Low fps issue

[-= SilverMike =-]

Hi, I have a problem with Viscera where each time I launch the game, the fps decreases to something lower than it should be for I don't know what reason (varies from 30 to 70 fps). The weird thing is, whenever I restart my PC (or just even logging out and logging back in) and starts the game straight after that, I get way better fps (around 100 to 130 fps). What's causing it?

I'm using Windows 11 with an NVidia GeForce RTX 3070.
I followed most instructions provided by "The Grinch" (aka "A JANITOR") in some other posts:
- bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
- PhysXGpuHeapSize=256
- PhysXMeshCacheSize=8
- bSmoothFrameRate=True
- MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
- MaxSmoothedFrameRate=146 (I have a 144Hz Gaming monitor and I don't see why I'd have to go lower since I was able to play the game at over 100fps)
- Launching with -DX11 commandline
- Almost all graphics options are maxed out (and I even tried lowering them all to the lowest and the problem still persists)
- PhysX driver is up to date
- GSync is disabled (my monitor doesn't support it anyway)
- Performance is set to Gaming in both Windows and NVidia Control Panel
- Dunno what "adaptive multisampling" is but is it really gonna change anything?

There's something that affects the FPS of this game over time, especially if, for instance, I'm playing another game and come back to play it, the fps "stalls" or I don't know what. How to fix please? Thanks

[A JANITOR]

What's causing it?
Windows Spyware 11
also a known problem vs nvidia
also turn this unwanted crap off=steam cloud sync and the desktop thearter rubbish

in the game options disable autosave autosaves are useless n hog hdd space
manual saves are the way to go esp since autosaving causes lag spikes

solution restart pc then play vcd after powering on pc for the day
did ya set the compatability options of both 32 and 64 bit UDK.exe to run as administrator compatability mode for windows 7=do that if ya didn't
also in steam launch options for vcd put -DX11
play 64 bit vcd

MaxSmoothedFrameRate=146
no no no
set that to 100 it will lag it out if its at 144=janitor walk in slo mo if ya set it to 144
(some kind of bug vcd not designed to run at 144 vcd designed to run at 60hz)
set monitor refresh to 60hz or 59.99 game run better and it fix hdmi dropouts n get rid of screen tearing vs 4k high speed hdmi cord

gsync sux adaptive multisampling is better=also better for most ya other games

game options

antialising=disabled=faster
anistrophic filtering=4
shadows normal
draw distance options low or normal
physics=highest
cameras=optimised
complex lighting=on
everything else=max it out or keep as is
pickup highlighting=turn that off xd your a professional cleaner

this looks good
- bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
- PhysXGpuHeapSize=256
- PhysXMeshCacheSize=8
- bSmoothFrameRate=True
- MinSmoothedFrameRate=22

also if have nvidia gpu when ya update ya video driver update the physx driver as its two seperate driver downloads from nvidia website

AMD or intel=physx is built into video driver

also make sure all 3 versions of this 32 and 64 bit are installed from microsoft website=
viscual++ redist 2010 2012 2013

i play vcd in 4k 3840 x 2160 vs huge 4k tv as monitor
fps hang around 100 even if its set at 100 it still spike at 120 if ya turn vsync off
usually leave vsync on=stops ya fans from screaming at ya

There's something that affects the FPS of this game over time?
weird i never had that happen before vs AMD msi armour 8gb radeon rx580 gpu vs

Bugrosoft Bugrows 10 and when ya clean a map it runs even faster the cleaner it gets
100 fps on a fully dirty map 120 fps on clean level

even if i set my display refresh rate in windows display settings to 23 hz game still run at 100 fps=tv settings are seperate from pc settings=
TV makes an awesome monitor the tv remote has video and sound settings too that are seperate from pc settings that way nothing I install lags even if it runs on ue5 it still runs great:)

I get up to 240 fps in postal 4 on ultra settings
3090=12 fps on buttsauce=lol i hate nvidia AMD never lags or jitters it just works
got sick of jumping through hoops setting game profiles with nvidia went AMD n never looked back
also AMD not skimp on vram or the rops

i heard that new 4070 nvidia gpu might have 8gb ram
whats the point coughing up over $1000 for a gpu when an 8gb AMD rx580 is the same thing at $150 that outperform a 3090 minus the raytracing:)
lol who needs raytracing sometimes it looks terrible look at portal rtx lol they really screwed the look of good old portal xd and made it run like crap vs yuck textures

