Low FPS on planets with Astronomer's Visual pack installed, high end machine

[eZudo]

I reckon this might actually be "normal" with a mod that overhauls the game's graphics in such a significant way, but I installed AVP today (Thread on KSP-Forums: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/160878-ksp-173-astronomers-visual-pack-v382-endgame/) and while on the pad and when entering back into a planets atmosphere etc, the performance tanks quite a bit.

I'm running the game with the following specs:

i9-9900k @stock
nvidia rtx2080 @1080p
16gb of ddr4-3200 ram

Did something go wrong during installation or is it normal for FPS to drop into the low 20s with this mod installed, even on highend rigs?

Thanks :)

[Chibbity]

8 core CPU is likely the issue, KSP is heavily CPU bound, and single core primarily due to physics calculations.

Does Astronomers come with Scatterer? Prolly the worst offender performance wise.

[eZudo]

Thank you for the answer. Yes, it does come with Scatterer. So I guess i just have to deal with the bad performance during launching and landing sequences?

[Chibbity]

Just get rid of Scatterer, personally I don't really care for how it looks even.

However, you can also try playing with your max Delta physics time in the main menu options.

Or there is a mod called better time warp I think? It will let you lower the speed of the game, which will improve FPS. (Basically same thing Delta physics time does but even more so, and manually.)

[eZudo]

As far as I know, Scatterer is a required dependency for running the Visual Pack linked in the opening post, so I'm not sure I can just get rid of it without disabling the whole visual pack. I'll see what I can do. Thanks, again.

[Chibbity]

Its just a mod like any other, you can add or remove it separately.

I can't see why anything else in the pack would need it, but then again I've never used said pack.

Not a problem, good luck.

[Dprince]

Grab a different pack from avp. Guessing you grabbed the 8k. Try a lower res. I myself am also running avp with about 80 other mods on a

i7 6700k no oc
32gb of ram
1070

Runs beautiful. Dont know the exact pack I grabbed. But I still get 50 fps on kerbin. Yes all my settings are maxed out also.

[eZudo]

I grabbed the 4k package actually, I'll try the 2k I guess.

[Dprince]

Hope it helps. If not might be something else

[AtomicGas]

Just downloaded some visual mods and my FPS tanked as well. GTX 1080 I7-9700K

[Dprince]

Visual mods will kill fps. I've learned to deal with it for now. I have a studder since I've install some but I just get through it. It only bad while I'm near kerbin

[Splifkila]

Turn off Reflective Refresh rate. You won't hit your max FPS but I went from 13 to 55 at launchpad. getting solid 120 fps in space