Mirrors have terrible FPS impact in latest OB

Came back after a trip and DCS updated. Went on to fly the F-18 and noticed I am getting FPS in the low 50s where I used to have 60 (fps locked).

If i disable the mirrors I have an instant gain and goes back to 60.

Mirrors have never been a problem for me before, they reduced fps by 1, maybe 2 fps. Now I can't fly with mirrors on.

Try deleting your metashader2 and fxo folder in your dcs saved games folder.

 

restart and allow time for the new shaders to be generated.

 

Do you notice a change?

not to hijack this thread, but what does that do?

I'm also curious what this does. I've seen it recommended many times by lots of people.

Excess files get stacked up in those folders, when updates have been download for DCS (new versions). Also, the more aircraft you own (and fly) - the more files go into these folders. I literally delete contents of each of those two folders EVERY SINGLE time before booting DCS (even without an update being issued). Would be great to have an auto clean up of these files - but I’d rather do that manually, than take a staff member off of development duties.

I think the mirrors are still having an impact on performance - but not anything of an increase over the last few builds. That being said, the Hornet mirrors are pretty much worthless in VR, for their orientation and view.

Cheers,

Don

I been stop using those. Ever since the Tomcat, mirrors have been considered obsolete in other aircraft, IMHO.