August patch better fps..

[wodin]

Well it "seems" the August patch has put an end to the problem of the game barely going over 0.5 speed with all cores on. Need to test it again with more units on the map..but I was getting nearly 2.0 when sped up.

[thewood]

I would agree that the game seems to run top notch now.

[Saint19]

I don't have a very fast machine.  But I welcomed the speed increase.  Thanx.

[Aces]

Haven't had the chance to play it for months but this sounds like very good news .

Regards

Aces

[wodin]

I notice some performance has dropped away with Shilovo but I think maybe it's because it's a summer map?

[Flashburn]

I notice some performance has dropped away with Shilovo but I think maybe it's because it's a summer map?

Number of units is also MUCh larger than average GTOS.  So ya... summer and more units..  But should be off set with the massively improved performance of how multicore is handled.  I have a pretty giant improvement due to that.  Can handle WAY more ai units on my machine.... I mean WAY more.  I now use unlimited battle size.... so far 100 percent playable on my 8 core. 

[WallysWorld]

With my i7-920@4 Ghz and 660 Ti card, I too have to report a good increase in performance since the patch. Very good!

[sandman2575]

In terms of maximizing game performance --

Is it better to set "Use maximum cores" to "Maximum" or (if using a quadcore i7) to "4" -- or does it not make any difference?

In general GTOS runs great on my system, but it's still too prone to Critical Error 001 CTDs (which are just infuriating).  Anyway if there are any settings that are known to cause instability, I'd love to find out what they are.

[WallysWorld]

With my i7-920 quad core, I have Graviteam Tactics set to use Maximum in the Used Cores setting.

Also check setting 6.16 and disable the Change Game Speed Automatically setting. If enabled, that can cause slowdowns from what I've read.

[Flashburn]

In terms of maximizing game performance --

Is it better to set "Use maximum cores" to "Maximum" or (if using a quadcore i7) to "4" -- or does it not make any difference?

In general GTOS runs great on my system, but it's still too prone to Critical Error 001 CTDs (which are just infuriating).  Anyway if there are any settings that are known to cause instability, I'd love to find out what they are.

This is VARY strange!  It is extremely rare for the game to crash for me. 
I would try with NO mods. and re-download EVERYTHING.  Make sure the patches are the NEWEST patches.  It is possible that some mismatched patch is happening?  OR the Microsoft VC library that comes with the patch maybe not installed right? 

[sandman2575]

OR the Microsoft VC library that comes with the patch maybe not installed right? 

How would I be able to tell if the MS VC library is installed correctly?

I just got another Critical Error 001 crash during my Shilovo campaign.  It was the first such crash in a few battles, so I thought I had solved the problem.  But it seems no.  At least the crashes are happening relatively infrequently -- although any crash during a campaign battle I spent over an hour setting up and playing is, to say the least, extremely frustrating --

[andrey12345]

It happens all the time?
That writes to the out\common_engine.log file after its happens?

P.S. Do you have any mods installed (like uniform mod)?

[wodin]

I have a crash every time the tac battle is finished and I click to go back to operation..when I restart thankfully it's all saved.

[andrey12345]

I have a crash every time the tac battle is finished and I click to go back to operation..when I restart thankfully it's all saved.

I think sandman2575 have another issue.

P.S. 2wodin This happens with last patch (August 2013)? And you do not enable any settings fom the 6th section (special), like the fullscreen or hiding the desktop from operational to tactical battles?

[wodin]

I might have fullscreen enabled..will disable it.

[Aces]

Andrey do you mean turn off (not enable) ALL settings in section 6? or just some of them because some are enabled by default.

Thanks and regards

Aces

[andrey12345]

Andrey do you mean turn off (not enable) ALL settings in section 6? or just some of them because some are enabled by default.

Thanks and regards

Aces

Better is dont touch any settings in this section.

[sandman2575]

It happens all the time?
That writes to the out\common_engine.log file after its happens?

P.S. Do you have any mods installed (like uniform mod)?

Hi Andrey -- No, I have no mods installed.  I just checked the Common_engine.log file -- it looks like it was modified last night when I had the crash -- here is what it contains -- Does this indicate why I'm getting Critical Error 001? :


-----------------------------
Start time:  3:52:33.224
INFO:  [i_timer:timer] Max time = 0.250,  min time = 0.010, discrete = 0x5
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Load base horizont...
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Horizont dist : 2048.000 m
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Lods dists :

