max performance settings?!

[Arugela]

With the 1.9 changes do we know what max performance is. In my case I'm trying to get as much off the CPU or minimized as possible. Do any of the graphics setting offload from CPU to GPU or visa versa?!

If the game is finally using the GPU, I think they should have a thing above the setting saying where it is being used. (CPU), (GPU), (CPU/GPU), etc. Maybe with colors on the letters to make it easy to see.

ATM I get the feeling that the lowest setting is more lagy than the highest settings(or the same even.). It's a bit puzzling.

Edited February 19, 2020 by Arugela

[DStaal]

Nothing in KSP offloads from the CPU to the GPU that I know of.  They are doing different things.

They've upgraded the graphics, which increases the load on the GPU, but that doesn't affect the physics simulation which is on the CPU.

[Rocket Witch]

Lowering ground scatter density may help due to the collision checks on many objects per frame, if you have a mod that enables their collision.

Lowering or disabling aerodynamic FX seems to improve framerates a lot. I think the shape of the shockwave might be physically calculated.

[Pds314]

On 2/19/2020 at 5:41 PM, Rocket Witch said:

Lowering ground scatter density may help due to the collision checks on many objects per frame, if you have a mod that enables their collision.

Lowering or disabling aerodynamic FX seems to improve framerates a lot. I think the shape of the shockwave might be physically calculated.

Why on Squad's green Kerbin would ground scatter have collision checks???!! It shouldn't. It's 2D sprites or groups of them that don't collide with anything. The only thing they even vaguely need to check is that they're staying at the visible altitude of thre ground even if the PQS moves it. But that's a simple matter of updating their position when the PQS resolution changes.

Edited February 26, 2020 by Pds314

[Rocket Witch]

On 2/26/2020 at 6:26 AM, Pds314 said:

Why on Squad's green Kerbin would ground scatter have collision checks???!!

See:

On 2/20/2020 at 1:41 AM, Rocket Witch said:

if you have a mod that enables their collision.

Indeed, 2D scatter objects (trees; grass) can't have collision, but most scatter objects are are 3D models — namely rocks.

Edited February 28, 2020 by Rocket Witch

[Arugela]

Couldn't they just allow the mod to turn it on when it's installed or activated? Why have it on all the time?

[KerbolExplorer]

Disable V-sync

I don't remember if there was an option for it but if there is search for a bar that says "Max FPS" and put it to the max value

[Rocket Witch]

On 2/28/2020 at 10:04 PM, Arugela said:

Couldn't they just allow the mod to turn it on when it's installed or activated? Why have it on all the time?

It won't have an effect all the time; only when scatters are loaded in physics range.