vicx Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Modelviewer on my PC runs at 240+ fps and makes my GPU run at 100% and the GPU fan ramps up to very high speed and the noise it makes is ridiculous. I don't need that all noise when I just want to check some stuff in the modelviewer. Nvidia actually had a frame-rate limiter built into the driver interface but at some point it got removed. However today I got so sick of the fan noise that I went looking for, and found, a tool that restores the framerate limiter setting. Nvidia Inspector lets you limit the framerate in lots of different ways but I just lock it to 60. Screenshot shows how to set the right value and how that locks the framerate in modelviewer and stops the GPU working so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayo2017 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Thanks for pointing me to Inspector. Handy tool. But yeah, Modelviewer likes to whip GPUs. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 or just limit FPS in the Config LUA for ModelViewer.... ? Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicx Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 (edited) *EDIT* I'm using the standalone modelviewer and I think it does things a little differently. I don't know why maxfps isn't working but I've decided to look into it sometime in the future when I am in the mood to play with Lua. Edited September 8, 2015 by vicx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flogger23m Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 or just limit FPS in the Config LUA for ModelViewer.... ? Any more info on this would be nice. It gets my PC about as hot as DCS itself, so it isn't too bad. But limiting FPS to avoid the tiny bit of coil whine will be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospadin Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 or just limit FPS in the Config LUA for ModelViewer.... ? can you share what the option is to achieve this? My modelviewer is running at 950 frames/second and I can hear a bit of whine from my video card. My liveries, mods, and missions for DCS:World M-2000C English Cockpit | Extra Beacons Mod | Nav Kneeboard | Community A-4E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Might be easier to make a ModelViewer.exe profile for your drivers and limit the FPS there. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRG-Vampire Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 My modelviewer is running at 950 frames/second and I can hear a bit of whine from my video card. nvidia or radeon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospadin Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 nVidia GTX 970. I see no frame limiting option in my driver control panel. I'm getting 2200 fps on simple models like the Mk-82. =P My liveries, mods, and missions for DCS:World M-2000C English Cockpit | Extra Beacons Mod | Nav Kneeboard | Community A-4E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyk Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hi, I use ingame modelviewer and I cant limit its FPS. Limiting by graphic card profile doesnt work for me (R9 380, Crimson edition drivers). There is a file graphic_readme.txt in Config folder in the game, the most important: New method to overdrive settings for game and modelviewer: "C:\Users\<YOUR-LOGIN>\Saved Games\edModelViewer\Config\autoexec.cfg" (create if not present) "options.graphics.maxfps = 30" (example line to copy into the autoexec.cfg) This also doesnt work for me, BUT model viewer keeps creating file ModelViewer.cfg in C:\Users\<YOUR-LOGIN>\Saved Games\DCS\Config\ Is there any way to limit fps using the old method? Any other suggestions? Thanks My skins on DCS User Files, Enjoy! ________________________________ FC3, Mi-8, UH-1, CA, L-39, AV-8B, F-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 There shoild be a LUA in the main DCS Folder. /DCS World/Config/ModelViewer/autoexec.lua Saved Games Model viewer is mainly positi9ns of dialog boxes, render resolution, etc. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 There shoild be a LUA in the main DCS Folder. /DCS World/Config/ModelViewer/autoexec.lua Saved Games Model viewer is mainly positi9ns of dialog boxes, render resolution, etc. it tells nothing about the fps option [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyk Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Can we get a bit more precise procedure please? My skins on DCS User Files, Enjoy! ________________________________ FC3, Mi-8, UH-1, CA, L-39, AV-8B, F-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flogger23m Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Do we add: options.graphics.maxfps = 60 To the file in Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\ModelViewer ? Edit: Another quick question. In V1.2 I used to be able to simply reload the model and select a skin to view new versions without having to exit the Model Viewer program. Ever since V1.5, I must exit it every time I want to see changes. Makes things take a lot longer. Is there a workaround for this? Edited January 27, 2016 by Flogger23m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) I dont think it has a FPS command for Model Viewer. the Autoexec.lua was mainly loading textures, 3D models etc on startup. Easiest option is to make a ModelViewer.exe profile in nVidia or AMD driver panel and define FPS limiter to limit to whatever FPS. I actually still use the 1.2 Model