OBS studio does a number on my framerate vs recording in 4k
https://youtu.be/CTrA5eDxfa8
still no lag
exit obs studio=fps go to 100 fps

vcd wont lag until it go below 20 fps=never happens
i have a ryzen 7 pro cpu and 16gb ram
all hardware is msi corsair and AMD
windows has 256gb ssd to itself
games go on 1 and 2 terrabyte sata hdd
no difference vs ssd or hdd in loading times=its fast

ctrl+alt+del
go to startup tab in task manager n disable all the junk windows doesn't need

this also great pc maintenance program
https://www.glarysoft.com/
pro version is free
1 click maintenance button is a godsend=pc 6 times faster than new pc unboxing day it takes 10 seconds for windows 10 to boot n fully load start steam count to 3 start vcd n count to 4 n ya cleaning unearthly excavation in no time

maybe also try opting into steam beta from steam settings
beta runs great n ya get daily patches that fix a ton of bugs that normal steam is full of
beta also designed for win 10 and 11
steam workshop also works better than normal steam in all my games that have workshop support=no screwed up downloads etc
cities skylines and vcd a good example

[A JANITOR]

oh yeah check ya udkengine.ini file often
for some strange reason vcd was set back to default last friday for no reason i started steam n vcd validated itself without verifying the game cache n reset all my settings to default
lol i wondered why it was running at 40 fps instead of 100 fps
had to redo my ini tweaks and setup the game options all over again
this also happens after windows updates
windows annoying update has also so far deleted and disabled my gpu driver and software twice and replaced it with laggy microsoft generic monitor driver(delete this driver)=
drives ya nuts fixing that too not to mention when windows stupid update decides to install the wrong realtek hd audio driver turning my pc into a lagging echoing zylophone as my pc uses the universal realtek driver vs the built in nahamic system sound app
if nahamic not configured right pc bsod or games lag
i hate it when microsoft screws with my pc drivers and settings=seems the norm these days n makes me wonder what i have to fix disable or delete when windows update tries to install more microsoft spyware xd

get rid of one drive is a good start to stop that crap uploading everything on ya pc 16 times a day to the cloud causing video streaming to screech to a halt with a buffering circle to watch while it tanks ya bandwidth lol

and death to microsoft edge=bonvoyage virus magnet

looking forward to ue4 or ue5 vcd as keeping ue3 vcd vs windows updates screwing it up is a constant battle to keep it running nice

[A JANITOR]

avoid playing the 32 bit game=

[0000.73] Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=16
[0000.73] Init: High frequency timer resolution =10.000000 MHz
[0000.73] Init: Memory total: Physical=15.9GB (16GB approx) Pagefile=19.9GB Virtual=4.0GB
[0000.73] Log: Steam Client API Disabled!
[0000.77] Init: WinSock: I am Not Sure (192.168.Blah.Blah.Blah)
[0000.77] Init: Presizing for 0 objects not considered by GC, pre-allocating 0 bytes.
[0000.77] Init: Object subsystem initialized
[0000.77] Log: Last hardware survey: Ver=10907, Date=20230418. Uploading again.
[0002.30] Log: SystemSettings based on: SystemSettings
[0002.35] Log: Found D3D11 adapter 0: Radeon RX 580 Series
[0002.35] Log: Adapter has 3072MB of dedicated video memory, 0MB of dedicated system memory, and 1023MB of shared system memory
[0002.36] Log: Found D3D11 adapter 1: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
[0002.36] Log: Adapter has 0MB of dedicated video memory, 0MB of dedicated system memory, and 4095MB of shared system memory
[0002.37] Log: Shader platform (RHI): PC-D3D-SM5
[0002.43] Log: Failed to upload UDK hardware survey to http://et.epicgames.com/PostUDKSurveyHandler.ashx in 1.63 seconds.
[0002.43] Log: PhysX GPU Support: ENABLED

that 32 bit log reports incorrect pc specs and the game crashes in various maps esp vulcan dlc with out of video memory crashes= I have an 8gb gpu not a 3gb gpu
windows update broke 32 bit VCD in dec 2020

