What you can try if suddenly your FPS drops extremely

[RobbIe]

Usually, ASA runs for me constantly at 60 FPS (FPS limiter is enabled). But not when it's sunrise or sunset in the game. Then my FPS drops to 15 to 20.
I was surprised by the following. In these cases, if I change the Global Illumination Quality setting in the video settings, save this, reset it and save it again, then the FPS jumps back up from 15 or 20 to 55 to 60 and stay there...
Strange...

[Black Raven]

Change any setting works, you just need force game to redraw the screen

can also try
Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B

[LittleBallOfPurr]

You don't need to save it twice, nor does it need to be that setting. For example, I change the Advanced Graphics setting to Hard, back to Epic, Save.

Originally posted by Black Raven:

can also try
Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B

I'll give that a try, thanks.

[RobbIe]

Originally posted by Black Raven:

Change any setting works, you just need force game to redraw the screen
can also try
Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B

With the key combination my screen went black and then back to normal. But the FPS did not change, still stay low at about 15 to 20.
Only settings change work for me.

[Black Raven]

Originally posted by RobbIe:

Originally posted by Black Raven:

Change any setting works, you just need force game to redraw the screen
can also try
Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B

With the key combination my screen went black and then back to normal. But the FPS did not change, still stay low at about 15 to 20.
Only settings change work for me.

Was worth a try, i noticed when i was getting it changing any setting worked, so it felt like forcing game to reload the visuals fixed it.

The key combo above forces the gpu driver to reload, so i wondered if it worked, but i not had any dips in days to test it.

Not sure why the dips have stopped yet tho.

[Malokai]

The FPS drops for me happen at sunrise/sunset, it's the shadows that cause it.

[PBandjellyfish]

It seems to be random while capped at 60 fps frames will drop to about half that.

What worked for me was to uncap frames>save and return to the game and i get over 100 fps.
Re-enable frame cap>save return to the game and all is fine at 60 fps until it happens again.

[Black Raven]

Originally posted by PBandjellyfish:

It seems to be random while capped at 60 fps frames will drop to about half that.

What worked for me was to uncap frames>save and return to the game and i get over 100 fps.
Re-enable frame cap>save return to the game and all is fine at 60 fps until it happens again.

I use Riva to cap my frames rather than game engine, as it stabilises frame times, tho i might test tweaking the game one on and off again to see if that does anything next time it happens

[Captain Pansy]

night time enhancement destroys fps at night
but every time you have fps problems out of the blue, enter settings, modify something like motion blur on > off, save. fps gets fixed.

[Black Raven]

We just need a silly mod that periodically changes a graphic setting, like turning on and off the frame rate lock lol