DX11 Micro Stutter Fix!!! (For Me Anyway... So Far)

[Animl-AW]

Well I added the settings and got 2 freezes tonight and I dont normally get freezes. Also It didnt do anything to help my film viewer issues.. Going to try Animls tweaks next.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it….lol

The issues I see in FV I’m not sure these may fix it, but I didn’t try it either.

[Dadtallica]

Well I added the settings and got 2 freezes tonight and I dont normally get freezes. Also It didnt do anything to help my film viewer issues.. Going to try Animls tweaks next.

Curious why you changed settings if you were not getting freezes? These settings are fairly specific to me and similar systems.

I don’t think the film viewer issue is related, but what I did to work this out with ChatGPT was not difficult so anyone could do it. I would suggest you fire up a chat and start describing your issues and give it some of your system information and enable web searching so it can take a peek around the universe. It will probably tell you how to fix it. And if it can’t fix it, it’ll probably tell you who can fix their end of something. My first guess is that just the age of the film viewer will be the biggest culprit but I also never use it.

I have a ton of cool films. I should give them to someone.

[Vulcan]

Again, appreciate the disciplined approach — I just think the evidence points to two different layers of the stack being discussed here.

you guys seem fixated on TCP. AH doesn't run on TCP by default, it fails over to TCP when UDP fails. If you are failing over the TCP consistently then that may be what your real issue is. TCP is not good for gaming and will produce oddities such as stutter. Are you getting consistent UDP failover to TCP messages in game? If not then you are chasing a red herring.

[The Fugitive]

Curious why you changed settings if you were not getting freezes? These settings are fairly specific to me and similar systems.

I don’t think the film viewer issue is related, but what I did to work this out with ChatGPT was not difficult so anyone could do it. I would suggest you fire up a chat and start describing your issues and give it some of your system information and enable web searching so it can take a peek around the universe. It will probably tell you how to fix it. And if it can’t fix it, it’ll probably tell you who can fix their end of something. My first guess is that just the age of the film viewer will be the biggest culprit but I also never use it.

I have a ton of cool films. I should give them to someone.

I was hoping that your settings are stream lining the game and your computer and that this would help the viewer play better, it didnt.

[Dadtallica]

you guys seem fixated on TCP. AH doesn't run on TCP by default, it fails over to TCP when UDP fails. If you are failing over the TCP consistently then that may be what your real issue is. TCP is not good for gaming and will produce oddities such as stutter. Are you getting consistent UDP failover to TCP messages in game? If not then you are chasing a red herring.

I feel like I’d that was the root cause then DX9 wouldn’t fix the issue.

I went from several stutters in a few hours play each night and mostly when trying to shoot… to none or one offs and brief. Something above worked somewhere.

Pretty sure there are a lot of things this 25 year old game exposes.

[Dadtallica]

I was hoping that your settings are stream lining the game and your computer and that this would help the viewer play better, it didnt.

I would love to help, but I don’t use the film viewer and can’t really speak to it. I definitely recommend you talk to the AI of your choice and it can probably point you in the right direction.

[The Fugitive]

I would love to help, but I don’t use the film viewer and can’t really speak to it. I definitely recommend you talk to the AI of your choice and it can probably point you in the right direction.

This is what Im dealing with. In game I have all the bells and whistles, then I play back the film and I get this....

https://youtu.be/Pz5J97aeQgU

[Animl-AW]

This is what Im dealing with. In game I have all the bells and whistles, then I play back the film and I get this....

https://youtu.be/Pz5J97aeQgU

DAMN
 I seen a few like that, not often. I don't think that has to do with these settings.
Have you noticed if it's new or old terrains?

[Animl-AW]

BTW flew 3 hrs tonight, DX11
Not one single stutter. Game is running like silk. no tweaks added from post above. But my machine is tweaked up to begin with

[Animl-AW]

Just to sum it up a little....

My end result
All stutter seems to be gone on my machine.
Keep in mind my machine is seriously tweaked up. I use all the settings on my web page. None if it solved this, but I'm sure it helped.

Disable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling setting I decided to leave as last resort. There are a lot of benefits when this can be left enabled. In the end it wasn't disabled.

I got the best results from the 2 settings below since we started this journey. The 10 minute stutter seems to be gone after 4 nights of flying.

* Disable Optimizations for Windowed Games to restore true fullscreen control
1) Locate the Game's Executable: Find the main executable file (.exe) of the game you want to modify.
2) Open Properties: Right-click on the executable file and select Properties.
3) Go to the Compatibility tab in the Properties window.
4) Disable Fullscreen Optimizations: Check the box labeled 'Disable fullscreen optimizations' and click Apply then save the changes.

Nvidia - Low Latency Mode: Off
"Off" is often better for CPU-heavy games or when your GPU has plenty of power, If I remember right, AH is CPU heavy.

I still had an occasional very quick glitch like stutter. Not often. So fast It's hard to call it a true stutter. When I put this setting in place I have not seen it reoccur, yet.

* Nvidia - Max Frame Rate: Set to match monitor refresh rate. Small timing mismatches accumulate and cause periodic frame queue stalls. It's always best to use native refresh rates. The human brain is really only able to identify images up to 75fps. Anything over your refresh rate just gets dump, you never see them. The GPU is running hotter to create what you never see.

Vertical Sync (V-sync): Fast. This has always been on my machine.
Fast reduces latency without causing tearing. Nvidia settings over-ride Aces High settings, "Use the 3D application setting" in AH default is on so this would mean you're turning it on, defeating the purpose. Off can introduce input lag, making games feel less responsive. This setting probably played a part in latency.

If anyone uses these and still sees stutter let us know. You may need more than these to complete the pipeline.

[Dadtallica]

This is what Im dealing with. In game I have all the bells and whistles, then I play back the film and I get this....

https://youtu.be/Pz5J97aeQgU

Well that is certainly crunchy terrain lol. I asked my research chat about it based on your info and screenshots from video. Started a new thread with it for you…
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,412089.0.html

[The Fugitive]

Well that is certainly crunchy terrain lol. I asked my research chat about it based on your info and screenshots from video. Started a new thread with it for you…
https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,412089.0.html

Thanks <S>