32 bit level editor is fine for some strange reason and windows update borked the 64 bit editor vs broken microscopic ui and icons vs bugged windows 10 dpi settings
I can only use 32 bit editor to make maps n play 64 bit game otherwise it screws the ui if i start 32 bit game or 64 bit editor n vcd start with half a giant clipboard=have to reset windows 10 dpi override settings in the compatability tab again on 32 bit udk.exe editor shortcut to fix the editor ui and the 64 bit game ui scaling
32 bit editor and 64 bit game not screw up the dpi fix vs win 10=
probly related to a 4k monitor

32 bit game crashes out of video memory when it tries to use more than 3gb of gpu memory vs 8gb gpu

play 64 bit VCD=

[0000.60] Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=16
[0000.60] Init: High frequency timer resolution =10.000000 MHz
[0000.60] Init: Memory total: Physical=15.9GB (16GB approx) Pagefile=20.2GB Virtual=131072.0GB
[0001.03] Log: Steam Client API initialized 1
[0001.22] Log: Steam Game Server API initialized 1
[0001.26] Init: WinSock: I am Not Sure (192.168.Blah.Blah.Blah)
[0001.26] Init: Presizing for 0 objects not considered by GC, pre-allocating 0 bytes.
[0001.26] Init: Object subsystem initialized
[0001.26] Log: Last hardware survey: Ver=10907, Date=20230413. Uploading again.
[0002.96] Log: Failed to upload UDK hardware survey to http://et.epicgames.com/PostUDKSurveyHandler.ashx in 1.69 seconds.
[0002.96] Log: Found D3D11 adapter 0: Radeon RX 580 Series
[0002.96] Log: Adapter has 8170MB of dedicated video memory, 0MB of dedicated system memory, and 8166MB of shared system memory
[0002.98] Log: Found D3D11 adapter 1: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
[0002.98] Log: Adapter has 0MB of dedicated video memory, 0MB of dedicated system memory, and 8166MB of shared system memory
[0002.98] Log: Shader platform (RHI): PC-D3D-SM5
[0003.05] Log: PhysX GPU Support: ENABLED

64 bit log reports correct system specs=no out of video memory crashes

game runs fine in 64 bit

This reminds me of when windows update broke the chess engine in 64 bit rooks keep
play 32 bit game in that if wanna play chess and use 32 bit editor to make chess maps
64 bit rooks keep crashes if ya select or load a chess mode

32 bit vcd crashes out of video memory in many levels but 32 bit level editor runs fine and the ui is all screwed up in 64 bit editor vs windows 10 bugs

vcd and rooks keep use same version of level editor by same developer

goat simulator also has this problem play 64 bit goat simulator
use 32 bit level editor to make mods
bioshock and borderlands 2 and arma 3 also have this problem=microsoft broke it

goat sim n vcd have same version of level editor=2013 buggy beta version epic games's buggiest version of udk ever released

[A JANITOR]

perhaps this may help silvermike
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/windows-11-making-games-lag-how-to-fix/
actually alot of useful tips in that link keep scrolling down

lol windows 11 is the worst os ever

i got my death grip on windows 10 until its last day of support before i upgrade to an os full of ads and spyware where more than half my old box set games won't work

1 setting in my bios is preventing microsoft from forcing windows 11 to install automatically vs windows unwanted updates=thank god for that:)

disable the spyware and the ads n it probly run ok

4kant has windows 11 perhaps they could share a few tips or tweaks vs navigating and fixing games on the worst os ever made
4kant said vcd is fine on their system

if you have msi afterburner delete it as it causes lag and 99.99% of msi afterburner downloads are a virus=fake program not from official msi website

nvidia experience can also lag ya games
google programs that interfere with steam and disable em

even steam causes problems=wait for next beta update=steam beta is best=
ya get regular steam updates that fix tons of bugs

try n stay out of big picture mode use classic library
get rid of steam cloud it causes more headaches than its worth
lose the cloud in steam global settings and the game settings in ya library
all ya stuff run much better with no cloud
ya saves won't mysteriously get deleted or broken either vs every game in ya library vs internet dropouts during gameplay or when games get updated by devs it wont install corrupt or deleted saves from previous game updates every single time ya start a game

want saves on another pc=a usb stick works wonders as usb sticks can't screw ya games like the cloud does

fyi steam cloud causes office crash at punchout bug too
clocking out of the robot map often triggers this

no cloud no problems

has pc got a virus?
windows defender wont detect a virus even if ya give it one on purpose lol
defender never found a virus ever vs win 7 win 8 win 8.1 and win 10 xd

scan pc with free malwaebytes
scan with free rogue killer
scan with free malwarebytes adware cleaner

you be surprised=oh crap huge list of malware windows useless defender failed to find=
quick press the repair button lol

