FPS drop using NYGM!

Jonte · 02-06-07, 11:40 AM

I'm back after a long break from SH3. I have bin waiting for the realistic experience offered by NYGM! Now it's finished and I can finally play!

I know NYGM doesn't include to many graphical updates but starting my career in the Kiel harbour framerate dropped from 13-14 fps to 9-10 fps outside the boat. Inside the boat framerate dropped from 23-24 fps to 17-18 fps...

I run the game using FSAutoStart, sync off, lowres textures and particles set to one!

Any suggestions how to increase framerate, should I remove some new highres textures?

Please help...

Corsair · 02-06-07, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonte

I'm back after a long break from SH3. I have bin waiting for the realistic experience offered by NYGM! Now it's finished and I can finally play!

I know NYGM doesn't include to many graphical updates but starting my career in the Kiel harbour framerate dropped from 13-14 fps to 9-10 fps outside the boat. Inside the boat framerate dropped from 23-24 fps to 17-18 fps...

I run the game using FSAutoStart, sync off, lowres textures and particles set to one!

Any suggestions how to increase framerate, should I remove some new highres textures?

Please help...

What is your config ? I run NYGM with FS Autostart on a laptop with 512 ram and 128 mo video - which is the minimum I would think - and have 20 fps in harbours...
Have you defragged HD lately, cleaned files and registry ?

Corrupt_File · 02-06-07, 01:14 PM

Corsair's right. If you have had a dormant installation of sh3, it may have become fragmented. Your best bet is to uninstall sh3, delete all your career foldering in My Documents, defrag, reinstall sh3, 1.4b and NYGM.

Jonte · 02-06-07, 02:15 PM

I have 1026MB RAM (850MB after running FSAutoStart), 128MB Nvidia Geforce4 Ti4600 and 1260MHz Athlon. I know my processor doesn't meet the requirements but I could play stock SH3 with good fps...

I've just installed SH3, the harddrive is defragged, the registry is cleaned...

Maybe NYGM mods smoke, bottom, clouds etc? I should just be able to remove these graphical changes but I don't know what to remove...

Suggestions?

Dowly · 02-06-07, 02:28 PM

NYGM is very light as far as the graphics go, the main aim is to improve the gameplay to a more realistic one.

However, during my time in WaW I too noticed significiant drops to my FPS while at open sea. It usually occurred when I was in the atlantic and looked straight to the west. My FPS came to a ~15 from 60-80.

But that was the old NYGM version, 2.0 or something like that, I havent tried the newest one so cant say if the problem is the same as you described.

CCIP · 02-06-07, 03:19 PM

The only real source of frame rate drops I can think of in NYGM is the 16km visibility mod (present in pretty much all major mods).

I think your problem is the video card - considering it's about 4 generations behind the latest, it probably has trouble keeping up.

What you could try is tracing down some 8km visibility mods. I can't check right now, but I believe the Documentation folder that NYGM mod comes with contains an optional 8km 'downgrade'.

Jonte · 02-06-07, 05:39 PM

I think the 16km visibility mod might be the problem but I can't find any optional 8km visibility mod? I have NYGM 2.2 and 2.4 update but there's no optional 8km mod in the documentation folder?

Can anyone upload that mod or tell me where I can download it?

Can I change the visibility range myself?

Does changing visibility affect the detecting/detection range?

poor sailor · 02-07-07, 04:38 AM

In NYGM v.2.x there isn't a optional 8km mod because NYGM contains only 16km mod by default. I think that I seen in one DTB posts that he said that 8km mod never be possible with NYGM. Everything they done for sensors is for 16km mod.

poor sailor · 02-07-07, 06:14 AM

I must to admit that before I first time tried the NYGM, I have a GW 1.1a installation on my PC with ATI X600XT PCI-e graphic card and I bought a new graphic card (GeForce 7600GT) because I was very disapointed with my previous graphic card and performance I had in game. Then I bought the new graphic card and not so long after that I tried the NYGM mod and from that time to now I have a NYGM in 1280X1024 resolution with 4xAA and 4xAF and I'm happy now.

This game really deserve to have a strong PC.

02-06-07, 11:40 AM	#1
Jonte Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	FPS drop using NYGM! I'm back after a long break from SH3. I have bin waiting for the realistic experience offered by NYGM! Now it's finished and I can finally play! I know NYGM doesn't include to many graphical updates but starting my career in the Kiel harbour framerate dropped from 13-14 fps to 9-10 fps outside the boat. Inside the boat framerate dropped from 23-24 fps to 17-18 fps... I run the game using FSAutoStart, sync off, lowres textures and particles set to one! Any suggestions how to increase framerate, should I remove some new highres textures? Please help...

02-06-07, 03:19 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	The only real source of frame rate drops I can think of in NYGM is the 16km visibility mod (present in pretty much all major mods). I think your problem is the video card - considering it's about 4 generations behind the latest, it probably has trouble keeping up. What you could try is tracing down some 8km visibility mods. I can't check right now, but I believe the Documentation folder that NYGM mod comes with contains an optional 8km 'downgrade'. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

02-06-07, 01:14 PM	#3
Corrupt_File Sparky Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada's Western Naval Fleet Posts: 157 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Corsair's right. If you have had a dormant installation of sh3, it may have become fragmented. Your best bet is to uninstall sh3, delete all your career foldering in My Documents, defrag, reinstall sh3, 1.4b and NYGM.

02-06-07, 02:15 PM	#4
Jonte Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have 1026MB RAM (850MB after running FSAutoStart), 128MB Nvidia Geforce4 Ti4600 and 1260MHz Athlon. I know my processor doesn't meet the requirements but I could play stock SH3 with good fps... I've just installed SH3, the harddrive is defragged, the registry is cleaned... Maybe NYGM mods smoke, bottom, clouds etc? I should just be able to remove these graphical changes but I don't know what to remove... Suggestions?

02-06-07, 02:28 PM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	NYGM is very light as far as the graphics go, the main aim is to improve the gameplay to a more realistic one. However, during my time in WaW I too noticed significiant drops to my FPS while at open sea. It usually occurred when I was in the atlantic and looked straight to the west. My FPS came to a ~15 from 60-80. But that was the old NYGM version, 2.0 or something like that, I havent tried the newest one so cant say if the problem is the same as you described.

02-06-07, 05:39 PM	#7
Jonte Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 63 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think the 16km visibility mod might be the problem but I can't find any optional 8km visibility mod? I have NYGM 2.2 and 2.4 update but there's no optional 8km mod in the documentation folder? Can anyone upload that mod or tell me where I can download it? Can I change the visibility range myself? Does changing visibility affect the detecting/detection range?

02-07-07, 04:38 AM	#8
poor sailor XO Join Date: May 2006 Location: Serbia Posts: 420 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	In NYGM v.2.x there isn't a optional 8km mod because NYGM contains only 16km mod by default. I think that I seen in one DTB posts that he said that 8km mod never be possible with NYGM. Everything they done for sensors is for 16km mod.

02-07-07, 06:14 AM	#9
poor sailor XO Join Date: May 2006 Location: Serbia Posts: 420 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I must to admit that before I first time tried the NYGM, I have a GW 1.1a installation on my PC with ATI X600XT PCI-e graphic card and I bought a new graphic card (GeForce 7600GT) because I was very disapointed with my previous graphic card and performance I had in game. Then I bought the new graphic card and not so long after that I tried the NYGM mod and from that time to now I have a NYGM in 1280X1024 resolution with 4xAA and 4xAF and I'm happy now. This game really deserve to have a strong PC.