Severe Frame Drops (The Depths)

[Anastasi Dinov]

I have recently played throught the depths and this is the only area i have experience severe frame drops. I have the latest dsfix installed, with tex mods in place. everythign was working magnifsantley up until the sewer area where i started to encounter huge (40-50fps) drops. from running the game smoothly at 60 fps before this area, my frames drops to 10-11fps and below eventaully causing me to get kicked to the title menu or crash the game. even after loading back in from the title menu with offline mode it will still do this.

WHAT CAN BE DONE???

If you need specs, i can provide more info.


Fixed: Download the Blightown (The Depths) standard texture Pack and not the Lossless version. Only get Lossless Version if your system can handle 4K resolution.

[LurdFalcunPOONCH]

WHOAH, 40fps? Poor soul. You might as well end ye own misery experiencing 40 fps minimum. That was a joke people, t'was a joke Exodia. Try mess around with the Dsfix settings. That might change things.

[Kaz]

What is your CPU usage at while the game is running? Also try to enable V-sync with graphics card control panel, or set borderless windowed.

[Timbermaw]

Gee, my fps drop a bit in there but not that much. Maybe try leaving the fps option unlocked but go down to 30 fps? That will create a buffer to protect your fpses [source needed]

[Anastasi Dinov]

Originally posted by LordFalconPUNCH:

WHOAH, 40fps? Poor soul. You might as well end ye own misery experiencing 40 fps minimum. That was a joke people, t'was a joke Exodia. Try mess around with the Dsfix settings. That might change things.

40fps isnt the minimum, its the amount of frames i lose when loading textures in the sewers.

[Anastasi Dinov]

Originally posted by Kaz:

What is your CPU usage at while the game is running? Also try to enable V-sync with graphics card control panel, or set borderless windowed.

Idk what my cpu usage is but ill set my gpu vsync on try to see if this fixes it

[Anastasi Dinov]

Originally posted by Timbermaw:

Gee, my fps drop a bit in there but not that much. Maybe try leaving the fps option unlocked but go down to 30 fps? That will create a buffer to protect your fpses [source needed]

Ive tried it on 30 fps and 60, with the same fps drop. on 30 it will drop to around 5-6fps when loading sewer textures

[SenMithrarin85]

use dsfix to turn the in game vsync off and set the fps limit to 30. the ingame vsync system will drop your fps dramatically if it can't maintain the specified threshhold.

the game is not coded for 60. you'll encounter physics bugs and have huge drops in performance in certain areas. you think the depths are bad? you haven't seen anything yet; blight town, lost izalith and the fight with seath the scaleless will really chug.

[Anastasi Dinov]

Firstly, my system specs:

Processor
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (My 780Ti Died)

RAM
32 GB

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 (build 16299), 64-bit

SSD
1TB Samsung

HDD
2TB Toshiba - 'Dark souls is here'

Originally posted by SenMithrarin85:

use dsfix to turn the in game vsync off and set the fps limit to 30. the ingame vsync system will drop your fps dramatically if it can't maintain the specified threshhold.

the game is not coded for 60. you'll encounter physics bugs and have huge drops in performance in certain areas. you think the depths are bad? you haven't seen anything yet; blight town, lost izalith and the fight with seath the scaleless will really chug.

Seriously, I really dont want to play the gaem in 30fps because of personal preference. I mean, if there isnt any way at all to avoid these frame drops then I will have to.

What if I reinstall the game on SSD???

[Kaz]

Can you share your DSfix set up?

[Anastasi Dinov]

Originally posted by Kaz:

Can you share your DSfix set up?

