Mr_Orion Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Here, try the attached settings.cfg file. I\'ve added a new 'Very Low' terrain setting that\'ll run at around the same speed as 0.14.4. It\'ll still look decent, and it\'s actually the same as the normal 'Low' setting, with the exception that now now the water is a much lower detail. Be warned - it\'ll bring back the bug in 0.14.4 that meant the water didn\'t line up properly with it\'s visuals.I\'d like to note; this doesn\'t actually lower detail settings. It simply adds another option, with lower water detail settings; the 'Low', 'Default' and 'High' option are still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange7093 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Sorry to sound like a complete noob, But when I save the file and try and open it, It says windows cannot open this file, And it asks me to check the web or go through my computer for a program to open it, Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 You don\'t need to open it. Go into your KSP folder, delete your settings.cfg file, and replace it with this one. If you do want to have a look at it, (or edit any other .cfg files,) you can just open it with notepad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thank you so much for this Mr_Orion, you are a star Kryten, this file should overwrite the existing settings.cfg, good job recommending Notepad though, It is important that players do not edit that file with Wordpad, as Wordpad is known to damage persistence and craft files, it may mess with CFG files as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Orion Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thank you so much for this Mr_Orion, you are a star Kryten, this file should overwrite the existing settings.cfg, good job recommending Notepad though, It is important that players do not edit that file with Wordpad, as Wordpad is known to damage persistence and craft files, it may mess with CFG files as well.No problem, it\'s my personal solution to the lag I experience. Really, the person who should be congratulated is is Mu, for making the terrain options so versatile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevilan Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 My PC has an old Nvidea 5700 LE with 256 meg of ram. The altimeter was all over the place, fluctuating wildly during liftoff making the game hard to play. Many Kerbals lost their lives. Using this settings.cfg file fixed this problem. The altimeter now keeps up during liftoff. Thanks everyone! This makes the game so much more playable for me.Word of advice. I try to never overwrite files. Change the the name of the original file to settings.cfg.old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koschei Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I also have a bit of advice for speeding up KSP. If you have 2 or more gigs of RAM, try RAMDisk. It really helps. A lot of the game\'s lag is loading Kerbin into memory and this speeds up the game a LOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmo Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I also have a bit of advice for speeding up KSP. If you have 2 or more gigs of RAM, try RAMDisk. It really helps. A lot of the game\'s lag is loading Kerbin into memory and this speeds up the game a LOT.Do you mean at first load or in-game? I wasn\'t aware the disk was being accessed during flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koschei Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think so, because it helps in both situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cby Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thank you so much for this, I have never been able to use the space-planes due to lag. Now, I can fly all over Kerbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeps Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thanks for posting this, my laptop struggles with KSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoul Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thanks Mr_Orion for your modded file, I helped me.I also have a bit of advice for speeding up KSP. If you have 2 or more gigs of RAM, try RAMDisk. It really helps. A lot of the game\'s lag is loading Kerbin into memory and this speeds up the game a LOT.Downloaded, started, doesn\'t seem to do anything for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikarirock Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Thanks Mr_Orion for your modded file, I helped me.Downloaded, started, doesn\'t seem to do anything for me.You would have to create a RAMdisk partition then copy your KSP folder into it (also you would have to do this every time you restart your computer as RAM is volatile memory that is erased when power is out.Also with anything less than 4 GB or RAM, this would be stupid (my modded KSP folder is currently 1 GB in size). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoul Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 You would have to create a RAMdisk partition then copy your KSP folder into it (also you would have to do this every time you restart your computer as RAM is volatile memory that is erased when power is out.Also with anything less than 4 GB or RAM, this would be stupid (my modded KSP folder is currently 1 GB in size).Thank you for the reply, It work. I r R-tard-ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinkin Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 This fixed all my lag. Great work!The difference between High and Low settings isn\'t noticeable.The difference between Low and Very Low (this tweak) is enormous! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coccalime Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Thank you so much! This .cfg has helped me so so much to run KSP on my macbook pro while im away from my PC. Its really great very noticeable improvements in performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomb765 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Alrighty then, I have lag on my Mac laptop. I tried this and now the lag is even worse. During launch, it goes about .5 fps. Please help me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Don\'t double post. It\'s unnecessary and irritating.As to your problem... well, it is difficult to say. If it is this fix that caused it, I can only assume that there\'s something odd going on with your computer. To get back to how it was before, change the slider in the graphics settings screen to 'Low' or higher.But I\'m not sure how lowering the detail would possibly make it lag more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomb765 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Ok, sorry, but I don\'t know either. When I first started playing, it was super laggy. After a while, it started getting faster. Now after I installed the cfg it went back to super laggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Orion Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Are you positive that the terrain detail is set to 'Very Low'? Go into the options and drag the terrain slider to the very left after installing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomb765 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I\'m sure. I put it to 'very low'. Is there anything else I can change or turn off that reduces lag? But the .cfg still doesn\'t work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomb765 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Ok, I fixed my own problem! I turned off the shaders and scatters and I now run with almost no lag! And I found out this .cfg ACTUALLY WORKS! Thanks so much Orion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vexx32 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yeah, terrain scatters are off by default because they\'re so darn laggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1111 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very thank you man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinTMC Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Is the settings file attached to the original post still usable in 0.16, or will it need updating?And any other suggestions for tweaks? I\'m not quite sure what most of the settings in the graphics screen do, so I feel like one of the dimmer Kerbonauts when attempting to adjust them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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