Bad Performance with Stainless Steel

**Bullit** · February 08, 2009, 06:20 AM

ahoi everyone,

got a question concerning huge fps-loss during battles when playing SS. I compared it to vanilla Kingdoms and i only get half of the fps in SS. I already searched the forum but couldnt find any solutions except gernerally lowering the graphic-settings but i already play on pretty low settings.

The question is, if its possible to disable some of the graphic-features of SS to come back to vanilla fps.

Any suggestions?

greetings

**Caesar Clivus** · February 08, 2009, 06:33 AM

The only time I ever noticed an FPS difference in SS over vanilla was when I used the permanent arrows submod. Did you install the permanent arrows using the SS6.1 installer? That will always kill your FPS if you dont have a high-end PC.

**Bullit** · February 08, 2009, 07:06 AM

thanks for hte quick answer!

i dont think i installed it. Can i check in one of the cfg-files to be sure?

oh, and the fps is espacially dropping when sieging a town. As this is already known for vanilla but i think its even worse in ss. Did kingkong change the size and detail of the towns maybe?

**Caesar Clivus** · February 08, 2009, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by Bullit

i dont think i installed it. Can i check in one of the cfg-files to be sure?

Easiest way to check is to load a custom battle with some archer units and check if the arrows that hit the ground disappear or not

oh, and the fps is espacially dropping when sieging a town. As this is already known for vanilla but i think its even worse in ss. Did kingkong change the size and detail of the towns maybe?

Not as far as I am aware.

**mikil100** · February 10, 2009, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Caesar Clivus

Easiest way to check is to load a custom battle with some archer units and check if the arrows that hit the ground disappear or not

Not as far as I am aware.

HAHA! I thought the permanent arrows mean't that archers never ran out, I was wondering why they still lost their ammunition at some point... no FPS loss for me though.

**lordextra0** · February 09, 2009, 04:08 PM

have you put building detail on low?
gives a great gain in performance

**Gorrrrrn** · February 10, 2009, 07:17 AM

one hates to say this but upping the spec of the PC can work wonders.

E8400 and HD4850 combo (with 8.10 drivers) got a siege battle with 4 attacking armies and defendng army (all attackers 1000+ men) was able to scan battlefield whilst just about everyone was moving - even looking down the line of attacking units attacking a gateway. only slight judder when panning quickly.

**Caesar Clivus** · February 10, 2009, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

one hates to say this but upping the spec of the PC can work wonders.

E8400 and HD4850 combo (with 8.10 drivers) got a siege battle with 4 attacking armies and defendng army (all attackers 1000+ men) was able to scan battlefield whilst just about everyone was moving - even looking down the line of attacking units attacking a gateway. only slight judder when panning quickly.

Oh sweet. That is my current rig but I've never tested it to that extreme. Might have to go have some fun now

**Santiago de Pola** · February 10, 2009, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

one hates to say this but upping the spec of the PC can work wonders.

E8400 and HD4850 combo (with 8.10 drivers) got a siege battle with 4 attacking armies and defendng army (all attackers 1000+ men) was able to scan battlefield whilst just about everyone was moving - even looking down the line of attacking units attacking a gateway. only slight judder when panning quickly.

Someone's got a new rig eh?

**Gorrrrrn** · February 10, 2009, 11:16 AM

yup -had new rig for a couple of weeks now.
just finishing off with a new sound card - the titanium fatality pro looks nice. it better sound good too!

**Caesar Clivus** · February 10, 2009, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

yup -had new rig for a couple of weeks now.
just finishing off with a new sound card - the titanium fatality pro looks nice. it better sound good too!

Yeah I'm still using my on-board sound card. It's good but I'd feel more comfortable with an actual card in there.