FPS problem - please help

[Red_Devil 0]

Hi.

I have strange problem. When OFP start I have 80fps (DXDLL).

When game start (mosly MFCTI) I have maybe 40-50 and then FPS drop down slowly. 38, 36, .....20......10, 8, 6 So after half hour I play in OFP Comix with below 10fps.

2 weeks ago I reinstaled OFP to check if this is problem of my old fat 4GB OFP copy. I have details on minimum, reduced texture sizes on OFPres_preferences to 512. reduced lights to 20. In my OFP I have 2GB of addons and no any Finmods, WGL etc.

I have AMD2000+@2000MHz, 1GB DDR RAM, Abit NF7-s 2.0, Radeon 9800SE@XT, Win XP Pro, DX/OGL details at best performance with 2x AA.

In Bios fast RAM timings with different options ON or OFF (I checked different possibilites).

Nothing change. In GTA:VC I have full details and alot of FPS and on that old shity game I cant play. Its really hard to aim anything below 20fps but possible, but below 10 its impossible anymore (including walking).

What the hell is going on ? Any suggestions ? I remember that some months ago I have no problems with FPS. I have no high FPS like now at start screen (70-80), but it newer drop below 20fps in game.

[Sanyix 0]

In cti, there are many vehicles and soldiers on the battlefield (mostly in defend the base mode), at same time, so these things can slow down the framerate. I think you should disable shadows, and the reflections effects in dxdll, and you probably get higher framerate, but not much higher framerate.

In ofp the fast cpu more important than a fast videocard, but this probably will change in ArmA

[ExtracTioN 0]

2 things you can do try:

-the newest drivers for your video card.

-In win XP I had some similiar problems like that too

do a Alt + Ctrl + Delete and when you get the windows taskbar go to the proces bar look there for programs in the CPU line that are runnig high if there is such a program that uses much proces in the CPU line for example 56 end the progres by me it helped

here is an example picture

[stgn 39]

Do you use -nomap? I don't know if I am the only one but -nomap makes my computer slower and slower when I play thats why I don't use it eny more. I run better with a GB of addons no -nomap than an emty OFP with it turned on I think its because the compouter seems to has to load everything every time I trun my head(in the game ) which results after playing a short wile it just go lag lag lag.

STGN

[ExtracTioN 0]

AFAIK -nomap helps when you have CTD (crash to desktop)

[Red_Devil 0]

In cti, there are many vehicles and soldiers on the battlefield (mostly in defend the base mode), at same time, so these things can slow down the framerate. I think you should disable shadows, and the reflections effects in dxdll, and you probably get higher framerate, but not much higher framerate.

In ofp the fast cpu more important than a fast videocard, but this probably will change in  ArmA

Sanyix

I have no shadows on, details as possible minimum.

in DxDLL all off except PFS counter.

Its not becouse of map or too many things on it. I have no Pentium II 300 with 128MB Ram. There is SOMETHING wrong that FPS can drop from 40 to 7 in 30min and cant go back again to 40. When I leave server list screen, FPS go buck to 70 again. Something eat my FPS.

ExtracTioN

Now I feel that I must check verry old drivers. Becouse in past I have no problems.

I will try this with deleting all running programs like Skype, Net monitors, CPU Cool etc. I also readed that I must have small aperture size in Bios. And I alvays give big one becouse I thinked it helps.

STGN

I use NoMap. without this some time ago my OFP not get up becouse of some strange addons needed to on some strange servers. Hmm good hint. I will check it.

[sanctuary 19]

In cti, there are many vehicles and soldiers on the battlefield (mostly in defend the base mode), at same time, so these things can slow down the framerate. I think you should disable shadows, and the reflections effects in dxdll, and you probably get higher framerate, but not much higher framerate.

In ofp the fast cpu more important than a fast videocard, but this probably will change in ArmA

Sanyix

I have no shadows on, details as possible minimum.

in DxDLL all off except PFS counter.

Its not becouse of map or too many things on it. I have no Pentium II 300 with 128MB Ram. There is SOMETHING wrong that FPS can drop from 40 to 7 in 30min and cant go back again to 40. When I leave server list screen, FPS go buck to 70 again. Something eat my FPS.

in that situation IT IS because of the map, even if you don't have a low end system, you will experience slowdowns.

By nature, MFCTI will display more and more scripts running/objects/AI/air vehicles with the time after every AI/Player build tons of them.

So while in the first 10/20 minutes slowdowns are not that noticable, after 30/40 mn (and sometime before if some MFCTI options for faster building are on) there is enough objects/AI/air vehicle to put OFP on its knees on a client that does not own a NASA computer.

But fortunately there are some versions of MFCTI that are more optimised, like the Zeus CTI with less intensive scripts that allow a smoother play, try to find servers running such CTI more OFP performance friendly versions.

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Moving to Troubleshooting, it does sound as if it's simply a case of certain CTI's getting laggy over time due to the amount of items onscreen (as suggested), but I'll leave it open for now.