FPS Issues

[Muckel]

I have some major fps drop as well from 40-60 down to 5-25

[ComradeHX]

My fps on all high used to drop to 25 at worst; now it goes WAY down to make game unplayable in 1.0v beta.

[camo]

Guys re install the game, it helped a lot. That took it back to normal.

[Boris]

The PRLauncher.exe process appears to be consuming 38% of the CPU here.

After further testing, I don't think the problem I've been seeing here is being caused by PRMumble anymore. I'm suspecting the issue is with the PRLauncher process eating up the CPU, which reveals itself particularly when on a busy server in a busy environment, like Ramiel city, where things go rubber-bandy to the point of unplayability.

[baltimore]

Well I as usual sometimes have hight ping ; sometimes go up to 250-300 then go back to 70-90 ;hmmm...
I often say in squad that I do donate ping , with pleasure.
+ After Launching - 60-70! sec need to wait till main menu

[Raklodder]

Description: I experienced major lag a few minutes ago on a full 100 player server even thou my GPU never used more than ~25% of it's total capacity, less than 1GB of V-RAM, less than 3GBs of RAM while my quad-core CPU used less than ~40% of it's full capacity, the lag was consistent and not about to stop any time soon, my best guess is that the server(s) themselves can't handle the stress or maybe the engine (most likely) is out-of-date, nonetheless it's fun as hell, and I'm not about to quit PR simply because of these minor issues (major for those with older hardware).

Steps to Reproduce: Join a 100 player server and team of your choosing, play and you shall feel it within seconds.

Tested On: v1.0.22.0, 50vs50, Insurgency at Ramiel.

Project Reality settings: 1920x1080p, all high including highest anti-aliasing with EAX and V-Sync enabled.

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7600)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: Swedish (Sweden)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 DELUXE
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (Physical: 4, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 8,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: ChannelA-DIMM1: 4,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
                    ChannelB-DIMM1: 4,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
         Page File: 7,97 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Allm?n PnP-bildsk?rm on AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
   Display Mode(s): 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 12.104.0.0
    Display Memory: 2,00 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: 
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 583,39 GB, Total: 931,41 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 583,39 GB, Total: 931,41 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Mathias\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 583,39 GB, Total: 931,41 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Mathias\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 583,39 GB, Total: 931,41 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Mathias\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 583,39 GB, Total: 931,41 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.22.0
          Language: Swedish
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
-------------------
      Profile 0001: Raklodder
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1920x1080@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
        Custom Res: 1920 x 1080
   Graphics Scheme: High
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Hardware
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[Spook]

Turn off V-Sync. I had exactly the same problem a while back ago on 0.98, playing around with nvidia drivers. Tried forcing v-sync with the drivers, which caused exactly what you describe.

[Boris]

The PRLauncher.exe process appears to be consuming 38% of the CPU here.

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1.0.23.0 (2013/07/03)
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- Some tweaks to lessen CPU usage of PRLauncher.exe to help assist FPS.

It's consuming around 23% now after the update. A decent improvement, but still a hell of a lot of resources.

What is it doing that it needs this much CPU time?

Make it consume 0.25% and the game will run great.

[paul161616]

having some major FPS issues here aswell, from what i can tell it only gets bad when mumble opens and/or connects. basically i get in game fine, wait a minute and once that little speaker icon appears in the bottom right corner fps drops down to 2-5. i play PR .98 on all high except textures and AA at 2x. i get on average 30 fps in .98 and 1.0.19. but since 1.0.20 its been totally unplayable, with the exception of black gold which has never been playable on my system . anywho heres my specs.

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft? Windows Vista? Home Premium  (6.0.6001)
      Architecture: 32-bit
          Language: English (United States)
       Motherboard: Acer EM61SM/EM61PM         
         Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (Physical: 2, Logical: 2)
            Memory: 2.00 GB
         Page File: 2.24 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic Non-PnP Monitor on ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
   Display Mode(s): 1360 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 8.14.01.6264
    Display Memory: 1024.00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (High Definition Aud
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 2.27 GB, Total: 144.30 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 2.27 GB, Total: 144.30 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Paul_2\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 2.27 GB, Total: 144.30 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Paul_2\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 2.27 GB, Total: 144.30 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Paul_2\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 2.27 GB, Total: 144.30 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.24.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: False
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: paul_onesix
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1360x768@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: 2x
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[zloyrash]

Huge FPS drop and I cant play anymore.
Btw, I cant change my video settings to mid or low. Its all high all the time..
launcher.exe eating ~30%

[Smuke]

Experiencing huge FPS drops as well, all to do with the latest couple of updates and likely mumble related. Any DEV response to this problem? It's making the BETA completely unplayable.

