Spiral Knights - Particle Effects = Massive FPS drop

Particle Effects = Massive FPS drop

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Sun, 06/26/2011 - 14:54

robot5656

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I am expiriencing a massive fps drop whenever I am on a depth that has particle effects. IE/ Snow levels with snow falling in the foreground, Plazmodium with fog in the foreground etc.. The Fps goes from 40 to 5-7. almost unplayable, and vanaduke runs are out of the question because of the foreground effects in cit.

My fps is rock solid in any level where these effects are not present. My wife, who plays SK beside me on a much older and less powerful computer does not have this issue, and actually gets better performance at a higher res. I have tried adjusting every possible option to no effect.

My specs:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
Java Ver. 1.6
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1461MB used, 9533MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Display spec copied from dx diag:
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68B8&SUBSYS_21D71458&REV_00
Display Memory: 2294 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1015 MB
Shared Memory: 1279 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Non-PnP Monitor
Driver Name: aticfx32.dll,aticfx32.dll,aticfx32.dll,atiumdag.dll,atidxx32.dll,atiumdva.cap
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1083 (English)
DDI Version: 11
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/24/2011 20:07:48, 688128 bytes

I have Every thing up to date. any help would be much apreciated !

Mon, 06/27/2011 - 13:27

Saphy

Legacy Username

Particle FPS drop

I get this too, i have 40fps+ when standing in a particle-free zone, but as soon as a effect comes on screen like fire, or a spotlight etc. my fps drops to roughly 5fps.

Any ideas why particle FX cause so much lag?

Mon, 07/04/2011 - 06:51

Ewbtes

Yep! I have the same problem

Yep! I have the same problem on my mac.

Can someone tell, is it possible to switch particle system off?

Mon, 07/04/2011 - 07:48

Equinox

Game Master

In the General Options Menu

In the General Options Menu you can toggle Graphics Quality to something lower. As far as I know, at some point that toggle will remove the snow effects. There are some other performance issues suggestions here: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Performance_issues_FAQ

Edit: The FAQ also has a section on ATI cards & "stuttering" which may help the OP.

Mon, 07/04/2011 - 12:26

Ewbtes

equinox, thanks for the

equinox, thanks for the answer!

But I played half-life 2, portal and other "heavy" games without any lags at 1280x800 with max settings (except anti-aliasing)

in spiral knights: whatever setting I choosed - I have lags (fps falls down to 4-5) only then something smoked or blows up, or when too much robots on screen (I think because they are smoking to).

I really like this game. I think this is the first game in the last three years, which I really like to play in spare time.

Just asked other players in game about this lags, and many of them have it too.
I think it would be great to have in additional options possibility to turn Particle Effects off, or made some restriction (like in old valve games for expample).

sorry for bad english.

Tue, 07/05/2011 - 06:04

Ewbtes

Today I noticed a regular fps

Today I noticed a regular fps drop, every time then party member used a Needle Shot.

Wed, 07/06/2011 - 11:37

Ewbtes

today I tried play on windows

today I tried play on windows via bootcamp.
performance was incredibly high beside snow leo (10.6.8)
also I got some fps drop in same things, but it was playable!

honestly I dont really want to switch between mac and win every time I have time to play.

whatever,
thanks

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