[A JANITOR]

thats a good point and nvidia is notorious for it but AMD seems immune to it

i rarely disable vsync in everything although vcd can handle it without my fans screaming at me
anything that runs on ue5 or ue4 i just whack it on ultra n turn vsync on n it runs great

i also have 3 massive rgb led fans in my case that display my pc temperature vs it changing colours as it also setup via my fan curve settings and mystic light
green=below 40 deg c blue normal 50-70 deg c red danger 100 deg c=quick press alt + f4 xd

vcd rarely goes blue it stay green under 50 deg c

i have the stock wraith prism air cooler vs ryzen 7 cpu as pc rejected a corsair water cooler=windows 10 bugs rejected install of water cooler in pc shop

glad i went air cooled water coolers fail n when they do pc go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr then bang

and yep a clean pc is a happy pc in the hardware and pc software and pc maintenance department

a paintbrush or compressed air get da dust out

144hz is a curse vs vcd set max fps to 100 it will fix input lag vs the janitor walking around

vcd never slow down quite often i will binge a editor session for longer than 24 hours n do a ton of testing in 64 bit game for like 8 hours strait with no issues
I also optimize my levels performance while i am at it to stop everyone with a 4090 from complaining about lag lol not to mention the 2070 super the worst gpu ever made vs millions of lag complaints in every steam game forum and swamped complaints vs online nvidia forums

factory reset the gpu driver if ya have a 3060 a 3070 a 4090 or 3090 nvidia really screwd its drivers
avoid the 6000 series of AMD gpu's the chip is prone to crazing and cracking aka will self destruct vs metal and temperature fatigue
wait for 7000 series
avoid the 4090 vs $2 cables n components it may burn ya house down=wait for nit wits at nvidia to fix fire hazard cable problem let alone hire adults to assemble it in the factory instead of doing a nike n paying kids 1 cent a shoe

vcd runs at 60 fps in hrydro hell with 2 gb ram and a melted gpu slot on an i5 boat anchor with 32 mb of video memory without a gpu on a hdd from 1995 with a half blown psu with wires spliced from the cd drive to turn the hdd on xd even while struggling to run windows 8.1
had to take out faulty ram and lick it like nintendo cartridges n put it back in to stop old pc from boot looping and slam dunk pc tower on the desk to turn the monitor on lol n vcd still ran fine for 2 years on a pc that had a rather scary motherboard fire when its old 1gb gpu exploded while watching a yt video n it blew the a hole out of the fuse box outside but not enough memory to start goat simulator even tho vcd and goat sim have identical build number of ue3 dev kit and that kentucky fried toaster never lagged in vcd after i sticky taped it back together n put a bag of ice on the 1 and only broken cpu fan in that pc as well as making 30 vcd workshop maps on that pc without a video card while everyone with nvidia and alienware sent me lag complaints=erm what lag

funny thing is i had to use windows 8.1 hdd to jumpstart windows 10 in pc shop as microsoft borked every retail disc of windows 8 8.1 and 10= was shipped with administrator is a guest bug=nightmare to fix vs error message=error you need admin privilages to perform this action acess denied please run or reinstall this program as administrator=i am the fking administrator pc has 1 account administrator

how fix dat=
create system super user=jailbreak windows delete local admin account pressing keep my files button=windows proceeds to format ya c drive anyway=
https://youtu.be/mKkLjJHwRec

said windows thinks admin is a guest bug also caused steam needs maintenance error banning me from trading or using steam market for 30 days every time i tried to start steam=wait 2 years to get unbanned lol

super admin user fix that really annoying bug but what caused the admin is a guest bug=
windows defender conflicts with windows uac locking the admin out of the admin settings causing everything to randomly crash like broken xmas tree lights=not fun

oem windows not shipped with said bug but retail windows is screwd up=
takes ages to fix that

