Disabling Tacview = Huge FPS boost

[TMS up]

I found out that Tacview recording degrades performance significantly proportionally to the amount of units in any given session. Has anyone noticed this? And is it something that can be made aware to RAIA Software?

 

Disable tac view in special options and join any multiplayer server such as Hoggit or TTI and check it out for yourself. 

[speed-of-heat]

It's a known feature of TACVIEW, i suggest you bug it with them 

[Kybosh]

On 5/1/2021 at 9:44 AM, AirborneZed said:

I found out that Tacview recording degrades performance significantly proportionally to the amount of units in any given session. Has anyone noticed this? And is it something that can be made aware to RAIA Software?

 

Disable tac view in special options and join any multiplayer server such as Hoggit or TTI and check it out for yourself. 

going to test. MP. went full on hot garbage recently and i’m thinking that’s when i downloaded TAC - will let you know 

[Kybosh]

On 5/1/2021 at 9:44 AM, AirborneZed said:

I found out that Tacview recording degrades performance significantly proportionally to the amount of units in any given session. Has anyone noticed this? And is it something that can be made aware to RAIA Software?

 

Disable tac view in special options and join any multiplayer server such as Hoggit or TTI and check it out for yourself. 

***FIXED***

 

Solution: Disabled TACVIEW -18-23 FPS back to 65-70 FPS in MP and DCS LIB

Edited May 6, 2021 by Kybosh

[o2r_basti]

is there any workaround yet? tacview halfs my fps...

[silverdevil]

honestly i believe the problem is the recording of the tracks. taking away from system resources like disk or RAM or even CPU. i see a quick hesitation when i start or stop a recording of a flight. tacview only tracks telemetry so much less usage as opposed to a 4K video.

[speed-of-heat]

tracks arent really videos either, they are just telemetry...

[silverdevil]

On 5/25/2021 at 5:58 PM, speed-of-heat said:

tracks arent really videos either, they are just telemetry...

exactly as i had stated. in some form or fashion it is taking resources that DCS needs.

[TAW_Impalor]

I just tried disabling Tacview in Options-Special. It is unchecked, but still saves acmi files, and they work! Rebooted DCS and PC, double checked everything. Wtf? 1.8.6 Starter and latest OB...

[silverdevil]

interesting. i took a look. when i migrated everything to a new computer, i did not install TACVIEW. i copied my Saved Games from old to new. when i looked at my ACMI files, every flight i have taken on the new rig show in the folder. hah. but i cannot look at them because i do not have TACVIEW installed.

[hornblower793]

interesting. i took a look. when i migrated everything to a new computer, i did not install TACVIEW. i copied my Saved Games from old to new. when i looked at my ACMI files, every flight i have taken on the new rig show in the folder. hah. but i cannot look at them because i do not have TACVIEW installed.

I suspect you still have tacview entries in the Export.lua file in the scripts folder inside saved games

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[o2r_basti]

found a workaround that sometimes help.

 

create a file in saved games->dcs open beta-> config called autoexec.cfg. works for me from time to time. couldnt find the reason why it not always working so... it normally does after a restart of my pc.

 

[codenamepanzer]

I guess the line "disable_write_track = true" prevent DCS from recording track files for replays, not tacview files.

[speed-of-heat]

14 minutes ago, codenamepanzer said:

I guess the line "disable_write_track = true" prevent DCS from recording track files for replays, not tacview files.

correct you will still need to disable tacview 

[o2r_basti]

My dcs is working with tacview again without disabling it, and my fps dont get halfed... you can try this workaround as someone in a thread mentioned the problem has to do with the tracks, thats why i disabled them

[Lineaxe]

would someone reply to this topic with a method of disabling the whole of tacview ?

 

[Flappie]

Vytruoz wrote this guide: https://tacview.fandom.com/wiki/FPS_Loss_While_Recording_Your_Flight_in_DCS_World

Then if that's not enough, try this to completely disable Tacview: