FPS Boost Guide!

[xCharz]

Welcome to my FPS Boost guide. Altrough CloudGaming's servers are very good at not slowing down your laptop/pc/toaster, people with bad computers still have this issue (I do too myself). In this guide I will be showing you how to boost your FPS on Garry's Mod!

1. Ingame Settings
1.1 Start Up Garry's Mod

1.2 Go to Options and click Video

1.3 Change your resolution to lowest possible
- It causes little to no fps boost (prehaps for 5-10 fps) but it still is reccomended to do if your pc is really that bad.
-Makes everything hard to spot.
 

1.4 Change Settings
- Model Detail, Texture Detail, Shader Detail, Shadow Detail must be set all to low to insanely increase your FPS,
- Water Detail must be set to Simple Reflections,
- Color Correction must be disabled,
- Anitalising Mode set to None,
- Filtering Mode set to Blinear,
- Wait For Vertical Sync (Vsync) is reccomended to be disabled but if your screen starts tearing, you may enable it. || Example of screen tearing by @Toast : ||
 

2. Launch Options
2.1 Go to your Steam Libary, Find Garry's Mod, right click and go to properties

2.2 Go to General, Click set launch options, and type whats on the image shown above (You can also copy paste it down below)
-windowed causes your game to run in windowed mode,
-noborder causes your game to run in windowed borderless mode,
-dxlevel should be set to 90, it can also be set to 81 but that causes for you not to see the prop material in game and dxlevel 81 is probally against the rules,
-w (set your screen width)
-h (set your screen height)
-novid (does nothing in garry's mod, idk why its put in in the image shown above but for some reason it does increase fps)
-nojoy (not listed above) disables joystick commands

3. Config
This step is usually not hard to do but it may be confusing for new players.
3.1 Go to your autoexec located at C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg and find the autoexec file and open it with Notepad or Notepad++
3.2 Copy the commands you want and into your cfg file.
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Launch commands
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// -dxlevel 81 
// -nod3d9ex
// -threads 4
// -nojoy
// -novid
// -useforcedmparms
// -nocrashdialog
// -noforcemaccel
// -noforcemspd
// -console
// +r_hunkalloclightmaps 0
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Disable Sprays 
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

cl_playerspraydisable "1" // Disables player sprays.
r_spray_lifetime "1" // User preference, how long the spray will be visible. 1=1 round.

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Shadows & Dynamic lighting
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

