set Launch options or other tweeks

1stToast1stToast Join Date: 2007-12-02 Member: 63067Members
edited March 2011 in NS2 General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">What can be done to your computer to improve NS2 play.</div>I run NS2 on two computers.
amd athlion II, x4 620, 6GB ddr3 mem. gforce 8800GTS 1GB mem. win 7 64
intel i5-760 4GB ddr3 mem, gforce GTX 460 1GB mem. Win 7 64.
Both systems get good FPS in game (depending on server). 45-50 FPS. That is very playable. When I get into a graphic intensive scene like a fight with a lot of movement and gun fire or flames I suffer from serious lag and stutter. I don't know if it is NS2 or my settings. I run both on high settings. Lower settings don't seem to help. Over clocking dosen't help. Setting launch options like heapsize on other steam games helped on older systems.
Do I just have to wait for build 230?
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    edited March 2011
    Some notes:
    1. NS2 is currently limited server-side rather than client-side, which means you can't do anything on your end to improve your performance (except play on servers with powerful hardware and a low number of players)
    2. As I understand it, the server is CPU-limited at the moment
    3. UWE has acknowledged and is actively working on improving performance. In fact, although it may not seem like it, NS2's performance has improved quite drastically since the alpha. It might not seem like it because for every performance increase, server owners have increased the number of max players, which decreases performance.
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  • ShiloriusShilorius Join Date: 2011-01-14 Member: 77445Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited March 2011
    here are some tricks to get more fps

    play in windowed mode and/or
    type this in the console:

    r_shadows 0
    r_flash false
    r_atmospherics false
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1836145:date=Mar 5 2011, 02:49 PM:name=Shilorius)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shilorius @ Mar 5 2011, 02:49 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1836145"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->here are some tricks to get more fps

    play in windowed mode and/or
    type this in the console:

    r_shadows 0
    r_flash false
    r_atmospherics false<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    This will improve your fps, but your gameplay will still be laggy. Its not client-side framerate causing the laggy gameplay.
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  • derWalterderWalter Join Date: 2008-10-29 Member: 65323Members
    in the modding forum there is a detailed thread on this.
    playing around with the garbage collector should bring smoothing...

    dont remember exactly, just have a look!
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  • KuBaNKuBaN Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8979Members, Constellation
    edited March 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1836165:date=Mar 5 2011, 09:53 PM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ Mar 5 2011, 09:53 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1836165"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This will improve your fps, but your gameplay will still be laggy. Its not client-side framerate causing the laggy gameplay.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Speak for yourself. Just because the bottleneck is server-side doesn't mean some of us aren't still trying to run NS2 with crappy rigs with crappy fps.
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  • craecrae Join Date: 2005-01-30 Member: 39035Members
    If you are REALLY desperate for more FPS, use 'r_mode specular'. I can't actually play on any servers because I only get 7fps (about 12fps with specular mode), but at least I can run around the map when I create a server. I'll upgrade my PC soon. I'm using integrated ATI 3200 graphics with a 4 year old CPU...

    The rest of the modes are:

    r_mode
    lit
    normals
    albedo
    specular
    gloss
    emissive
    depth
    none

    Use 'r_stats' and 'net_stats' for diagnostics.
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1836174:date=Mar 5 2011, 08:30 PM:name=KuBaN)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KuBaN @ Mar 5 2011, 08:30 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1836174"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Speak for yourself. Just because the bottleneck is server-side doesn't mean some of us aren't still trying to run NS2 with crappy rigs with crappy fps.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    True, but I was addressing the op's concern. His hardware is good enough to where improving his fps isn't going to make his gameplay less laggy right now.
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  • KuBaNKuBaN Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8979Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1836190:date=Mar 6 2011, 06:12 AM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ Mar 6 2011, 06:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1836190"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->True, but I was addressing the op's concern. His hardware is good enough to where improving his fps isn't going to make his gameplay less laggy right now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Fair enough :P
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