How to get a better performance while using Caves?

[The_Darkest_Cat]

Well the game works fine if I dont add caves. If I do it, well it runs very laggy.
Someone told me it was like running 2 different worlds at the same time.

So I wonder if theres a mod or somehow a way to only use the caves when I want to enter them?

And also I'm playing solo right now. So its like my private world but on DST.

I read that using a Dedicated Server could help but its too much stuff... (I can do it but its too much...)

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

The only way your privately hosted game will run both the overworld and the caves simultaneously would be if you had a friend join and one of you was in the caves while the other stayed in the overworld.

But if it's only you then no, the two areas will not run/be loaded at the same time.

That doesn't mean that your PC doesn't have a bit of extra work to do. When you switch from overworld to caves (or vice versa) your PC will have to load in the different biomes and entities, etc., and that in itself can cause (usually temporary) lag on some PCs.

If it doesn't smooth out after a minute or two then it seems likely there is at least one other issue causing your laggy experience. More RAM may help, if you can provide it. Changing the settings of the worlds you generate may help, as well. Smaller biomes, fewer entities, etc. A good starting approach to troubleshooting the issue might be to generate a world with every setting at absolute "minimums", and work upward from there, slowly adding or increasing this or that until you experience stuttering or lag, at which point you'll have a fair indication of just what your PC can actually handle and what it cannot.

[The_Darkest_Cat]

Ok, idk, I might be dumb af but I think I left the option of the max players at 3... So first I'll try using with 1 then check if its ok.

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

The max players setting shouldn't affect anything with regard to performance. If you actually *have* 3 people playing then yes, that will have an effect. But not simply the setting itself.

[The_Darkest_Cat]

I meant this since I'm playing Solo
Maybe thats why loads both areas at the same time?

[Retrolicious]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219740/Dont_Starve/

No lags, no double servers, no griefers, pause whenever you want - works on ancient computers. And upcoming hamlet DLC :D

:thumbsup:

[AKU]

When your running caves by default dedicated servers starting, you can't change it. May CPU or RAM update can help. You need at least 3-4 cores for comfortable playing (i you host game ) and minimum 4 GB ram. Or maybe you should try just Don't Starve.

[drinkmetogrow]

Try:
-a smaller (above ground) world size.
-a world without extra/creatures resources added in settings.
-a world without mods .
-a world without caves (as caves require 2 seperate servers running at the same time, and takes alot from any PC) OR if you're using caves "dumb down" all cave world settings/size.

-Don't have any programs running in the background or any windows/tabs open in the background.

-Enable "netbook mode" in the game settings menu to see if that helps any.

-If other people in your household are using the internet, you might need to do all of those to prevent lag.

-The longer you play; the more resources/items/creatures/etc there are. That plays into lag/rubberbanding as well.

[The_Darkest_Cat]

Originally posted by 󰀀 Redhead 󰀈:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219740/Dont_Starve/

No lags, no double servers, no griefers, pause whenever you want - works on ancient computers. And upcoming hamlet DLC :D

:thumbsup:

I have Don't Starve, I'm playing DST since I'm also farming skins (yeah I know theres other ways of farming).

Originally posted by 󰀈AKU󰀈:

When your running caves by default dedicated servers starting, you can't change it. May CPU or RAM update can help. You need at least 3-4 cores for comfortable playing (i you host game ) and minimum 4 GB ram. Or maybe you should try just Don't Starve.

Thats impossible for this PC (Has 4 GB of RAM but only uses 3.25), mostly since it's not mine. And the owner doesn't even care about it.

Originally posted by drinkmetogrow:

Try:
-a smaller (above ground) world size.
-a world without extra/creatures resources added in settings.
-a world without mods .
-a world without caves (as caves require 2 seperate servers running at the same time, and takes alot from any PC) OR if you're using caves "dumb down" all cave world settings/size.

-Don't have any programs running in the background or any windows/tabs open in the background.

-Enable "netbook mode" in the game settings menu to see if that helps any.

-If other people in your household are using the internet, you might need to do all of those to prevent lag.

-The longer you play; the more resources/items/creatures/etc there are. That plays into lag/rubberbanding as well.

I always play with No apps on the background, Netbook is always on. It's not the connection, its only IF Caves are on.

[drinkmetogrow]

Then you should try:
-a smaller (above ground & cave) world size.
-a world without extra/creatures resources added in settings.

If that doesn't help anything then your computer simply isn't up to handling running both servers at once. Then your best option is to either have a friend host or join a random (or better yet dedicated password protected group) server with caves enabled.

[The_Darkest_Cat]

Ok, thanks.