How to remove the last bit of lag?

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

I recently purchased Trainz Simulator 12. I played it, had some lag, turned down graphics to lowest, and now I'm stuck with a small amount of lag. Is there any way I can disable shadows or run it in some sort of Max FPS mode or something? I really want to enjoy this game! Theres gotta be some sort of thing I can put in the trainzoptions.txt!

 

[Robert2d6]

I recently purchased Trainz Simulator 12. I played it, had some lag, turned down graphics to lowest, and now I'm stuck with a small amount of lag. Is there any way I can disable shadows or run it in some sort of Max FPS mode or something? I really want to enjoy this game! Theres gotta be some sort of thing I can put in the trainzoptions.txt!

Would help to know what your system specs are. You can turn shadows off in Options/advanced options , when you first start TS12.

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

I'm not good at finding systems specs. I do apologize for that.

 

[64Warhorse]

Look in Control Panel, if you've got a Windows machine. Or find your receipt from the shop where you bought the machine, that should tell you.

 

[kenneth18278]

Shane has a System Information Utility, check here:

http://trainz.shaneturner.co.uk/tutorials/

Ken

 

[Scottish]

It will depend on the specs of your hardware and the operating system you are using, but I have also found that a normal install of any version of trainz allows the program to try to run at the highest framerate it can on your system. I have found that because there can be a wide variation of the framerates when running in Driver, this can cause lag at times.

This lag can be reduced by putting the following lines in the 'trainzoptions.txt' file in the root directory of your trainz installation;

-framerate=22
-framestoaverage=16

Edit the file using Notepad, not a wordprocessor.

If you have a good system, the framerate figure can be increased, but there is no point in going above 30 since your eye will not notice any improvement even if the framerate is higher than about 25. Additionally the processor and graphics card will just run hotter for no benefit.

If you are struggling to get any decent framerates, you can try turning down 'antialiasing' in the options startup screen.

Scottish

 

[shaneturner12]

Shane has a System Information Utility, check here:

http://trainz.shaneturner.co.uk/tutorials/

Ken

Indeed I do. From the link above, click Utilities, followed by System Info, then scroll down the page and download version 2.1, which is currently the latest version. There are a couple of system requirements, but you should already have these present

Shane

 

[Robert2d6]

It will depend on the specs of your hardware and the operating system you are using, but I have also found that a normal install of any version of trainz allows the program to try to run at the highest framerate it can on your system. I have found that because there can be a wide variation of the framerates when running in Driver, this can cause lag at times.

This lag can be reduced by putting the following lines in the 'trainzoptions.txt' file in the root directory of your trainz installation;

-framerate=22
-framestoaverage=16

Edit the file using Notepad, not a wordprocessor.

If you have a good system, the framerate figure can be increased, but there is no point in going above 30 since your eye will not notice any improvement even if the framerate is higher than about 25. Additionally the processor and graphics card will just run hotter for no benefit.

If you are struggling to get any decent framerates, you can try turning down 'antialiasing' in the options startup screen.

Scottish

I tried this on my system, and it produced terrible results. I went back to the original settings , and mine runs smooth, frame rates in the 40-70 FPS range with virtually no stutters even on very congested parts of a route.

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

That modification didn't help at all. I think all I need to gain is 8 or 9 more FPS to be satisfied!

 

[clam1952]

Are you running in DirectX or OpenGL? as DirectX is often better frame rates.

 

[Robert2d6]

Are you running in DirectX or OpenGL? as DirectX is often better frame rates.

I experienced the same thing, DX is much better and faster than GL.

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

Running Direct X. Railyard gets perfect frames. Go into a session or tutorial, still lag. Is there a way to get some of the default loco's like the BN SD40-2 into TS2009 if I can't get rid of the lag?

 

[shaneturner12]

It may help if you tell us your system specs, as requested above. It may well be that your system cannot handle the game fully.

Shane

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

Here

Operating System Name:Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |C:\Windows|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2
Build:7601(Multiprocessor Free)
Service Pack:1.0
Status: OK

Memory Information

Total/Free Physical Memory (in GB):2.87/1.26

Graphics Card Information

Graphics Cards Found:1

Graphics Card 1
Graphics Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Dedicated Memory:128.00MB
Driver Files:nvd3dumx.dll,nvd3dum
Driver Version:9.18.13.623
Date of current driver:20120830000000.000000-000
Video Memory:0.13 GB (128.00 MB)
Specification Version:
Status:OK
Video Processor:GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Processor Information

Number of Logical Processors: 2
Processor:AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
Current Clock Speed:2.50 Ghz
Maximum Clock Speed:2.50 Ghz
External Clock Speed (If present):0.20 Ghz
Processor Type:64 Bit
Processor Status:OK

Detected DirectX version: (This may not match any expected values) 4.09.00.0904
Drive Information:
Drive C:\(Type: Fixed) : 226.41GB Free ( 297.99 GB Capacity after formatting)

Hope it helps. When I ran TS12 for the first time, everything came up with a check mark on the diagnostic.

 

[shaneturner12]

Thankyou for the information - I can now advise better on things.

Firstly, your memory may be a bit low for Trainz - especially as it looks like you've got a 64-bit computer, which should be able to handle at least 4GB of memory.

I am going to do some research on the graphics card, so I can advise on that.

Another question - have you updated your DirectX recently? I've noticed your graphics drivers are a couple of months old so should be fairly current.

Shane

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

I'll update it right now.

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

Yea, I updated DirectX when I downloaded Rigs of Rods.

 

[shaneturner12]

Based on that, I still think it's either going to be the graphics card or the memory at fault. ~3GB seems a strange figure to have though, as memory is normally in pairs.

Shane

 

[TrainzAreTheBest12]

Is it possible to get any of this content to TS2009? If so I'll just do that until I get a better PC one day...

 

[Scottish]

Graphics card is built-in on the motherboard. I have the same chip on my motherboard but it is not up to the job of running tranz. I installed an external card since my comp is a desktop and the lag has gone except for highly detailed maps where I turn down the sliders.

Scottish