Performance fix for STALKER!

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Try this if you have fps issues with the game.


Go into your User.alx file. It can be found in C: Documents and Settings
All Users->Shared Documents->STALKER-SHOC->User.alx

Replace all the text with the following:

_preset Default
ai_use_torch_dynamic_lights on
unbindall
bind jump kSPACE
bind crouch kRCONTROL
bind crouch_toggle kSLASH
bind accel kLSHIFT
bind sprint_toggle kX
bind forward kUP
bind back kDOWN
bind lstrafe kLEFT
bind rstrafe kRIGHT
bind llookout kQ
bind rlookout kE
bind cam_zoom_in kADD
bind cam_zoom_out kSUBTRACT
bind torch kL
bind night_vision kN
bind wpn_1 k1
bind wpn_2 k2
bind wpn_3 k3
bind wpn_4 k4
bind wpn_5 k5
bind wpn_6 k6
bind artefact k7
bind wpn_next kY
bind wpn_fire mouse1
bind wpn_zoom mouse2
bind wpn_reload kR
bind wpn_func kV
bind wpn_firemode_prev k9
bind wpn_firemode_next k0
bind pause kPAUSE
bind drop kG
bind use kF
bind scores kTAB
bind chat kCOMMA
bind chat_team kPERIOD
bind screenshot kF12
bind quit kESCAPE
bind console kGRAVE
bind inventory kI
bind buy_menu kB
bind skin_menu kO
bind team_menu kU
bind active_jobs kP
bind map kM
bind contacts kH
bind vote_begin kF5
bind vote kF6
bind vote_yes kF7
bind vote_no kF8
bind speech_menu_0 kC
bind speech_menu_1 kZ
bind use_bandage kRBRACKET
bind use_medkit kLBRACKET
cam_inert 0.
cam_slide_inert 0.25
cl_cod_pickup_mode 1
cl_dynamiccrosshair on
g_always_run on
g_autopickup on
g_backrun on
g_corpsenum 10
g_eventdelay 0
g_game_difficulty gd_stalker
hud_crosshair on
hud_crosshair_dist off
mm_mm_net_srv_dedicated off
mm_net_con_publicserver off
mm_net_con_spectator 20
mm_net_con_spectator_on off
mm_net_srv_gamemode st_deathmatch
mm_net_srv_maxplayers 32
mm_net_srv_name BLACKBOX
mm_net_srv_reinforcement_type 1
mm_net_weather_rateofchange 1.
mouse_invert off
mouse_sens 0.32
net_cl_icurvesize 0
net_cl_icurvetype 0
net_cl_interpolation 0.
net_cl_log_data off
net_cl_pending_lim 3
net_cl_update_rate 30
net_dedicated_sleep 5
net_sv_log_data off
net_sv_pending_lim 3
net_sv_update_rate 30
ph_frequency 75.00000
ph_iterations 24
r1_dlights on
r1_dlights_clip 10.
r1_glows_per_frame 16
r1_lmodel_lerp 0.1
r1_pps_u -1.
r1_pps_v 0.
r1_ssa_lod_a 64.
r1_ssa_lod_b 48.
r1_tf_mipbias 0.
r2_aa off
r2_aa_break 0.800000,0.500000,0.000000
r2_aa_kernel 0.5
