Combat Lag help

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

I'm not sure what the issue is, but i get this lag in combat. I do understand that a lot of my shots were off target, but that lag or what ever you want to call it spike sucks. I don't know what to do as its only in combat that this happens. 

 

This is my PC specs. 

[FudgeR]

tbh use combat stance

[Slayin]

Been happening to me lately to

[Bama]

what's your in game settings?

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

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Just now, Bama said:

what's your in game settings?

 

[Sp0on]

looks like general lag tbh. it happens

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, Sp0on said:

looks like general lag tbh. it happens

That's what i thought for a while. But it was happening anytime i tried to use my scope. So I went without using it today and it still happened. I can be in the middle of nowhere and attempt to pull up my scope and i still am lagging behind in doing so. 

[Twinkie]

This has also been happening to me a lot. I don't know what it is, but it sucks when you get SDARed because the person teleportes up the stairs and you trade... 

[xclusive]

I mean thats arma if you dont have a good PC you will get lag. Upgrading ur CPU will help lag but if you cant do that here are some tips off my head to increase fps. 

Run game in high priority(Works for half the people I tell but when I do i get double the frames so try it) Go to task manager > Details tab > Find ArmA3.exe or w/e its called. > Right click > Set priority > High Priority. This will make your computer prioritize arma instead of things like chrome or others.

Lower view distance helps.

Go to Nvidia control panel > Manage 3d > Find ArmA 3 in programs > In power management mode select prefer maximum performance.

In ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

look into overclocking your CPU, it could be complicated but just search for a youtube video guide on your cpu.

Also I noticed i was having large FPS drops when shooting and only when shooting. I fixed it with turning particles on low. Im not sure it will work for you but it helped me a lot. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, eskay said:

Try going into your audio settings and turning down the number of allowed audio sources, if that dosent work the video below will but it comes at a pretty big cost audio quality wise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-OE1vwOWo

 

 

Just now, xclusive said:

I mean thats arma if you dont have a good PC you will get lag. Upgrading ur CPU will help lag but if you cant do that here are some tips off my head to increase fps. 

Run game in high priority(Works for half the people I tell but when I do i get double the frames so try it) Go to task manager > Details tab > Find ArmA3.exe or w/e its called. > Right click > Set priority > High Priority. This will make your computer prioritize arma instead of things like chrome or others.

Lower view distance helps.

Go to Nvidia control panel > Manage 3d > Find ArmA 3 in programs > In power management mode select prefer maximum performance.

In ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

look into overclocking your CPU, it could be complicated but just search for a youtube video guide on your cpu.

Also I noticed i was having large FPS drops when shooting and only when shooting. I fixed it with turning particles on low. Im not sure it will work for you but it helped me a lot. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll give this stuff a try! thanks for the input!

[xclusive]

Also turn off FSAA and PPAA, if your tryign to get the most out of frames those kill ur frames. Also objects on standered is what I run. I dont notice much of differance from standard to ultra so run it stander ed or even low.

[Twinkie]

I will also be trying these things too, I have a setup much like Mitch's

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

 

 

I'll give this stuff a try! thanks for the input!

The high priority one is super easy and could make a HUGE difference. just keep in mind you will need to redo it every time you open ArmA.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, xclusive said:

The high priority one is super easy and could make a HUGE difference. just keep in mind you will need to redo it every time you open ArmA.

Ok, so after i launch arma, alt tab and switch it? 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

Ok, so after i launch arma, alt tab and switch it? 

Yes. Every time you launch arma.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, xclusive said:

Yes. Every time you launch arma.

What program do you personally use to open the CFG file? 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

What program do you personally use to open the CFG file? 

Open with notepad or Notepad++

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

4 minutes ago, eskay said:

Try going into your audio settings and turning down the number of allowed audio sources, if that dosent work the video below will but it comes at a pretty big cost audio quality wise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-OE1vwOWo

 

So you still maintain a good sound quality to play with correct?

 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

@xclusive  n ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

 

I change the GPU from 1000 to 1?

 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

@xclusive  n ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

 

I change the GPU from 1000 to 1?

 

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

@xclusive  n ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

 

I change the GPU from 1000 to 1?

 

Also, while your at it, change your refresh=144; to your what ever hz your monitor is.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, xclusive said:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

Perfect. The nvida settings was on optimized. Hopefully that does something. I'm scared shitless to overclock my rig. I don't have any liquid cooling and im afraid to fry it. Any videos you'd suggest? 

 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

@xclusive  n ArmA 3 .cfg in your documents folder find GPU_MaxFramesAhead and change it to 1. Do it also to  GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.

 

I change the GPU from 1000 to 1?