Viewer for alignment tweaking, or I make a mission in DCS and start, pause, look at model, make changes, exit mission, make changes, re launch mission. Edited January 27, 2016 by SkateZilla Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyk Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Well the walkaround with profile in AMD driver doesnt work for me and I like to use ModelViewer since I can easily look at any place on skin and it always took only to reload the model to see recent changes. And this (graphics_readme.txt in Config group) doesnt work for me either (a bit long text, I put it in spoiler): Hi! Old graphics.cfg is gone and replaced with graphics.lua. However, please, do not edit this file directly. Otherwise you'll lose your changes after each update. New method for overriding options is to create (or edit) a file C:\Users\<YOUR-LOGIN>\Saved Games\DCS\Config\autoexec.cfg or C:\Users\<YOUR-LOGIN>\Saved Games\edModelViewer\Config\autoexec.cfg (for model viewer) and place your changes there. Note: - autoexec.cfg settings will override the options set via GUI. - Graphic options in autoexec.cfg should be prefixed with options.graphics. - file encoding should be UTF-8 without BOM Example autoexec.cfg: options.graphics.maxfps = 30 options.graphics.render3D = false options.graphics.ScreenshotQuality = 75 -- add custom texture path -- note the slashes! table.insert(options.graphics.VFSTexturePaths, "c:/Users/<LOGIN>/Saved Games/DCS/MyTextures") Happy gaming! dsb at eagle dot ru I would really appreciate to get these things working. My skins on DCS User Files, Enjoy! ________________________________ FC3, Mi-8, UH-1, CA, L-39, AV-8B, F-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 yep, tried cfg which does not work, only way I know is to use inspector [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flogger23m Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I actually still use the 1.2 Model Viewer for alignment tweaking, or I make a mission in DCS and start, pause, look at model, make changes, exit mission, make changes, re launch mission. Is it possible to use it with V 1.5? My version seemed to have been updated automatically when 1.5 was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I still have my 1.2 dcs install on a separate drive. I have afterwork stuff to do today, I'll look at some things and try to get something together. The reload model not reloadi g textures was one of the first things I noticed, which is why I was simply launching DCS 1.5 with aircraft and skin, noting any changes, quit mission and then click the button to try again on debrief, less than 1 second loading time here on normal HDD. also quicker than re load, and having to scroll and look for livery. plus I can see how it looks in actual DCS, as model viewer still looks a bit different. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flogger23m Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I used to do that method myself, but with V1.5 I can't seem to minimize DCS more than once (Win 7). V1.2 I could readily minimize any time I wanted. The real annoying thing for me is that model viewer starts minimized every other time, so I must open task manager to maximize it and even then it will only appear a quarter of the size. So I must exit and reload it a 2nd time in which it will be full screen. Makes viewing small changes take so much longer. With any luck, the program will be updated a bit in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 mine opens off the screen sometimes. Gotta hit WinKey UP, DOWN, LFT , or RGT. I just Alt Tab, from DCS back to desktop/photoshop. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worrazen Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I have this problem as well, I put autoexec FPS limits on both the DCS and ModelViewer folders, and it's working at 300 FPS when a model is loded, it's going 1800 FPS when modelviewer is empty. I'll see if I can limit with my GPU Drivers. EDIT: Nope Target Frame Rate Control doesn't work, with my latest Crimson drivers on RX 480 It's not compatible so much with windowed stuff, more works with fullscreen. And I'm still on windows 7. Edited January 30, 2017 by Worrazen Modules: A-10C I/II, F/A-18C, Mig-21Bis, M-2000C, AJS-37, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, P-47, FC3, SC, CA, WW2AP, CE2. Terrains: NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I have brought this up, hopefully an answer is given as to correct format to limit FPS and other settings. Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyk Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) Hi, I was experimenting recently: "C:\Users\<YOUR-LOGIN>\Saved Games\edModelViewer\Config\autoexec.cfg" (create if not present) insert line: "options.graphics.sync = true" This seems to reduce the frame rate in model viewer to 136. It is more than needed for skin making, but It seems to be working both with loaded model and clear opened modelviewer. I will more test it later. New problem: How to reload textures in model viewer? It used to work so that reloading model flushed textures and enabled loading them again (when the file was edited and saved meanwhile). Now I need to shut down MV and start it again. Edited May 14, 2017 by Dyk My skins on DCS User Files, Enjoy! ________________________________ FC3, Mi-8, UH-1, CA, L-39, AV-8B, F-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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