slower machines

[[ZG] BubblesDevere]

Try this:

r_flushlod

mat_disable_bloom "1"
mat_hdr_enabled "0"
mat_specular "0"
mat_phong "0"
mat_bumpmap "0"

[[ZG] BubblesDevere]

I guess my machine is now also slower.

Here are my specs:
Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz - It's a haswell so, 2014 era, good for the time but quite old now...
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... 0-ghz.html
Graphics: Radeon RX 570
RAM: 16GB or DDR3

The computer is a Dell Optiplex 3020. The advantage: QUIET !

However, when I run hl2dm with ANY other apps open, I now get fps drops of below 80 !
This Never used to happen, ever. I guess the OS gets more and more demanding and so does Steam. So now I will have to quit everything before I play, not great for doing admin...

For lower machines I would suggest you try Razer Cortex game booster. Might help you. I stopped using it but might have to go back to it now ...

Bubbles

[FougereDeGuerre]

Noo, this is still lightening fast!!!
Don't tell to Hal71 it's becoming outdated, he will get angry

His specs are still OK, not yet 10 years old

• Core i5-2500K @ 4.1 Ghz ( OC from core freq 3.3 since 2019)
• 32 Gb of RAM DDR3 1333 (8Gb up to end 2016)
• GTX 970 (update from GTX 570 done end 2016)
• SSDs OCZ Vertex 3 128Gb (system) OCZ Vertex 4 256 Gb (Steam 1) and a SAMSUMG 870 Pro 1Gb (Steam big games)

And to slow down the gaming experience I use a KVM to have a one button switch of screens/keyboard/mouse from Hal71 to work laptop & opposite, but assumed choice, and I consider this as a must after nearly 9 months of teleworking.

Anyway, when I re-installed HL2DM a year ago I had a look on what to do to improve perfs, and read and used this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... =544032569
It's not perfect, but contains a documented Autoexec.cfg

So at least a great sets of parameters with grouping according to what they aims to. I started from there to redo my autoexec, but of course many of the parameters are still obscur so it's rather activate or not sections of parameteers.
(+ how to force HL2 to run in DirectX 8 if we need to go that far)
NB: one of the command you have here was not in that autoexec.cfg, added into my autoexec.cfg Thanks Bubble.

[SΛLO POWEЯ]

I guess my machine is now also slower.

Here are my specs:
Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz - It's a haswell so, 2014 era, good for the time but quite old now...
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... 0-ghz.html
Graphics: Radeon RX 570
RAM: 16GB or DDR3

The computer is a Dell Optiplex 3020. The advantage: QUIET !

However, when I run hl2dm with ANY other apps open, I now get fps drops of below 80 !
This Never used to happen, ever.

Bubbles

Bub, u right, now is not 2014, but ur machine is still fast. X86 arch (Intel / amd) adding a paltry 5-10% performance annually, and mostly video coding units. My pc is little similar it rx570 4g, 16Gb DDR3-1600, XEON x3470(4/8)@3.2ghz. I have up to 20fps drops, sometimes. I think that some third party plugins or fx (dont know) on server has bad effect for overall performance.
Today i tried to launch "hot" cyberpunk 2077, and i have 30-50fps on min-mid settings. Most games what i have give a 60+ fps. Its a gemes like BlackMesa, DOOM 2016, DiRT rally 2.0, MAFIA defenitive edition.
Agree that it can't even be compared.
Something other here.

[SΛLO POWEЯ]

Bugz, errors.
Slow-mo 1/8 video shows how errors affect FPS
each error make a microsecond interrupt. When lot of ppls on server, errors make a lot interrupts,microseconds are summed to milliseconds in a reult FPS drop


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhu28_t5Dc

[SΛLO POWEЯ]

Fixed
put in autoexc.cfg

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con_filter_enable "1"
con_filter_text_out "Playing sequence"