Performance Profiling Build?

[2% Shadow Viper]

i saw Performance Profiling Build in the Beta Tab, what is it?

[2% Shadow Viper]

so my battles won't LAG?

[Sora]

From my experience and based on changelogs both DEV[forums.bohemia.net] and PROFILING[forums.bohemia.net] have the multithreading and render / performance fixes. DEV is 2.19 and not compatiable with regular servers and crashes or breaks mods. While the PROFILING branch is actually basically stable release with performance and profiling fixes.

[2% Shadow Viper]

Originally posted by Sora:

From my experience and based on changelogs both DEV[forums.bohemia.net] and PROFILING[forums.bohemia.net] have the multithreading and render / performance fixes. DEV is 2.19 and not compatiable with regular servers and crashes or breaks mods. While the PROFILING branch is actually basically stable release with performance and profiling fixes.

but will my large battles be smoother now?

[Niko]

Originally posted by Shadow Viper:

Originally posted by Sora:

From my experience and based on changelogs both DEV[forums.bohemia.net] and PROFILING[forums.bohemia.net] have the multithreading and render / performance fixes. DEV is 2.19 and not compatiable with regular servers and crashes or breaks mods. While the PROFILING branch is actually basically stable release with performance and profiling fixes.

but will my large battles be smoother now?

it largely depends. my current setup is:

rtx 3060 gpu
ryzen 5 2600g cpu
24gb of ram 2133hz
1tb ssd

i can have 30v30 battles, all but one a.i, and run pretty smoothly using ACE + lambs (all modules) w/ S.O.G a.i and lifeline revive ai addons. although, occasionally i still have extreme performance dips during prairie fires campaign, especially when they start calling in prairie fires, then i get to about 5 fps.

[CalicoJack]

The Links sadly don´t work for me.

Sorry, i have some questions about this.
What happens if i select the Performance Profiling Build in Steam?
Will it delete and/or reinstall my currently installed game and DLCs and Mods?
Or will it download a seperate game version?

[Sora]

Originally posted by CalicoJack:

The Links sadly don´t work for me.

Sorry, i have some questions about this.
What happens if i select the Performance Profiling Build in Steam?
Will it delete and/or reinstall my currently installed game and DLCs and Mods?
Or will it download a seperate game version?

https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/140837-development-branch-changelog/
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/160288-arma-3-stable-server-218-profiling-performance-binary-feedback/

Since the share function of the BI forum doesn't work for some unknown reason, I cant link to the direct posts. Find them yourself near the end. You'll have to go back a few posts or page or two, not sure.

If you choose "DEV" you will redownload Arma (not mods) and mods will break as you're on vesion 2.19 not 2.18 (stable) You cannot join pub servers/community servers unless they're also on "DEV" I tried dev and it was unstable with constant CTD and crashing with mods or mods flatout breaking.

If you choose "PROFILING" you will ONLY download the binaries and any patched content which should be relatively painless as its 2.18, with performance improvements/fixes and some extra performance profiling stuff. I've only crashed a few times due to the new mulithreading.. but a few crashes here or there for a massive performance boost for me is worth it.

[CalicoJack]

Thank you!
I´ll need to try out the performance profiling version soon. Sounds very promising.

[Warhead]

I tried the performance profile build and it boosted 2x my fps on Prairie Fire Mike Force servers. Went from 30fps to 60 (still little drops into the low 50s). Much better