upgrade ya gpu 6 months later ya desktop wallpaper disapear with message next to the recycle bin=
hardware change detected this copy of windows is no longer registered
this copy of windows will be locked if you don't reactivate windows 3 weeks from now
use the windows key you purchased with said pc=access denied invalid key

call microsoft
idiots tell you they blacklisted ya windows key you paid for telling you to buy windows 10 again=
tell em to f off n use kms auto to fix it


fortunataly swapping out n upgrading hardware on my new pc hasn't triggered that really annoying issue=yet

lol i dread upgrading my hardware vs microsoft trying to force you to buy windows again just cuz ya got a new gpu or a new ssd or some new ram etc

lol if something is wrong VCD is the 1st program to screw up=
Dr VCD gives early warning before whatever it is gets worse

[-= SilverMike =-]

Thanks for the replies. I tried again yesterday after a VR session and when I started the game, the fps were terribly below 30 just at launch. Today, I just tried launching the game after a little while and it seems to cap at 90. It's very weird.

Steam cloud sync is already disabled, same for autosave, but those have nothing to do with performance.

Tried running Viscera 64bit (I always use 64bit) in Windows 7 compatibility and as an admin: nothing has changed.

I don't understand the issue of having the fps set to 144, I haven't experienced slow-mo and it has always played smoothly. According to PCGamingWiki on their VCD page, setting it above 144 would cause the player to walk faster, but I never go above 144.

I'm also aware that the game options reset once in a while for I don't know why, and it's annoying, but I keep tweaking everything back to what I want.

I tried the tweaks in the link provided (except the Core Isolation thingy because, heh, I don't wanna disable it just for a single game) and again, I don't see any differences.

V-Sync is already enabled.

I suppose I could try to lower the MaxSmoothedFrameRate to half my monitor's refresh rate (72) and see if that improves things, but if I still get lower fps, there's definitely something wrong with this game or UE3.

[A JANITOR]

yeah seems unusual
i have a few steam friends that say janitor walk slo mo with input lag if 144 or higher

100 seems to hit the spot for me n most others but yeah maybe even try increasing or decreasing the min smoothed framerate

anyway sailing unchartered waters vs windows 11 vs a old engine from 2013 and it already has its fair share of gremlins vs windows 10

who knows maybe the next steam beta update a windows update or a gpu driver update might sort out having to restart ya pc for it to run fast on the 1st try instead of the next one

Core Isolation thingy
no harm in temporarily trying that even if turn ya router off n try it in steam offline mode?
just switch it back on before ya turn the internet back on

hmm maybe even disable the framerate smoothing

also mess around with the cpu core and pool size settings=
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Engine:Unreal_Engine_3

it will be in udkengine.ini or udkusersettings.ini
play around with the values with any luck ya find its G spot

lol i think its=
Core Isolation thingy gets married with the windows version of DENUVO?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/older-unreal-engine-thread-management-ut3-performance-issues.246932/

[A JANITOR]

never mind steam removes link

maybe site txt fit here:)

Unreal Engine 3 FPS Increase
UDK config tweak settings! changing these or altering these using the methods below will increase speed
as a trade off for reducing overall graphics quality(great for config tweakers or low end graphics cards)
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for this guide messing you're system up, always make sure to backup
you're data.However I explain these settings very thoroughly. So don't modify udk or you're operating
system unless you are a advanced user and know exactly what you are doing.These settings will also work
for any game that utilizes the Unreal Engine!!

UseVsync= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--reduces screen tearing, although when enabled it looks although the game is running slower.
this is because the fps are capped---

DynamicDecals= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---example is when the link gun is shooting beams at the ground and it leaves a temporary
burned in decal on the ground or wall,disabling this will definitely use less memory and
less processing---

DecalCullDistanceScale (UDKsystemsettings.ini) use half the number set
--- the distance at when decals are culled or drawn to the screen, use numbers like 0.4 0.2 0.1
reducing this setting will cause decals to be popped or drawn to the screen at a closer distance and
will use less processing---

DynamicLights= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---dynamic lights are exactly what it states, this is a very very expensive technique to use
in UDK and if you need more processing power and memory from the unreal engine it is
recommended to set this to false---

