[Guide]A Fix for FPS

Hi all,

After a few weeks of research, i finally found out some solution to have a fix of the FPS issue.

First and foremost, from my research, TERA only runs with 2 cores and TERA is running on UnrealEngine scripts.
So, i have some solution to it:-
1. Go to your TERA shortcut or create it if you don't have it.
2. At the Shortcut tab, look for Target. It usually looks like this C:\Program Files(x86)\TERA\TERA-Launcher.exe
3. Add the following commands after the target directory: -USEALLAVAILABLECORES
4. It should look like this,: [C:\Program Files(x86)\TERA\TERA-Launcher.exe -USEALLAVAILABLECORES]
5. Remember there is a space between the directory and the command.

For this step, it enables the system to force TERA to use all the cores avaiable. BUT, in some case, come computers core are parked which means it would'nt be use if your cpu usage doesnt bottlenecks. This can heavily affects your CPU performance.

To fix this, you need this tool: http://bitsum.com/files/parkcontroldist64.exe For 64-bit OS
: http://bitsum.com/files/parkcontroldist32.exe For 32-bit OS

Easily open the App and unpark the cores and make sure you are in the correct power profile.
However, i wont be responsible for any damage of hardware because core parking is designed to lower the CPU temperature.
By disabling it, naturaly the temperature will rise. So please use at your own risk.

Then, to the setting of S1Engine.
It would be too many of things to write so i will just post mine at the attachment.
If you would like to use please kindly make a backup of yours first. Thank you.

Also, for ATI GPU users, im sorry but i dont use ATI card so i would'nt know how it perform.
But for nVidia GPU users, i need you to get this app : http://www.guru3d.com/files_ge…inspector_download,1.html

I'm not asking for OverClocking but only some driver settings. Ah, also remember to get the latest driver.
So, Go to the application setting available in there(its a screwdriver liked icon), and select TERA's profile.
For lower-end PC or laptops which im currently using,
Go for these setting:

[Texture Filtering]
Texture filtering - Quality = High performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization = Off

[Common]
Maximum pre-rendered frames = 1
Threaded optimization = On
Triple buffering = On
Vertical Sync Smooth AFR behavior = On
Vertical Sync Tear Control = Adaptive
Vertical Sync = On

It is an open secret that TERA is said as a CPU bottleneck game.
So, for this setting, we made max pre-rendered frames at 1 because the pre-rendered frames are rendered by CPU.
And the texture setted to high performance because some GPU might not able to do all the rendering work by itself.

Oh ya, do not touch the video setting in the game, i will revert all back to the original. Restart TERa after making any changes.

In a nutshell, i will be continueing my research on this and please do not hasitate to post any inqueries at this post.
Thank you.

Quote from gylfen

is this correct in the targetthingy?

Yup.

Quote from Warrlock

Could you tell me how these settings improved your fps?

for the 1st one, -USEALLAVAILABLECORES, actually im not very sure if it works just, after i used that, my tera shows me running on 4 cores on 70%~90% each. Also, for this to work, you need to unpark all your cores. Next, ive made some changed in the S1Engine like:
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
FOVAngle=60.000000
MotionBlur=False
MaxShadowResolution=(according to your GPU capability)
CPUNumLogicalProcessors=4
bEnableMouseSmoothing=false (in S1Input)

Third,because TERA is a CPU bottleneck game, i reduced the max pre-rendered frame or flip queue size in ati to 1 to lessen the burden to the CPU. And to compesate this, ive lower the texture graphic to avoid the GPU on bottleneck.
because i use a laptop to play(without a cooler) my temp was 80+on CPU and 70+ on GPU

Im not very sure about all of this but i think it works. The UI Performance Bug doesnt kill me so much after i use this.

Quote from nabz

Actually the line to add in shortcut has no effect on the game whatsoever as you're adding that line to the launcher and not the exe of the game.

It does, commands will effect all the application or service that open by the inserted one.

Quote from Shippou5

Think I only have 2 cores, guess this wouldn't help me

Processor name?

Quote from M oo

can you make screenshots to compare the fps change.

Without Setting,

With Setting,

A little changes, the Texture Filtering-Triliner Optimization will be turn to ON according to your GPU capability

Quote from gylfen

i dont think it really works tho, standing still in an enviorment can change the fps, so the 10 fps difference in your screenshot can be inaccurate, and, since tera is badly optimized, the usage of cpu will jump even if you dont do anything. so i would love some more research to make me satisfied. i think its just placebo-effect.

Nope, if you Alt+Tab, TERA would not eat your CPU usage.

For your info, my spec was the following and its a laptop
Intel Core i5-3210m, 2.5ghz
4GB RAM 1600Mhz
500GB HDD 5400RPM
nVidia Geforce GT645m DDR3 2GB(downclocked due to temperature issue)
Window 8

and the setting in TERA was all maxed but 1 on lightning enhancement and 0 realtime optimization.
Played on 1366x768 and i can get around 35+-10~15 max 50 min 23 fps during CS.

Quote from nabz

Yes i know that. What i meant was, that command has been mentioned in the previous threads as well where you add the command in the ini file so it's pretty much the same thing.

Read the quote below from this thread.

Hmm... seems logic. But i think telling it that we have how many processor and force it to use all processor is different?

Quote from seriouscat

ty, helped a lot.

finaly went over 100 fps (in solo instance ofc).
fps in bg was like 28 min.

my pc specs:
i3 530 2.93 Ghz
4gb dd3
60 gb ssd
8800gt 384mb

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No problem and you have a same spec with my desktop haha