exist in the combo box for core, registry, and localized registry versions.
• View the City of Heroes Eula Web Page in your default browser. Multiple choices may exist in the combo box for core, registry, and localized registry versions.
• View the City of Heroes Patch Info Web Page in your default browser.

• Toggle between Fullscreen and Windowed Display Mode for City of Heroes using the
  Fullscreen checkbox.
• When Fullscreen is not checked, you can check the Maximized checkbox in order to force the City of Heroes window to take up your entire desktop.
• Adjust your display Refresh Rate for City of Heroes when Fullscreen is checked. All possible refresh rates for your default monitor will be displayed.

  Changing this value will change the possible choices under Screen/UI Resolution both on the Display tab, and on the Demos tab.

  NOTE: When Fullscreen is not checked you will need to use your Windows Display settings to change the Refresh Rate.

• Change your City of Heroes client Display Resolution based on Fixed choices from your graphics card (e.g., 1280x1024) or a Custom resolution.

  Warning: Not all resolutions are guaranteed to work, so choose wisely.

• Modify the 3D Resolution Scaling of City of Heroes, this will allow for your GUI to be drawn and a higher resolution than your 3D display space.
• Adjust the X Position and Y Position of the Windowed Screen Position when in Windowed mode.

Tip: If you play Fullscreen, keeping your City of Heroes client Display Resolution the same as your desktop resolution and making sure your Desktop Bits per Pixel is set to 32 bits can help your client start faster and avoid screen flickering from resolution changes. You can do this by opening your Windows Operating System Control Panel and choosing Display.

• Adjust the Character Texture Quality and the World Texture Quality of your City of Heroes client between Low, Medium, High, andVery High. Higher will produce better looking objects in game, but may impact performance on older computers (newer computers should have no issues leaving this at Very High).
• Change the World Detail and Character Detail levels for your City of Heroes client. Higher means more detail.
• Turn Particle Physics on or off for your City of Heroes client.
• Adjust the Max. Particle Count and Max. Particle Fill for the graphical special effects for your City of Heroes client. Higher means larger more vibrant special effects, but may impact your computer's performance.
• Turn on Depth of Field (DOF) Effects and adjust the Depth of Field (DOF) Amount in your City of Heroes client. A higher amount will mean better quality, but may also impact your computer's performance.
• Turn on Bloom Effects (possible settings are None, Regular, and Heavy) and adjust the Bloom Amount. A higher setting and higher amount will mean better quality, but may also impact your computer's performance.
• Turn on/off Lightmaps in your City of Heroes client. Turning them on may impact your computer's performance.
• Adjust your City of Heroes client's Shader Quality (possible settings are Low, Medium, and High. Higher settings will mean better quality, but may also impact your computer's performance.
• Turn on enhanced Water Effects in your City of Heroes client. Possible settings are None, Low Quality, and High Quality. Higher settings will mean better quality effects, but may also impact your computer's performance.

Warning: All settings may not be available here and/or in the CoH GUI

Tip: On computers with older or underperforming graphics cards, especially older notebooks it may greatly increase your computer performance while playing City of Heroes to use the settings provided by the Low button (see above).

• Suppress Extra Player FX will control (via a checkbox) whether or not you will see the special effects generated by other players who are not also on your team. This can help with computer performance especially in a large scale grouping like a Hamidon raid.
• Turn on Vertical Sync to have the game client attempt to draw/refresh at a rate which best matches your current Refresh Rate.
• Turn Geometry Buffers On or off (via a checkbox) in your City of Heroes client. This controls the use of your computer's VBOs (Vertex Buffer Objects). If you'd like to learn more about VBOs, click here.
• Turn Shadows On or off (via a checkbox) in your City of Heroes client. These are shadows caused by in game lighting.
• Adjust the Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) of your City of Heroes client. Higher values will produce better, cleaner edges on 3D objects in game, but may impact performance. Possible values are GPU dependent.
• Adjust the Anisotropic Filtersing of your City of Heroes client. Higher will produce clearer in game textures when rendered at a distance, but may impact performance. Possible values are GPU dependent.
• Adjust theTexture Crispness of your City of Heroes client between Smooth, Medium, and Crisp. This setting is really intended for older graphics cards that do not support Anisotropic Filtering, and its use in conjunction with Anisotropic Filtering is therefore not recommended. As such there is a message that will warn you if you set the settings in such a manner, but it will not prevent such settings either. It will read: Not recommended with Anisotropic Filtering
• Adjust the Gamma setting of your City of Heroes client.

Warning: All settings may not be available here and/or in the CoH GUI

Tip: On computers with older or underperforming graphics cards, especially older notebooks it may greatly increase your computer performance while playing City of Heroes to use the settings provided by the Low button (see above).

