[1.5] Game is laggy/low fps

[himond]

EAX sounddevice? How to find out?
I never noticed performance drop before between updates aside from map changes.

[[R-DEV]Mineral]

Go support in the PR Launcher and copy the support info and paste it here.

[todo22]

I have noticed half the maps I play I experience my normal FPS of 25 - 40 (Gaza, operation thunder, karbala) while other maps (Jadal al burj, muttrah city, fallujah west,) can only give me 10 - 20 frames max since 1.5.

Also since 1.5 here is my cpu spiking with FPS drops every 8 OR 16 seconds. Happens every single map regardless of settings. https://imgur.com/a/jvlq4

[himond]

System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
   Current Culture: Spanish (Argentina)
       Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A68HM-H
         Processor: AMD A6-7400K Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G   (Physical: 2, Logical: 2)
            Memory: 4,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: Node0_Dimm1: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    Node0_Dimm3: 2,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 3,45 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5.1, Runtime: 4.0.30319.18408

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series
   Display Mode(s): 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
    Display Memory: 0,00 B
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2
                    Free: 210,36 GB, Total: 465,66 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\mods\pr
                    Free: 210,36 GB, Total: 465,66 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Fidelio\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 210,36 GB, Total: 465,66 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Fidelio\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 210,36 GB, Total: 465,66 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Fidelio\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 210,36 GB, Total: 465,66 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: False

Game Information
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    Installed Mods: pr
       Current Mod: pr
           Version: Standalone - 1.0
        PR Version: 1.5.2.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: [RMLa]himond
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1280x1024@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: False
            NoLods: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Off
    Dynamic Lights: Off
 Texture Filtering: Medium
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: Medium
               EAX: True

[todo22]

Ok after countless tweaking and testing I believe the culprit for the lower fps is something to do with the amount of players in view distance. Today I was playing Gaza (100 players) and I could tell you which direction the enemy team was defending a cache by pointing at a bearing and watching my fps drop. My only current solution is minimizing view distance to 50% and it raises my fps from 10-15 to 20-25. When I play on this server with 15-20 people my fps is 30-40 as it used to be in 1.4 no matter what amount of view distance or players. Also believe my CPU spikes are fixed from switching sound provider from "software" to "hardware". Either that or freeing up hard drive space fixed it.

[DogACTUAL]

Dude, same here. The others don't notice anything because their CPU is good enough to keep their frame rate very high in such situations (above their monitors refresh rate).

I always had shitty FPS on many maps with areas that have many players (and objects) concentrated in one place, but they got even shittier with every big release that added new code and features.

Must be the same deal here, something got changed/added in this release that your CPU can't handle anymore.
For me this release i also noticed my frames being way lower than before, although not as dramatic as in your case, but still very noticeable.

Don't count on the DEVs to make any significant optimizations to decrease CPU load.
All you can really do is buy a new CPU or computer, or overclock your CPU.

Remember, this game can only utulise one single CPU core, so the clock rate is the most important factor, not how many cores your CPU has. So make sure to get a CPU with a high clock rate.

[[R-DEV]​AlonTavor]

Originally Posted by todo22

I believe the culprit for the lower fps is something to do with the amount of players in view distance

That has always been a problem

[Multisaeed25]

Same issue, used to get 40-56 Frames and suddenly it's from 24-26

[Danesh_italiano]

Originally Posted by todo22

I have noticed half the maps I play I experience my normal FPS of 25 - 40 (Gaza, operation thunder, karbala) while other maps (Jadal al burj, muttrah city, fallujah west,) can only give me 10 - 20 frames max since 1.5.

Also since 1.5 here is my cpu spiking with FPS drops every 8 OR 16 seconds. Happens every single map regardless of settings. https://imgur.com/a/jvlq4

On your windows settings, change the power options to PERFORMANCE MODE and when you are with PR opened, change the CPU AFFINITY on PRBF2.exe process at Task manager to use CPU 0 and check if the cpu usage on CPU 0 still spiking.

[himond]

I think this is a much bigger issue than just a small drop in FPS. I tell you the difference is drastic and there is a lot of people who is in the same situation. The game used to run very smoothly before and now it seems to be running below 30 fps.
Visually nor audibly I cant see any difference in quality ingame yet so I think the change was a very bad trade off.