FPS BOOST [ALL MACHINES] (Remastered)

Overview

This Guide is about all the things in Ravenfield since the Game will be on Full Release upcoming Summer, it wold be up come next for the game. This is just a given Task you have to do in order to play a Simulation FPS type game more smoothly and Fast Fame rate. This game was powered by Unity so don’t be surprised if everything you saw is kinda buggy, Because it is!

Disclaimer

In general, the FPS is very poor across most machines at the moment, mine (an Intel Core i3-8145U and an Intel UHD Graphics 620) is dropping below 60fps at 50+ bots but that’s just my laptop (there are more powerful PCs that can run Ravenfield on full settings, they’re called Gaming PCs and are available for both desktops and laptops.) These are some methods I’ve learned and actively use to recover some FPS before and After Game Optimization is made by SteelRaven. Don’t worry, there are two options to run Ravenfield for the better!

Mods

If you have a bunch of mods-enabled, your performance will go down! and there is no question about that. I personally run the game with probably around 250 mods or so counting the ones I’ve made, since they don’t show up in the subscribed items list, and my performance is fine enough, but to many that would be a major issue. Even if it doesn’t seem to be a problem, performance will tank as time progresses in-game due to a memory leak from what I hear.

Certain Ravenfield mods, such as weapons or vehicles, take a very hefty toll on performance. To fix this, follow the steps below; but first, disable all mods (via custom vehicles/weapons tab pre-match) to see if mods are an issue – if no boost is gained skip this step entirely.

If mods are an issue, it is always recommended to give bots standard weapons, those which you did not get from the Workshop. The best weapons to allow bots are:

• Quicksilver
• RK-44
• M1 Garret
• S-IND7 [SUP]
• .357 Condor
• Scalpel
• SLAM-R
• Medic Bag
• Ammo Bag

Modders sometimes don’t take into account the amount of detail in their mods, especially with vehicles. It is best to choose vehicles from the workshop that fit the Ravenfield style, here’s a guide:

Left: Very detailed, sharp and reflective
Right: Rounded, Ravenfield style

Both look just fine, but for performance’s sake, it would be best to choose the less-detailed version unless you believe your computer can handle the more detailed and performance-intensive mods.

Bots

According to King_CreepaLot:

Originally posted by author:

“The Biggest Performance Impacts is Bot Count, I generally play with around 100 but even then it’s not super speedy depending on the conditions and what’s going on.”

Which Got Me Thinking!

Try to play the game with pre-set bots by the game every time you select Original Maps or Modded Maps, if not, skip this step. If bots are an issue, I recommended playing with 25 to 35 bots, just about the lowest numbers that your computer will handle.

Pre-Set Bots by the Map

The Rest is just also being Pre-Set by the game every time you select a map

Settings

Your settings may be the culprit, here’s the fix

Box Men Models: (Enable this when dropping below 60fps with large bot numbers.)

• Note: Most custom skins will not function with this setting enabled

Full screen: (Always on, every game)

• In general, you will almost always run games better this way

‘Simple Graphics’ or put it on Fastest, according to the game

• The graphics will go down, but since this is Ravenfield, it won’t look all too different from maximum settings due to the game’s relatively simple art style.

Field of View: 70 FOV

• Less objects being rendered will improve performance (and make you more likely to puke from motion sickness 30% of the time)

Weather Effects:

• Off – like you’re really staring at nature in the midst of a battle.

Color Correction: (Leave it on, I get worse FPS with it off.)

• Generally this has little to no performance impact and more-so just changes the color palette.

Cloth Physics: (Off, for a minor benefit but it adds up.)

• This will disable such things as the capturable flags waving around

Bloom: (Again, off for a minor change, but do as you will.)

• Makes objects appear to glow

V-Sync (Frame Limit): Please keep it off, if it’s on, turn it back off! if you don’t know what is V-Sync, it is a Program to keep the FPS to 60, because V-Sync is to Remove Screen Tear and lock the FPS to 60 (this will also hinder your performance) that is why when the V-Sync is off your FPS will be high but you will experience Screen Cracks or Screen Tear sometimes, not all people will.

Anti-Aliasing: If you don’t know what is that. Click here to learn More[en.wikipedia.org] putting the Anti-Aliasing on full settings is not a good idea only for potato computers like yours, if you want more FPS, it’s a good idea to turn it off. Besides, you will see pixels at the side of any texture, text box, etc.

Ambient occlusion: Put that on Low but it depends on your computer, idk it cost a lot of graphics Card to do that Click here to Learn about that[en.wikipedia.org].

High Dynamic Range (HDR): This Setting is Optional High Dynamic Range is the latest and best thing in video right now. In theory, HDR gaming is very similar to HDR video. The idea is that you get better contrast and a wider range of colour and brightness, which should make the picture more realistic and immersive. (If you’re using AMD graphics cards, it’s even better with the fast response times and less input lag and Nvidia Graphics card G-sync is the maximum for gaming experience.)

Resolution:
Change this if you really need to. Drop down to 1280×720 for the most FPS boost with little visual change. Further, drop to 640 × 480 for the absolute best increase.

