yea would like to know how to fix this issue too

I've tried everything there is, core affinity, fix fps, lower Hz, disabled overlays etc etc etc
Just doesn't help, Mod looks amazing and bought the game for it but will have to refund unfortunately.

The problem is the lack of 4gb for steam...

I own both GOG and steam version of FOC.

The 4 gb ram patch works for the GOG version and make mods such as the remake mod run alot smoother than steam.... But u cant load save games on the GOG version... so its a choice between two evils...

I run GOG version for custom skirmish with big battles and steam for Galatic conquest ;)

If only steam had that 4 GB ram patch working it would be awesome hehe

Originally posted by AshGear:

The problem is the lack of 4gb for steam...

I own both GOG and steam version of FOC.

The 4 gb ram patch works for the GOG version and make mods such as the remake mod run alot smoother than steam.... But u cant load save games on the GOG version... so its a choice between two evils...

I run GOG version for custom skirmish with big battles and steam for Galatic conquest ;)

If only steam had that 4 GB ram patch working it would be awesome hehe

There is a 4GB patch in the folder of this mod, I used it and it did work.
Still it made it so I have 10 fps instead of 1 (during big battles), so it doesn't do enough unfortunately.

Yeah i'm starting to believe people saying they run the mod constantly at 60+ fps in big battles are full of sh*t

Its almost 100% just how the fighters are coded and behave. If you want smoother FPS, use less fighter specific strats, or if you're brave mod the xml files to reduce fighter/bomber squads.

Originally posted by Rakonat:

Its almost 100% just how the fighters are coded and behave. If you want smoother FPS, use less fighter specific strats, or if you're brave mod the xml files to reduce fighter/bomber squads.

Are you implying that it's difficult to mod the fighter/bomber squads? That's what the modders of Sins of A Solar Empire did and it definitely improved performance.

I love the mod but also having the same problem. I have a rig that can more than handle the game but the FPS just drops to the floor during the big space battles. Honestly it's game breaking. Would love some optimization

I can't get why authors of mods make's fighters in 1:1 scale. They are causing big performance issues and make's them invisible during battles. I would go more into 2:1 scale for them (still smaller than vanilla) and better performance/gameplay feeling. Also the amount of them is little ridicolous to this old game engine.

Originally posted by Rea1_Vision:

Originally posted by Rakonat:

Its almost 100% just how the fighters are coded and behave. If you want smoother FPS, use less fighter specific strats, or if you're brave mod the xml files to reduce fighter/bomber squads.

Are you implying that it's difficult to mod the fighter/bomber squads? That's what the modders of Sins of A Solar Empire did and it definitely improved performance.

Not overly difficult, but the mod in particular changed how fighters behave and added numerous variants. In the base game a typical bomber squad was 3 craft and fighters were 5-7 in a squadron. Here we have 9 bombers and up to 18 fighters per squad, ramping up the number of calculations per second the game engine has to deal with.

problem is that fighter only is the best way to go lol. just spam ugly's and well steamrole through everything. fighter can hardly get shot down, they are basically invincible even though their hp is so freaking low.
86x ugly in galactic conquest are 860 fighters only take up 86 supply while a 200 supply army gets killed with ez. i lost 5 uglys in the process.

idk why we have so freaking many fighters in each squadron. fighters had been crap before, cause there had been much better ways to kill fighters. now fighter screening has gotten much worse and we have insane numbers of fighters. so anti ship and anti starbase is best in the hands of starfighters and well the anti starfighter screening as well.

starbases suck as well. lvl 5 starbases cost 78k!!! in conquest, but a venator already pushes it to its limit. not mentioning starfighters ...

the game is old, the only people that can fix this is the developers or made a new star wars RTS game

Whats stranger in my case is Thrawns Revenger and Phoenix Rising run perfectly on my computer. I don't even bother changing the affinity when playing thosen2 mods. Even the Yoden 2018 Mod ran fine. This mod and some others Ican't remember the names of ran terribly. Sometimes those mods would run great, but then degrade after a match or 2. Even the base game without mods runs fine for me.

So I've concluded that some mods just run better than others.

Originally posted by Windu190:

Originally posted by AshGear:

The problem is the lack of 4gb for steam...

I own both GOG and steam version of FOC.

The 4 gb ram patch works for the GOG version and make mods such as the remake mod run alot smoother than steam.... But u cant load save games on the GOG version... so its a choice between two evils...

I run GOG version for custom skirmish with big battles and steam for Galatic conquest ;)

If only steam had that 4 GB ram patch working it would be awesome hehe

There is a 4GB patch in the folder of this mod, I used it and it did work.
Still it made it so I have 10 fps instead of 1 (during big battles), so it doesn't do enough unfortunately.

where is it and how do I use it,friend you have earned my eternal gratitude