r2_aa_weight 0.250000,0.250000,0.000000
r2_allow_r1_lights off
r2_gi off
r2_gi_clip 0.001
r2_gi_depth 1
r2_gi_photons 16
r2_gi_refl 0.9
r2_gloss_factor 1.4
r2_ls_bloom_fast off
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_b 0.7
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_g 3.
r2_ls_bloom_kernel_scale 0.7
r2_ls_bloom_speed 100.
r2_ls_bloom_threshold 0.001
r2_ls_depth_bias -0.0003
r2_ls_depth_scale 1.00001
r2_ls_dsm_kernel 0.7
r2_ls_psm_kernel 0.7
r2_ls_squality 0.5
r2_ls_ssm_kernel 0.7
r2_mblur 0.
r2_parallax_h 0.04
r2_slight_fade 0.05
r2_ssa_lod_a 96.
r2_ssa_lod_b 64.
r2_sun on
r2_sun_depth_far_bias -0.00001
r2_sun_depth_far_scale 1.
r2_sun_depth_near_bias 0.00001
r2_sun_depth_near_scale 1.
r2_sun_details off
r2_sun_focus on
r2_sun_lumscale 1.
r2_sun_lumscale_amb 0.5
r2_sun_lumscale_hemi 1.
r2_sun_near 12.
r2_sun_near_border 0.75
r2_sun_tsm on
r2_sun_tsm_bias -0.01
r2_sun_tsm_proj 0.3
r2_tf_mipbias -3.
r2_tonemap on
r2_tonemap_adaptation 1.
r2_tonemap_amount 0.7
r2_tonemap_lowlum 0.0001
r2_tonemap_middlegray 0.6
r2_wait_sleep 0
r2_zfill off
r2_zfill_depth 0.5
r2em 2.
r__detail_density 0.44
r__geometry_lod 1.2
r__supersample 4
r__tf_aniso 12
renderer renderer_r2
rs_c_brightness 1.
rs_c_contrast 1.
rs_c_gamma 1.2
rs_fullscreen on
rs_refresh_60hz off
rs_stats off
rs_v_sync off
rs_vis_distance 1.
snd_acceleration on
snd_cache_size 32
snd_efx on
snd_targets 24
snd_volume_eff 0.8
snd_volume_music 1.
sv_anomalies_enabled 1
sv_anomalies_length 3
sv_artefact_respawn_delta 30
sv_artefact_stay_time 3
sv_artefacts_count 10
sv_auto_team_balance 0
sv_auto_team_swap 1
sv_bearercantsprint 1
sv_client_reconnect_time 60
sv_console_update_rate 1
sv_dedicated_server_update_rate 100
sv_dmgblockindicator 1
sv_dmgblocktime 0
sv_forcerespawn 0
sv_fraglimit 10
sv_friendly_indicators 0
sv_friendly_names 0
sv_friendlyfire 1.
sv_hail_to_winner_time 7000
sv_pda_hunt 1
sv_pending_wait_time 10000
sv_reinforcement_time 0
sv_remove_corpse 1
sv_remove_weapon 1
sv_returnplayers 1
sv_rpoint_freeze_time 0
sv_shieldedbases 1
sv_spectr_firsteye 1
sv_spectr_freefly 0
sv_spectr_freelook 1
sv_spectr_lookat 1
sv_spectr_teamcamera 1
sv_statistic_collect 1
sv_statistic_save_auto 0
sv_timelimit 0
sv_vote_enabled 1
sv_vote_participants 0
sv_vote_quota 0.51
sv_vote_time 1.
sv_warm_up 0
texture_lod 2
vid_mode 1280x1024