# You can configure DSfix by editing this file
# Lines starting with "#" are ignored by the program and contain descriptions of the options

###############################################################################
# Graphics Options
###############################################################################

# internal rendering resolution of the game
# higher values will decrease performance
renderWidth 1920
renderHeight 1080

# The display width/height
# 0 means use the same resolution as renderWidth/Height
# (use for downscaling - if in doubt, leave at 0)
presentWidth 0
presentHeight 0

############# Anti Aliasing

# AA toggle and quality setting
# 0 = off (best performance, worst IQ)
# 1 = low
# 2 = medium
# 3 = high
# 4 = ultra (worst performance, best IQ)
aaQuality 3

# AA type
# either "SMAA" or "FXAA"
aaType SMAA

############# Ambient Occlusion

# Enable and set the strength of the SSAO effect (all 3 settings have the same performance impact!)
# 0 = off
# 1 = low
# 2 = medium
# 3 = high
ssaoStrength 3

# Set SSAO scale
# 1 = high quality (default)
# 2 = lower quality, lower impact on performance
# 3 = lowest quality, lowest impact on performance
ssaoScale 2

# Determine the type of AO used
# "VSSAO" = Volumetric SSAO (default, only option pre-1.9)
# "HBAO" = Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion
# "SCAO" = VSSAO + HBAO
# "VSSAO2" = Volumetric SSAO with more samples (tweaked by Asmodean)
# VSSAO and HBAO types have a slightly different effect. and similar performance
# SCAO combines both, with a higher performance impact
# VSSAO2 is generally more accurate, but also requires more performance
ssaoType SCAO

############# Depth of field

# Depth of Field resolution override, possible values:
# 0 = no change from default (DoF pyramid starts at 512x360)
# 540 = DoF pyramid starts at 960x540
# 810 = DoF pyramid starts at 1440x810
# 1080 = DoF pyramid starts at 1920x1080
# 2160 = DoF pyramid starts at 3840x2160
# higher values will decrease performance
# do NOT set this to the same value as your vertical rendering resolution!
dofOverrideResolution 540

# Depth of Field scaling override (NOT RECOMMENDED)
# 0 = DoF scaling enabled (default, recommended)
# 1 = DoF scaling disabled (sharper, worse performance, not as originally intended)
disableDofScaling 0

# Depth of field additional blur
# allows you to use high DoF resolutions and still get the originally intended effect
# suggested values:
# o (off) at default DoF resolution
# 0 or 1 at 540 DoF resolution
# 1 or 2 above that
# 3 or 4 at 2160 DoF resolution (if you're running a 680+)
dofBlurAmount 1

############# Framerate

# Enable variable framerate (up to 60)
# NOTE:
# - this requires in-memory modification of game code, and may get you banned from GFWL
# - there may be unintended side-effects in terms of gameplay
# - you need a very powerful system (especially CPU) in order to maintain 60 FPS
# - in some instances, collision detection may fail. Avoid sliding down ladders
# Use this at your own risk!
# 0 = no changes to game code
# 1 = unlock the frame rate
unlockFPS 1

# FPS limit, only used with unlocked framerate
# do not set this much higher than 60, this will lead to various issues with the engine
FPSlimit 60

# FPS threshold
# DSfix will dynamically disable AA if your framerate drops below this value
# and re-enable it once it has normalized (with a bit of hysteresis thresholding)
FPSthreshold 30

############# Filtering

# texture filtering override
# 0 = no change
# 1 = enable some bilinear filtering (use only if you need it!)
# 2 = full AF override (may degrade performance)
# if in doubt, leave this at 0
filteringOverride 1

###############################################################################
# HUD options
###############################################################################

# Enable HUD modifications
# 0 = off (default) - none of the options below will do anything!
# 1 = on
enableHudMod 0

# Remove the weapon icons from the HUD
# (you can see which weapons you have equipped from your character model)
enableMinimalHud 1

# Scale down HuD, examples:
# 1.0 = original scale
# 0.75 = 75% of the original size
hudScaleFactor 0.75

# Set opacity for different elements of the HUD
# 1.0 = fully opaque
# 0.0 = fully transparent
# Top left: health bars, stamina bar, humanity counter, status indicators
hudTopLeftOpacity 0.8
# Bottom left: item indicators & counts
hudBottomLeftOpacity 0.75
# Bottom right: soul count
hudBottomRightOpacity 0.5

###############################################################################
# Window & Mouse Cursor Options
###############################################################################

