EvilCookie Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hi there, I have contacted one of the GMs while in game about my issue and after many trials and errors, I was suggested to create a forum thread here and ask help from all of you. So here goes. The issue I am having, much like the title suggests - animations skipping frames while in games. When I am in the forge - the animations are fine, but when I am playing a match - animations are skipping frames from what I can tell. I have no idea what is causing it, I have tried to play with the in game settings but nothing seems to work. I have attached images of both my in game settings and my computer hardware. GPU drivers are up to date. Also I have filmed the animations while in forge and while in a match so you could compare it yourselves. Sorry for the quality as I was filming using my phone. Animations while in forge: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LZwIPiYWlzHTOUSNYKbLxNkStXm5Z_2k Animations while in a match: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HAKYn6yAeJszEoZlWQe0ZEwHV-x6cfIn I appreciate your help and hope to hear from you soon! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrakool Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Try turning AA off EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Tried it, still the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviat0r Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Also try to turn off VSync. It will higher your framerate a bit. But it shouldn't be a quality impact. Maybe it doesn't skip parts then. EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Turned off both VSync and AA and there is definitely an improvement! Does not completely resolve it but progress!! Still though, I wonder why this is happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrakool Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Usually it happens when GPU is working very hard, but with your specs it shouldnt be the case.... Are you able to make another video so we can yet again compare the difference? Other than that it can also be something to do with Windows Power Settings Setting your windows power settings to performance mode can also help to reduce or eliminate game stutter. To change the windows power setting, go to Control panel->Power Options, and set the power plan to High performance. glad that it helped abit though ^^ EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubik Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I am at work right now, so it was surprise the video even open, but the video quality is very bad (may be caused by some settings here). I did not see anything wrong there. Can you try on test server? instructions: https://discordapp.com/channels/173414671678832640/606796207137882132https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/606796207137882132/628245180637773849/LauncherTest.exe EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MephistoRoss Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Could you also try to set the resolution to 1920 x 1080? EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hey there, I think I can assist at this point, because I notice the same “micro lags”. (But it thinks they are not as noticeable as the one from EvilCookie) Here is a Full HD Clip with a countdown to the lags / framers / animations skips:https://gofile.io/?c=gKQ5wb And here one to the original files:https://gofile.io/?c=ubPdE0 if you need more information let me know. PS.: Yes, I used the Test Server (01.10.2019 ~17:38 – 17:40) MFG Ultralord EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Thank you for all the help guys! Seeing how turning VSync and AA off improved the issue, I will try to fiddle with other settings and let you know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Hmmm improve yes, but not solve in my case… I set all to low / off and still have the skips. https://gofile.io/?c=iT9hAC EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 Yeah, same for me, no matter what settings I change the animation still skips, not sure why that is because I can run way more demanding games just fine.. ;/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubik Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 this game is about decade old, how you know you can run much more demanding games? how you define more demanding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviat0r Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Can you please check your config.xml file in Documents\BattleForge and see if the option activatefpslimit is set to 0. 0 means no limit. EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 Thank you so much Aviat0r, that did the trick - all nice and smooth now, even with VSync and AA on!! my activatefpslimit was set to 10 haha Ultrakool likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrakool Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Haha, sometimes the hardest questions require the easiest fixes.. I wonder why your value was set to 10 though... now hopefully the other person who had problems was the same problem! Then we can consider the issue solved :3 @T1421 EvilCookie likes this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviat0r Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Cool. Nice that you could fix it. Normally the disabled windows fps is set to 10. The activatefpslimit should be at 0 by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Sorry but in my case the "activatefpslimit" are not the problem, the limit is 0. I send you my config, maybe you can find something suspicious. config.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCookie Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Now that I look at your config.xml it looks like my actiavefpslimit was also set to 0 and what I have changed turns out to be the inactivefpslimit. Try changing that one to 0 and see if it improves the animations at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 THX, for the tipp, but nothing has changed :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrakool Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 2 hours ago, T1421 said: THX, for the tipp, but nothing has changed :-( Did you play bf on your computer before? (Before skylords) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Well, yes -> i played BF back in the old days, but no -> not on this specific computer. (Till then I changed nearly every component, maybe the HDD is the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrakool Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 1 hour ago, T1421 said: Well, yes -> i played BF back in the old days, but no -> not on this specific computer. (Till then I changed nearly every component, maybe the HDD is the same) Maybe you can try hard reset of xml file. Just delete the whole documents—> battleforge folder and see if there’s a difference on next startup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Sorry, took longer than expected… I tried your hard reset (Renamed the BF Folder in the Documents, so the game created a ne won) + I have re downloaded the BF Files + Launcher ->So, a completely new start Result: Nothing has changed… still the skips I tried to run BF on other PCs but they are not meant to play ? (No graphic card so the FPS were about 15) (Same goes for running in BF in Virtual Box or Hyper-V I could try to install a new windows 10 parallel to my existing one, to see if it is maybe as software in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralord Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 So the result form my test: (Installing a second windows 10 on my PC) -> Nothing has changed, still this mini lags / skipped animations. Tried also running BF for a SSD vs HDD, also no change. (Running via UNC-Path didn’t work at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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