Performance Tips

Experiencing massive slowdowns?

Advice for slowdowns from a 9700k + 64Gb + RTX2080 user who was still getting slowdowns:

1. turn off vsync in btech settings and turn on "fast" vsync in nvidia control panel

2. add battletech folder to exclusion list for windows defender

3. add battletech.exe process to exclusion list for windows defender

4. make sure you use crystal clear when it installs roguetech went from 100% utilization of my gpu and 8fps min to 20% utilization and smooth 60fps

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028485/windows-10-add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security

Process Lasso

Get process lasso (https://bitsum.com/get-lasso-pro/ only needs free version)

1. Make sure it autostarts
2. Launch RT, then in project lasso, right-click Battletech.exe and set the following:
   1. Priority Class>Always>High
   2. CPU Affinity>Always>Deselect CPUs 0 and 1
   3. IO Priority>Always>High

This should fix most stutters according to many users

Pagefile

Make sure you have a pagefile similar or larger (1 to 1.5 the size) then your physical ram on your fastest drive

Please follow this guide on how to change your windows pagefile size (https://mcci.com/support/guides/how-to-change-the-windows-pagefile-size/)

Borderless Window Mode

To play in full screen borderless window mode,

1. Set your in game video options to WINDOWED, and resolution to your desktop resolution.
2. Exit the game.
3. Now add -popupwindow to the battletech launch options,
4. and if you're getting it on the wrong monitor, add -adapter N where N = your monitor number - 1, so monitor 1 is 0, 2 is 1, etc.

- To play in full screen borderless window mode, set your in game video options to WINDOWED, and resolution to your desktop resolution.

- Exit the game.

- Now add -popupwindow to the battletech launch options, and if you're getting it on the wrong monitor, add -adapter N where N = your monitor number - 1, so monitor 1 is 0, 2 is 1, etc.

GFX Controls

Set vsync to fast and go max performance options in either nVidia control panel or AMD control panel

Tarkov Fix

This has been implemented as the Multithread Option. Select Multithread to enable.

Original fix and credit (Deprecated)

Taken from:https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/fztkou/how_to_fix_escape_from_tarkov_the_dev_way/ Many users have reported that the advice on the unity engine game Escape from Tarkov has shown improvements to performance Everyone should disable "use only physical cores"! and enable "threaded optimization" in the nvidia control panel and set it to "auto" this will enable the worker jobs! and that is important because with the jobs UNITY is able to use ALL THREADS what will give a big FPS boost less stutters and better CPU and GPU usage.I recommend following ingame settings to test it: https://preview.redd.it/sxclfznfscs41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=2f298b4561f05d9a21abbd4bf9189a8ea0304239 https://preview.redd.it/fkdx02kgscs41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a63fc52671f9bef1706f0b45c9f16cf778a3a89f WHICH will result in: https://preview.redd.it/ldchwaqlscs41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e244882f68194bbd1cffa9bd9f31869a7df57cd instead of before: https://preview.redd.it/po0lqfnoscs41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5108653849cda4f6ac8ce9c216aa705450572193 that was just an example! on woods i get now capped at 120 all the time!and i'm tired of trying to let him know this now. IF YOU WANT A BETTER PERFORMANCE IN TARKOV SHOW NIKITA THIS THREAD! if he doesn't know what i mean he should DM me! EDIT: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/JobSystemJobSystems.html EDIT2: if you don't think that is a big improvement i'm running old hardware: XEON e5 2690v1 max all core turbo 3,3Ghz it's a server cpu from 2013 and 64gb of 1333mhz ddr3 plus a GTX 1070tiA friend of mine runs a r9 3950x and UNITY is using ALL 32 Threads now without the "use only phyical cores " he got better fps and now he is only capped by his GPU a 1080TI Another one with a 9900k and a 2080S is capped on LABS at 120 with 122fps while he is STREAMING at the same time EDIT3: TURN "threaded optimization" on "auto" and disabling "use only physical cores" won't do anything as long as the file is not updated! EDIT4: YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE CONFIG FILE YOURSELF. EDIT5: https://preview.redd.it/jegl0g342ds41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=9be15749cd85188dea3c753211a33e428b303bef https://preview.redd.it/oni4hvd52ds41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5f6ba2a8e974c975a8bc8596733ad7770bfd892b EDIT 6: I wrote "...and enable "threaded optimization" in the nvidia control panel and set it to "auto"..." only because I disabled it before i fixed it to get better fps there is no need to turn it off usually but it helped with the fps in Escape from Tarkov! That turning it off gave me better fps intended me to start searching why, because it's usually for older Games that doesn't run on multicore systems very well....AMD card users should also have a way better utilization