# borderless fullscreen mode
# make sure to select windowed mode in the game settings for this to work!
# 0 = disable
# 1 = enable
borderlessFullscreen 0

# disable cursor at startup
# 0 = no change
# 1 = off at start
disableCursor 1

# capture cursor (do not allow it to leave the window)
# 0 = don't capture
# 1 = capture
# (this also works if the cursor is not visible)
captureCursor 0

###############################################################################
# Save Game Backup Options
###############################################################################

# enables save game backups
# 0 = no backups
# 1 = backups enabled
# backups are stored in the save folder, as "[timestamp]_[original name].bak"
enableBackups 0

# backup interval in seconds (1500 = 25 minutes)
# (minimum setting 600)
backupInterval 1500

# maximum amount of backups, older ones will be deleted
maxBackups 10

###############################################################################
# Texture Override Options
###############################################################################

# enables texture dumping
# you *only* need this if you want to create your own override textures
# textures will be dumped to "dsfix\tex_override\[hash].tga"
enableTextureDumping 0

# enables texture override
# textures in "dsfix\tex_override\[hash].png" will replace the corresponding originals
# will cause a small slowdown during texture loading!
enableTextureOverride 1

###############################################################################
# Other Options
###############################################################################

# skip the intro logos
# this should now be slightly more stable, but should still be
# the first thing to disable in case you experience any problems
skipIntro 1

# change the screenshot directory
# default: . (current directory)
# example: C:\Users\Peter\Pictures
# directory must exist!
screenshotDir .

# override the in-game language
# none = no override
# en-GB = English, fr = French, it = Italian, de = German, es = Spanish
# ko = Korean, zh-tw = Chinese, pl = Polish, ru = Russian
# this does not work in Windows XP!
overrideLanguage none

# Dinput dll chaining
# if you want to use another dinput8.dll wrapper together
# with DSfix, rename it (e.g. "dinputwrapper.dll") and put the new name here
dinput8dllWrapper none
# dsmfix.dll

# D3D adapter override
# -1 = no override
# N = use adapter N
# this setting is for multiple (non-SLI/crossfire) GPUs
# everyone else should leave it at -1
d3dAdapterOverride -1

# Log level - 0 to 11, higher numbers mean more logging
# only enable for debugging
logLevel 0

###############################################################################
# The settings below are not yet ready to use!!
###############################################################################

# You can only set either forceFullscreen or forceWindowed (or neither)
# 0 = off, 1 = on
forceWindowed 0
forceFullscreen 0

# turn on/off Vsync
enableVsync 0
# adjust display refresh rate in fullscreen mode - this is NOT linked to FPS!
fullscreenHz 60

[Kaz]

Did you set your AA and blur in-game "OFF"? You also need to set up your resolution a bit. Try this tutorial:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=555131325&searchtext=60+fps

[Anastasi Dinov]

AA and Blur is off in game and ive done all the things prior to the guide. I have recently just activated threaded optimisation adn vsync through nvidia control panel. No work bro.

[PainkilleR]

Try disabling hyper-threading and run it on your 4 physical cores instead. For the sake of experiment try setting FPSthreshold to 1 (so that dsfix won't enable/disable AA all the time).

Your pc seems decent, you shouldn't get such performance fluctuations, especially in depths.

If you haven't tried already, then try disabling Steam Overlay. It caused many issues for me when I installed dsfix for the first time.

[Anastasi Dinov]

Originally posted by PainkilleR:

Try disabling hyper-threading and run it on your 4 physical cores instead. For the sake of experiment try setting FPSthreshold to 1 (so that dsfix won't enable/disable AA all the time).

Your pc seems decent, you shouldn't get such performance fluctuations, especially in depths.

If you haven't tried already, then try disabling Steam Overlay. It caused many issues for me when I installed dsfix for the first time.

Ive tried all of these and they dont work.

So, i turned of texoveride and its all fine now. once i get deeper into blightown ill turn on the tex overide to see how the performance is degrading. shame really, i miss my Sunny D estus flask.

[PainkilleR]

May I ask you what mods are you using that they degrade performance so much?