• 50.000  [1] 150.000  [2] 2048.000 m

[i_gamespec:gamespec] Try check savegame or tacimage 'data\k43t\shared\config\tacgame_image.cfgpack'
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Load tacimage 'data\k43t\shared\config\tacgame_image.cfgpack'
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found tacmap 'pen_tanks'
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found tacmap 'pen_hums'
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found tacmap 'pen_cars'
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found tacmap 'pen_apcs'
WARNING:  [i_trigman:trigman] Reset count down!
INFO:  3:52:33.231  [i_input:input] Activate mouse focus
 [i_loader:loader] Locale loc_eng (1)
WARNING:  [i_env:env] Auto pick weapons is enabled!
WARNING:  [i_env:env] Blood is enabled!
 [i_task:task] Used 8 cores for tasks
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Game end scoring: 0
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Quick battle started!
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Init random generator
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Set active cell file 'data\k43t\upd_poly\shared\polygons\2r_rakitnoe\RgF4_Rakitnoe.polypack2'
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Active cell desc: district 'data\k43t\upd_poly\shared\polygons\2r_rakitnoe\2R_Rakitnoe.cfgpack'
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Active cell desc: pos 5, 4
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Common cells desc: cells map 'data\k43t\upd_poly\shared\polygons\2r_rakitnoe\2R_Rakitnoe_cells.cfgpack'
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Use season 'tabs\season_ua_winter.cfgpack'
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] Common cells desc: size 4096 = 2048.000 m,  max_h 170.000 m, water level 58.300 m
INFO:  [i_landbase:landbase] District's local text 'data\k43t\upd_poly\shared\polygons\2r_rakitnoe\local\loc_eng\text\2R_Rakitnoe_text.textpack'
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] RAW mission area 0, 0, 3, 3
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Mission area 0.000, 0.000, 3072.000, 3072.000
INFO:  3:52:33.818  [i_render:render] Create render device 1920 x 1080, 0 Hz
INFO:  3:52:33.818  [i_render:render] Avail texmem 3818496 KBytes
INFO:  [i_defrender:defrender] G-Buffer size 1920x1080
 3:52:33.841  [i_defrender:defrender] Hi quality format for RGB RTs is selected!
INFO:  3:52:33.841  [i_defrender:defrender] Make buffers ...
INFO:  3:52:33.841  [i_defrender:defrender] Make screen buffer 1920 x 1080
INFO:  3:52:33.841  [i_defrender:defrender] HDR enabled!
INFO:  3:52:33.841  [i_defrender:defrender] Complex light enabled!
INFO:  3:52:33.842  [i_defrender:defrender] Avail texmem 3761152 KBytes, required 57344 KBytes
 [i_defrender:defrender] Shadow mode 1
 [i_defrender:defrender] Enable shadows 1024 -> 50.000!
INFO:  3:52:33.843  [i_defrender:defrender] Create shadowmap 1024 x 1024  mode 1
INFO:  3:52:33.844  [i_defrender:defrender] Restore sucessful!
INFO:  3:52:33.844  [i_defrender:defrender] Overal buf size is 68.704 Mb!
 [i_texman:texman] Try to load texture formats from 'tabs\base_params.cfgpack'
INFO:  [i_weapons:weapons] Reserve 196 weapons
INFO:  [i_weapons:weapons] Reserve 230 shells
INFO:  [i_weapons:weapons] Found 162 weapons
INFO:  [i_weapons:weapons] Found 230 shells
INFO:  [i_sides:sides] Found 16 sides
INFO:  [i_sides:sides] Found 0 sides found for qbattle
INFO:  [i_sides:sides] Found 14 x 15 side links
INFO:  [i_sides:sides] Found 24 unit types
INFO:  [i_armor_maps:armor_maps] Found 85 armor maps
INFO:  3:52:34.102  [i_meshbase:meshbase] Make instance buffer size 262144 bytes
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin M68_ST_CART to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_3BK4 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_3BM3 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_3OF11 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_M392 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_M393A1 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_M416 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_M456 to USHELL
WARNING:  [i_addins:addins] Replace addin SHOT_M494 to USHELL
INFO:  [i_divisions:divisions] Advanced order system (2)!
INFO:  [i_matman:matman] Load materials....
INFO:  [i_matman:matman] Load 20 materials desc ....
ERROR!  [i_matman:matman] concrete: Bad wheel params 1 (3)
ERROR!  [i_matman:matman] concrete: Bad pillar params 1 (3)
ERROR!  [i_matman:matman] asphalt: Bad wheel params 1 (3)
ERROR!  [i_matman:matman] asphalt: Bad pillar params 1 (3)
INFO:  [i_watereff:watereff] Make 32 wave textures ....
 [i_audioman:audioman] System speaker config: 0x3
 [i_audioman:audioman] Used speaker config: 0x3
 [i_audioman:audioman] Need voices count 124
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Apply real horizont...
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Horizont dist : 2048.000 m
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Lods dists :