DynamicShadows= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---dynamic shadows are exactly what it states, except they can move when you have a moving
dynamic light, this causes a huge performance drop on mid range cards and even some high range
cards. disabling this will definitely use less memory and less processing---

MaxShadowResolution= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)use half of the number set
--- overall shadow resolution. increasing this causes sharper shadows decreasing this causes
more blurry jagged edge shadows. reducing the number in half or by 3 quarters increases speed
and reduced processing---

MaxWholeSceneDominantShadowResolution= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)use half of the number set
--- overall shadow resolution. increasing this causes sharper shadows decreasing this causes
more blurry jagged edge shadows. reducing the number in half or by 3 quarters increases speed
and reduced processing---

ShadowFadeResolution= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)use half of the number set
--- overall shadow resolution when the shadows fade at a distance.increasing this causes
sharper shadows when fading at a distance.decreasing this causesmore blurry jagged edge
shadows. reducing the number in half or by 3 quarters increases speed and reduced processing---

ShadowFadeExponent= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)set to false
--distance at wich shadows vanish. increasing or decreasing values like .15 .25 .50
makes the shadows fade closer or farther. reduce this setting to make shadows vanish at a closer
distance and it will increase processing when the shadows fade closer also---

bEnableBranchingPCFShadows= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)set to false
---uses a soft shadow technique to make shadows look more soft or smoothed. disabling this
causes shadows to look more sharp but uses less processing when disabled---

MotionBlur= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---causes blurring in motion when a character is in motion on the whole screen.disabling
this uses less memory and less processing---

Distortion= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--- a good example of this is a vortex with a moving transparent material,or some forms of
water. this uses a bit of processing. disable this if you want more speed---

FilteredDistortion= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
-- pretty much the same as above, disable if you want more speed---

DepthOfField= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---depending on how a character percieces a object at close or far distance determines
whether it is blurred out in the background.disabling this uses less memory and less
processing---

[A JANITOR]

LensFlares= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--- when looking at a light or the sun from a certain angle causes the lens flare effect.
although this hardly uses any processing you can still disable it for a bit more speed---

bAllowD3D9MSAA= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--a form of anti aliasing for direct x 9.0 mode,reduces jagged edges on objects and smooths
the edges out.disable if you want ALOT more speed---

bAllowTemporalAA= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---UDK'S own internal version of anti aliasing, reduces jagged edges on objects and smooths
the edges out.disable if you want ALOT more speed---

bAllowWholeSceneDominantShadows= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--- a good example is if a sun(movable dynamic light) is moving around and is causing shadows
to change location depending on the time of day. disabling this uses less processing---

AmbientOcclusion= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
--- displays basic none dynamic shadows on objects that is a cheaper alternative to dynamic
shadows. disabling this uses less memory and less processing---

Bloom= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to false
---causes objects to have a washed out shine on them, disabling this uses less memory and
processing---

bAllowLightShafts= (UDKsystemsettings.ini)set to false
---allows dynamic lights(light shafts) to peer through objects like windows or inbetween
objects causing a sun ray type of effect,disabling this uses slightly less memory and
processing---

MaxAnisotropy= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16 lower number for more speed
---controls how crisp and sharp the textures are from near to far, lowering causes blurring
at closer distances but slightly increases speed---

ResX=1024 ResY=768 (UDKsystemsettings.ini) or 800 by 600 for more speed
---controls screen resolution, smaller means faster and uses less graphics memory and
processing---

ApexGRBEnable=True (UDKsystemsettings.ini)if you got nvidia card
----Enables graphics processing unit accelerated rigid bodies if you have a nvidia
graphics card----

ApexGRBGPUMemSceneSize= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) double this number if you got nvidia card
----Increasing this number will allocate more graphics processing unit memory for graphics
processing unit accellerated rigid bodies----

ApexGRBGPUMemTempDataSize= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) double this number if you got nvidia card
----Increasing this number will allocate more graphics processing unit memory for graphics
processing unit accellerated rigid bodies----

bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport= (UDKengine.ini) set this to false if you got nvidia card
----This controls whether or not physx runs on cpu or nvidia gpu---

