Age of Conan Quick Start is a tool to infuence the Age of Conan startup process. Age of Conan offers a few neat and usefull command line switches that aren't available for normal users. Age of Conan Quick Start uses a little trick so you can actually use them without modifying the Age of Conan client.
Because Age of Conan Quick Start doesn't change any processes, files or registry keys of Age of Conan there is no elevated risk of getting banned.
What features does Age of Conan Quick Start currently have?
Currently the following features are implemented:
Skip all intro movies
Adjust process priorities and enabling dynamic thread boosts
Fullscreen window mode
Adjust processor affinities
Delete shader and interface caches
Update version information within customized interface XMLs
Direct start of Age of Conan to skip the file scan and patch process
How can I install Age of Conan Quick Start?
Age of Conan Quick Start comes with a full featured Setup utility that does all the neccessary steps needed to install Age of Conan Quick Start correctly.
How do I use Age of Conan Quick Start?
After installing and configurating Age of Conan Quick Start simply start Age of Conan as you would normally do. It is not neccessary to start Age of Conan using a special shortcut or launcher.
How exactly does the trick work that Age of Conan Quick Start is using?
Windows NT based systems offer the possibility to assign a debugger to any application you want. If you define such a debugger for an application than whenever the given application is started, the debugger is started instead. Age of Conan Quick Start assigns kind of a mini debugger to the Age of Conan client. As soon as the ConanPatcher tries to start the Age of Conan client (ageofconan.exe) this mini debugger is launched instead. The mini debugger is now able to modify the command line with which the Age of Conan client is started.
You can find more information about the used technique here: http://blogs.msdn.com/junfeng/archiv...28/121871.aspx
How do I deactivate or remove Age of Conan Quick Start?
If you want to temporarily deactivate Age of Conan Quick Start just deactivate the "Enable Age of Conan Quick Start" checkbox within the Age of Conan Quick Start configuration tool. If you want to remove Age of Conan Quick Start entirely just use the uninstall shortcut in your start menu.
What operating systems are supported?
Age of Conan Quick Start is developed for and tested with the following operating system versions:List][*]Windows Vista x86 SP1 and above[*]Windows Vista x64 SP1 and above[*]Windows XP x86 SP2 and above[/list]Other versions of Windows like Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP x64 might work as well but were not tested.
And where can I get Age of Conan Quick Start?
The current source code including setup can be downloaded here:
I was wondering if by "adjust Windows scheduler timer settings to improve framerates (FPS boost)" you mean that you use boost FPS through timeBeginPeriod(1). It seems to me this is what your programd does, but just to be sure.
Thanks for your work! I hope the "Ultra quicks start" will be ready soon (I don't mind clicking to skip the intros, but I lose a lot of time because of the patcher... and it's a real pain when I need to "play" with mods/addons).
I was wondering if by "adjust Windows scheduler timer settings to improve framerates (FPS boost)" you mean that you use boost FPS through timeBeginPeriod(1). It seems to me this is what your programd does, but just to be sure.
That's exactly what the tool is doing if you activate that option .
I don't understand what the "delete shader cache before startup" feature does. Is it for a faster startup or what? I understand all the other options, but this one is really beyond my knowledge.
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