FPS Drop when Near NPCs : Fallout: New Vegas

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:12 am

It works for me too! Place it in steam/steamaps/common/falloutnewegas. When you launch the game it wil autodetect settings again and set it to medium. Change it to your desired settings (ultra settings for me) and the NPC lag is gone. You can see if it was succesfull if it says that your adapter is a Nvidia geforce 7900 GS

Quickpecs:
Win 7 64 bit
Intel Quadcore
4GB Ram
Nvidia GTX 260

Thanks!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:32 pm

Its almost impossible but it worked so far. Had 20-60 fps with vsync and now i have 59-60. What this file do ? force dx9?

Remember dont put this file in folder where saves are but where actual GAME is installed

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:24 pm

I just want to say, on behalf of Bethesda and Obsidian (not really), Thank you all for BETA Testing our game, and fixing our bugs!!!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:53 am

Tried it again HATRED and works for me too!

I'm off for the day to GAME ON!

Excellent, then I should be covered as well. Can't wait to actually play.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:22 pm

Right, okay it works now. I put it in both my games > New vegas and COPIED that one and pasted it into my bethesda > fallout new vegas folder. Oh my god, I can't believe this actually works. Thankyou so much. Kaje, try this.

Confirmed this works for me as well. 60fps all the time now. I'm getting some issues with faces not looking right, but thats probably my ini tweaks from being 1/2 asleep last night. Thanks for this!

[Edit]

The faces looked fine once i stopped steam from being [censored] and downloading an old ini file. This fix worked perfectly for me and the game runs great now.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:35 pm

I've got an
eVGA 1gb GTX460
Phenon II 955
4 GIG Ram

Game runs soooooo choppy. If attacked by more than one or two things, its UNPLAYABLE! What do I do?

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:35 pm

I can't wait to try this out!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:08 pm

Reading the last 2 pages might be a start.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:35 pm

I have just register here to tell all of you who get lag around npcs and cant get working with the .dll to place it on your own game folder, i mean, installation folder.

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout New Vegas (for me)

I first placed it on the FalloutNV folder but it seems to do nothing, i later checked the forums and someone said that when he placed the .dll on the FalloutNV folder, the next time he ran the game got an auto-setting change and as I checked, i was getting nothing, so placed it on the said folder and then got the setting change to medium. I executed the game and it worked smooth like Fallout 3 times.

So, in conclusion, check that when u place the .dll and play the game with the launcher (im using non steam version) it detect a differents settings.

P.D: Sorry about my english

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:01 pm

I have just register here to tell all of you who get lag around npcs and cant get working with the .dll to place it on your own game folder, i mean, installation folder.

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout New Vegas (for me)

I first placed it on the FalloutNV folder but it seems to do nothing, i later checked the forums and someone said that when he placed the .dll on the FalloutNV folder, the next time he ran the game got an auto-setting change and as I checked, i was getting nothing, so placed it on the said folder and then got the setting change to medium. I executed the game and it worked smooth like Fallout 3 times.

So, in conclusion, check that when u place the .dll and play the game with the launcher (im using non steam version) it detect a differents settings.

P.D: Sorry about my english

Hmm. There is NO non-Steam version that I am aware of.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:31 pm

This worked for me! The big gun battle in goodsprings was completely smooth with the hotfix. Kudos to whoever figured this out and shame on Obsidian/Bethesda for making us pay 50 dollars to be beta testers. Game on!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:05 am

Hmm. There is NO non-Steam version that I am aware of.

Different country perhaps.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:52 am

Thread I: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1122285-game-runs-very-choppy/

Petition: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1122958-sign-here-if-you-have-the-npc-lag-issue/

General Slowdowns Thread: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1123115-general-fps-slowdowns/

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Possible Solutions:
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In the console, type the following:

ToggleEmotions

(Special Thanks to Headless Chickens Inc)
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In the console, type the following:

ToggleEmotions

In the .ini file change the following
"iFPSClamp=0" to "iFPSClamp=40"
(Special Thanks to Neversleeps)
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A clean install of the drivers using Driver Sweeper.
(Special Thanks to iamMark)
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In the .ini file change the following:
"bUseFaceGenHeads=1" to "bUseFaceGenHeads=0"
This Solution will cut off everyone's head.
(Special Thanks to Diari)
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A more risky (and involved) solution can be found in this http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1123208-amd-phenom-potential-fix/
(Special Thanks to Seth9964)

Possible solution "Patch the frickin game". I shouldn't have to modify any .ini settings or toggle anything off. If you wanted us to play with people's heads cut off, you should have made the game that way. It was a bold move to release the game in its current condition. Especially since we dropped 50 dollars of our hard earned money in a sinking economy. I would have rather seen you extend the release date, and wait until the game is playable. Nobody likes playing with broken toys. Unless you're one of the types who enjoys pulling the heads off GI Joe figures.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:52 am

Wouldn't it be nice if they'd reward their customers for doing their work for them.... *anger*

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:09 pm

Awesome mate its working!

the fix:

Download d3d9.dll. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6LHPT9ZC

Drag and drop the file to /Documents/My Games/FalloutNV

hope it works for others

I haven't tried this yet, but will this cause my game to run in dx9?

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:08 pm

I haven't tried this yet, but will this cause my game to run in dx9?

Yes, but does it matter? It works!!!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:33 pm

I haven't tried this yet, but will this cause my game to run in dx9?

Yes. That is exactly what it does. But New Vegas doesn't have any DX10 or DX11 features, so you won't notice any difference in graphics. Except hopefully a cure for your framerate issues!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:46 pm

I haven't tried this yet, but will this cause my game to run in dx9?

The game was already running in DX 9 lol

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:52 am

worked great thanks to all who posted this info what a difference it makes

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:34 pm

Different country perhaps.

I doubt it. But if so, then I am buying the game from there to avoid all the STEAM nonsense.

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:16 pm

hello there from Latvia..
thnx for d3d9.dll solution...
works like a charm...
good day,and nice game to all of you,mates :foodndrink:

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:03 pm

The fix works! Great job!

» Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:17 am

Started a new thread for this issue

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1123569-fps-drop-when-near-npcs-thread-3/