FPS Drops When Things Move

[Hank765]

So i play gmod, a lot, and i mean i got 4300 hours. I like to build custom things, and its never been a problem to my FPS. One day i noticed that when the high prop stuff, made out of tons of things was standing still, FPS = ok. All of a sudden, it moves and immediately 15 fps......... Please help, i've ran full system scans, reinstalled the game, put settings on lowest, yet it still does it. And gmod is a low quality game, i can run games better than it. YET it does this.

 

[The Paladin]

would need to know some specs from PC like CPU and video card and ram, aside that when is the last time you perform a proper defragging of your hard drive?

 

[jasonkaler]

Technically, that's because physics only runs on moving objects.
It probably means your cpu is bottlenecking, not your gpu, so lowering quality won't do much.

 

[Hank765]

Technically, that's because physics only runs on moving objects.
It probably means your cpu is bottlenecking, not your gpu, so lowering quality won't do much.

How would i know if its bottlenecking, is there ways to check this?

 

[Carnaxus]

How are you building? Welds or parenting?

 

[Hank765]

How are you building? Welds or parenting?

Parenting

 

[Carnaxus]

Which tool, and what settings?

 

[Hank765]

It's really simple and nothing to worry about , when you are standing still and nothing in the game changes/moves your computer has to output only one static image so because it's the same image it's easier to do it . On the other hand when you move or the objects in game move your computer has to output multiple different images thus it's harder for your computer to do it resulting in lower fps . FPS stands for frames per second so in order to make a smooth movement you will need a lot of different frames and it's harder than just having one static frame ! I think you can understand as you said : " ...the high prop stuff, made out of tons of things..." it is prominent that it is harder for your computer to process 1.000 moving objects than 1.000 static objects . So no worries it's just how things work 😀

yeah but it worries me because i have a pretty good computer, so why would it all of a sudden do this.

 

[Carnaxus]

Because GMod is an old game and doesn't actually know how to use a multi-core CPU. It runs on 1.5 cores even with "multi-core rendering" enabled in the settings.

Which parenting tool are you using, and what settings do you have set on it?

 

[Hank765]

Because GMod is an old game and doesn't actually know how to use a multi-core CPU. It runs on 1.5 cores even with "multi-core rendering" enabled in the settings.

Which parenting tool are you using, and what settings do you have set on it?

trust me its not parenting because its even on other peoples trains, like if i see everyones trains

 

[Carnaxus]

Now I'm even more certain that you're just using the wrong settings on the parenting tool. I'm an admin on FC&N and Elfnet RailLink, and I constantly see people with "parented" trains that still have welds galore because the parenting tool does have an option to still use welds and nocollides. Please just answer my question.

 

[Hank765]

Now I'm even more certain that you're just using the wrong settings on the parenting tool. I'm an admin on FC&N and Elfnet RailLink, and I constantly see people with "parented" trains that still have welds galore because the parenting tool does have an option to still use welds and nocollides. Please just answer my question.

Also carn this is Hanksabutt, what im saying, is that its also other peoples trains, im not parenting them, its not my trains giving me lag only, its everyones

 

[Carnaxus]

Oh. It is you. Hai.

Well in that case it's probably GMod being multi-core handicapped more than anything else. You know full well that my computer is a step above even yours, and I still get crap FPS in GMod.