Ways to improve FPS

[Zooropa]

Hello pilots :pilotfly:

 

I've been trying out ways to improve the framerate I get with DCS Huey.

I've forfeited the 1920x1080 resolution and just settled on a 1366x768 one and used the Low setting in the graphic options and I'm using Razer's game booster to start the game.

Generally, I get a decent frame rate of around 30-40 FPS in flight and I love it. But when I get closer to the ground / buildings the frame rate sometimes drops dramatically for a few seconds and I would assume it gets worse in missions with a large number of units. Haven't really attempted them yet I am still practicing my landings :joystick:

 

I was thinking that one way to improve the FPS would be to remove the visual effect of the main rotor, since, even though it looks great, it is not actually critical :) Does anybody know if there are any mods that maybe attempted that? Or other mods that might improve performance by forfeiting some graphic elements?

 

I run the game on a Lenovo Y580 laptop hooked on an external monitor:

Intel i7 3610 QM

8GB ram

SSD drive

Nvidia GTX 660M

 

Thanks :joystick:

[sniperwolfpk5]

I would suggest the following.

• Turn off civilion trafic
  
• Lower water quality
  
• lower visibility
  
• turn off HDR effects
  
• lower trees visibility and other visbility slider on top right i don't remeber exactly. One of them is FPS killer.
  

[HiJack]

I set my Anti-aliasing to 8X and AF to Application controlled and it seems to haw made quite a difference. Try experimenting a bit with your GPU config settings.

[mvsgas]

In my case, I wanted the range to see, so I lower or disable the shadow, disable Aero interface. Civilian traffic and water low, MSAA and HDR off. Clutter and bushes to 50, trees to 5k. And I overclock my video card a bit.