boost your FPS while zoomed out [0.16.*]

[impetus_maximus]

[edit] Wube has patched FPS issues with decoratives in 0.16.3

• Fixed very low performance of drawing decoratives on medium or lower video memory usage setting.

[/edit]

*note* make a backup of your config.ini file in case it messes up for some reason.

i was getting 20FPS when zoomed out with 'decoratives' on. turning them off fixed it. howerver, decoratives add so much to the look of the game. i thought "there must be something else i can do."

so i did some tweak testing. i noticed 'Video memory useage' in the graphics setting was on medium. i set it to high and restarted Factorio. BOOM! 60 FPS while fully zoomed out on my Intel HD 3000 potato @ 1440x1080 with decoratives enabled. normal sprite resolution.

just thought i would share.
let us know if it helps you. post your hardware specs.

cheers

[hestekraft]

Publicado originalmente por impetus maximus:

*note* make a backup of your config.ini file in case it messes up for some reason.

i was getting 20FPS when zoomed out with 'decoratives' on. turning them off fixed it. howerver, decoratives add so much to the look of the game. i thought "there must be something else i can do."

so i did some tweak testing. i noticed 'Video memory useage' in the graphics setting was on medium. i set it to high and restarted Factorio. BOOM! 60 FPS while fully zoomed out on my Intel HD 3000 potato @ 1440x1080 with decoratives enabled. normal sprite resolution.

just thought i would share.
let us know if it helps you. post your hardware specs.

cheers

Steam was the biggest FPS killer for me which is why I have it off. I have not noticed any FPS drops other than on some of my biggest bases when I have thousnads of robots flying about. I5-2500k @4300mhz, gtx 970, 16gb ram @1600mhz. PS: My CPU is from late 2011.

[impetus_maximus]

yeah, if i'm playing the steam version (instead of package) i have steam overlay off for factorio.
also set the afinity for all the steam crap (steamhelper x5) to core 0, the rest for Factorio.

[piccolo255]

I'm sure hestekraft was talking about the steam/smoke that comes out of buildings, not Steam the online service :)

[impetus_maximus]

oh, smoke. you are probably right.

[Name Lips]

"normal sprite resolution."
Not the new, high-res sprites? I only get FPS issues with high res sprites.

[juliejayne]

Thanks for the tips... I had similar fps issues with the new hi-res graphics.

[posila87]

Thanks for pointing out this performance issue. Performance of drawing decoratives on low/medium video memory usage. But if the game runs fine on high there is no reason to go back to medium.

[impetus_maximus]

Publicado originalmente por Name Lips:

"normal sprite resolution."
Not the new, high-res sprites?

i'm using integrated potato graphics, so high-res is not an option for me.
i don't really feel the need for the high def stuff. game is beautiful on normal.

Publicado originalmente por juliejayne:

Thanks for the tips... I had similar fps issues with the new hi-res graphics.

you are welcome. :)
again if this helps, please discribe your settings/hardware so we can help others get the most out of Factorio's graphics.

Publicado originalmente por posila87:

Thanks for pointing out this performance issue. Performance of drawing decoratives on low/medium video memory usage. But if the game runs fine on high there is no reason to go back to medium.

you are welcome. i love the game, and wish to help the players, as well as the developer team.

[Morphic]

CPU: Intel i5-3750k @3.40GHz - OC'ed to 3.80GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 Ti
RAM: 2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @1600MHz
OS: Windows 7 64bit

I have latest beta for 0.16 and all settings at max/high with Memory usage set to All.

It seems with the latest update I get a constant "stutter". When I start a new map and start setting up/mining I'll consistently dip from 60 FPS to 54 FPS every ~7 seconds. Doesn't really seem to matter what I'm actively doing. However if I idle instead of moving/mining the interval goes from ~7 to ~10 seconds. When I got to setting up Electric Drills the FPS dips to 50 instead of 54.

Haven't really gotten to my usual factory size yet but I have about ~60 Drills going with ~50 Assemblers pumping out stuff to my belts.

So yeah, I'm sure a normal person wouldn't mind the ~10 FPS dips every few seconds. Though for me it starts to get irritating after ~30 minutes of playing, I think it's a holdover from my StarCraft league days... little voice keeps screaming "OMG FIX IT! Too Much Stutter!11!!" lol.

Don't know how I could fix it without reducing the game settings. Maybe getting more RAM or a higher refresh monitor? I'm sitting at 60Hz for my current monitor.

[impetus_maximus]

thanks for the stats.
2GB of VRAM is not enough for high rez sprites.

[Morphic]

Publicado originalmente por impetus maximus:

thanks for the stats.
2GB of VRAM is not enough for high rez sprites.

Man seriously? I even have 4GB for shared Memory too...

Lame.

Guess I'll need to learn to tolerate the FPS stutter until I get a new GPU. High Res everything is too pretty to pass up lol.

[impetus_maximus]

the more high rez stuff that is added, the more VRAM you will need.

[Name Lips]

I changed a few settings and now it runs smoothly -- for me -- zoomed out, large window, with high-res sprites on.

I think the important setting was for "Atlas Texture size" -- I changed it to 4046 from it's previous value of "largest possible."

I also changed "Video memory usage" to High instead of All.

I turned on "Wait for vsync" but I don't think that is what helped the issue.

(I also have smoke, clouds, and inserter shadows off, and decoratives and item shadows on. )

But now it's running great!

[Morphic]

Publicado originalmente por Name Lips:

I changed a few settings and now it runs smoothly -- for me -- zoomed out, large window, with high-res sprites on.

I think the important setting was for "Atlas Texture size" -- I changed it to 4046 from it's previous value of "largest possible."

I also changed "Video memory usage" to High instead of All.

I turned on "Wait for vsync" but I don't think that is what helped the issue.

(I also have smoke, clouds, and inserter shadows off, and decoratives and item shadows on. )

But now it's running great!

Oh man I could hug you!

Changing my settings to mimic yours has me only dipping 2 Frames now; which is nothing. For some reason I didn't think to try multiple setting differences at once. I had only been only changing one thing at a time and reverting it when it didn't make a noticeable difference.

[impetus_maximus]

if you're a chick, then hug on. if not *fist bump lol
you are welcome.

[edit] 0.16.3 brings

• Fixed very low performance of drawing decoratives on medium or lower video memory usage setting.