Enable Mods* ON, performance severe impact? [SOLVED]

[Grajo]

Hi

 

I have been trying some few mods posted over here. Every time I was trying a mod (I use OvGME an alternative to JSGME) and testing it, after checking "Enable Mods" restarting the sim, I was getting an impact in the gameplay, having heavy stuttering and huge drops of framerate, especially when zooming.

 

I thought this was due to the mod itself but after trying many individually I have realized it is not due to a specific mod (by the way these flew mods over there are looking great)

 

Indeed, even if no mod installed via OvGME, every time I "Enable Mods" and restart the sim I have this high impact on performance.

 

If I disable this option and restart again this issue disappears and everything goes smooth and nice as normal again.

 

As weird as it sounds Enabling Mods gives me a lot of performance troubles. Does anybody else have this problem? Any workaround?

I would love to start enjoying these nice mods asap : ].

 

My graphics settings are: ULTRA, Medium Clouds, 4k textures, no Antialiasing or AO. Framerate between 35 and 50.

 

Windows 10

Geforece GTX 960M

ASUS RoG Laptop - 32gb RAM

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[SOLVED]

Completely uninstalled the sim and reinstalled it again. The issue with Enable Mods* is Gone :D.

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Thank you

Edited April 7, 2018 by HR_Grajo

[MarcoPegase44]

Hello,
I also have the same problem, I play with the mods off.

[gibbo25]

The performance issues you have is this in career mode or in MP?

[Cybermat47]

2 hours ago, gibbo25 said:

The performance issues you have is this in career mode or in MP?

 

Mods on is unavailable for MP.

[MarcoPegase44]

HI ,

 

Carrer mode and single mission stuterering when after checking "Enable Mods"

[Grajo]

Hi

 

Yes, I have this problem in single player so far. Did not try if it goes better on a server that allows Mods.

 

Best

[DD_Arthur]

17 hours ago, FFS_Cybermat47 said:

 

Mods on is unavailable for MP.

 

Er...nope.  Thats not how it works.  All features of the game can be run in either mods on or mods off mode.

For the OP's info;

I've hosted several coops for squad mates in mods on mode this week and seen no performance issues.

However,  although I'm running the game in mods on,  I'm not actually running any mods.

[Grajo]

Hi

 

Thanks for the feedback DD_Arthur.

 

I tried to host a coop server myself with mods enabled, and I still experience exactly the same problem. Does not look to me it is related to the single player or multiplayer features.

 

Looks more like a weird graphics setting that loads when I enable mods in the menu or like some continues effort of the sim to load something all the time what it causes the stuttering not to stop. For example with no mods enable the frame rate might experiment some flew jumps the first 2 or 3 times I zoom in and out, until it loads all LODs and textures, I imagine, after is all fluid and nice during the whole gameplay. With mods on, framerate drops to 0 almost every time I make a full zoom in/ out. A quick angle of view change, plus or without zoon in or out, can cause this framerate drop also.

 

 Thanks

 

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by HR_Grajo

[BOO]

what mods are you using? 

[Grajo]

 

Hi BOO,

 

I am not using any mods, I have the problem when Enable Mods* is ON.

 

Mods I tried are: 

 

[MOD] High quality clouds in Low preset

 

[MOD] True Moscow winter.

 

[MOD] Techchat icons off, text stays

 

[MOD] HD textures grass

 

[MOD] Old sky color

 

 

All mods, when tested together or separately were looking great and doing what they were meant to do. The framerate drops happened every time, as Enable Mods* needed to be ON for those to be loaded.

 

I have properly uninstalled all of them and still having the same issue when Enable Mods*  ON. That is why I think is not Mod related.

 

The issue is happening in all of the sim maps. So should not be related to any specific map neither. 

 

Nvidia Driver Version: 391.35

GeForce GTX 960M

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by HR_Grajo

[BOO]

When 3.001 came I was generally happy with the performance - Mods on didn't cause me any issue. Just for Sh1ts and giggles I uninstalled the game and started over afresh. Seems to run a lot better for me. Before I did this I did reluctantly reduced my settings from High to Balanced. This had a great effect but I still have stutters when headtracking about. on reinstall the stutters were gone. 

 

I also use OvGME. I'm not saying this is the solution but perhaps lowering the present or maybe doing a reinstall (I bought the original game on Steam and have good internet so its a 10 min job for me - i understand that this may not be the case for everyone). 

 

Now I run balanced with high clouds and the SSAO/SSR value from the high present (assessable for edit as a result of the clouds mod). I have a 1060 and can SP with 16 aircraft, cloud and ground units without too much issue. 

[jeanba]

I noticed the same thing

I will recheck further (activate / deactivate on the same mission to be sure)

[Grajo]

1 hour ago, BOO said:

When 3.001 came I was generally happy with the performance - Mods on didn't cause me any issue. Just for Sh1ts and giggles I uninstalled the game and started over afresh. Seems to run a lot better for me. Before I did this I did reluctantly reduced my settings from High to Balanced. This had a great effect but I still have stutters when headtracking about. on reinstall the stutters were gone. 

 

I also use OvGME. I'm not saying this is the solution but perhaps lowering the present or maybe doing a reinstall (I bought the original game on Steam and have good internet so its a 10 min job for me - i understand that this may not be the case for everyone). 

 

Now I run balanced with high clouds and the SSAO/SSR value from the high present (assessable for edit as a result of the clouds mod). I have a 1060 and can SP with 16 aircraft, cloud and ground units without too much issue. 

Hi again BOO, 

I noticed some performance decrease also with 3.001 I tweak a lot until I finish with something similar than before. But I could not go with Antialiasing x2, anymore. (clouds in high I can not afford anymore neither) I understand many tweaks has come with this update and I welcome them even if I have some performance impact in my rig. 

I think I am nuts enough for the mods and getting a better looking sim that I will go with your total reinstall option  you advise me. Gonna be a pain to remain joy etc... But it might work!!! Keep you updated with the results. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by HR_Grajo

[BOO]

2 minutes ago, HR_Grajo said:

Hi again BOO, 

I noticed some performance decrease also with 3.001 I tweak a lot until I finish with something similar than before. But I could not go with Antialiasing x2, anymore. (clouds in high I can not afford anymore neither) I understand many tweaks has come with this update and I welcome them even if I have some performance impact in my rig. 

I think I am nuts enough for the mods and getting a better looking sim that I will go with your total reinstall option you advise me. Gonna be a pain to remait joy etc... But it might work!!! Keep you updated with the results. 

You can SAVE your joystick and keyboard mappings as well as any quickviews - just back up your entire input folder and the "snapviews" folder in the Luascripts  before you wipe it all. Save you a lot of time!!

[Grajo]

Great! Thanks for the tip! I will do that! 

 

[Grajo]

Hi,

 

Long story short:

 

Completely uninstalled the sim and reinstalled. The issue with Enable Mods* is Gone :D.

 

I have gotten much better performance with the same rig than before reinstalling. Now, I can enable HDR and Antialias x2  having the same framerate as before. The sim looks even more amazing. 

 

Thanks BOO for the advice;  copying data/input, data/LuaScripts, and data/Career worked as expected. It was almost a "painless" reinstallation.

 

Sweet, mods are now working fine!

 

Best