GMOD incredibly laggy 🫤

[proper totem]

try deleting the cache? maybe run menu_cleanupgmas?

[silent lily]

Run the game with x86-64

How to switch to x86-64 beta.

1. Open Steam Library
2. Right Click GMod
3. Properties
4. Betas
5. x86-64

[azure patio]

"Get a better pc" doesn't help anyone with their problems, just saying.

Try to reduce the graphics, or, play with dxlevel set to 90, and make a fpsboost.cfg.

[azure patio]

It works, but not everyone can pay for a expensive pc, so, saying "get a better pc" doesn't help too much.

[silent lily]

[upbeat steppe]

the game is from 2004, I think basic modren computers can run gmod quite fine without any like advanced stuff in it

[silent lily]

Thats the thing

Its an old game

It has poor optimization

Even if you have a powerful pc it still cannot run smoothly with 500 addons running at once

[azure patio]

If you have less than 8GB of ram it will be laggy

[fringe imp]

use a beta version or delete some mods

i recommend using the beta version of your pc build

i use 64 bit beta because my pc is 64 bit

to check your computer build open system information

[azure patio]

how do i delete cache? and does that command work with multiplayer?

[azure patio]

how do i make the fpsboost command and does that work for multiplayer too?

[azure patio]

Yes, just google, "monolith fps boost cfg"

it's the first link, and follow their instructions

The game will look terrible but it's +FPS

[azure patio]

will it really look that bad?

[azure patio]

Kinda, The playermodels will loose their eyeballs, Textures will look like minecraft and the skybox will be gone forever. but is the only way that i find to the game run at 60 fps

if you want i can send you the file here

[azure patio]

in games like mrp i need the surroundings to have normal texture so i can spot people normally so idk

whats skybox? i forgor

The sky

You will be not able to see the sky

after you put this on your cfg folder

type exec fpsboost on the console

in-game of course

[azure patio]

what will the sky look like will it just be like black?

or you can put +exec fpsboost.cfg on the launch options

[azure patio]

Will be looking like the normal skybox but without details

[azure patio]

is that a different fps boost command?

[azure patio]

No, it's just you executing the cfg in-game

[azure patio]

How would this sky look like

fully blue?

[azure patio]

I'll try searching a image to ilustrate

wtf

k nvm

this map that i found is set to be at night

[azure patio]

the textures along with the black sky are so weird

[azure patio]

It's because the map is set to be at night

are there any other fps boosters that dont destroy the graphics?

[azure patio]

Yeah, but they don't give that much fps if you have a low end pc

[azure patio]

i have gtx 1050 intel i5 cpu and 12 gb ram where most of it is being used at the time and its still laggy, tbh any fps is great as long as it doesnt shit on the games graphcs that much

[proper totem]

go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cache to delete the cache and Menu_cleanupgmas works everywhere. just open the game and enter the command

[azure patio]

what does that command do

[azure patio]

Oh, so just change your beta to x64 bits

[azure patio]

I did that too

ig it helped a bit

not much tho

then type gmod_mcore_test 1

did you tried that?

havent tried that

Ok so i delete cache, type Menu_cleanupgmas and gmod_mcore_test 1

[azure patio]

Hmm, what exactly are you trying to do? Join a server with 600+ addons or just play singleplayer?

as we said before some servers are shitty and laggy, so it's not your fault, it's the server that has bad optimization

[azure patio]

mrp doesnt use that much mods

singleplayer works smooth for me

[azure patio]

Which server are you trying to join?

[azure patio]

Civil gamers military rp, doesnt have more then 40 players a day

[azure patio]

Do you play this server with everything set to high?

because if so, this is a very bad idea, since the server is bad optimized.

[azure patio]

no most is set to medium

[azure patio]

Hm, you should try playing at low, or try a different server, because Civil Gamers are very laggy

[azure patio]

idk civil gamers is one of the only english mrp servers

[azure patio]

We are getting off topic here, but, what about you trying a scp rp server? it's almost the same experience from mrp

[azure patio]

thats a good idea but idk any good ones i still only know the civil games one, no shot at playing that though cuz like 123 ppl

[azure patio]

Did you tried joining this server before? The server is high optimized

But anyway, back to the fps problem, you should try the fpsboost.cfg

[azure patio]

havent been in scprp ever cuz didnt think it was good back then

[azure patio]

those kind of texture looses are important for mrp

will any other commands work for mrp?

[azure patio]

Oh i forgot to say, the fpsboost is customizable

you can re-enable the skybox if you want

can i customize the textures?

Yep, but this will require some time to find the commands that are changing the textures quality

If you want i can sent you the commands here

it's not a lot.

sure

So to re-enable the skybox open the console in-game and type r_skybox 1

Aight

and the textures i think you can set them to high on settings, and this will automatically set them to a good quality

but i'm not sure, try doing that and tell me

[azure patio]

is there any chance to know what kind of textures are being used before i optimize it

like if its either medium, low, high

[azure patio]

wdym?

Do you mean the commands that change the textures?

[azure patio]

like if i open texture settings can i see the textures that are currently being used and then change them

[azure patio]

ingame settings?

Like, the fpsboost.cfg has a info about every command, i can send you a print as a example

i don't know if that's your question

Where do i put this file?

i downloaded it

[azure patio]

cfg folder on garry's mod directory

@azure patio

aight nice

read what every command says when you open the file, so you can change what you want there

[azure patio]

wdym open? how do i open it

[azure patio]

double click on the file?

ik but like

nvm imma open

says how do you want to open this file

like

what do i open it wioth

make sure that you open with notepad

Ok

Also if this fix your issue, make sure to close the thread, because we have more than 50+ messages here lmao

[azure patio]

This isnt my thread

[azure patio]

Wait, what?

So who created this thread?

I have no idea

[azure patio]

What was that mcore command? i forgot

[azure patio]

gmod_mcore_test 1

aight nice

so this file itself doesnt do anything it just has commands i have to write right?

to execute the fpsboost?

oh it's exec fpsboost

I thought it was the other command

I'll join SCP-RP now, if i don't reply, it's because my discord is closed

k

[azure patio]

@azure patio How do i change fire textures?

[azure patio]

God bless you this command works so well it gives me double the fps lol thanks so much

@azure patio alr only issues i want to fix is fire textures which are weird asf rn and how do i disable weather mods in command i cant locate the mod

[azure patio]

the fire texture ooks like this

[fringe imp]

very true i don't even have a good graphics card and it works very well

[fringe imp]

i recommend this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYAlrpTJ36o&t=2s

i did the same thing but i kept skybox

[azure patio]

ok but like, i dont want to make gmod into minecraft lol

what kind of stuff does it do

[fringe imp]

just watch it

it doesn't change much on what it looks like