Performance

[ShadowHunter]

Hey all,

So I took a risk a few days ago by buying this game, considering I play on a low/medium specced PC. Anyway the performance is enough for me to be able to play, it just isn´t too nice on the eyes when FPS drops from 40/50 to 20/30 in some areas. (Especially around fire and smoke particles)

I was hoping somebody had some advice as to how I could lessen the strain the game puts on my system. I already changed resolution from 1920x1080 to 1680x1050, changed all settings to medium and shadows to low, turned off Nvidia turbulence / Postprocessing, and set anisotropic to x4.

The only thing I haven't done is mess with the .ini yet, which I am just about ready to do since I've been enjoying this game a lot, I'd like to play it at a constant decent FPS.

Anyway here's my specs to be considered if / when advising me .ini tweaks (If anyone does at all)

Nvidia Geforce GTX 745 4GB
Intel i5 4460 quad core @3.20ghz
1TB kingston HD + integrated 24 GB SSD Expresscache
8 GB DDR3 RAM
Windows 8.1 64 Bit

Much appreciatiation to anyone whom took their time to read / help me. Thank you!

[SkacikPL]

You can try those settings in .ini, though that won't help a whole lot as 745 is just a horrible card for gaming.
You can also try using this config file, it's almost absolutely the lowest settings you can get

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Fledge Settings file
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// flag indicating whether spoken will be displayed
subtitles_enabled = true

// flag indicating whether in game text is enabled
display_ingame_text = true

// flag indicating whether in game combat text is enabled
display_ingame_text_combat = true

// flag indicating whether in game quest text is enabled
display_ingame_text_quest = true

// flag indicating whether enemy health bars must be shown
display_enemy_health_bars = true

// whether save games will be using time stamps
savegame_timestamp_enabled = false

// general detail level for the game
general_detail_level = Custom

// vertical look inverted flag
vertical_look_inverted = false

// horizontal look inverted flag
horizontal_look_inverted = false

// write combat log files for playtest evaluation
combat_log_enabled = false

// control scheme (currently supported values: Default, Option1)
control_scheme = Option1

// will the game feature 'finishing sequences'?
finishing_sequences_enabled = true

// will the camera try to avoid collision by adjusting its own rotation?
camera_rotation_adjust_enabled = false

// will hud elements be auto-scaled for resolutions other than 1080p?
auto_scale_hud_enabled = true

// the rotational speed of the camera
controller_sensitivity = 2.000

// whether the quest text should be always displayed
display_quest_text = true

// whether the current enemy should be locked automatically
auto_lock_on_enemies = false

// whether the target lock on should switch to the next target automatically after defeating the current one
auto_switch_lock_on = false

// master volume
master_volume = 1

// music volume
music_volume = 1

// effect volume
effect_volume = 1

// speech volume
speech_volume = 1.000

// create a log file? (true/false)
logging_enabled = false

// the size of the windowed render window (e.g. 1024x768)
screen_size_windowed = 1280x720

// the size of the fullscreen render window (e.g. 1024x768)
screen_size_fullscreen = 1920x1080

// the window mode (Fullscreen, Windowed, WindowedBorderless)
window_mode = Fullscreen

// game mode name
game_mode = Default

// vsync flag (true/false)
vsync = false

// antialiasing quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_antialiasing = Off

// defines if APEX cloth assets should be loaded or not
apex_cloth_support_enabled = false

// defines the complexity of the APEX effects used
quality_apex = Off

// postprocessing quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_postprocessing = Off

// texture quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_textures = Low

// shadow quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_shadows = Off

// geometry quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_geometry = Low

// volumetric lighting quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_volumetric_lighting = Off

// lighting quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_lighting = Off

// anisotropic filtering quality (Off, Low, Medium, High, VeryHigh)
quality_anisotropic_filtering = Off

// flag controlling rumble enabled (true/false)
rumble_enabled = true

// the gamma correction value
gamma_correction_value = 1.175

// defines the screen space LOD factor
screen_space_lod_factor = 3.000

// defines the distance LOD factor
distance_lod_factor = 3.000

// defines if APEX should utilize GPU support (e.g. for APEX Turbulence) if available (true/false)
apex_gpu_support_enabled = false

// defines the size of the physx timestep to use (a variable timestep will be used if the value is <= 0)
physx_fixed_timestep_size = 10.000

// enables lighting of dynamic objects via light probes
enable_lightprobe_lighting = false

// enables enlighten threads
enable_enlighten = false

// defines the interval at which the radiosity update scheduler gets updated
enlighten_radiosity_update_interval = 0.000

// enables the occlusion culling thread
enable_occlusion_culling = true

// enable/disable chromashift postprocessing effect
post_chromashift_enabled = false

[ShadowHunter]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try using that .ini or at least parts of it. And yeah the 745 4GB isn't the best card, especially due to the low shader processing units however after tweaking most games settings (BF4, Shadow of mordor and many games alike)

I can get 9/10 games to run at 30 FPS with some decent visual fidelity. And some even at 50-60 FPS such as BF3/4/Shadow of Mordor for example, so when not comparing to the newest next gen card it doesn't perform half bad when you're not that bothered by having to downgrade from 1080p to 720p in some games (Which I'm not :P) Also it runs Lords of the Fallen game semi-stable without any crashes sofar so there's that lol.

Edit: PS I couldn't quote you since everytime I hit the quote button my community page just froze up, thus no quote. :p

[Cole]

I'd recommend a 30fps cap via Riva Tuner Statistics Server. Stable 30fps feel much better than a variable 30-50, and occasional dips into the 20s won't feel as bad .

[ShadowHunter]

Originally posted by Suzi Q.:

I'd recommend a 30fps cap via Riva Tuner Statistics Server. Stable 30fps feel much better than a variable 30-50, and occasional dips into the 20s won't feel as bad .

I'll look that up, and give it a try! Thanks :)