Terrain rendering performance

[Teilnehmer]

My configuration is:

• Desktop computer: Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, no discrete graphics card
• OS: Windows 7 x64
• KSP: 1.1.2 build 1260 x64 DirectX (the game crashes with OpenGL key)

The problem is when I set the Render quality parameter to at least Simple (even when all the other graphics parameters are minimal), the performance drops significantly (down to 4 fps). This happens only if there is some terrain in the frame. When it’s the vessel and the sky only, the performance is OK.

I’ve experienced nothing similar in 1.0.5.

When I set Render quality to Fast, everything performs normally. But I need at least Good to see cast shadows.

Is there a solution?

Edited May 4, 2016 by Teilnehmer

[Padishar]

30 minutes ago, Teilnehmer said:

Is there a solution?

I presume you aren't looking for "Buy a reasonable graphics card"?

You could possibly try turning on the legacy shader stuff in the settings.cfg (you'd need to search for the details and hope they weren't in the pre-release sub-forums that are now hidden ).  Also, the old tweaks to the ocean sub-division settings may also make a big difference...

[Teilnehmer]

2 hours ago, Padishar said:

You could possibly try turning on the legacy shader stuff in the settings.cfg

Thanks a lot!

UNSUPPORTED_LEGACY_SHADER_TERRAIN = true

That helped.

Edited May 4, 2016 by Teilnehmer

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