Quote from SfScriv, Posted 3/25/13

It is actually possible to use ultra graphics settings in Planetside 2. The in-game settings only go up to "high", with ultra being the fourth, and hidden, level. You just need to find and edit the UserOptions.ini file in the PS2 folder.
Where is that, you may ask? The default location should be something like this for Steam users: C:\Users\yourusername\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Planetside 2 It should be quite similiar if you don't use Steam.
EDIT: It's actuallly C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Planetside 2 Now find that UserOptions.ini file and open it with notepad. First of all, copy that file now and save it somewhere else, in a backup folder, on your desktop or wherever you like. There might be some risks involved, so be warned. Your computer may not like these settings and I suppose there's a reason you can't select them in-game. Config file tweaking isn't classified as cheating, as far as I know.
Setting your graphics to ultra should make your game look better, but surprisingly the framerate will possibly go up! This sounds illogical, but that's what I was experiencing along with many other PS2 players.
So, find the part that starts with [Rendering]. With the in-game settings, 1 is low, 2 medium and 3 is high. 4 is mostly ultra. TextureQuality should be at 0, or so they say at the Planetside forum. That's the ultra instead of 4 for some reason. OverallQuality is -1 indicating you're using custom settings. Setting it to 1 would set everything to low etc. If you download the latest Nvidia drivers, you can set GpuPhysics to 1 (it's a binary value, either 0 or 1) and experience some neat effects like how the gravity lifts and spawn beacons sparkle and how explosions and bullets have some added effects as well. I only tested this quickly yesterday and didn't really notice a difference other than the framerate being better. It used to be about 30-40 fps in a quiet area, now it's 40-50 fps.
Press Alt+F in-game to see you frames per second just under the mini map. Other useful key combinations are Ctrl+F10 and Ctrl+F11, one of which removes the HUD and the other removes the gun. You can't shoot without the gun, but if you want to take some good pictures without the weapon and all kinds of meters blocking the view, here's the way. Playing without the HUD would be quite immersive, but you'd be at a disadvantage.
Here's what I've got:

      [Rendering]

          GraphicsQuality=4

          TextureQuality=0

          ShadowQuality=3

          RenderDistance=999999.000000

          Gamma=0.000000

          MaximumFPS=1000

          UseLod0a=0

          OverallQuality=-1

          LightingQuality=4

          EffectsQuality=4

          TerrainQuality=3

          FloraQuality=4

          ModelQuality=4

          VerticalFOV=55

          ParticleLOD=2

          ParticleDistanceScale=0.650000

          FogShadowsEnable=1

          MotionBlur=0

          VSync=0

          AO=1

          GpuPhysics=1

There are also some other interesting stuff in there, but I don't know if and how will they work. Under [UI] you should be able to edit the map's position and zoom level.

here's a video showing GPU physics in action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcJlTUgZTT8

Here's a thread about ultra settings. forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/how-to-force-ultra-settings.56919/

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   Quote from Spartan, Posted 10/8/11

Ok so Caspian Border is buggy and was almost unplayable due to graphics glitches and freezes, I stumbled across a possible fix and its works miracles for me. I suggest that to avoid ANY potential problems off the bat Spartans for the BETA on this map use the following settings.

Turn Ambient Occlusion - off
Turn Anti Aliasing Differed - off
Turn Anti Aliasing Post - off

All other settings can be ultra or whatever you want. This is not because your system is not powerful enough it does not matter if your system is #1 in the world you can still have these problems, this is a BETA problem on a 7 week old test map using BETA drivers and software.

BTW.... I did not even notice a difference in graphics quality when I set these to off, so nothing lost but stability gained that sounds like a total win to me.

 Quote from Auscam, Posted 9/26/13:

Ok here is the Nightmare's Echo NmE server info.

Address is 46.20.116.65: 13987

It is password protected, so if you want it, just email.

It is a 15 player server att.  I brought the server cause I got fed up with ours changing so often and being in the hands of a third party. 

Cop-u-later

The new server is up and running. The permissions system is the same so we may have to use the old server, which seems to be working pretty good right now, to coordinate gaming until we get everyone in.

The =SWF= Spartan War Fighters TeamSpeak 3 Server is operational.

216.52.148.11:16450

(Transition Info) Old TS3 server: 64.34.212.191:10023

See you on the Battlefield!

Friends of the Spartans

PCGN - 216.52.148.11:16450

Jersey Boy - 217.146.89.100:10092 - Password in Recruit section of the forum

Nightmare's Echo NmE - 46.20.116.65: 13987 (password protected)

nwclan - 193.93.44.103:10028

TeamPlayer Gaming Public - 184.173.95.3:9988

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