Massive performance drop with many large waves

[Steppenwolf]

I have a performance problem when encountering large waves >100.

The fps not suddenly drop down, but they are getting lower and lower till the game is a slide show and unplayable.

I have absolutly no problems in the beginner mode (less specimens), but as soon I enter a server on >=normal this problem occurs.

The first waves everything is normal, but then the fps drops.

I meet - beside the cpu - the recommended system specs (AMD Turion X2 TL-50 with 1,6 GHz, 2 GB Ram, Geforce 7600 with 256 MB).

 

[Zetsumei]

its your processor that is actually being overloaded.

Try setting shadows to off, decals to off, ragdolls to off, and low quality sound and check again. And slowly put those things on again if that fixed it till you find the sweet spot.

 

[Steppenwolf]

I thought that too, but this can't be.

Choosing the lowest settings didn't help.

It seems to be a problem caused by KF himself. For example I recently played WestLondon on normal and it was the third wave.
Everything went fine. But after killing some specimen the problem comes up again -> slideshow.
This time I survived until the wave was over -> no specimens -> still slideshow.

There is also another thing happen related to the performance drop problem. Some of the models (specimen and squad) starts to spin around (I remember RO had a problem with spinning models a while ago ... or still has).

 

[Zetsumei]

you could try turning precaching to off:
http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=11052

 

[AvengerUK]

I'm having a similar issue: http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showthread.php?t=31088

Pritty sure its not my CPU/GPU or Drivers - but it does really start to chug along at times

 

[jamestsao]

same exact problems here, i get a clean 40/50 fps, then all of a sudden next wave 10-15 fps...

 

[jamestsao]

bumpity bump, desperate!!