Tweaks for low FPS before new build - TESTED - SOME NOTES INCLUDED

[IrOnTaXi]

The full effect of these optimizations wont be evident until the next patch comes out.

Just wanted to make a quick post here about things you can do in the interm while we prepare the next big patch.

It is possible although not tested to turn on texture streaming and set a memory pool appropriate to your system as well as disable frame smoothing.

I will outline here.

1. Enable texture streaming

Open the defaultengine.ini file in squad/config and look for the following line and change it to true.
r.TextureStreaming=False
Save and run the game.

2. Set approrpiate sized vram pools.

Open the defaultscalability.ini in squad/config and add these sections to the bottom.
[TextureQuality@0]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2000

[TextureQuality@1]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=2
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2500

[TextureQuality@2]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000

[TextureQuality@3]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=4000

NOTE:

a. These settings will be associated with the texture quality settings in the graphics menu. 0 being LOW and 3 being EPIC
b. In our current build the dense maps are trying to allocate approx 3.5 - 4gig of texture memory. This has been optimized in next release (more like 2 ish)

Explanation:

r.Streaming.MipBias - Each value above 0 will cut all textures in game by 50%. Using a value higer than 2 will look ridiculously low res. I would recommend 1 if you are struggling.
r.MaxAnisotropy - Filter method for textures - 0 to 8. 16 is possible but probably kill your frames
r.Streaming.PoolSize - How much VRAM you want squad to use. at least 2000 is recommended. 1000 will probably work but will need to wait for our full patch to see the best benefits.

1. Disable default Frame smoothing

Open file baseengine.ini in squad/engine/config

Find the following line and change it to false
bSmoothFrameRate=true
Save and start game.

I would love you guys to play with this and let me know how it goes.

Net effect should be. - Properly sized VRAM pool and Texture sizes for your system. No clamp on frame rate in game.

NOTE: Grass on foools road will be low res until next patch. Side effect of texture streaming system.

[Cletus Nifler]

thank you very much trying right now

[Cletus Nifler]

tryed it and seemd to help just a tad bit but not too much, thank you in advance for setting this up for us we really aprecciate it XD

[R3D]

thank you very much iron taxi, you guys keep up the good job, you are doing excellent. :D. Going to try this settings and answer as soon as I can.

[papa scott]

I can't find r.texturestreaming in the defaultengine.ini file, but otherwise improved my game by a lot. I don't DC after every game, load times improved, FPS improved.

[R3D]

It worked like a charm on my pentium g2020 2.9 ghz and gtx 750. Good job devs. Changing the vram to 1000 worked

[R3D]

Originally posted by Scotton:

I can't find r.texturestreaming in the defaultengine.ini file, but otherwise improved my game by a lot. I don't DC after every game, load times improved, FPS improved.

Hit ctrl+f and type r.TextreStreaming with caps

[YCproducedIt]

So I did this yesterday and my FPS boosted from 29-34 to around a constant 49, after the update today I'm back down to a mere 23....

[Sam]

Does these things still help fps? new update rekted my fps

[Brutus]

Originally posted by `LucaBra$i<JordanFanatic>:

So I did this yesterday and my FPS boosted from 29-34 to around a constant 49, after the update today I'm back down to a mere 23....

Same Thing Happened To Me

[The_master_doc1]

me toooooo

[YCproducedIt]

Yeah, instead of doing what I usually do for a game that doesn't perform well and getting a refund, I'm going to be patient and give them time to get it straightened out. Only because they've been vocal about performance on AMD setups, and I really enjoy this game a lot..

[YCproducedIt]

Okay, so I did this yesterday, then the update came and rekt my fps, but i removed the four things I put in the file and now get 60+ fps.

I removed this:

[TextureQuality@0]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2000

[TextureQuality@1]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=2
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2500

[TextureQuality@2]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000

[TextureQuality@3]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=4000

[Sam]

Originally posted by `LucaBra$i<JordanFanatic>:

Okay, so I did this yesterday, then the update came and rekt my fps, but i removed the four things I put in the file and now get 60+ fps.

I removed this:

[TextureQuality@0]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2000

[TextureQuality@1]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=2
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2500

[TextureQuality@2]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000

[TextureQuality@3]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=4000

you simply removed those things? or changed them?

[Brutus]

Originally posted by `LucaBra$i<JordanFanatic>:

Okay, so I did this yesterday, then the update came and rekt my fps, but i removed the four things I put in the file and now get 60+ fps.

I removed this:

[TextureQuality@0]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2000

[TextureQuality@1]
r.Streaming.MipBias=1
r.MaxAnisotropy=2
r.Streaming.PoolSize=2500

[TextureQuality@2]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000

[TextureQuality@3]
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.MaxAnisotropy=4
r.Streaming.PoolSize=4000

This didnt change anything for me

[YCproducedIt]

I removed them, then it went to 56-60 for like 10 minutes lol. Then it went back down to 30 in the same game :( So no bueno boys...