How to reduce load times + increase performance/FPS

Overview

How to use RimPy to significantly reduce load times and increase performance. For modded games

Step 1: Download RimPy

Click this link to go to the RimPy workshop page:
Uninstall any old versions you may have then install the latest version
[link]

Subscribe and head down to the description where you will find the download:

1. Click on either Windows or Linux (whichever one you’re using)
2. Wait for the download to complete
3. Extract RimPy to wherever you want (I recommend 7-Zip if you do not have an extractor) 7-Zip Download[www.7-zip.org]

Step 2: Set up RimPy

1. Run RimPy.exe in the folder you extracted to
2. Check your top bar. If all the fields at the top are fillled in like this:
   Proceed to Step 3.
   Else continue with “Configuring RimPy” below:

Game Folder

1. Click the Game folder button
2. Find the folder where rimworld is saved eg.C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonRimWorld
3. Click save

Config Folder

1. Click the Config folder button
2. Find the folder where your Rimworld config folder is saved eg. C:UsersUserAppDataLocalLowLudeon StudiosRimWorld by Ludeon StudiosConfig
3. Click save

Steam Mods

1. Click the Steam Mods button
2. Find the folder where your Rimworld Steam Mods are saved eg. C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappsworkshop294100
3. Click save

Local Mods

1. Click the Local Mods button
2. Find the folder where your Rimworld Local Mods are saved eg. C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonRimWorldMods
3. Click save

Once they are all filled proceed to Step 3

Step 3: (optional) Stripping Mods

This is completely optional as it will only remove unnecessary data and save you disk space
WARNING! DO NOT STRIP LOCAL MODS!

No pole dancing included

1. Click strip mods on the right side of the UI
   
2. Wait for it to finish loading (may take a while, depends on the amount of mods)
3. A new window will open
4. In the bottom left, click select steam
5. In the bottom right click strip mods
6. it will begin to strip the mods, leave it until it is finished. (This might take a little while)

Proceed to Step 4

Step 4: Reducing load times

Before you begin ensure that the Graphics+ mod is in your active mod list
if you don’t have it. Subscribe and place it directly after Hugslib/Core Royalty

Then proceed Below

1. Click on Convert tex on the right of the UI
   
2. Wait for it to load (can take a while dependant on your mod list size)
3. A new window will open, First deselect “convert new textures only” on the top right
   
4. Select “BC7 Texconv compressor” on the middle bottom
   
5. Click the Select All button on the bottom left
6. Click the Convert Textures button on the bottom right
7. It will begin converting the textures to .dds format (which can only be used with Graphics+)
8. Leave it until it is finished (Best to leave your computer as CPU, GPU and Disk usage will reach 100% until it is finished)
9. Once it has completed, close RimPy and run Rimworld.

Step 5: Enjoy!

Enjoy greatly reduced loading times, performance and better looking textures.

A big thanks to the creators of RimPy for such an easy to use mod manager with such useful features.
Also a big thanks to the creators of Graphics Settings+ for making it possible to use .dds textures.