Frame rate fix?

As all who bought it know (and many have heard), the Mi-8 has a pretty bad effect on the frame rates of some of us with lower-end PCs. Simple question, is there ever going to be any fix to this issue? Will we see a day where the DCS Mi-8 is much less demanding?

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The fix is you getting a better PC!

I couldn't resist. :D

No, but I assume there will be some improvements. For the beginning try to turn of the mirrors. They are causing the biggest performance hit for me.

As all who bought it know (and many have heard), the Mi-8 has a pretty bad effect on the frame rates of some of us with lower-end PCs. Simple question, is there ever going to be any fix to this issue? Will we see a day where the DCS Mi-8 is much less demanding?

 

**NOTE: All replies that say something along the lines of "The fix is you getting a better PC" will be reported to the CIA, MI6, Mossad, KGB, NKVD, FSB, NSA, and FBI respectively. Please be kind and courteous in your postings :D

if u can run the a10c module ok then youll have not much of a worry for anything else really.

Also noticed this, bought and do not use the Mi-8 for this reason. My point is not in the computer capacity and outdated game engine. Something only change with output EDGE.

Hello,

I possess the Mi-8 since his release and for me no problem with the FPS.

The only thing who drop the FPS are the mirors, I think that it's normal that the Mi-8 drop the FPS it's because the 3D model is very more complex that the Huey and KA-50 or A-10C.

Он this screenshot you can see the diference between the KA-50 and Mi-8 wheels:

Also the Mi-8 possess three pilots and the other details, for me the 3D model of the Mi-8 is more complex module for DCS so it's normal that few persons meet a PFS drop.

The Mi-8 is one awesome module, I spend many time in this copter...

Bye, Skull.

This is a high-end simulator which requires fast equipment if you want it to run smooth. If for whatever reason you don't have or cannot have the equipment, you're going to have to try to live with it, sorry to say...

Having said that, the Mi-8 is still in beta, so who knows what can happen :)

What are your system specs ?

About my system specs :

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

Intel Core I7-2600K OC @ 4.5 Ghz

16 Go de G.Skill Sniper 8 Go (2x4Go) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9

ASUS GTX680-DC2T-2GD5 2 Go

2 VelociRaptor 600 Go 2.5" SATA 6GB/s

2 Caviar Black 1 To SATA 6GB/s 3.5"

Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium

Corsair Professional Serie Gold AX1200

Corsair Hydro Serie H80

Windows 7 SP3 64 bits

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced

ASUS 27" LCD VG278H 3D

But for Edge I know that I must upgrade my PC in the future. But for the moment wait & see...

Bye, Skull

Whole mi-8 is "round", so probably 3d model must be complex, to look good. Maybe, in time, they will optimize it with some tricks.

 

But for Edge I know that I must upgrade my PC in the future. But for the moment wait & see...

 

I have similar specs, why do we have to update our pc for the Edge? I run over 60fps with everything in max.

I have similar specs, why do we have to update our pc for the Edge? I run over 60fps with everything in max.

We'll have to wait and find out..

I have similar specs, why do we have to update our pc for the Edge? I run over 60fps with everything in max.

Nobody actually knows what EDGE might need/want to run well. It may run just fine on what we have now. Anyone saying otherwise is just guessing.

I have similar specs, why do we have to update our pc for the Edge? I run over 60fps with everything in max.

It's just one idea, wait & see...

Bye, Skull.

We'll have to wait and find out..

Am I the only one who hope that EDGE will run actually much faster and at the same time give better picture on the same hardware? :)

I don't think EDGE will ease the fps issue - but, please prove me wrong ;)

If the y make it utilize more than 1 CPU core, why not?

I don't think EDGE will ease the fps issue - but, please prove me wrong ;)

DX11 likes GPU more than CPU.

Whole mi-8 is "round", so probably 3d model must be complex, to look good. Maybe, in time, they will optimize it with some tricks.

I'm not so sure

When you see a model textured, it always look much smoother and detailed, but untextured in a 3D software it's often low poly ( and quasi obligatory for flight sim use )

Personally, I think it is modeled with the same standard as all DCS models ... I mean, even the Blackshark or the A-10C are still state of the art products, the bar was pushed so high years ago that we do not see their ages ... and latest releases can't be better as it's the best achivebale with nowadays hardware.

I think next steps in graphics will be when all mechanical parts will be modelled in 3D instead of using textures to mimic... like bolts thread, wire locked nuts etc etc ... But we aren't far from perfection, isn't it ?

I also noticed lower FPS for the Mi-8 than for any other module. I am not sure however if this is graphics related, for the following reason: when I pause the simulation I can still look around the cockpit and outside as I move my head using trackIR. And no matter how fast I move my head, everything is smooth. As soon as I unpause the game, then when I move my head around quickly, it appears jerky.

So, I think the FPS drop is due to flight-model calculations, not graphics (at least on my computer). Maybe it has to do with the larger number of blades compared to the Huey...

Another nasty FPS related issue is comes from the multiplayer scoreboard. If you bring that up, your fps fluctuates all over.

For me the Hip has the lowest FPS compared to other modules, I really hope they fix it when it's out of beta! Don't see a reason why it should have the lowest FPS.

wow, some of those early replies...

Not all of us can afford a super duper high end computer. I am one of those who can't. I can run the Hog just fine but the Mi-8 seriously hits my system hard, so it's definitely more demanding. I'm sure your computers are just too powerful to notice, don't think for a second that its the same for all PCs.

/rant

I am currently getting 60+fps in mi-8. Before I messed with settings and my graphics.lua I was getting around 30fps. I also was running in borderless window mode. Now I run full screen. Something I did below did change the performance, I just don't know exactly which setting change did make the difference.

I did 2 tweaks in graphics.lua, which I have done for years with my DCS sims and it does make a "massive" difference for me. This will obviously work for all your modules, not just MI-8

Someone figured this out a long time ago and I can't remember who it was.

Hopefully it helps some of you.

I use notepad++ for tweaks.

My system specs in my sig. No slouch PC but it is modest, probably pretty average by todays PC standards.

*************Graphics.lua Tweak******************

File path:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Config\graphics.lua

First tweak (This seems to make a big difference):

Line 151

structures = {20, 20000};

Second tweak:

Line 190

maxfps = 400;

**************In Game Settings I Use***********************************

Textures: High

Scenes: High

Civ Traffic: Medium

Water: Low

Visible Range: High

Heat Blur: Off

Shadows: Low

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Monitors: 1 Screen

Res. of cockpit displays: 512 Every frame

MSAA: Off

HDS: Off (I just don't like this - doesnt seem to affect my FPS when its on)

Clutter/Bushes: 210 m

Trees visibility: 6000 m

Preload Radius: 150000 m

Full Screen checked

Cockpit Shadows Checked

I hope this helps someone!

Cheers

When I first got the MI-8 my Frame Rate went down to 10. I uninstalled everything and reinstalled it all fresh and the problem went away.