 

refresh=144; I use a 144hz monitor so i have 144 there. If your using a 60hz change that value to 60.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, eskay said:

if the quality that you set it to dosent bother you yea but some would rather have the sound quality rather than the lag.

I guess im not totally dependent on it. But when streaming and recording game play. I'd like there to be some value to it. I will have to mess around with that one and see what i can do. 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

Perfect. The nvida settings was on optimized. Hopefully that does something. I'm scared shitless to overclock my rig. I don't have any liquid cooling and im afraid to fry it. Any videos you'd suggest? 

 

Whenever I have questions about computer i go to this guy. here is a video he describes everything pretty good.

[xclusive]

I guess it dependson your motherboard and CPU though. if you tell me ur motherboard and cpu i can find a exact guide for that.

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

I'll give that a watch. I;m kind of unfamiliar with the whole overclocking deal. But is there a range that is less dangerous to overclock it to without liquid cooling, or am i going into some dangerous territory without it? 

[xclusive]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

I'll give that a watch. I;m kind of unfamiliar with the whole overclocking deal. But is there a range that is less dangerous to overclock it to without liquid cooling, or am i going into some dangerous territory without it? 

I overclocked my cpu without overclocking on my old PC, liquid cooling only helps when your trying to overclock your cpu a lot. You could prob boost your frequency .2-.3 above stock without harm to PC, I would recamend you watch and read a lot of tutorials on what to do. you could easily fuck ur PC if you change the wrong value and such. If you dont feel confterable doing it alone you could maybe find someone who knows what they are doing and ask them to help you one on one with it.

[Twinkie]

Just now, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

I'll give that a watch. I;m kind of unfamiliar with the whole overclocking deal. But is there a range that is less dangerous to overclock it to without liquid cooling, or am i going into some dangerous territory without it? 

I mean, as long as you don't push it too much, watch the temps of everything, you should be OK. 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BaseBoard Manufacturer    ASRock
 

I can't remember the ASRock model number 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

Just now, Twinkie Doge said:

I mean, as long as you don't push it too much, watch the temps of everything, you should be OK. 

Last time i messed with it my temps went a bit wonky. I didn't have the balls to keep it on. I really need to get a second monitor so i can watch temps while in game

 

[Tyler]

I get the same lag in KOTH but rarely in asylum... Idk man Bohemia has been fucking up their game so much lately idk anymore.

[Legit]

1 hour ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

 

 

It isn't just me, thank god. I had a problem where every time I shot my game would freeze. It just fixed itself and I have no idea how, I messed with a lot of launcher options trying to fix memory leaks. 

[Mitch (IFRIT)]

36 minutes ago, Tyler said:

I get the same lag in KOTH but rarely in asylum... Idk man Bohemia has been fucking up their game so much lately idk anymore.

 

Just now, Legit said:

It isn't just me, thank god. I had a problem where every time I shot my game would freeze. It just fixed itself and I have no idea how, I messed with a lot of launcher options trying to fix memory leaks. 

I'm right there with ya guys. I've applied a lot of the inputs from above. I overclocked from 3.9 to 4.2. I'm going to mess with the sound input and fire it up and see what happens. 

[Henry Facesmasher]

I had to set my memory allocator to JEM. I pretty much had the same shit except it happened only when I got shot at, and then my game would freeze every once in a while.

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[Maxツ]

@Thomas 

[James Anderson]

Try turning your render distance down to 300-600m, you should see less lagg in combat.  but lagg like this happens to us all unfortunately.

[eleec]

Turn off the 4x FSAA.

there used to be scope lag on 4x long time ago dunno if they fixed it. So just use 2x or disable it

[Legit]

1 hour ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

 

I'm right there with ya guys. I've applied a lot of the inputs from above. I overclocked from 3.9 to 4.2. I'm going to mess with the sound input and fire it up and see what happens. 

Try turning your audio sources down, I remember I dropped mine down and that cleaned it up a little bit. 

[NotSoNutty]

2 hours ago, (IFRIT)Mitch said:

 

I'm right there with ya guys. I've applied a lot of the inputs from above. I overclocked from 3.9 to 4.2. I'm going to mess with the sound input and fire it up and see what happens. 

Are you useing Shadowplay and if so, do you use shadowplay on the same HardDrive as Arma3?

 

I had insane combat lag aswell but outside combat everything was all fine. I only had a HDD at the time and in my case Shadowplay took away a lot of FPS. I got a SSD, installed Arma3 on SSD and use shadowplay on HDD. I got +30 FPS, going on 70+ currently.

I only have GTX 970, 8GB RAM and I5 4460..

Edited February 23, 2017 by NotSoNutty