Increase video cache size in Lineage 2

Is there any command line option to increase the video cache size to a greater value in Lineage II Goddess of Destruction Harmony client? This would in turn allow me to have lesser lags and greater loading times. I read in the official forums that there is an option to do exactly this by editing the l2.ini file but that would be altering the client so I want to know if there is another way around this problem...

Or altering l2.ini is the only option for doing this.

Unfortunately "Lineage 2 is a very poorly coded game". I did experience lots of lags in crowded areas and even Alt+P barely helped. But when I was just killing mobs or PvPing(PKing once in a while) the game was running smooth.

I've found that topic, hope it will help you: http://boards.lineage2.com/archive/index.php/t-224450.html

What they say there:

• That's pretty normal in towns for L2 - blame all the player shops! As has been mentioned in other threads, the game isn't very optimized.
• get an SSD, in pc heavy locations your problem is your HD speed not your gfx card, that's where the lag comes from, loading all the models
• Lineage 2 is a very poorly coded game , sadly.

So basically there is no way to really increase the performance. Try using Alt+P(lowest details) when you are in Aden/Giran/any other crowded area

Legally you can't edit the l2.ini (you can, if you are connected to a private server), it is against the EULA.

However, there exist other ways to increase your performance:

a) A solid-state drive (SSD) is much faster at random reads and writes than a hard disk drive (HDD). Video

b) If you have 16 GB or more RAM, try using a RAM disk.