FPS Drops? Let us know your details!

(thoughtfulGrouper) #61

[quote=“Poldy;32382”][quote=“honorableWalnut;31733”]“Hopefully a GM reads this, the HUD is causing this lag. If you open scoreboard while playing (which kills HUD) the lag is gone. Also, if you go into your “GAME” options, set HUD from 100 to 0, the stutter is gone.”
YES - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywTcs2cyCB0
PLS REPAIR GAME, SD.[/quote]

Confirmed! I have tried the same as mentioned and it is exact the same for me. Displaying the scoreboard or setting HUD Alpha to zero (only zero!) eliminates the stuttering!
But playing without HUD and therefore without crosshair isn’t an acceptable solution… So dear devs, please work on a solution for that issue. Now you know where you have to search… Somewhere in the HUD! :wink:
[/quote]

I have a temporary fix for you. It will disable the HUD, but keep your crosshair. Not the most ideal, but it’s better than lagging in my opinion.

  1. Go to Computer > Your Drive > Users > Your Username > My Documents > My games > Unreal Engine 3 > ShooterGame > Config > ShooterUI.

  2. Open ShooterUI with notepad, find the line NativeHUDResolution=(X="# “, Y=”# ")

  3. Change that line to NativeHUDResolution=(X=0, Y=0)

  4. Save and exit, you now have no HUD with a crosshair… which eliminates the lag. This is just a temporary fix. Playing the game without HUD is somewhat tough, though.

(dreamyClash) #62

I was having major FPS issues ever since the Sparks patch, turning the .ini off fixed them completely but I’m not too big on playing Dirty Bomb Hardcore Mode. Hoping SD is working on a fix.

(formidableCorsair) #63

I normally play the game with 140+ fps. it never goes below even after acouple hours of play. however, alt + tab will drop it to ~20-30 fps and then when i go back into the game it goes up to ~60fps. this is awful having come from 140+fps especially on a 144hz monitor. even looking at the ground wont give me anything higher than 90fps. something about alt tabbing and this game just doesnt mix.

submitted a ticket.

(Fatcamp) #64

All u guys who have a problem with the UI im wondering if u could try this to see if it helps you?
Go to your

My Games\UnrealEngine3\ShooterGame\Config

open ShooterEngine.ini and go to

TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=1,MinMagFilter=aniso,MipFilter=point)

and it to
TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=1,LODBias=0,MinMagFilter=Aniso,MipFilter=Point,MipGenSettings=TMGS_SimpleAverage)

Later try changing this in the same file. go all the way down to [APPCompat] and change these setttings to how good your cpu and gpu is.

[AppCompat]
CompatLevelComposite=5
CompatLevelCPU=3
CompatLevelGPU=5
CompatLevelGPUFix=0
MeasuredCPUScore=101.494263

change
CompatLevelCPU=
depending on your cpu speed
1= 1.8Ghz
2= 2.4GHz
3= 3.0GHz
4= 3.5GHz
5= 4.0GHz

later on the graphiccard.
I would go with
4= like a NVidia GTX750 , and with AMD like amd 260.
otherwise just go like 5 if u use a nvidia gtx 760,770,780,960,970,980 etc
or with amd like 270.270x,280,280x,290,290x etc.

I noticed i have a Intel i5 2500k with normal clock that is 3.3GHz and the game told me i had a 4GHz and it made me get horrible performance so with that i changed to the settings you can see over to set my cpu to 3 and gpu at 5 i have 120fps all the time before that i could get dips down to like 50 fps.

Try these settings and come back to me, remember to make the file READONLY.

(agreeableHive) #65

Played a Stopwatch match with your settings Fatcamp and had zero problems :)) now i can play the game with hud again. :stuck_out_tongue:

:confused: doesn’t work

(OGHR3N) #66

With HUD - drops to 11 FPS, without - max. drop to 40 FPS xD But playing without crosshair etc. is to hardcore for me.

(agreeableHive) #67

i have a crosshair if i disable my UI in the ini file, also objectives and teammembers

(Fatcamp) #68

[quote=“agreeableHive;33352”]Played a Stopwatch match with your settings Fatcamp and had zero problems :)) now i can play the game with hud again. :stuck_out_tongue:

:confused: doesn’t work[/quote]

Did u make the file read only? Otherwise the game will reset the settings.

