Jacks

So a quick update. I haven't touched DCS for about for four weeks and yesterday I decided to give it another chance. I updated OpenBeta and deleted the options.lua as well all old missions as recommended in another thread. Well surprise surprise no change. I have attached my options page so people can compare their results. I started a fresh mission with just an Mi-8 at Senaki-Kolki (no other aircraft or vehicles) and looking towards the town my FPS drops from a solid 60 (VSync On) to low 50s and the view panning is noticeably jerky and the terrain passes by the window with a series of micro-stutters. this was in 1080p with Starways Caucasus Textures and Mustangs No Tree Shadow mod - Brilliant! I also tested using Blue Flag and jumped into a Gazelle at Tblisi and on the pan without the engine running nor any of the systems turned on, I was getting around 45 FPS when looking along the apron towards Tblisi town and again it was a stutter-fest. I have attached screenshots of these two tests. Given my pc specs and conservative settings, I find this performance unacceptable. My request for help through the ticket system yielded no results as two weeks ago I received the following message: the information will be passed on to the devs, who are looking into the issues some users are having. You have a very similar build to mine, and although I have seen a slight drop in 1.5 I do not see anything like what others are seeing with the drop, and having looked deeply at the issue myself remains a mystery, hopefully the devs will have a much better insight. With DCS 2.5 on the horizon hopefully it will make things better as a lot of work is going into optimisation. The ED team monitor the forums so please continue the input and discussion. Closing ticket I have not heard anything since. This is not an optimisation issue but rather there is an issue in the game engine. I will give it another month and then try again but if there is no improvement then I guess I will be looking for a refund on my purchased modules as the game has become unplayable even with relatively low settings.

So in multicrew does auto hover still work or will the pilot have to maintain a stable hover while the copilot engages the targets?

You can make SFM clickable using just lua whereas and EFM and ASM will require C++.

Wow, very nice!

Damn, well no DCS for me for a while then.

I think it could be simplified to Maximise performance. If the rail tracks are a series of standard models say 10m lengths then when that are damaged they can be a standard animation and then the rail model for the damaged section is hidden so a gap can seen and this would then derail a train.

Having not touched DCS for two weeks due to this problem I wandering if there was any improvement as a result of the recent update.

BitMaster, what sort of fps are you getting? Is that with water set to high also?

For me extending the Normandy map to include more of England such as Lincolnshire or East Anglia as well as Germany should be a priority over creating new maps in the future

I raised a ticket for this problem on Monday.

For me the issue started when I upgrade my gpu to a second hand 980 (from a 770) and when I updated I also change my high.lua from the performance friendly 1.5.2 values to the 1.5.3+ version. I also increased settings very slight but have since started using the no tree shadow mod. I have raised a ticket with ED.

What gpus are people with this issue using?

I don't use nvidia inspector as I cold not find anywhere to download it.

Enabled in sim with application controlled selected in nvidia CP. without vsync the game is really jerky both above and below 60FPS.

I am running lower setting (water medium, visibility range high, 1980x1080 and HDR off) and I have a GTX 980 but I get 45-50 around airports and 50-60 just flying around so I think your performance is pretty good, well at least it is compared to mine. I am also running vsync. Jacks

I have tweaked my nvidia profile using nvidia control panel to maximise FPS.

For me shadows completely off is the only thing that makes it playable.

If this is the case then why are some people not experiencing this issue since according to your theory we should be experiencing the same issue whether you are running a 950 or 1080. Also for me reducing the draw distance and hence the number of objects did not remove the problem or show an improvement. Finally if this is the case then why can others with a near-identical rig to mine run the game with much higher settings (such as high shadows, high water, more visible trees, more clutter etc) without the game-destroying FPS drops?

This issue has put my off DCS and I will probably give it another go in a couple of months (after 12 months of daily play) as this issue makes it unplayable for me and so I will not be buying any modules or lining ED pockets till this issue is recognised and addressed. And please no more try this lower setting type suggestions. The problem is not my system it is DCSand if I lower my settings anymore I might as well remove my 980 and use the motherboard graphics! Oh before people ask I have done 5 clean installs of both live and OB and tried with and without mods and I have tried deleting options and graphic luas and trying repairs. Nothing helps! Good luck everyone

I hope this problem is fixed today. DCS is unplayable due to the poor frames at the airports near towns. Does anyone a mod to change the starways Caucasus luas to close to the 1.5.2 values?

I don't think they posted a link but rather just gave the name of the page. I check the page most days and have been impressed with the level of communication and the number of screenshot posted. Jacks

Check their FB page, there are loads!

I still have the issue and have had to lower my setting to well below what my GPU is capable of just to make it playable and not an absolute stutter fest

No I mean just in Blue Flag and only on the ground. I don't have this issue on other servers.

Anyone else experiencing really low FPS on the ground in blue flag?