Tweak for stuttering

"sikasika18;c-17035140" wrote:

"scumhill;c-17034824" wrote:
> @sikasika18 said:
> Hello, I just thought I'd share a little something I've discovered in regards to stuttering and simquality.
> I suspected it had to do with having to load LODS and texturesizes on the fly all the time as we move the camera so I edited the graphicsrules and removed all the LOD levels so it always shows the highest one at all times. I did this for all objects too so no pop ins whatsoever and also better performance whereas before I had stuttering at all times.
> I can't believe this myself but it took away all the stuttering in my game and now I have beyond ultra settings.
>
> I changed some line into these:
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> prop $ConfigGroup NormalMapDistanceDropScale -0.0
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> prop $ConfigGroup ObjectLODBias "0.0"
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> prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimLODDistances "1000, 1000, 1000, 1000"
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> prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimTextureSizes "2048, 2048, 2048, 2048"
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>
> This has removed all my camera stutter!
> I suspected there was something messed up with the LOD system in the engine and I was right. No more stutter! After 4 years I can finally play the game without stutter galore.
>
> Try this and report back.

does this hinder the looks of the game negatively?

God no, it is even beyond ultra and removes all the low lod levels so it prevents pop ins too. This has removed all my stutter on a 980ti.