• 50.000  [1] 150.000  [2] 2048.000 m

Season id : 'wint'
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Load 7 time of day keys
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Load 7 weather keys
INFO:  [i_weatherman:weatherman] Load 24 daytime key refs
 [i_gamespec:gamespec] Time shift 14.000
 [i_partsys:partsys] Actual parts cnt 115
 [i_animch:animch] Animation bases list:
  1. anims_regular... ok
  2. anims_in_techn... ok
 [i_cursor:cursor] Hardware cursor available!
INFO:  3:52:55.528  [i_scenecplx:scenecplx] Begin sort by blocks 455 objects ...
INFO:  3:52:55.528  [i_scenecplx:scenecplx] Objects list consist 27 clusters
INFO:  3:52:55.528  [i_scenecplx:scenecplx] Peek mem for 45444 matrices
Platoons:
Platoon GER USER (0x882400)
   Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0x882420)
   Heavy tank 30 (0x882440)
   Heavy tank 30 (0x882460)
   Medium tank 30 (0x882480)
Platoon GER USER (0x904400)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0x904420)
   Heavy tank 30 (0x904440)
   Heavy tank 30 (0x904460)
   Heavy tank 30 (0x904480)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0x8c0a200)
   Commander 50 (0x8c0a220)
   Squad 20 (0x8c0a240)
   Squad 20 (0x8c0a260)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8c0a280)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8c0a2a0)
   Machinegun 20 (0x8c0a2c0)
   Company mortar 20 (0x8c0a2e0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0x8c8c200)
   Commander 50 (0x8c8c220)
   Squad 20 (0x8c8c240)
   Squad 20 (0x8c8c260)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8c8c280)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8c8c2a0)
   Machinegun 20 (0x8c8c2c0)
   Company mortar 20 (0x8c8c2e0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0x8d0e200)
   Commander 50 (0x8d0e220)
   Squad 20 (0x8d0e240)
   Squad 20 (0x8d0e260)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8d0e280)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8d0e2a0)
   Machinegun 20 (0x8d0e2c0)
   Company mortar 20 (0x8d0e2e0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0x8d90200)
   Commander 50 (0x8d90220)
   Squad 20 (0x8d90240)
   Squad 20 (0x8d90260)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8d90280)
   Squad (mg) 20 (0x8d902a0)
   Machinegun 20 (0x8d902c0)
   Company mortar 20 (0x8d902e0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0xca92400)
   Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xca92420)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xca92440)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xca92460)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xca92480)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xca924a0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0xcb14400)
   Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xcb14420)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb14440)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xcb14460)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb14480)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xcb144a0)
Platoon USSR ENEM (0xcb96400)
   Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xcb96420)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb96440)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xcb96460)
   Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb96480)
   Heavy tank 30 (0xcb964a0)
Platoon GER USER (0x12186400)
   Commander (mot) 50 (0x12186420)
   Eng. detach. 1 (apc) 30 (0x12186440)
   Eng. detach. 1 (apc) 30 (0x12186460)
   Eng. detach. 1 (apc) 30 (0x12186480)
   Eng. detach. 2 (apc) 30 (0x121864a0)
   Eng. detach. 2 (apc) 30 (0x121864c0)
   Eng. detach. 2 (apc) 30 (0x121864e0)
Platoon GER USER (0x12208a00)
   Commander (apc) 50 (0x12208a20)
   Squad (apc) 30 (0x12208a40)
   Squad (apc) 30 (0x12208a60)
   Squad (apc) 30 (0x12208a80)
   Heavy APC 30 (0x12208aa0)
   Heavy APC 30 (0x12208ac0)
Commanders:
   GER USER Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0x882420)
    Company
   GER USER Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0x904420)
    Platoon
   GER USER Commander (mot) 50 (0x12186420)
    Platoon
   GER USER Commander (apc) 50 (0x12208a20)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Commander 50 (0x8c0a220)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Commander 50 (0x8c8c220)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Commander 50 (0x8d0e220)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Commander 50 (0x8d90220)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xca92420)
    Company
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xca92440)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xca92480)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xcb14420)
    Company
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb14440)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb14480)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) 70 (0xcb96420)
    Company
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb96440)
    Platoon
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (cmd) 50 (0xcb96480)
    Platoon
Battle command net:
Level: Batallion
Level: Company
   GER USER Heavy tank (coy cmd) (0x882420)
