probably an often-asked question but since I can't even find any answers only arguing - what are some tips to increasing the game FPS aside from the most obvious like lowering down settings
I get a mostly stable 30-31ish FPS when running this on Ubuntu 20.04, but I think I get the same frames when I am trying this out on Windows (therefore, advice does not have to be linux-specific, I am only experimenting)
as far as I know, configuring the game to DX11 gives a boost, but are there any other hacks, community plugins or whatnot that can also give a slight perf boost?
in advance: I'm using an AMD RX550 GPU, and I have a Ryzen 5 1600X processor, with 8 gigabytes of RAM (configured to 2133, so it's only 8 gigs of RAM instead of 16, cause I have two 4gb sticks and one 8gb stick). Am I underpowered? Should I overclock? Or can I modify the game?
GPU may be the bottleneck. Not because of the VRAM etc but simply because it is not an NVIDIA card. Modern games are made with RTX-series cards in mind, and run best on these in conjunction with Nvidia's drivers. Though you've probaly heard this before...
Soft-overclocking the card's cycle frequency by 10-20% using MSI Afterburner (or whatever is the default OEM OC tool for your card) usually nets +2-5 FPS.
What is your goal? Sandbox? Main game (which has no content)? Do you want to run 4k@60? Or something more realistic? Since the game is not a twitch shooter a stable 30 works fine in most cases. If what you want is 1080p @ 60, then following settings net good results on my med-range setup:
Shadows: LOW . Medium shadows look good enough already, and low is still very serviceable. Visual fidelity gain from setting shadows higher than MED is not worth it.
Textures: HIGH max. There is zero visual difference between high and epic at 1080p
VSYNC: Off. Vsync is notoriously taxing on the FPS.
Anti-aliasing: LOW. AA is costly and imo blurs the game too much. There is a FAR better alternative to AA (see below).
Frame Limit: 50. This is not a twitch shooter. 40-50 FPS range looks smooth enough.
Upscaling Mode: This is the cheat code you are looking for. DLSS is imo the bestest option (makes the game look super sharp at almost 0 fps loss). But FSR and TSR aren't bad options either. Set the AA and shadows to low, then FSR or TSR to "Ultra quality". Same effect as maxxed AA/Shadows but at much lesser FPS cost. Disclaimer: I'm a pesky RTX 2xxx owner, therefore your experience may vary.
In my experience, on a mid-range GPU (RTX 20xx or so) this produces very stable constant 40 FPS even in reasonably crowded sandbox levels.
