turning off the "dust plumes"?

[Pixelrage 34]

Is there any kind of setting or switch within the game code that will turn off those plumes of dust that appear when you plop or demolish something? Those things really give a performance hit, and when I demolish larger structures, it takes forever for the dust animation to stop.

[apritske 0]

i would also like to know how to do this

[prince_of_sims 0]

for this, you need to edit the Graphics Rules.sgr file found in the program directory. first, you need to change the Read-Only attribute so you can edit it. then open it up in NOTEPAD and find the line(s) that say property particleDensity. change the value to 0 and save.

that should do the trick.

EDIT

this might affect dust plumes in other situations, im not sure.

[hamsterTK 93]

or you can just turn down the visual effects in the games options menu

[Pixelrage 34]

Thanks!!

hamster -- if I go that route, what else would it affect, though?

[Skyfire2275 23]

@ Pixelrage: clouds, smoke, fires, fauna, etc...

[Pixelrage 34]

ugh, I can't really sacrifice all of those things. I'll try the SGR file and see what happens. Thanx