Hello :)
After having tried many .ini files and not getting the desired performance with decent graphics quality, I've tried putting together one of my own with variables set in such a way it allows me to enjoy TSW4 with minimal stutter and higher framerate in busy areas. I would like to share this one with all of you! I play TSW4 on a gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design graphics card, so not incredibly fast. But, with this .ini file I can play like I've just installed a better graphics card where I don't have to do much about the settings in-game.
V1.4
- I made a mistake by leaving the FullyLoadUsedTextures setting to "0", this is now changed to "1" (sadly this reduced performance without me noticing).
- Removed landscape shadow command.
V1.5 till V1.9
- Removed 'r.PathTracing.VisibleLights', as this has been heavily reducing performance and it's kinda unnecessary to have.
- Made some small changes to improve performance.
- Turned off Texture Streamer.
- Streaming settings tweaked to increase FPS and make the game run more stable.
- Added VolumetricFog size and scale variables to reduce it's impact on performance.
- Tweaked Garbage Collector in order to tackle hiccups.
- Made some changes to the HLOD strategy and VolumetricFog variables to counter previously occuring lag.
- Added new settings for grass and foliage to improve performance when passing through lots of grass and trees.
V2.0 till V2.2
- GarbageCollection and number of components processed per frame variables were set way to high, now set to reasonable levels.
- Turned back on the Texture Streamer, because of memory issues.
- Added Streaming pool settings to aid with memory management.
- Enabled pre optimization of PSO's.
- Made small changes to improve performance.
- Added r.Streaming.DropMips=1
- Added r.Streaming.AllowParallelStreamingRenderAssets=1
V2.3 (Major Update), last version with lower graphics settings
- Many changes have been made, some of which have been contributing towards increasing FPS without loss of quality. I mean, if you have a high end machine this setup is maybe unnecessary :D.
- Added commands for Ticks.
- Added commands for ViewDistance.
- Added commands for AmbientOcclusion.
- Added some more commands that have next to no impact on performance, but collectively do change the behaviour of the game (at least on my end).
- Made minor tweaks to already existing variables.
V2.4 (Ultra), performs ironically better than V2.3
- Added network commands.
- Added commands to control requests.
- Added r.D3D12.AllowAsyncCompute=1
- Increased ViewDistance.
- Improved overal quality.
- Readded r.PathTracing.VisibleLights
The game may crash the first time when loading, not sure why, but it shouldn't crash the second time.
Note that most of the initial lag isn't gone until after a whole route has been travelled through, because of the shaders.
Installation Instructions
Enable DX12
For information on how to enable DX12, please visit the page below:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/7D01-D2DD-D75E-2955Rename file to Engine.ini
Paste the .ini file in: C:\Users[USER NAME]\Documents\My Games\TrainSimWorld4\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Files
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Comments
Hi I have found the start up dialog box in Steam but am not sure what the actual command to enter that enables DX12. Can you advise please. Thank you
If you enter -dxlevel 120 it should work
thanks very much
Awesome settings, I did change the foliageLodDistantScale from 1.5 to 4 other than that my system is stable and looks amazing. Thanks
Glad you like it :)
This seems lovely my new go to ini file!
Thank you so much. You upgrade the game quality and you're a rescuer. Now, this makes me want to play the game more.
Have a nice days and good luck.
Hello, everytime when I run game with your setup, it says to me memory issue and game won't launch. Is that known? My GPU is RX 6700XT 12GB and CPU Ryzen 5700X.
I turned off the texture streamer, this causes textures to be fully loaded and kept in memory. This may very well be the reason. Please try changing the 0 after r.TextureStreaming into a 1.
thanks!
i just realized this for low mid end pcs? i have 4090 card should i not use this?
V2.3 and earlier versions are for low/mid end pc's. You can use it, but I think you would then be missing out on the benefit of being able to render more at the same time whilst having a higher framerate. Future versions (V2.4 and onwards) will have ultra settings, it will be good for both low/mid and high end pc's, as the performance has become even better as I manage finding more ways to increase FPS and reduce hitches.
ah ok ill keep lookout then for V2.4 :)
Hello you have conjured up an almost perfect config (v2.4), thank you very much for your effort. I have only one problem with light flashes and flickering signals. I hope that can still be fixed. Keep up the good work.
I don't see lights flickering or are you talking about those flares coming from light sources?
Yes, they really do seem to be reflections, I didn't notice them the first time except for the flashing. Especially extreme on the Semmeringbahn. Payerbach Reichenau station. It's like being in a disco.
Update 18:40 :
Ok, I found out that this effect occurs when anisotropy is switched off. I have completely removed this block and everything is running fine. Thanks again.
Screen keeps flickering whenever I zoom out from my train and when I lower my screen percentage in game to 50% it stops flickering
Hey, have you got any of your in-game graphics settings turned down?
No what ones should I lower?
Everything should be set to high or ultra if possible. When I look at your screenshot the nearby shadows look a bit too blurry from what they should be and the textures seem to have a low res, which has me thinking whether or not you've got any other mods installed related to graphics that may be causing this issue. Or perhaps try removing Godmode.sav (if you have the Godmode mod installed).
Oh okay I will give that a try! Thanks I will let you know if it worked
It didnt work anything else?
In the ini file there is the line 'r.Streaming.PoolSize=400'. Try increasing it to 700 or higher.
Update
Or try removing any of the command groups in the ini file to see what is causing this.
Broken my TSW - getting awful flickering effects even without INI settings now!
Try deleting DirectX Shaders Cache with Disk Cleanup.
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About this mod
- Created
- 15 Dec 2023
- Updated
- 2 days ago
- Game
- Train Sim World
- Type of content
- Other
- Train Sim World compatibility
- Train Sim World 4
Nice settings. Thank you
Thanks, you're welcome :)