FPS drops, what setting might be the issue?

[Jordan_Peterson]

2080TI with i9 here and normaly I play SWTOR on ~200 fps
but in some maps I get down to 60 or even 50 fps.
Yeah I know, I cant live anymore under 60 fps. It hurts my eyes ;)

No but seriously, what in the name of Yoda is going on here.
How can there be such a big drop in fps!?

[Ice]

have you tried 16m ops?

[Dr. Atrocious]

I think the Steam version comes packaged with corrupt files... I've been having issues ever since I switched to Steam. On both the PCs I installed it on too.

[your.sheepy]

Originally posted by Rebecca:

No but seriously, what in the name of Yoda is going on here.
How can there be such a big drop in fps!?

Bad engine? Putting your CPU (yes cpu) on liquid nitrogen should help.

Try large scale world pvp. It'll be teardropping.

No, I haven't had issue with corrupted files with the Steam version - the hours to days long download is believed to be done in order to dodge file corruptions caused by BitRaider (which offers 30mins download.) I have three swtor installations, one for each type, and they all works fine. If you click launcher settings you can ask it to verify files.

[👑Burning Bones, Summer Sun!]

set your shadows to the lowest, big world, so many shadows..

[DOJO]

Yeah the engine has issues loading big places such as Taris... but other than that you should be relatively fine. Sadly there really is not a fix you can do.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by your.sheepy:

Originally posted by Rebecca:

No but seriously, what in the name of Yoda is going on here.
How can there be such a big drop in fps!?

Bad engine? Putting your CPU (yes cpu) on liquid nitrogen should help.

Try large scale world pvp. It'll be teardropping.

No, I haven't had issue with corrupted files with the Steam version - the hours to days long download is believed to be done in order to dodge file corruptions caused by BitRaider (which offers 30mins download.) I have three swtor installations, one for each type, and they all works fine. If you click launcher settings you can ask it to verify files.

I've been playing this game for around 5 or 6 years now and am experiencing lag spikes that I've never gotten before. I did a full clean install of the game and verified the files and still the issue persists with the Steam version of the game.

I think the files are corrupt...

[your.sheepy]

Originally posted by ℛaveÐƵ:

I've been playing this game for around 5 or 6 years now and am experiencing lag spikes that I've never gotten before. I did a full clean install of the game and verified the files and still the issue persists with the Steam version of the game.

I think the files are corrupt...

Lag spikes has nothing to do with file corruption. Orange/Pink screen yes, fail to launch yes, but from my observation on swtor over the years, lag spikes (and disconnects) happens more often when the server is highly loaded. It depends on your connection quality, but as part of my job I know my connection quality and it is very stable and fast to all top content providers. Swtor not among them.

I am not on Star Forge but I think the lag would be more pronounced there given the higher number of players. Apparently most new players pick it because it is first on server list. Too late with randomised list now.

Edit: Switching to or away from Steam will not solve it. Either increase server and network capacity (fat chance), or wait for the new players to lost interest and the performance will gradually "recover". Consider transfer a character or start anew on a less populated server. Some EU/US players go as far as playing on the "wrong" region to dodge the busy hours.

Also note that lag spike is not fps drop. FPS drop makes your game freeze. You can't turn your view. UI does not animate. Abilities don't light up when you mouseover them. This is usually a problem on your side, for example when your CPU can't catch up or the UI crashed and is re-initialising.

You can turn your view and even run around when you are experiencing a lag spike. The UI respond to you, but up to a point your abilities cease to go out. If you run far enough you will hit an invisible wall. FPS is stable. This is a server/network issue, rarely your problem if your local connection is stable.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Anyway, here's to hoping the files get fixed sometime soon because I'd like to keep the Steam version (for achievements, time played, etc...).

[Hazen]

In short, the engine is just bad, and always has been. It was already outdated and heavily modified even on release. Nothing you can do to make it better unfortunately.

[Bishop]

Wait till you reach 16 ppl ops. It will drop to 40- fps no matter of your settings. The engine is just not that good at handling bunch of stuff happening.

[The Law]

Originally posted by Gen-Rusher Carlton:

2080TI with i9 here and normaly I play SWTOR on ~200 fps
but in some maps I get down to 60 or even 50 fps.
Yeah I know, I cant live anymore under 60 fps. It hurts my eyes ;)

No but seriously, what in the name of Yoda is going on here.
How can there be such a big drop in fps!?

Hardware is your crutch, gotta get the 3090 and a 5950X. Anything lower and you get buttcheek fps

[phazonfreak]

Originally posted by Hazen:

In short, the engine is just bad, and always has been. It was already outdated and heavily modified even on release. Nothing you can do to make it better unfortunately.

There is one thing that can make it better. Switch from an Intel processor to an AMD Ryzen processor. Ryzen processors handle the single core stress through the bad game engine much better than Intel processors. The difference is quite substantial, especially when many other players are around.

I switched over to a SSD and a Ryzen 7 two years ago to decrease loading times and increase performance for PvP and the difference is night and day.

[Neo]

Originally posted by Bishop:

Wait till you reach 16 ppl ops. It will drop to 40- fps no matter of your settings. The engine is just not that good at handling bunch of stuff happening.

In unranked PVP warzones my frames drop to about 20, even as low as 15 during massive fights with everyone using their 1 million CC abilities at the same time. And it's not like I have the worst PC in the world. Running a i5, 16gb ram and gtx 1060. Really makes PVP hard to do, which is a shame because I enjoy it.

[Iridonia]

why can other people have 100fps in PVP and i have 20-25 fps, i have the following specs, "and mind me saying it is very irritating to play like this."

Asus TUF B550-PLUS (WI-FI) AM 4SOCKET
GUP: Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3070 TI OC GAMINGEDITION 8GB---256bit
RAM: KLEVV 16GB Ram 4000Mhz
CPU: AMD Ryzen9 5900x
PSU: Coolermaster V1000 1000watt PSU
SSD: Kingston 450GB

Like what the hell is going on here
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[Iridonia]

It is definitelyt not my machine, no other games have this problem at all