Problems with loading times and performanc

[Rageguy]

Hello!

I've recently picked up PR again and i'm having some issiues with map loading times and performance

I installed PR and everything was fine for a week or two then things started to get wierd.
Maps started to take extremely long time to load, like 5+ minutes long, so i did a reinstall of PR and that fixed the problem for a few days, but it's back again now.

I'm also having some performance issiues with the game, where i'm getting low fps on settings apart from low.

Does anyone have fix for what i am experiencing?

Here's my specs

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (10.0.17134)
      Architecture: 64-bit
   Current Culture: English (United Kingdom)
       Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME X370-PRO
         Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor             (Physical: 6, Logical: 12)
            Memory: 16.00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM_A2: 8.00 GB @ 3000 MHz
                    DIMM_B2: 8.00 GB @ 3000 MHz
         Page File: 2.38 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.6+ Release Build: 461808, Runtime: 4.0.30319.42000

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
                    Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
   Display Mode(s): 2560 x 1440 (32 bit) @ 150 Hz
                    1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 25.21.14.1935 (419.35)
    Display Memory: 4.00 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: Speakers (Sennheiser 3D G4ME1)
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Sennheiser 3D G4ME1
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Project Reality
                    Free: 85.09 GB, Total: 465.21 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Project Reality\mods\pr
                    Free: 85.09 GB, Total: 465.21 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\Pette\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 85.09 GB, Total: 465.21 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\Pette\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 85.08 GB, Total: 465.21 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\Pette\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 85.08 GB, Total: 465.21 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True

Game Information
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    Installed Mods: pr
       Current Mod: pr
           Version: Standalone - 1.0
        PR Version: 1.5.5.2
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: Rageguy
              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: False
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 2560x1440@150Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Low
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
            NoLods: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Low
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Low
    Dynamic Lights: Low
 Texture Filtering: Low
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[Danesh_italiano]

PR (BF2) likes intel... low latency memory...
I was using same cpu, ryzen 1600 overclocked to 3.8Ghz with fast RAM (3200Mhz CL14) and it was not taking too long to load the map, it was taking around 1 minute to load map.

With my new 9900K overclocked to 5Ghz, it takes 30~40 seconds to load the map

Try overclocking your CPU and RAM, disabling hyper threading (yes, this cal help) and also updating windows 10 to the latest version as it improved amd ryzen in some applications.

OR

Buy intel

[Rageguy]

PR (BF2) likes intel... low latency memory...
I was using same cpu, ryzen 1600 overclocked to 3.8Ghz with fast RAM (3200Mhz CL14) and it was not taking too long to load the map, it was taking around 1 minute to load map.

With my new 9900K overclocked to 5Ghz, it takes 30~40 seconds to load the map

Try overclocking your CPU and RAM, disabling hyper threading (yes, this cal help) and also updating windows 10 to the latest version as it improved amd ryzen in some applications.

OR

Buy intel

I dont think you understood my problem. Or maybe i sentenced myself badly.

my loading times are usually pretty good(sub 1min) . but something happened which caused the load times to spike substansially for no good reason at all and i dont understand why.

i fixed it with a reinstall of PR but i do not want to do that every week.

[Danesh_italiano]

Does not make any sense it getting slower after days... Is your drives in a good health?

Instead reinstalling PR, just use the function called "clear shadow cache" at support > utilities.

About low fps, not much you can do.. buy intel and be happy. With my old ryzen, i was getting around 30~35fps depending where i was and the direction i was looking at when playing Marlin with 100players. With 9900K, i am getting 55~60fps on the same scenario.

[Suchar]

Launcher ---> Support ---> Utilities ---> Clear Shadow Cache --> Perform Task
You can perform all tasks in there actually. First loading will probably be really slow, but maybe the next ones will be faster. Worth a try I guess.

[DogACTUAL]

Can you check in properties in what windows compatibility mode is PR is running for you? I remember when i had it set to vista maps would take longer to load compared to when it was set to windows 8 compatibility mode.

[Rageguy]

I've tried the fixes you've mentioned and nothing's worked so far.

It's such a wierd "bug" that the install starts out healthy but degrades over time.

[Scubbo]

video drivers changed? clearing shader cache etc AGAIN or manually nuking the directory and then let it "optimize shaders" again on first map load should be sweet --- also you're not alt-tabbed are ya ? if you take focus off PR to another window the load times pretty much idle i've noticed hahahahaha

[Arab]

Redirected to Support thread

[Arab]

Some suggestions:

1) Uninstalling Punkbuster Service since that isn't used.

2) Try setting audio to Hardware and High. There are some cases where it improves performances - and software audio doesn't sound good anyways.

3) Make sure the Virtual Memory is set to Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. Don't think it will do anything but worth a try:


4) Try reinstalling DirectX 9.0c

[PeppeJ]

I've tried the fixes you've mentioned and nothing's worked so far.

It's such a wierd "bug" that the install starts out healthy but degrades over time.

IMO sounds like you might have something in your background using up a lot of resources. Check with something like Resource Monitor; Open Task Manager -> Performance(tab) -> Resource Monitor(bottom) -> look for CPU usage and Disk Read.

[BigBangZero]

Some suggestions:

1) Uninstalling Punkbuster Service since that isn't used.

2) Try setting audio to Hardware and High. There are some cases where it improves performances - and software audio doesn't sound good anyways.

3) Make sure the Virtual Memory is set to Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. Don't think it will do anything but worth a try:


4) Try reinstalling DirectX 9.0c

Hello, i tried that suggestions but not worked. My game loading so slow. How i can fix it? If i need to join server, i need to wait like 5 hours. And its so annoying.