Stronghold 3 and The Haunted: Hells Reach on Intel GMA 4500

by thund3rw0lf

GMA4500MHDHELLSSTRONGHOLD
Two more games, Stronghold 3 playable but not entirely smooth and The Haunted runs great and can be tweaked.

Stronghold 3


Stronghold 3 is not running very good. Everything on low and off it gets 8-12 FPS.
Lowering resolution to 640x480 doesn't effect FPS. Game engine is limited and there is no way to change any options except resolution.
So it runs very slow and it is playable but not fully enjoyable :(

The Haunted: Hells Reach


Lower game resolution to 800x600, and disable/lower visual effects. Also reduce gore.
Then runs in nice fluid 12-20 FPS.

If you want 20-30 FPS, follow next instructions:

Start game, goto Video options and reduce everything to Low, Very Low and Off.

Now goto game directory (where it is installed)
and to (example):

D:\Games\The Haunted - Hells Reach\Engine\Config

Open in Notepad
BaseEngine.ini

Find
[SystemSettings]

And change next under [SystemSettings]:

DynamicDecals=False
DynamicLights=False
DynamicShadows=False
LightEnvironmentShadows=False
bAllowLightShafts=False
MotionBlur=False
MotionBlurPause=False
Distortion=False
DepthOfField=False
AmbientOcclusion=False
Bloom=False
LensFlares=False
FogVolumes=False
AllowRadialBlur=False
AllowImageReflections=False
AllowImageReflectionShadowing=False
ResX=640
ResY=480
Fullscreen=True
MaxAnisotropy=0
bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=False
bAllowWholeSceneDominantShadows=False
bAllowFracturedDamage=False
MaxDrawDistanceScale=0.2

Save and exit

Play game and enjoy!