raven-shield-2020/OPTIMIZATION.md

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Optimization

If you are experiencing lag during gameplay, first test an offline custom mission to eliminate the possibility of Internet lag.

If you are still experiencing lag, there are two files which can be tweaked to improve game performance:

YourGameDir\Mods\RavenShield.mod

  1. Under [Engine.GameEngine], increase CacheSizeMegs from 32 to 512. This is the value used by UnrealEd.exe, so we know at least this maximum size is supported

YourGameDir\system\RavenShield.ini

  1. Under [Engine.GameEngine], increase CacheSizeMegs from 32 to 512. This is the value used by UnrealEd.exe, so we know at least this maximum size is supported
  2. Under [WinDrv.WindowsClient], set TextureMaxLOD to 16 (from 12). Higher values reduce the quality of distant textures
  3. Under [WinDrv.WindowsClient], set MinDesiredFramerate to 60 (from 10)
  4. Under [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice], set UsePrecaching to True
  5. Under [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice], set UseCompressedLightmaps to True

There are some additional settings here which may be useful to tweak:

[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]
HighDetailActors=True
UseTrilinear=True
UseTripleBuffering=False
UseHardwareTL=True
UseHardwareVS=True
UseCubemaps=True
MaxPixelShaderVersion=255
DetailTextures=True