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[gArphEus]

I did that as well. It had no impact

 

ALAS!!! The op of this modifications is pretty right - many of the lines have multiple instances in the "BaseEngine", "BackupDefaultEngine" and "HawkenEngine" configs in my documents and game folders!!! I guess, that's the same 4 every1, too.

 

The search function (STRG-5) is really essential 2 find and modify 'em all. Did u check 4 doubles and triples, dude? If there's the slightest chance, u might have overseen any, i suggest u re-check all files again. i didn't notice that the 1st time i edited the files. Especially the "MipFade..."-lines have 3 instances, showing the same values!

 

I don't know if it works as intendet after all changes r finally done, but it's remarkable how many others stated 2 have great improvements after following the instructons exactly, so i believe this could be a real solution - provided it's done flawless. I will try out soon, and report back then.

[Pleasure_Mortar]

The OP did specify that the engine.ini is located in my documents. So I changed the HawkenEngine and the DefaultBackupEngine. But I also changed the one in the game folder just to be on the safe side. However I didn't find any doubles within the files itself.

[gArphEus]

Very weird... I found IE 9 instances of "MipFade..." lines al2gether (!!!), and at least 6 doubles of other lines in all 3 configs, and applied the same changes 2 'em... Even the 1 in the game folder, too. Did u make sure 2 search up AND down in the configs, via STRG-5, too? They figured in my lists with a lot of distance between 'em. I can't imagine y they double and triple in my files,  anyway, but it's just as the op mentioned. He also stated very clearly, that it only functions, when ALL instances have been changed 2 the values he specified - that makes sense. However, if u don't have any doubles, it wasn't ur fault. Strange, though. I understand, y VALUES in configs on different systems vary a lot, due 2 different hardware, chosen settings and all, but i don't catch y the STRUCTURE of the configs can differ so much. Kinda riddle...

[Silverfire]

All you really have to do is close any chrome browsers before you start up the game, no need for a full restart. Chrome is indeed the fastest browser and I use it myself but when I only had 4gb of RAM that's what I used to do. Close browser before launch.

[gArphEus]

All you really have to do is close any chrome browsers before you start up the game, no need for a full restart. Chrome is indeed the fastest browser and I use it myself but when I only had 4gb of RAM that's what I used to do. Close browser before launch.

 

Done. Thx 4 the tip.

 

Now 2 the config modifications: I played with pretty stable 60 - 70 fps, sometimes even better! Bit weird is, my fps in the main menu have lowered 2 120 again, while the ingame fps is far better now. Anyway. Whole gameplay feels much smoother now - even when heavy lag occurs, the situation is more controllable than b4. This is DEFINTELY a remarkable improvement, at least in my case, so i can recommend the config changes without any doubt 2 Radeon R9 users.

I vote the op 4 president asap! 

Viva /\\\\\M.G.S.D/////\

 

Big thx 2 angryhampster 4 posting it here, too. Great job, dude!

Edited by gArphEus, 18 January 2016 - 08:12 AM.

[AxionOperandi]

I assume it's in relation to AMD CPUs because I don't have issues with my AMD GPU, never have, but I've heard of a lot of people who've had issues with AMD CPUs. Hawken has typically been more Intel friendly, where I could be pumping out better fps on a Sandy Bridge i3 versus an overclocked 8350.

Well, I'll try it and see what happens.  I read the thread over and the issue he describes sound exactly like how Hawken runs on my machine, "stat FPS" says the game is running at a high FPS but how the game feels is a different story.  I really think it has something to do with the Bulldozer and derivatives architecture and not so much a AMD thing as I�ve seen Hawken run buttery smooth on Athlon X2 machines.

BTW - i'm using an Athlon II X4 640 (Quadcore ,4 x 3000 MHz) and only 4 GB RAM. Rainbow Sheep already convinced me, that it will b a damn good idea 2 get more RAM 2 improve overall performance, but what about a AMD PHENOM CPU, too??? If i am right, my mainboard also supports this CPU as maximum, but is it worthwile over the Athlon II i have, considering i get 1 with similar clock frequency?

Phenom II would be a decent upgrade if you can find one for cheap.  Probably 10-15% faster per clock and one of the 6 core CPUs would be fairly future proof if you plan on keeping it for awhile.  But yeah, going to 8GB is the best thing you can do.

[gArphEus]

Thx-a-lot, AxionOperandi. 10 - 15% faster sounds good 2 me. I'll improve my machine with CPU and RAM asap.

[Pleasure_Mortar]

garpheus, I was able to recreate the stuttering and teleporting of a-classes you described.

I switched on vertical sync in Hawken as in the graphics card settings.

 

Here's the thing, I wasn't able to get rid of it afterwards.

 

I just had to reinstall from an older steam backup.

With the modifications the OP described I had screentearing, so vertical sync seemed to be the right thing.

Now that everything is back to normal (old install) no more screen tearing and I get my framerate back to where it was.

Edited by Pleasure_Mortar, 19 January 2016 - 03:52 PM.

[gArphEus]

garpheus, I was able to recreate the stuttering and teleporting of a-classes you described.

I switched on vertical sync in Hawken as in the graphics card settings.

 

Here's the thing, I wasn't able to get rid of it afterwards.

 

I just had to reinstall from an older steam backup.

With the modifications the OP described I had screentearing, so vertical sync seemed to be the right thing.

Now that everything is back to normal (old install) no more screen tearing and I get my framerate back to where it was.

 

Hey, dude.

 

Many thx 4 tellin' me. I didn't get any screentearing, but meanwhile I activated vertical sync and a few other graphic options, i expected 2 be relatively "harmless" 2 tinker with, after i modded the configs. It turned out, that the performance lowered a bit, but i blamed it on the (still) terrible EU server performance, yesterday when i got very high ping spikes and also an overall higher ping mean value without a reason. Others complained about the same, too, so i didn't associate it with the v-sync. However - if i remember right, the performance got down after i reactivating v-sync again. This might be no coincidence. I'll check 4 it. Hope i can fix it without reinstalling HAWKEN. I'll report back.

 

Regards. gArphEus

[Pleasure_Mortar]

It's definitely the servers.

I got crazy today checking my framerate.

Was all rubberbanding.

Edited by Pleasure_Mortar, 20 January 2016 - 12:56 PM.

[gArphEus]

Confirmed - the servers, nothing else. You r right. I still get about 60 + fps, but it's freakin' laggy on every 2nd server - if not more. Teleports even on the Lagfurt COOP BOT TDM servers, although not so insanely bad as on the pvp TDM 1s. What an irony - fixed the worst GPU probs 2 my satisfaction just 2 end up helpless due 2 the problem of being forced 2 play on crappy servers against lag-abusing Scouts again. What a joke. Go 2 jail. Take the direct way. If you pass Start don't earn 4000 credits.