Client 'weight'

[Sava]

I know there are efforts to make server more stable, but i'm also interested in the client side of it.

My problem is that i have not so good PC and that leads to constant FPS drops when playing with high resolution and/or good graphic options.

For instance, i can play on HHC server on max settings without any problems, even when other players are around, even when ships are burning or exploding.

[jammi]

Well, more efficient texturing and hitboxing may reduce local hardware strain. Beyond that, if your PC is having issues playing Freelancer of all things, it's probably time for an upgrade.

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[Ichiru]

The explosions have made me lag on a Llano APU before.

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[sindroms]

A used PC capable of running Disco costs around 60Euro.
You need more or less a gig of ram, at least 2.0ghz and a medium write speed HDD because of the way freelancer loads stuff.

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PSA: If you have been having stutter/FPS lag on Disco where it does not run as smoothly as other games, please look at the fix here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2306502
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[Sava]

In my country hardware costs way more because it is a sh1t country.
Anyway, my PC has bit better stats than ones you mentioned. I still can play on lowest settings, even.

What bothers me is that the "normal" freelancer multiplayer mod such as HHC is way less perfomance consuming.

P.S. Not like i can't play Disco on good settings at all. I do that when i trade, for example. But when i fight i need at least 50 FPS. And here's the problem.

[Swallow]

I suggest you use 16 bit color filtering.

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[AeternusDoleo]

I'm curious if your graphics card isn't listed in the FL listing - if not, it can switch into some weird compatibility mode that doesn't offer top performance. If you can get your vendor and device IDs from your graphics card (look them up in the device manager) and crossreference those with the FLConfigDatabase.txt file in the Freelancer folder, to make sure they are there, that would be good. If they are not there, add them under your hardware vendor listing.

[Edit] Spazzy's config is good, but will need a dedicated 3D videocard added. Onboard cards just don't handle 3D. Any cheap 3D card (ATI or NVidia) should do.

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[sindroms]

I'm curious if your graphics card isn't listed in the FL listing - if not, it can switch into some weird compatibility mode that doesn't offer top performance. If you can get your vendor and device IDs from your graphics card (look them up in the device manager) and crossreference those with the FLConfigDatabase.txt file in the Freelancer folder, to make sure they are there, that would be good. If they are not there, add them under your hardware vendor listing.

Hold it right there.

Now go to the Tutorial section.

Make a step-by-step tutorial, please.





This would solve a lot of problems for people playing on netbooks with that new intel chipset thing with builtin graphics.

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PSA: If you have been having stutter/FPS lag on Disco where it does not run as smoothly as other games, please look at the fix here: https://discoverygc.com/forums/showthrea...pid2306502
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[AeternusDoleo]

If someone wants to make a tutorial for that, go ahead. I don't enjoy doing those, so I do not do them.

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Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.

Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.

[Anaximander]

I used to play on a netbook with integrated graphics, I switched off ENB series and used a free application called "Gamebooster" that would shut down all unnecessary Windows processes while playing Discovery. It gave me a few extra frames per second, maybe it will work for you too.