Pear Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:05 AM Hello , somehow managed to get a rather 'playable fps' after changing few settings , but now this keeps happening and I would get screen tear and sometimes it's so bad that my mouse inputs are literally delayed (note this one of the few maps that I actually get decent fps at , playing on riverport is entirely different story....) Probably an issue related to 'sound' but still I drop frames like crazy. Even typing /cvarlist will freeze my game for seconds etc... My Setup : Spoiler AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core @ 3.80 Ghz RAM : 16.0 GB GPU : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB VRAM) Monitor : VG248 165 hz @ 0.5 ms respontime Game is installed on an ssd GPU settings : ET Settings Spoiler com_hunkmegs 128 com_zonemegs 64 com_soundmegs 160 r_mode -2 r_customheight 1080 r_customwidth 1920 r_fullscreen 1 ( I tried way higher values and seems to not fix the problem and I would say I feel like it makes it even worse.) I'm getting a new setup soon anyways , but I'm afraid the problem might persist as sure I'm aware i currently have low end setup but it's still good enough to run modern games at 'decent' fps Other Games Performance : Spoiler VALORANT : (This practise mode /low settings obviously I would drop fps in live match but it's always 280+) ELDEN RING : (HIGH SETTINGS) : RARE DROPS / GAME IS LIMITED TO 60 CYBERPUNK2077 : MED TO LOW PRESETS RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE : HIGH PRESET / VAR FPS etc... I could list 10 more but point is I shouldn't be dropping frames every second in a 2003 video game. The screen 'break' as in the video is just one example of many issues such as general frame drops every second , screen tear and mouse input delay . I tried to fix this issue months ago but out of luck , so I ignored it , but it's getting less and less fun playing everyday with this massive lag Also I will have at times connection problems but I figured that's just my ISP , can't really do much about it at the moment.... I hope there's a fix for this , Thanks in advance Quote
ELSO Posted Tuesday at 08:18 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:18 AM Did u try running game on new, fresh config? You could've accidently mess yours up with some commands. Also all more genuine youtube videos that show actual proof, say that nvidia settings don't really change anything. I didn't test it myself but I also heard setting low latency on Ultra might cause some issues. I tried playing with it on and off and since I couldn't tell any difference, I prefer to have it off. 2 Quote
Leader RedBaird Posted Tuesday at 12:20 PM Leader Posted Tuesday at 12:20 PM 3 hours ago, ELSO said: You could've accidently mess yours up Always keep a backup copy of a config before you make changes to it. That makes it easier to restore and also to possibly figure out WTF happened. I have 19 *.cfg files in my Jaymod profile folder, with some appended "bad", "restored from xx/xx/xx", "post-patch" (?), "too dark", etc. Your current etconfig.cfg alwasy shows the date and time that you had last played ET/Jaymod because the client always writes the name of the last GPU used, seta r_lastValidRenderer "GPU name, version, etc" Now I will have to check my ETmain, Silent, NQ folders for their etconfig situations. 😄 1 Quote
phir0x Posted Tuesday at 01:06 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:06 PM Are you running any of these ? - Game bar, Shadowplay or Steam screen recorder. - Discord or Steam overlay. - Peripheral software like (G hub, razer, corsair, etc...) If so, try disabling them 1 by 1 and see if it helps 3 Quote
MosesIsComingLookBusy Posted Tuesday at 01:13 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:13 PM Try to set vertical sync to OFF in nvidia settings. If you have not tried it yet, try a clean installation of ET or ETL 32 bit, join the server without changing cfg. Try to update your graphics card driver. 1 Quote
Platinum VIP Aft3rmath Posted Tuesday at 01:42 PM Platinum VIP Posted Tuesday at 01:42 PM What is r_primitives set to? I believe its mostly an AMD gpu thing, but setting it to 2 changed my fps from 25 to 250. Worth a shot. 2 Quote
Gengis Posted Tuesday at 02:00 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:00 PM I suppose you use ET 2.60b. All those issues have been corrected in ET Legacy. I think you could consider to use latest version 2.83.2 Gengis 3 Quote
Sparrow Posted Tuesday at 02:09 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:09 PM cant edit my previous post. so i asked AI to make a cfg file for your setup for maximum performance, you can compare with the actual you have. But im with @Gengis, install Legacy. 1 Quote
Pear Posted Tuesday at 05:18 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 05:18 PM 8 hours ago, ELSO said: Did u try running game on new, fresh config? You could've accidently mess yours up with some commands. Yeah reinstalled game like 10 times these couple of weeks each with fresh config 3 hours ago, MosesIsComingLookBusy said: Try to set vertical sync to OFF in nvidia settings. It is set to off 2 hours ago, Gengis said: I suppose you use ET 2.60b. I always used legacy , I only ever use 2.60 b for demos 3 hours ago, Aft3rmath said: What is r_primitives set to? I cannot really find the cvar in game when I type r_primitives it just shows unknown cmd I guess it's not for legacy client , I added it in config file it shows now but doesn't seem to make a difference 3 hours ago, Sparrow said: so i asked AI to make a cfg file for your setup for maximum performance, you can compare with the actual you have. Config pretty similar to mine except for resolution , cannot really play under 1920*1080 @phir0x I often use shadow play but issue remains when I disable it.... is there some sort of 'CPU Optimization' I can do to try to fix this problem ? Quote
