Troubleshooting FAQ - Super Mega Baseball 3

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Q: I have a laptop with an Intel HD as well as a 'good' video card and I get really low FPS

A: To ensure that the game is correctly using your fast NVIDIA or AMD video card, please follow the steps below.

On NVIDIA laptop cards:

1. Go to your desktop
   
2. Right-click, choose "NVIDIA Control Panel"
   
3. Select "Manage 3D settings" on the left side
   
4. On the right hand side, go to "Program Settings"
   
5. Click "Add"
   
6. Choose 'supermegabaseball.exe" to add to the list
   
7. You should see a dropdown which says "Select the preferred graphics Processor"
   
8. Select your Nvidia card
   
9. Click Apply
   
10. Restart Steam, then start the game.

For AMD laptop cards
Please follow the instructions in this video to add "supermegabaseball.exe" to the 'high performance' applications:
https://youtu.be/DCh9Eob0mNY

Q: I have only 1 controller. Can I play co-op with a friend?

A: Yes! You can configure the game so it treats the mouse/kb as one player and the controller as a second player, allowing you to play co-op or vs mode even if you only own a single controller. To do so:

1. Open "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Metalhead\Super Mega Baseball 3\Config.ini" in Notepad
   
2. Change kbmouseseparate option to a 1
   
3. Restart the game

Q: The game won't start. I don't know what to do. Help.

Try the following:

1. Open "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Metalhead\Super Mega Baseball 3\Config.ini" in Notepad
   
2. Set resx = 640, resy = 480, fullscreen = 0, anisotropy = 0, msaa = 0, shadowres = 256
   
3. Start the game again. Go into the Options menu and adjust the display settings to something your video card can handle.

If it still doesn't work:

1. Start the game with a log in the command line option. To do so: Right-click on the game in Steam, choose "Properties", click "Set Launch Options" and put in "-logAsync -logm 91741 -logum 14937"
   
2. Find the log here: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Metalhead\Super Mega Baseball 3\logs
   
3. Inspect the log file to see if anything obvious has gone wrong. If not, please contact us and provide us with the log file

Still nothing? Try this:

1. Go to the steamapps\common\Super Mega Baseball 3\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2015 folder
   
2. Run both of the .exe files in that directory

If it STILL does not work:
Try reinstalling the game

Q: Can I continue my game on a different computer?

A: Yes! Your savedata file is automatically synchronized via the Steam Cloud. You can seamlessly continue your season on any computer. Please note that you need to have the 'Steam Cloud Synchronization' feature enabled for this to work.

Q: Does the game support Mouse and Keyboard input?

A: Yes! The game supports playing with just a keyboard and mouse. You can view the default controls in the 'How To Play' section in the game. You can also remap all the buttons in the "Options/Input" menu.

Q: I am a streamer, how do I get the game to stop pausing when I alt-tab / click away from it?

A: There is a setting in Config.ini which stops the game from pausing when it loses focus, allowing you to interact with your community without the game stopping. To enable this feature:

1. Open "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Metalhead\Super Mega Baseball 3\Config.ini" in Notepad
   
2. Change pausewheninbackground option to a 1
   
3. Restart the game

Q: I have multiple monitors. How can I move game to a different monitor and play in fullscreen?

A: You can toggle between windowed and fullscreen modes. When you toggle back to fullscreen the game will fullscreen to the monitor you dragged the window to.

1. Press alt-enter to make the game windowed.
   
2. Drag the window to the desired monitor.
   
3. Press alt-enter to make the game fullscreen again.

Q: I'm getting dropped frames / inconsistent framerate issues.

A: Read through our How to ensure the best performance of SMB3 post for guidance.

Q: I am a modder. I have tried to mess with the save-data file and now the game won't start. What do I do?

A: Start the game with the "-resetSaveData" command line option. This will start with a brand new save data.
!!! WARNING !!! If you enable this option it will OVERWRITE your savedata! Only use this option if you know what you are doing! Make sure to remove this option again as it will reset your save data on every startup!