FPS drops from 60 to 49-50

[𝟺𝟶𝟺]

Playing Valheim sometimes fps drops from 60 to 49-50 in different places. GPU load not more than 60% and CPU not more than 30%

[COZZACK]

That's just how the game runs at the moment. It has improved since H&H.

[Eekhoorn]

Depends on your hardware :)

After fiddling with the options for a while, I'm running @60FPS. Took less work to get there than in February. Game runs a lot smoother.

[Nightstorm]

I have found that disabling shadows has the biggest game improvement out of all the options, but the fact that your GPU isn't even hitting 100% means it probably won't make a difference since you still have headroom.

We just gotta wait for the optimizations.

[Eekhoorn]

I have found that disabling shadows has the biggest game improvement out of all the options

Same experience.

[TrompeL'Oeil]

Remove the fps indicator. Your eyes can't tell the difference between 50 and 60 fps.

[RasaNova]

Is it telling that people are mentioning FPS dropping to 49-50, and not 5-10 like back in Feb?

[xVVitch]

i get lag spikes quite often sincethe update. fps are smooth but sudden moments where everything stops for a split second is a bit irritating. though it is nice to be running at 50fps where before i was at 20-30

[Nightstorm]

Originally posted by ᴋɪᴛᴛʏ:

i get lag spikes quite often sincethe update. fps are smooth but sudden moments where everything stops for a split second is a bit irritating. though it is nice to be running at 50fps where before i was at 20-30

I'm experience the same issue, and I think what it is, is as you move around the game, it spawns in animals and monsters, and when it does this, it triggers a frame spike.

Its quite jarring and also a bit immersion breaking since you know a monster just poped somewhere closeby.

[xVVitch]

I'm experience the same issue, and I think what it is, is as you move around the game, it spawns in animals and monsters, and when it does this, it triggers a frame spike.

Its quite jarring and also a bit immersion breaking since you know a monster just poped somewhere closeby.

yeah, i've noticed it happen when any of my plants are done growing as well so i'm sure thats what it is. anything spawning, finishing growing will sometimes cause it. it definitely is immersion breaking and has caused me some issues in the middle of battling mobs.

[Eekhoorn]

Originally posted by ᴋɪᴛᴛʏ:

i get lag spikes quite often sincethe update. fps are smooth but sudden moments where everything stops for a split second is a bit irritating. though it is nice to be running at 50fps where before i was at 20-30

Also seeing these dips and I also thought it had to do with spawning... at first.

Can you try these things and report your results here?

Turn off SSAO - does this fix anything?
Turn on SSAO, but drop shadows to lowest... how is this for you?

When I turn off SSAO 98% of the game runs @60FPS, but looks terrible... (using a GTX1080)

When I turn off the shadows (lowest) and turn on the SSAO, I'd say about 85% runs @60FPS

Technically the game runs at 60, but yeah... these drops. Anyway... for me they become less frequent when messing around with SSAO (not a valid option) or the shadows.

I decided to go for the second option... game still looks good, but runs smoother; significant less frequent dips.

[xVVitch]

Also seeing these dips and I also thought it had to do with spawning... at first.

Can you try these things and report your results here?

Turn off SSAO - does this fix anything?
Turn on SSAO, but drop shadows to lowest... how is this for you?

When I turn off SSAO 98% of the game runs @60FPS, but looks terrible... (using a GTX1080)

When I turn off the shadows (lowest) and turn on the SSAO, I'd say about 85% runs @60FPS

Technically the game runs at 60, but yeah... these drops. Anyway... for me they become less frequent when messing around with SSAO (not a valid option) or the shadows.

I decided to go for the second option... game still looks good, but runs smoother.

i already had SSAO off so i tried turning it on & my fps dropped by 15 or so. tried turning point light shadows & shadow quality to lowest and noticed no difference. though i am also using a fps mod that sets shadows to 0 & adjusts a few other things to very slight boost my fps. my graphics card is a gtx 970 so its a bit older than your's.

[Eekhoorn]

Well, thanks for letting me know. I was hoping other people would see an increase in performance as well. Maybe someone who has SSAO turned on can try this. As I said earlier, for me it has a dramatic impact... and I would assume a GTX1080 would be sufficient run this game on max settings. But SSAO and the shadows (to a lesser degree) seem to trip up the FPS.... not stuff that spawns in.

[Terra]

Originally posted by LinkStrife:

Remove the fps indicator. Your eyes can't tell the difference between 50 and 60 fps.

just because you cant see difference it doesnt apply to everyone else.