Low FPS on Space Engineers

[Doge]

Here are my specs:
8 GB DRR3 RAM
Nvidia Geforce 610M 2GB
Intel i5 3rd generation
2.6 GhZ
Windows 8 64 bit
I can't get anything higher than 20 FPS
Is there anyway to fix it ?

[Vargali]

wait for optimization and hope they port to linux with openGL support....

[raymazoida]

Nvidia Geforce 610M 2GB, this is a laptop gfx card. I am therefore assuming you have a laptop? And that therefore upgrading isn't an option?

[Doge]

Unfortunately it is not an option, although I am collecting money to build a new PC, which is nice :|

[VanGoghComplex]

Unfortunately, the game is not well optimized, and has a habit of performing poorly on regular laptops. There are lots of things you can do in-game, here are a few I can remember:

Play in an infinite low-density world.

Turn down the draw distance on asteroids.

Avoid spotlights.

Turn off refineries and such that you aren't using, they take CPU cycles.

Lower your resolution.

Limit max floating objects to something low but reasonable; ie 32-64.

I've read about, but never tried, running the 32-bit game executable rather than the 64-bit. It seems to help some people.

Good luck and please tell us what works for you!

[raymazoida]

Also - ensure any moving parts are turned "off" when not in use - this is good practice all the time actually.

So that's pistons and rotors, set them up with timers instead that will start them, wait the time you need to do the action, then turn them off

Other than that - performance should improve come beta, but playing on a laptop that isn't a "gaming laptop" is always going to be a dicey business.

[VanGoghComplex]

Also, DX11 is coming. If your card can support it, and Medieval Engineers is any indication, DX11 will bring many many options to us when it comes to tailoring and tweaking the graphics for our particular systems.

[Doge]

Thank you !
I ran it in 32 bit, I turned off almost everything, now there are only 7 asteroids in my game but I get like 40 FPS. There is still a mouse lag though. Anyways, thank you all for helping. I hope people having trouble will read this.

[raymazoida]

no probs... and hoping future optimisation brings you even happier gaming :)