• Adjust the Sound Effect Volume and Music Volume of your City of Heroes client.
• Change the Sound Playback mode of your City of Heroes client between Performance and Compatibility. Generally speaking, only try Compatibility if you're having problems while this is set to Performance.
• 3D Sound enables 3D sound if your sound card supports it.
• Joystick Input allows you to be able to use a joystick to play City of Heroes.
• Reverse Mouse Buttons will swap your left and right mouse buttons in your City of Heroes client.

Warning: All settings may not be available here and/or in the CoH GUI

• Override your CoH client fonts (GUI and Overhead by default).
• Infinitely extensible via XML should more font overrides be needed (look for AvailableFonts.xml in your "Local Settings" after you've run TweakCoH once).
• Become one with the phrase: "the quick brawny hero jumps like a fox over the lazy dog of a villain"

Warning: Some fonts may cayse the CoH client to crash

• View the Last Transfer Rate of data your computer had when updating your copy of City of Heroes via the update server.
• The Servers combo box lists a number of City of Heroes related hostnames and their corresponding IP addresses and connection port numbers.
• Reverse DNS shows the DNS name(s) for the currently selected hostname in the Servers combo box. This name will not necessarily be the same as what is shown in the Servers combo box, and may contain more than one name.
• Use the PathPing button to run a pathping trace to the currently selected IP address in the Servers combo box. The command used is: pathping -p 25 <IP address>
• Use the Traceroute button to run a tracert to the currently selected IP address in the Servers combo box. The command used is: tracert <IP address>
• Use the Connect button to perform a test connection to the currently selected IP address in the Servers combo box on a pre-determined port. A socket connection is made to the port and then immediately closed if successful. An error will be reported on failure.
• Use the View button to view the currently selected hostname in the Servers combo box in your default web browser.
• Use the IP Configuration button to generate an IP Configuration listing for your computer in a command info window. The command used is: ipconfig /all
• Use the Netstat button to generate a listing of active network connections for your computer in a command info window. The command used is: netstat /a
• Use the DxDiag button to generate a DirectX diagnostics listing for your computer in a command info window. The command used is: dxdiag /t <tempfile> - the tempfile is monitored and displayed for the user.
• You can enable or disable the DNS Client windows service by setting the service to a status of Automatic, Manual, or Disabled.
• If the DNS Client windows service is enabled (set to Automatic or Manual), you can then use the Start Client and Stop Client buttons (they appear in the same location in the GUI) to start and stop the DNS Client windows service respectively.
• You can use the Display DNS button to display your computer's current DNS Client windows service DNS cache in a command info window. The command used is: ipconfig /displaydns
• You can use the Flush DNS button to clear (flush) your computer's DNS Client windows service DNS cache and display success or failure in a command info window. The command used is: ipconfig /flushdns

NOTE: The Start Client, Stop Client, Display DNS, and Flush DNS may not be available depending on the current state of the DNS Client windows service.

TIP: The DNS Client windows service is not really a needed service. Its designed to remove the load off of your DNS Server by providing a local DNS cache, but the truth is that DNS Servers are designed to take load. Disabling this service will make things so that you never have to flush your computer's DNS cache ever again.

• If you have not yet recorded a demo, you may see a message stating that the client_demos folder (typically "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\client_demos" if Settings for is set to Coh) does not exist. You can use the Create Folder button to then create client_demos folder.
• Use the Play Demo button to play any demos found in the client_demos folder for your current options (Coh or CohTest). Simply select a demo from the combo box, and press the
  Play Demo button.
• Use the Fullscreen checkbox to play back your demo fullscreen, unchecking it will play back in a window.
• Change the Screen/UI Resolution of your demo playback based on Fixed choices from your graphics card or choose a Custom resolution. Possible settings are gated by the Refresh Rate setting in the Display tab.

  Warning: Not all resolutions are guaranteed to work, so choose wisely.

• Set the Frames Per Second of your demo playback. This can allow you to get a more favorable playback rate, or watch a demo at an accelerated speed or in slow motion.
• Disable Text in your demo playback. This means damage numbers and chat bubbles will not be seen.
• Use Dump to Files during demo playback to output your demo file as a series of screenshots, either JPG or TGA.
• With the Set File Association button you can use the settings for demo playback to create a Windows Explorer file association for City of Heroes demo files. This will allow you to double click a City of Heroes demo file anywhere in Windows Explorer and have it playback in the City of Heroes client. This may require a reboot, restart, or re-login of Windows to take effect.
• Use the How To Record & Use button to get some simple demo related instruction as it relates to TweakCoH. This includes directions on how to record demos while playing City of Heroes.

• Read and review the command output or information.
• Save the command output or information to a text file using the Save As... button.
• Copy the command output or information to your computers clipboard using the Copy All button so it can be pasted elsewhere (e.g., the main City of Heroes forums).
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• Email the author of this program.
• Read the software license.