[Daniel]

Camo, check PR:BF2 v1.0 Open Beta Changelog for the most recent PR 1.0 BETA updates... And you should know that defragging gives harddrive a little turbo...

Boris, you should really get a new graphics card, I even had a 9600 GT (512 MB, and your 256 MB is reeeeally way below what PR needs... ) before my current GTX 570...
You can get a new graphics card that runs PR perfect (should) for already 70 € (IF you are from EU... ) or 80 $... (Check GTS 450 for example)


Paul, to make awesome Black Gold run for you (high probability), buy an additional 2 GB RAM (so 4 GB all in all at least, but actually get 6 GB so you have 8 GB in total, is common with today's PCs... and no RAM problem then at all in PR anymore... IF 64-bit Win installed, so you can use more than 3,8 GB... )
AND a new graphics card, as suggested to Boris already above... or check http://www.pc-erfahrung.de/grafikkarte/ ... liste.html and get sth. near the GTS 450...

[Daniel]

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[heldro]

I am also experiencing very low FPS. I dont have a high end system but i could play 0.98 with an average of 30-45 FPS on medium. The first day of beta i had about the same FPS. But since last days its 10-25 on low, which is not playable. Is there a way to turn off mumble to see if that is causing the problem?

[Boris]

@Daniel

The problem I'm experiencing here is CPU related, not graphics. I know it's an old card - way overdue for being replaced - but my problem is not a GPU problem. In fact, I'm even able to enable AA on that card and take barely any FPS hit, but have had it turned off lately just for testing. The problem here appears to be being caused by the PRLauncher process.

[SAM609]

Guys read this >> https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f26-pr ... ost1912577

[PR0_SNIPE]

I think my FPS problem comes from the default view distance and I can't change it because the option isn't in the launcher. I want to play on 65% because that's what I use on .98 and I get 30-40 FPS.

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (6.2.9200)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: English (United States)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X202E
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2365M CPU @ 1.40GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 4.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: ChannelA-DIMM0: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 1.34 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
   Display Mode(s): 1366 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.17.10.2843
    Display Memory: 1.76 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Stereo Mix (VIA High Definition
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 164.60 GB, Total: 444.76 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 164.60 GB, Total: 444.76 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\*\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 164.60 GB, Total: 444.76 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 164.60 GB, Total: 444.76 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 164.60 GB, Total: 444.76 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.24.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: PR0_SNIPE
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1600x900@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: False
   Graphics Scheme: Custom
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Low
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Off
    Dynamic Lights: Off
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[PLODDITHANLEY]

I really slow down in the black gold town, but most of the guys around me do too, it did go up and down for most of us sometimes unplayable where you get that double animation when scoping in, then it'd be fine for a while.

Core 2 @ 2.3/4MB RAM/GT 9600M

Does anyone get decent playable FPS all the time there?

[Kothra]

With the new version (.25/.26) the Launcher is not taking up more than .5% of the processing power and I'm still getting sizeable FPS drops compared to 0.98.

Reposting system info:

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: English (United States)
       Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0YR8NN
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz (Physical: 4, Logical: 8)
            Memory: 8.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: ChannelA-DIMM0: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    ChannelB-DIMM0: 4.00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 7.89 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.0

Display Information
-------------------
 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
   Display Mode(s): 1366 x 768 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.18.13.2049 (320.49)
    Display Memory: 1024.00 MB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
-----------------
  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 98.36 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Battlefield 2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 98.36 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Kothra\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 98.36 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Kothra\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 98.36 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Kothra\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 98.36 GB, Total: 911.88 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, fh2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.26.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: Kothra
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1366x768@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: High
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Hardware
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

EDIT: I just noticed the log says I'm running Intel HD 3000. I should be running it all on an NVIDIA GT 525M. Looking into things to make sure it's all set right.

EDT2: The game itself was running on the Intel chip. I'll need to try this out again.

[notmyingamename]

i've had some dramatic fps improvements the last few days. thanks for work devs, working for some of us