FPS drops, freezes

['parasight]

hello, first I want to start by saying that I play MTA for around 5-6 years now, i've switched about 4 pcs during those years.

i'm now running amd 955 phenom II, gigabyte gtx560Ti, I get alot of fps drops in race DM modes. my rig runs games like battlefield 3 / metro 2033 with no problem, yet, MTA lags for me..

these are not heavy lags, but lags that disturb me enjoying the game, FPS drops gets me killed often for example.

I wanted to mention this started a few updates back, on 1.2 they almost never happened. besides, back in 1.2 video memory available was 1024MB, while now the maximum is 256?

I am not the only one to experience these lags, I play in a 200 players community (players from different servers) and 80% of them experience FPS drops and game freezes now and then, things that really makes gaming harder for us. especially on a game like san andreas who doesn't require too much from your PC.

thanks for reading, I hope to see some answers from MTA devs.

[Jaysds1]

Can you download and run this MTADiag then post the generated PasteBin Url.

['parasight]

umm, nothing has been generated. it ended saying 'y' if MTA works, and so I did

[Towncivilian]

Press n after that prompt, then. It will generate a log file and automatically upload it to Pastebin for you.

['parasight]

http://pastebin.com/S3hZXB9p

here it is, thanks a bunch!

[Towncivilian]

Please install the following:

• Graphics driver
  
• Audio driver
  
• Ethernet driver (do a Repair install if prompted)
  
• Chipset drivers

Provide another MTADiag log after installing.

['parasight]

http://pastebin.com/EN9i3mu5

[Towncivilian]

The drivers installed properly. Are you still having FPS issues?

['parasight]

yes, now and then. did I have driver issues?

and can you tell me why streaming video in MTA settings was reduced from 1gb to 256mb?

edit: i was playing for about 1 hour now on a 32 player server, FPS is perma 52, but every 5-10 seconds I get a 300 millsecond freeze that drops my fps to 40

['parasight]

update: deleted newest version, installed an older one.

https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/mtasa-1.3-rc-4058-20120504.exe

FPS is 52\51 permanent, there's something wrong in the newer versions, check it out

2nd edit: nope... still happening.

i give up

[Jaysds1]

lol, don't give up,

Can you post a screenshot of your MTA Video Settings please

['parasight]

here:

http://i45.tinypic.com/ev6tr4.jpg

it's important that I mention back in mta 1.2 I used to run with everything on maximum without rarely any fps drops/freezes, right now they are reduced due to the drops I get but that doesn't really help

[Jaysds1]

I had the same problem with my mothers laptop: viewtopic.php?f=104&t=42885&hilit=+laptop

try enabling AeroDesktop,

set the Aspect Ratio to Auto

Disable the Grass Effect

['parasight]

will do. i'll update this post with info. thanks

update: it did not help. :\

[Jaysds1]

try setting your "Anisotropic" to the max (x16).

['parasight]

try setting your "Anisotropic" to the max (x16).

not sure that'll help, will try it tomorrow though

[Jaysds1]

ok,

Since your running on a NVidia Card, I noticed that the game needs to push the card more, so that's why most of the settings are on Max...

['parasight]

that didn't help either

[Jaysds1]

Sorry,

Can you run this MTADiag again then post the generated PasteBin Url.

Please,

I want to see what's currently on your MTA and your computer.

['parasight]

http://pastebin.com/xZSvmPmb

:\

[Jaysds1]

The only thing I could says is setting your Resolution to 800x600x32

[Towncivilian]

The only thing I could says is setting your Resolution to 800x600x32

This should not be necessary on a computer as well equipped as 'parasight's.

Do FPS drops occur on all servers? Do the freezes occur after MTA has been running for a little while, i.e. are there fewer freezes when first joining a server?

['parasight]

The only thing I could says is setting your Resolution to 800x600x32

This should not be necessary on a computer as well equipped as 'parasight's.

Do FPS drops occur on all servers? Do the freezes occur after MTA has been running for a little while, i.e. are there fewer freezes when first joining a server?

they occur on most of servers, im pretty sure they happen in all of them.

it does not matter how long MTA has been running for, it happens anytime

there are few freezes (fps goes really down 30~20) when im joining a server. also, when changing player in spectating mode it lags like hell, i've spammed the left arrow earlier and my fps went to 4~10.

my game runs very very smooth, i'm playing on 49 fps limit servers but I feel like i'm playing with over 60, everything runs perfect plus im on FHD reso and AA/AF on maximum atm but those FPS drops appear with no reason it's kind of freaking me out since i'm on a top quality computer that runs many games perfectly and yet MTA is making troubles, it has to be a problem in MTA itself!

[Towncivilian]

Wait for the next nightly, we'll try a few things that might help.

[ccw]

Try this test patch:

https://nightly.multitheftauto.com/mtasa-1.3-rc-4098-20120514.exe

Please report back if it helps or not.

['parasight]

the FPS drops have decreased, although they still happen and the game runs a bit less smoother now.

do you think turning Asynchronous Loading on would be effective?