USER       Heavy tank (cmd) (0x904420)
USER          Heavy tank (0x904440)
USER          Heavy tank (0x904460)
USER          Heavy tank (0x904480)
USER       Heavy tank (0x882440)
USER       Heavy tank (0x882460)
USER       Medium tank (0x882480)
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) (0xca92420)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xca92440)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xca92460)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xca92480)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xca924a0)
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) (0xcb14420)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xcb14440)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xcb14460)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xcb14480)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xcb144a0)
   USSR ENEM Heavy tank (coy cmd) (0xcb96420)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xcb96440)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xcb96460)
ENEM       Heavy tank (cmd) (0xcb96480)
ENEM          Heavy tank (0xcb964a0)
Level: Platoon
   USSR ENEM Commander (0x8c0a220)
ENEM       Squad (0x8c0a240)
ENEM       Squad (0x8c0a260)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8c0a280)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8c0a2a0)
ENEM       Machinegun (0x8c0a2c0)
ENEM       Company mortar (0x8c0a2e0)
   USSR ENEM Commander (0x8c8c220)
ENEM       Squad (0x8c8c240)
ENEM       Squad (0x8c8c260)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8c8c280)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8c8c2a0)
ENEM       Machinegun (0x8c8c2c0)
ENEM       Company mortar (0x8c8c2e0)
   USSR ENEM Commander (0x8d0e220)
ENEM       Squad (0x8d0e240)
ENEM       Squad (0x8d0e260)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8d0e280)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8d0e2a0)
ENEM       Machinegun (0x8d0e2c0)
ENEM       Company mortar (0x8d0e2e0)
   USSR ENEM Commander (0x8d90220)
ENEM       Squad (0x8d90240)
ENEM       Squad (0x8d90260)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8d90280)
ENEM       Squad (mg) (0x8d902a0)
ENEM       Machinegun (0x8d902c0)
ENEM       Company mortar (0x8d902e0)
   GER USER Commander (mot) (0x12186420)
USER       Eng. detach. 1 (apc) (0x12186440)
USER       Eng. detach. 1 (apc) (0x12186460)
USER       Eng. detach. 1 (apc) (0x12186480)
USER       Eng. detach. 2 (apc) (0x121864a0)
USER       Eng. detach. 2 (apc) (0x121864c0)
USER       Eng. detach. 2 (apc) (0x121864e0)
   GER USER Commander (apc) (0x12208a20)
USER       Squad (apc) (0x12208a40)
USER       Squad (apc) (0x12208a60)
USER       Squad (apc) (0x12208a80)
USER       Heavy APC (0x12208aa0)
USER       Heavy APC (0x12208ac0)
Level: Squad
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Load tactical map 'pen_tanks' ...
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found 240004 cells
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Load tactical map 'pen_hums' ...
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found 80004 cells
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Load tactical map 'pen_cars' ...
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found 320000 cells
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Load tactical map 'pen_apcs' ...
INFO:  [i_tactics:tactics] Found 240004 cells
 [i_tactics:tactics] Square: temp size 44, const size 56
WARNING:  [i_trigman:trigman] Reset count down!
 [i_trigman:trigman] Found active side GER
 [i_trigman:trigman] Found active side USSR
 [i_trigman:trigman] Found 2 active sides in range 1 - 2
 [i_trigman:trigman] Max tactical phase time 58.000 mins
INFO:  [i_helper:helper] Load seen helpers from 'users\profiles\52454B\shelp_tac.hlp_seen'
 [i_landbase:landbase] Apply lightmap from 2.870 seconds
 [i_target:target] Weap dist effect size 8
Game mode: 0
 [i_weapons:weapons] Velocity correction to 96.167% by temp -3.000 C
INFO:  3:53:01.435  [i_loader:loader] Load time 28.200 seconds
 [i_ctrltimer:ctrltimer] Auto speed ctrl enable
 [i_ctrltimer:ctrltimer] Actual auto speed ctrl enable
 [i_intereff:intereff] Deploy process initialized.
 [i_intereff:intereff] Deploy is started...
 [i_aicolonel:aicolonel] Uniq AI found 1
 [i_aicolonel:aicolonel]    1 ENEM cnt : 43    USSR  bgs : 5     op_plan ATAK
Game mode: 1
INFO:  [i_divisions:divisions] Base user command level is 1.248
Game mode: 2
 [i_intereff:intereff] First step ended!
 3:56:00.518  [i_tactics:tactics] Path thread terminated!
Start audio shutdown...
Stop audio engine.
Clear all voices!
Destroy master voice!
Shutdown audio library!

[andrey12345]

But where crash is happens? After tac battle? In the transition to the operational phase?
if yes - disable fullscreen mode

[sandman2575]

Crashes happen randomly during battles.  I have not seen a pattern, that is, the crashes do not seem to be connected to any action or event in particular.  The battle will be going along well, and then suddenly, "Critical Error 001" crashes the game.     And does not happen every battle, some battles play out fine start to finish, even long battles.  Others just crash at some random point.