A FPS tip again - I suppose ;)

[msalama]

Yah, I suppose because YMMV - seemed to help my mid-level vid card (GTS450) though :) Please report back if you try this, BTW, would like to know if it helps people!

 

All in-game aircraft use numerous LODs - 4 to 5 per plane in fact - and the 1st one is a high-poly model requiring a fair bit of processing power to render smoothly. So what folks with less-than-HAL9000-level setups can do is to replace the first 3 LODs with the 4th and presto - more frames! Here's how it's done with the Ka-50 for example:

 

1) Go to \Bazar\World\Shapes\

2) Find a file named ka-50_lod3.edm

3) Make 3 copies of the file

4) Rename the copies to ka-50.edm, ka-50_lod1.edm and ka-50_lod2.edm respectively

5) BACKUP THE ORIGINAL SIMILARLY NAMED FILES NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY

6) Replace the original ka-50.edm, ka-50_lod1.edm and ka-50_lod2.edm files with the copies you just made

 

+ rinse & repeat with other AC / objects if you want - should help even more. Cheers guys :)

[diveplane]

already tried this it works , less detail also be done with any model. good mod for low end pcs

 

external model wont look as nice but. youll get better frame rates, really hope ed add a option for lod settings ingame interface,

own ka50 a10c could be detailed while other ai units have lower lods .

Edited January 9, 2012 by diveplane

[KLR Rico]

Will this help with the GPU or CPU mostly? My CPU is maxed out, but my GPU is only ever at 50% or so. I could really use some tips to alleviate the CPU load.

[msalama]

The GPU mostly Rico.