This is probably a shot in the dark, but I thought since I'm a backer and all I should probably try suggesting this. I have an older computer, so my graphics card is pretty outdated, and although I do plan on getting a new one, I'd still like it if the game had even lower graphical settings. I probably gets 15 fps on the lowest settings in windowed mode. by the way I have an inspiron 570 with a radeon HD 4200 gpu, and amd Athlon X2 II 250 processor
You can try to run PA.exe with "--nofeatures" flag, trees, rocks and many other objects will be invisible for you then but you will able to see metal spots using icons (use Ctrl+N to toggle icons for them).
The main thing that will help this is time. We're continuing to work on optimizations and other things to help improve performance across the board.
The most recent build (54696) has been running great for me, and I used to see a lot of slow down especially with larger unit numbers. Whatever you're doing to optimize... it's working.
No.. If you're fully patched up, all the launcher does is execute PA.exe. You can run PA.exe from a command line. That's what he's suggesting. It's not the best way to run - obviously if you don't run the launcher, you won't know when a patch is ready. However, if it helps your perf, it can be worth doing between patches.
Check this post (second part) for instuction: https://forums.uberent.com/threads/grat-game-but-only-10-20-fps.51802/#post-793525 You just need to create shortcut and then add flag I given to command line.
I have tried it in no steam version: have tried the following: "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" -nofeatures "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" "--nofeatures" The above did not work. Any other solution (trees were still there)? No mods...
Can you please do not post same thing in 3 places? Otherwise I won't answer you anywhere. PS: It's will be good idea to ask some moderator remove other two messages.
Can you create and post a DxDiag.txt as an attachment. I will see if i can find a way to improve your in game framerate for you.
Appologies for posting more than once. I have pasted some of the info below. Hopefuly Uber will add an option to remove the trees and rocks - they are nice, but slow down the game.... Can anyone suggest what is the correct way to enable nofeatures? I will try the quotes, but I do not think this is the reason. Note that I have updated the drivers not long ago - but FX2700M does not see a lot of updates . ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 1/11/2014, 20:39:37 Machine name: REMOVED Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.130707-1535) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard System Model: HP EliteBook 8730w BIOS: Default System BIOS Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz Memory: 3066MB RAM Page File: 1494MB used, 4845MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: Quadro FX 2700M DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: REMOVED Display Memory: 1775 MB Dedicated Memory: 497 MB Shared Memory: 1277 MB Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: SyncMaster 2232BW/2232GW,SyncMaster Magic CX2232GW(Analog) Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll Driver Version: 9.18.0013.0783 (English) DDI Version: 10 BGRA Supported: Yes Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 1/31/2013 12:21:23, 15413704 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: REMOVED Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x063A SubSys ID: 0x30EC103C Revision ID: 0x00A1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C ... NVIDIA control panel reports driver version 307.83
Are you using 32bit or 64bit version of vista? The game requires 4gb of ram and your system is only showing you have 3gb of ram, This may be because your using a 32bit operating system, 32bit operating systems can't effectively use any more than 3gb of ram...
Also "C:\Program Files (x86)\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures or "D:\Planetary Annihilation\PA\PA.exe" --nofeatures Depending on where you installed the game will disable features.. Putting the qoutes around the location to the game or program executable only then after the quote add command line options. Example "c:\location of game\game.exe" -commandlineoption ^^^ this is the correct way to make windows shortcuts with command line options
can also run --software-ui, did you try scaling the resolution down in the settings. You can also play with the ui settings.
If your machine is old, optimisations may not even give a perf increase. I was running a pentium D up until the 2nd gen core i7(2600k) came out nearly 3 year ago and the difference in performance was litteraly 10+times faster in everything. It can be financially difficult to upgrade/build a pc but it is worth it when every thing is running sweet.
You can upgrade to a decent quad core pretty cheap. Either core i5 or AMD A8-10 and cheap video card. All I have is Radeon 7750 can even run on 7660D integrated graphics