Beta Branch

It’s better to get onto the Beta Branch, it makes it much better if you’re running more than five mods and improves your FPS. Besides, it’s only a matter of fact that Beta Branch is better as you get access to more content in the meantime until the Full Release of Ravenfield is released of course.

• I should note that the Beta Branch may or may not improve performance, depending on whatever is being added. -King_CreepaLot

Developer Notes and Quotes

Originally posted by author:

If you’re experiencing low frame rates with the game, try running the game without mods and see if that helps. I also recommend reducing or disabling the vegetation rendering in the video options menu. That seems to give me quite a big increase in frames per second on many levels.

-SteelRaven7

Originally posted by author:

That would probably take CPU resources which is typically the bottleneck for Ravenfield, but at the same time, someone could be bottlenecked by their GPU instead in which case they won’t see a big performance hit of a CPU intensive mutator.

-SteelRaven7

Originally posted by author:

I released an optimization update, there aren’t really a ton of major optimization work that can be done on the game atm, Instead people with performance issues should consider dropping settings like their vegetation density/distance which can be huge performance hogs

-SteelRaven7

Originally posted by author:

I have received a ton of perceived performance drops on updates where I haven’t changed anything that can cause any perceivable performance changes, either for better or worse

-SteelRaven7

Originally posted by author:

I think most of the time this is because of running the game with mods which of course I have 0 control over performance wise, That’s why I always ask people to run the game without mods when testing their performance.

-SteelRaven7

Originally posted by author:

if you’re using a single very badly optimized mod you will get this issue
but if you’re using 50 very well optimized mods you will be able to run the game just fine

-SteelRaven7

**Game Optimization**

[5,21,2021]

Rendering Optimization:
– Optimized terrain rendering on the official maps. This will lead to slightly more pop-in but reduced CPU overhead when rendering.
– Baked soldier smirk into the soldier material, reducing the draw call overhead for rendering a character from 2 to 1.
– Soldiers behind the player will have their weapons culled.

Regular Game Optimization

– Refactored the capture point take-over system so it should run faster by using RAM more efficiently.
– Each frame, the capture status of one capture point is evaluated. This makes the evaluation happen more often, but evenly spreads out the work over each frame. This should result in reduced frame stutter.
– Added an AI tick scheduling system which automatically spreads out AI work across frames. This should result in reduced frame stutter. The AI scheduling system targets 5 updates per second for each bot.
– The AI tick scheduling system will automatically throttle the AI workload when the game runs at low framerates. This makes AI react slightly slower but should prevent massive framerate drops. When running at normal framerates (>60 fps) with a normal bot count, the AI workload is never throttled, so bots will remain alert.
– Optimized car wheel physics by precomputing transformation data.
– Optimized projectile hitreg code by removing some unnecessary calculations.

Option 2

Upgrade your PC, this will cost money, but in your defense, if you want a Gaming PC, go buy one, idc. Besides, they’re usually faster than your standard run-of-the-mill office desktop. If you have spare time, learning to build one can also be a cost-effective alternative which can usually save you some cash.

Note: If you have good RAM, a good graphics card, and very importantly, a strong processor, you will have better FPS to all games, including Ravenfield. Ravenfield is very CPU intensive due to the amount of bot calculations.

Unless you’re King’s friend, where apparently Half-Life 2 overheats it. Waste of $1400, if you ask me.

Bonus: PC Testing

Now if you have the time, try checking out what’s inside your computer. How about testing your computer?
Click here[www.pcgamebenchmark.com], it’s free, no virus, and it doesn’t require a large amount of space to store it.

• Note from me, King:
  • Depending on your PC, you may not even need a program like that to checks whatcha’ need. For instance, I can just open up the command console (Windows Key + R) and from there, type:
    msinfo32

    Obviously, if you own a Macintosh, this command won’t work. You’re not running a Windows machine, silly! End of note

Follow These 3 Simple Steps:

1. Download the test app
2. Click the app that you downloaded
3. See your results

Just to make sure if it passes the requirements or the minimum PC specs that Ravenfield needs.
Ravenfield’s Minimum Specifications:

Ravenfield’s Recommended Specifications:

• If you’re using mods, devote several more gigs to it. They add up quickly!

Note: That means you will determine what type of computer parts you’re using and what should you do, but it’s all up to you😀. If you’re using Linux or Apple, look at the following requirements at the bottom of the store page of Ravenfield

Footnotes

This guide was originated by lil ♡ peep abov3n and remastered by me, (Crucialcap93098).

Hey, King here, I went ahead and did some edits to the grammar as well as some general formatting, alongside a few footnotes here and there. I don’t really worry about frames since my computer can handle it just fine maxed out, but I know what attracts a lot of the people to this game is its simplicity and ease of use to run (alongside its bountiful modding community). If you have an Nvidia card, you can try out the GeForce Experience which can automatically adjust settings to fit your computer. It may not always work (I generally just manually tweak my games), but if you’re unwilling to spend the time, it does a decent-enough job of it. Hopefully, you find what Crucialcap wrote useful!

This is my first ever guide on Steam, please consider a rating if it helped you out; and also if the guide is outdated overtime, go ahead to DM me on Discord Big Bang#5124 if something is new or needs to be tweaked. Thank you and good luck on the Ravenfield!