(agreeableHive) #69

yes it was read only

(Poldy040) #70

[quote=“Fatcamp;33511”][quote=“agreeableHive;33352”]Played a Stopwatch match with your settings Fatcamp and had zero problems :)) now i can play the game with hud again. :stuck_out_tongue:

:confused: doesn’t work[/quote]

Did u make the file read only? Otherwise the game will reset the settings.[/quote]

Same for me! Doesn’t really help.

(mintTugboat) #71

Well the UI settings helped me out, but still i would love to play with a normal UI. Please SD tell us if your working in a fix.

(Jacklyn) #72

The devs seriously need to learn to reply to threads and say that X is being worked on. Is it really that hard?

(sidesplittingGlory) #73

I think so, at least you guys can play the game. I still have not been able to play due to a login bug. Its really upsetting to see friends play the game but then not be able to join them. I know your running through lots of bugs and all but come on Dirty Bomb, give us an update.

(misspo) #74

up

(gloomyRocket) #75

CPU - intel i7 overclocked
GPU - 2x nvidia geforce gtx 780m sli overclocked
RAM - 32GB

no frame drops - in my opinion its not sli, howerever the frame drops may be due to different graphical settings within the control pannel or amd/ati’s equivilant

i am haveing input lag and isues with being shot through walls

(Vilerin) #76

Weird thing but might help: Many ppl that experience fps drop in menu/options doesn’t esperience fps drop in game - all my friends so far (7) and ppl who have no problem with game menu and options have FPS drops in game.

So far for me after so many patches nothing changed: after few games 1-3 game fps drops by 1/3 - 1/2 and mouse sensitivity drops also, after few more minuted (not games minutes) it drops again even lower and my mouse sensitivity goes down even more. After another few min sound gets bugged too.

Other weird thing worth noticing: after few drops (2/3) my mouse sensi goes down insanely low so i crank up dpi from 500 to 1800 and mouse in game isn’t fluent - it jumps from place to place with no movement between even when there is enought fps to show it.

MY specs are:
i5-4690k
R9 290
Asus Maximus VII Ranger
Mouse: Roccat kone+ with latest roccat drivers and firmware
And my memory or cpu usage never extends 50% while playing so it’s no hardware resource problem.

Drivers:
Latest AMD catalyst.

CFG: Tried standard presets, custom ones, and hi FPS cfg - nothing changes.

Hope it might help with anything, this issue is annoying but I love DB so just keeping ALT+F4 after few games and look for new server =/

(H@tchet) #77

I have very bad FPS on all graphics settings too. Strange thing is, I have the same FPS with lowest and highest settings, it doesn’t change a thing. Game doesn’t feel smooth and FPS jump on average between 80 and 140. This is with 1 frame interval deactivated for at least responsive input.

With 1 frame interval activated I get stable FPS 150+ but input feels like my mousepad is a swimming pool and the entire game still feels not fluid. Itz more like a masquerade so the FPS counter is just high.

Specs:
Radeon R9 290
i7 4770K
RAM 8GB
SSD

Oh and on a side note: almost none of my friends I play with (I admit theres a few exceptions but from what I understand is they have just 60hz monitors and don’t need stable 120 or 144 FPS) is happy with the games performance hence everybody screws arround in config files to the point it gets annoying.

(Fatcamp) #78

i have never really had that much of a performance problem untill after last patch. i used to be able to record with 120 fps + and now im on like 60fps https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13092928/performanceproblemdirtybomb0708.png

as you can see i have 6.68ms on game, 5.73ms on draw “cpu” and 5.16 ms on gpu
but the frame is on 15.73ms. I have never had this problem untill the patch that came out yesterday, i get this right away after i join a server, i tried to delete my engine.ini, i tried making a new one etc nothing helps. its completly unplayable atm for me with the frames jumping like they do.

any idea what i can be?

my specs are
windows 7 pro 64-bit sp 1
intel i5 2500k 3.3GHz “default clock”
AMD r9 280 overclocked to core 980MHz, mem 1300MHz
the game is on a seperate SSD that i only have games on.

im abit annoying and have no idea how to fix this and it started yesterday.

(phila_delphia) #79

Since a few days I get massive FPS drops after about 30 Minutes in game?!

4710qm / gtx 980m

Best regards

phila

(Poldy040) #80

I have just found this:

crossfire.nu/journals/154110/dirty-bomb-stutter-fix

Maybe it will help! I will try it in the evening…