ApexDestructionMaxChunkIslandCount= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) set to something like 150 to 2500 or less
----this controls how many apex chunks can be connected or debri chunks lay aroundbefore vanishing
from the screen completely---

bEnableParallelAPEXClothingFetch= (UDKsystemsettings.ini) enable or disable depending on...
---if you have a nvidia gpu this will accelerate multiple apex cloth objects in a scene by using exactly
what it states "ParallelAPEXClothingFetch" I think this works with physx cpu mode also but would
probably run faster on a Nvidia GPU---

bLogGameplayEvents= (UDKGame.ini) set to false
--- will not create gameplay event logs and consume hard drive/ssd space--

bShouldLogStatsData= (UDKengine.ini) set to false
--- will not create datastats logs and consume hard drive/ssd space--
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Safe folders to delete to reduce UDK's size if you just use udk scripting and world editing only.
deleting these folders reduces fragmentation on mechanical hard drives and reduces reads and writes on
solid state drives. You can delete these folders safely without UDK freaking out if you don't use these
items.

UDKGame\PCTOC_CHN.txt (if you don't read chinese)
UDKGame\PCTOC_JPN.txt (if you don't read japanese)
UDKGame\PCTOC_KOR.txt (if you don't read korean)
UDKGame\Content\Vehicles\VH_Fury.upk (if you only use cicada,scorpion and manta for testing)
UDKGame\Content\Vehicles\VH_Hoverboard.upk (if you only use cicada,scorpion and manta for testing)
UDKGame\Content\Vehicles\VH_Nemesis.upk (if you only use cicada,scorpion and manta for testing)
UDKGame\Content\Vehicles\VH_Paladin.upk
UDKGame\Content\Vehicles\VH_Raptor.upk
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\dotnetfx35setup.exe (if you already have dotnet framework 3.5 installed)

UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\dotNetFx40_Full_setup.exe
(if you already have dotnet framework 4.0 installed)

UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\Redist
(if you don't want to use UDK's convenient redistributable data)

UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.CHN.rtf (if you don't read chinese)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.CZE.rtf (if you don't read czech)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.DEU.rtf (if you don't read german)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.ESN.rtf (if you don't read estonian?)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.FRA.rtf (if you don't read french)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.HIN.rtf (if you don't read hindu)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.HUN.rtf (if you don't read hungarian?)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.ITA.rtf (if you don't read italian)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.JPN.rtf (if you don't read japanese)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.KOR.rtf (if you don't read korean)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.POL.rtf (if you don't read polish)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\InstallData\EULA.RUS.rtf (if you don't read russian)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\SpeedTreeModeler (if you won't use this speedtree modeler)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\FaceFXPlugins (if you won't use faceFX plugins)
UDK-20xx-0x\Binaries\ActorX (if you won't use the legacy actorx plugin, use fbx instead!?)
\UDKGame\Autosaves\Backup (delete all backup files if you manually backup data yourself)

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extra notes!

to get more speed from you're operating system you can optionally do these tweaks!

disable indexing (right click c:\ drive go to properties uncheck index this drive, apply to sub folders
and c:\ and ignore, ignore all)

run command prompt as administrator and use this command to enhance o/s speed and use 4+gb less data on
drive. powercfg /hibernate off
this command is especially great for solid state drives. it turns hibernate off, some pc's freak out
when hibernate is enabled

minimize startup items to allocate more RAM for UDK. use msconfig or windows start up manager or even
a alternative startup manager to disable items you only manually run to save more RAM for UDK as UDK
uses quite a bit of RAM!

Defrag if you use a mechanical hard drive

disable anti aliasing in you're ati or nvidia control panel and set for PERFORMANCE

IF you have a solid state drive disable pagefile in:
control panel,system and security,system,advanced system settings,PERFORMANCE>settings>advanced>
virtual memory>change set for 400mb intial and maximum to reduce pagefile(virtual RAM) or just
completely disable it using the "No paging file" option.

that's about it! if you have anything to add that will optimize UDK for performance or increase
response time or speed feel free to add a tweak!!!also if I got anything wrong you can point it out for sure.