This actually improved the performance for alot of users.
The only downside of it is that it will cause the rain to artifact when it
starts pouring.
 
It might be,i don't know.
I got it from the official forums.
 
So, what settings exactly does it affect? And will it give me playable FPS in DX9 mode, or does this config involve putting it into DX8?
 
Cool, thanks, I skimmed the config but didn't notice that. I'll try this.
 
Ok, if anyone is having performance problems in STALKER try this config now! It's like magic, I went from the game only being playable in DX8 to playing in DX9 with full dynamic lighting, no problem!
 
If it screws up rain, what's the point? why change one form of pain in the ass for another?

I've noticed changing settings during the game (even increasing them) actually improves performance, sometimes it doubles fps, but sometimes it cripples it. I have real poor fps with full dynamic enabled, then after changing, say, grass density to zero then back to where it was again and resuming the game, suddenly the fps have doubled.

Any idea on when the patch is out?
 
GameFAQS sucks. I go there and the first thread title I see is a total spoiler for me, on the level of "Snape Kills dumbledoor" lol.. except I am not really laughing about it.

Thread was deleted after a minute. But the damage was already done.
 
Too bad it's not going to make the characters giant squares, like the cs pack.
 
I don't have any performance problems

just need some cheat codes.
 
I went from 1gig to 2gigs of ram yesterday and that made all the diffrence in the world! I can run STALKER as well as some of my other games (SupCom, Project Reality, etc.) at full settings with little to no performance issues now. Case in point more RAM is never a bad thing!
 
What changes visually?

I bought it today and it runs pretty well. Almost maxed out settings (no grass shadows, some sliders moved a little to the left). It runs fairly well, but when the lightning flashes it drops to 1-2 fps. :| I suspect my graphics memory being full.. Also, no surround sound? Odd.

e6300 @ 3.3ghz
x1950xt 256mb
2gb ddr1000
SB audigy 2 ZS platinum pro
 
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This fixed all the hicups at maxed out settings for me. Wewt.
 
Sainku said:
Changing that one line made me go from about 1 fps with max settings to 50 fps with max settings.
Click to expand...

i just changed that 1 line too and my performance has totally smoothed out, in the options menu my lighting went to full dynamic from objects only after this change but it runs better....o_0
 
right now, i get random lag when i look at certain areas, when it thunderstorms, and i also get hickups ><
 
This is sweet and all, but I hate these damn load times. Honestly, Oblivion loaded faster!

Fix it, or I'll get the Men in Black to erase this game from existence.
 
OBLIVION LOADED FASTER?

I didn't know that was even possible. :O
 
Jintor said:
OBLIVION LOADED FASTER?

I didn't know that was even possible. :O
Click to expand...

With Oblivion it takes me not even 20 seconds to load areas.

With STALKER it takes about 5/7 minutes. :|
 
They missed the schedule? Crap, now we're gonna have to wait six years for the first patch to come out. I give up! :p
 
...it also sets your resolution to 1280x1024. It sounds like a quick, known way to turn down your settings to a good working configuration as opposed to finding your own balance.
 
I thought the same when I first saw this fix, but it does actually work. Paste the whole lot instead of just manually setting r1 to r2.

I think the main performance problem stems from the confused settings ingame - Vsync is backwards; on is off / off is on. I suspect the dynamic lights options are also the wrong way around as Objects Dynamic sticks shadows on every texture bump in the galaxy, while Full Dynamic only shadows objects and runs a lot smoother. Go figure.
 
Worked wonders for me. Chugged away on low at 800x600 to begin with, whacked in this new config thing and it's smooth as silk at 1280x1024 with most of the settings on. This is without all the fancy bump mapping though(9800 Pro).
 
Strange, this config worked wonders for me but I have no rain artifacting. Not that I'm complaining.
 
Rain artifacts are a separate bug, they happen randomly anyway. Save, quit to desktop and then restart the game to get rid of them.

Anyone else getting the slowdown bug?
 
Yeah, all the = dx9 thing does is make the game use Static Lighting.
Granted it did take my FPS from 15 to 70. lol

This game has REALLY unoptimized shadows.
 
jimbo118 said:
i just changed that 1 line too and my performance has totally smoothed out, in the options menu my lighting went to full dynamic from objects only after this change but it runs better....o_0
Click to expand...

It changed to full dynamic lightning? o_O For me it changed to static and from what I see that's what it's supposed to do anyway.

BTW it's originally:

renderer renderer_r2a

for me, is it cause of the patch or is that some other line?
 
Unfocused said:
It changed to full dynamic lightning? o_O For me it changed to static and from what I see that's what it's supposed to do anyway.

BTW it's originally:

renderer renderer_r2a

for me, is it cause of the patch or is that some other line?
Click to expand...

it was originally that for me too 'renderer renderer_r2a' but when i changed just that one line in the default config it went to full dynamic and performed quite smooth, changed it to 'renderer renderer_r2'.

i didnt use the config on page 1 of this thread...when i did it turned to static.
 
"r2" = full dynamic, "r2a" = object lighting, "r2 = dx9" = static

r2 = dx9 is the only thing that helped my fps.
 
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