r_shadows 0 // Disables shadows and player flashlights.
r_dynamic 0 // Disables dynamic lighting.
r_flashlightmodels 0 // Disables flash light models
r_lightaverage 0 // Disables light average.
r_PhysPropStaticLighting 0 // Disables Lighting on static props.
mat_disable_lightwarp 1 // Disables lightwarp.
mat_filterlightmaps 0 // Disables filterlightmaps.
mat_specular 0 // Turns off specular lighting. Less shine.
mat_filterlightmaps 0 // Pre-rendered lighting will be blocky and unrealistic.
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Facial features & Gibs
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0 // Makes player models disappear once they are killed.
r_lod 8,8 // Rate at which level of detail is stripped from objects as they recede away from the player. The lower the value, the more detail remains visible on objects as they progress into the distance, reducing performance but increasing image quality. (Probably requires sv_cheats)
r_rootlod 2 // Lower quality on player models.
r_teeth 0 // No teeth on player models.
r_eyes 0 // No eyes on player models.
r_eyeshift_x 0
r_eyeshift_y 0
r_eyeshift_z 0
r_eyesize 0
r_drawmodeldecals 0 // Disable model decals, for example; blood on the player models.
r_flex 0 // Disabels flex, model related.
lod_enable 1 // Enables the LOD system for player models.
lod_transitiondist 400 // At wich distance the models should be detailed, 400 = lowest value.
ai_expression_optimization 1 // Disables NPC expressions when you can't see them.
violence_ablood 0 // Disables alien blood when they are hit.
violence_agibs 0 // Disables alien gore when they are hit.
violence_hblood 0 // Disables human blood when they are hit.
violence_hgibs 0 // Disables human gore when they are hit.
cl_phys_props_max 0 // Sets range at which props show up.
cl_phys_props_enable 0 // Disables little cans/bottles that are rendered client side.
cl_phys_props_max 0 // If you break a table the small parts will disapear?
func_break_max_pieces 0 // If you break a table the small parts will disapear?
props_break_max_pieces 0 // If you break a table the small parts will disapear?
props_break_max_pieces_perframe 0 // If you break a table the small parts will dissapear?
fog_enable_water_fog 0 // Removes underwater fog.
mat_wateroverlaysize 4 // Lower water resolution.
r_ForceWaterLeaf 0 // No water leaf.
r_decal_cullsize 15 // Higher = more performance. Decals higher than the specified size in pixels will be removed straight away.
r_drawmodeldecals 0 // Decals disabled on models.
r_drawbatchdecals 1 // Draw batch decals.
cl_detail_max_sway 0 // No detail sway.
mp_decals 0 // Disables decals.
cl_show_splashes 0 // Disables water splashes.
r_cheapwaterstart 1 // Lower water quality.
r_cheapwaterend 1 // Lower water quality.
r_waterforceexpensive 0 // Lower water quality.
r_WaterDrawReflection 0 // Disables water reflection.
r_3dsky 0 // Removes all the background outside of the map.
r_drawtranslucentrenderables 0 // All translucent objects will not be drawn. (Combine energy shields, etc. Probably requires sv_cheats)
r_renderoverlayfragment 0 // This will remove text on the walls and paper etc.
fog_enable 0 // Will disable fog, which can improve/reduce performance depending on your GPU.
cl_ejectbrass 0 // Weapons will not eject shells while firing.
cl_wpn_sway_interp 0 // No weapon sway.
r_drawflecks 0 // Removes bullet impact particles
muzzleflash_light 0 // Muzzle flash is still visible, but no lighting is cast from it.
r_decals 0 // Max amount of decals possible. Lower = better performance.
lod_TransitionDist 0 // Distance at which lod is reduced on objects. Lower = more performance.
sv_robust_explosions 0 // Explosions will be less spectacular.
mat_parallaxmap 0 // Decreases visual quality.
mat_filtertextures 0 // Textures will be blocky and unrealistic.
mat_mipmaptextures 0 // Disables minimap textures, which harshens textures.
mat_bumpmap 0 // Disables bump mapping which makes flat 2D textures appear three dimensional.
mat_compressedtextures 1 // If set to 1, uses compressed textures for optimal performance. For those with graphics cards which have higher amounts of Video RAM (e.g. 256MB or more) setting this to 0 will improve texture appearance at the possible cost of some performance, but may cause a crash.
mat_bloomscale 0 // Disables bloom.
mat_disable_bloom 1 // Double disable bloom.
mat_antialias 0 // Disables Antialiasing.
mat_forceaniso 0 // Double Disable Antialiasing.
mat_hdr_enabled 0 // Disables High Dynamic Range, HDR.
mat_hdr_level 0 // Double Disable High Dynamic Range, HDR.
mat_reducefillrate 1 // Reduces fillrate, sets the in-game option Shader detail to low. Should be set to 1 if using dxlevel 80 or 81.
mat_disable_fancy_blending 1 // Disables fancy blending.
mat_vsync 0 // Disabels V-sync
mat_software_aa_quality "0" 
mat_software_aa_strength "0"
mat_software_aa_strength_vgui "-1"
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines "0"
mat_software_aa_edge_threshold "9"
mat_software_aa_tap_offset "1"
rope_smooth 0 // Disables smoothing on ropes.
rope_wind_dist 0 // Ropes will not move?
rope_shake 0 // Ropes will not shake.
rope_collide 0 // Ropes will not collide.
3.3 Save it and close it
4. Enjoy your boosted game!


It took me alot of time to write this guide for you, and hopefully it will work for you!

Commands suggested by others:

mat_showlowresimage 1 ( @Obi Juan Kenobi )

-threads 4 (this command is based on your CPU threads.) (Put it in the launch options.) ( @squidward)

-high (Makes your game run on High priority) (unintentionally reccomended by @mumppe)

[squidward]

Fair guide, at least someone else has some knowledge about this game lol, I will try to work onto this guide to see if i can put my own twist

[obi]

mat_showlowresimage 1

[xCharz]

17 minutes ago, Obi Juan Kenobi said:

mat_showlowresimage 1

Will be sure to add this in, thanks Obi!

[squidward]

-threads 4 (this command is based on your CPU threads.)

Found that whilst implementing some of my own stuff in here to use

 

Since most people have it in the C drive, why not just put this instead:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg

[Chiel]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=693814244

that's what I use to boost fps. for me it nearly doubles my fps so from 150 to like 270.

[xCharz]

3 hours ago, squidward said:

-threads 4 (this command is based on your CPU threads.)

Found that whilst implementing some of my own stuff in here to use

 

Since most people have it in the C drive, why not just put this instead:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg

I knew about -threads before Just forgot to mention it. Thanks!

[The Caretaker]

@Holm

[Packie McReary]

where did you copy paste this from

decent guide tho

[Holm]

 

12 minutes ago, AESOP DOOM said:

@Holm

Prefer to play with high fps than playing like this? 

Spoiler

 

[The Caretaker]

16 minutes ago, Holm said:

 

Prefer to play with high fps than playing like this? 

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you mean 10 fps