LarrY Posted Tuesday at 05:33 PM Posted Tuesday at 05:33 PM (edited) Heyo Bob 😄 try this settings after deleting the etconfig.cfg in the profile folder inside the mod folder add the value below to the cfg you exec as you load the game , make sure no duplicates //renderer seta r_mode -1 seta r_customaspect 1 seta r_customwidth 1920 seta r_customheight 1080 seta r_aspectratio 1 seta r_fullscreen 1 seta r_ati_truform_normalmode GL_PN_TRIANGLES_NORMAL_MODE_LINEAR seta r_ati_truform_pointmode GL_PN_TRIANGLES_POINT_MODE_LINEAR seta r_textureMode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR seta r_colorbits 0 seta r_texturebits 0 seta r_depthbits 16 seta r_stencilbits 0 seta r_displayRefresh 144 //network related seta cl_packetdup 1 seta cl_maxpackets 125 //the com stuff seta com_hunkMegs 512 seta com_maxfps 250 seta com_soundMegs 24 seta com_zoneMegs 24 //sound related seta s_defaultsound "0" seta s_volume "0.2000" seta s_bits "32" seta s_channels "2" seta s_doppler "1" seta s_khz "44" seta s_mixahead "0.2" seta s_mixPreStep "0.06" seta s_musicvolume "0" seta s_separation "0.5" seta s_wavonly "0" seta s_compression "1.0000" seta s_mindistance "0.000000000001" seta s_maxdistance "99999999999999" seta s_rolloff "1.0" seta s_refgain "0.45" seta s_refdelay "2.0" seta s_polysize "10000000" seta s_polyreflectsize "10000000" seta s_polykeep "1000000000" seta s_occfactor "0.5" seta s_occ_eq "0.75" seta s_numpolys "400" seta s_min_distance "0.5" seta s_max_distance "9999999.0" seta s_loadas8bit "1" seta s_leafnum "0" seta s_distance "100" seta s_compression "0" seta s_bloat "2" For the r_displayRefresh use the value of your monitor. the r_primitives was removed in LegacyClient but still i like to ahve the cavar set.. kinda nostalgic 😄 ( seta r_primitives "2" ) If you have a cvar called lastValidRender (or something like this) in your config --> delete it One more minor point... on the Desktop settings set it for 100% (for the resizeing of apps text etc..) and use the same 1920x1080 Try also other servers ... see if it's just on Jay or also the others. I have no clue about the nVidia stuff .. always been on AMD 😕 maybe check all drivers are up to date ... Edited Tuesday at 05:38 PM by LarrY 1 Quote
Leader RedBaird Posted Tuesday at 05:39 PM Leader Posted Tuesday at 05:39 PM 10 minutes ago, Pear said: is there some sort of 'CPU Optimization' I My understanding is that ET only uses one core. Windows Game mode might help, or not help 😄 I thought that I had set my ET.exe to a 'higher priority', from 'normal' to 'above normal', but checking it via Taskbar/Details/ET.exe / Priority, it seems to have been returned to normal. I have not tried a setting higher than "above normal". I will have to wait until I can "afford" a system crash to try them. 😄 I am not sure it would do any good, in the case of a low-resource program like ET. 1 Quote
MosesIsComingLookBusy Posted Tuesday at 06:57 PM Posted Tuesday at 06:57 PM (edited) In your nvidia settings image it is set to use global setting and your global setting of the vertical sync is set to use the 3D application setting. Is it set to OFF in your ET config? You can also download Process Lasso Edited Tuesday at 06:59 PM by MosesIsComingLookBusy Quote
Pear Posted Tuesday at 07:38 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 07:38 PM 20 minutes ago, MosesIsComingLookBusy said: In your nvidia settings image it is set to use global setting and your global setting of the vertical sync is set to use the 3D application setting. Is it set to OFF in your ET config? yeh I noticed that , but it was off anyways I still disable it though .. 1 hour ago, LarrY said: Try also other servers ... see if it's just on Jay or also the others. On other servers it's 'fine' , jay 1 with very low players is also fine but once it gets above 17x17 or more it becomes unplayable.. 1 hour ago, RedBaird said: it seems to have been returned to normal A friend of mine told me when she had this issue years ago (with dogwater amd cpu...) that she fixed it by 'running' the game on a single processor but the settings don't save and return to normal like yours when I modify it doubt will work in et as it already 'uses a single core' but I cannot think of any other solution atm , anyone knows why this setting doesn't change/save ? Quote
ELSO Posted Tuesday at 09:50 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:50 PM (edited) If you want Apps to use single core then disable multithreading in BIOS. On my PC it's called SMT. Other thing that comes to my mind would be monitoring your temperatures when server is busy, things my be getting too hot. My cooling once failed and I had cpu usage on 100% and barely working. I have better set up than you but my fps still get low on full server on some maps. Anyway your issue is unusual for this game. Makes me think that there must be something wrong with either your windows/computer or game configuration. Maybe you watched one of those videos on youtube that tell you to change settings within OS that no one knows about and it messed up your system. If you don't mind and this issue really bothers you, try complete Windows reinstall. That way u'll be sure you really start fresh and make sure you back up your etkey and other important data. Edited Tuesday at 09:51 PM by ELSO 1 Quote
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