[A JANITOR]

disabling DOF definately helps
DepthOfField=False
goodbye headache vs 20 x 20 vision=hooray
bye bye more blur stuff
AllowRadialBlur=False

mess around with the above values but try n keep ya quality up vs pc hardware being much better now than back then
disable some things but increase others
ie disable antialising without noticing the difference cuz ya increased another setting to compensate
i gonna try a few of those n will let ya know if it maybe even doubles the fps without sacrificing visual quality

[A JANITOR]

steam launch options

try
-force-glcore

1st enable open gl in udksystemsettings.ini
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2965154352

fps seems a little higher and more stable than direct x is

use overgrowth map to test it out on vcd lots of trees that eat lots of memory

lol n AMD is notorious for really bad open gl drivers so it probly work way better on nvidia
fortunately fixing beavis and butthead in virtual stupidity somehow fixed the open gl driver bug vs my AMD gpu n also had to enable a legasy windows feature to let me install really old versions of game redist files from windows 95 to fix the cutscenes not working
fixing beavis n butthead fixed open gl not working in pcsx2 bluestacks and pj64 too along with pretty much any game that supports open gl esp the scumm engine from the monkey island series without having to run those in dosbox
works well on the dig sam n max kings quest all the sierra stuff and lucas arts titles
it was good for also fixing lighthouse the dark being direct from windows instead of dosbox

usually open gl pretty dicy in my games but VCD seems to like it more than it likes direct x n seems to also look better as well as eliminate some annoying camera movement flickering
fps also seems more steady instead of taking steep dives it crawls its way up to 100 fps n almost stays there

right now to see if messing with the core and pool size setting do anything

[A JANITOR]

udkgame.ini
bAllowTemporalAA=False

got another 20 fps boost without sacrificing any visual quality
almost 100% eliminated camera movement flicker vs my tv too to the point i don't notice the texture flickering i had before

udkengine.ini=

[TextureStreaming]

PoolSize=160 ?

will try
PoolSize=6000
in mb vs 8gb vram n see what happens:)

[DevOptions.Shaders]

ThreadedShaderCompileThreshold=1

will try
ThreadedShaderCompileThreshold=8
out of 16 compute cores vs ryzen 7 cpu
prety sure it has 8 physical cores=lets see what happens aye

edit=
holy moly thats soooo much better
game is running like a dream smooth as a hot lighsabre through frozen butter on an ice skating rink=
lovely and every map loads so fast i don't even see the loading screen anymore it loads right in instantly and the main menu also runs way better it trippled the fps
game no longer hangs with a black screen for 60 seconds when i start vcd too like it always did on 1st run vs turning pc on=awsome now i don't have to left click the black screen for the main menu to load in on 1st run on pc power on=my am i glad it fixed that windows 10 bug
now it same as second time i start vcd=no black screen hang bug=finally thats fixed

[A JANITOR]

my new map i'm working on has dynamic lighting and a day and night cycle
fps during daylight at 80 fps

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2965164379

night is a solid=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2965164881

the map is really big running in 4k open gl at 3840 x 2160 1080 p

I think this is as best as I can tweak it without sacrificing visualy quality

if i lower the res to 1920 x 1080 every map stays way above 80 fps

i disabled the smooth framerate option but left vsync on n it goes to above 120 fps here n there

antialising and anistrophic filtering is disabled
disabling antialising fixes shadows on terrain not working bug too as i also upscaled the shadow res in my maps settings to get rid of blocky shadows=now i see a human shadow from my janitor instead of a minecraft creeper lol

my gpu also has a few settings like enable gpu super resolution to upscale the games graphics vs playing VCD in 4k
also lets me upscale picture sharpness and can also turn on anti lag which works wonders in every game no matter how new it is it runs nice
enable gpu scaling is also nice in my AMD adrenalin settings using the latest driver

I might as well post my ini file settings esp since iv'e more than trippled the max performance of VCD into something very nice but also nice n smooth

[-= SilverMike =-]

It seems my problem is related with GPU usage. Again, just a few minutes ago, started the game in 64 bit and I ended up with a mediocre 15-20 fps just at the main menu. GPU usage was under 10%. I logged off Windows and logged back in and started the game again: fps went up to 144fps with GPU usage at 50%. How can I increase the GPU usage on that game?

[A JANITOR]

sounds like a windows spyware 11 thing
telling microsoft to f off n fix windows buggy 11 is a good start if it works nice on logging in twice xd

right I will post my ini file settings

I might lower the core setting from 8 to 4 tho as i do get a pause here n there but that was probly autosave as that was on
i turn that off n restart the game before i lower the physical core setting to 4 as 8 might be fine for my cpu