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gzdoom lags when hardware acceleration

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my gzdoom (4.8.2) lags (to 15 fps) when hardware acceleration. ocurrs when i use openGL or Vulkan. my pc specs are:
Windows 10 64x
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz
8GB of ram

when i select render by doom software, the game goes stable, but has a horrible effect when looking up or down

i also have zandronum, and is very stable, but i need gzdoom to play a custom map with 3d floors
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Re: gzdoom lags when hardware acceleration

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LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:33 amwhen i select render by doom software, the game goes stable, but has a horrible effect when looking up or down
That effect is known as Y-shearing.
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so.. how can i fix the lag in gzdoom?

(also, thanks for the comment, was interesting (no joke))
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Re: gzdoom lags when hardware acceleration

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I don't have enough familiarity with hardware to tell whether it's normal or not, sorry. Best I can do is suggest looking into the various options and turn off anything that seems unnecessary. For example:
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Postprocessing -> turn everything off (bloom, lens distortion, ambient occlusion, FXAA, dither, tonemap...)
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Multisample off
Display options -> Texture options -> High Quality Resize multiplier off
Display options -> Dynamic light options -> Light shadowmaps no
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When the startup dialog shows up you can also select OpenGL ES instead of OpenGL/Vulkan, this should shoot your speed up considerably on a system like that.

GZDoom is a bit heavy with the stock shaders in the default renderer backends and that can cause problems with some integrated GPU chipsets.

If pixel fillrate is a problem, you can also use resolution scaling to bring the resolution down to a factor of 0.5 for further improvement, but I don't recommend bringing it down much further unless you're actively trying to emulate chunky retro gaming resolutions.
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Gez wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:23 pm I don't have enough familiarity with hardware to tell whether it's normal or not, sorry. Best I can do is suggest looking into the various options and turn off anything that seems unnecessary. For example:
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Postprocessing -> turn everything off (bloom, lens distortion, ambient occlusion, FXAA, dither, tonemap...)
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Multisample off
Display options -> Texture options -> High Quality Resize multiplier off
Display options -> Dynamic light options -> Light shadowmaps no
i already has that settings, and none of that works...
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LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:22 pm
Gez wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:23 pm I don't have enough familiarity with hardware to tell whether it's normal or not, sorry. Best I can do is suggest looking into the various options and turn off anything that seems unnecessary. For example:
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Postprocessing -> turn everything off (bloom, lens distortion, ambient occlusion, FXAA, dither, tonemap...)
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Multisample off
Display options -> Texture options -> High Quality Resize multiplier off
Display options -> Dynamic light options -> Light shadowmaps no
i already has that settings, and none of that works...
Then change to the GLES renderer and see how that fares. If that also gives you 15 fps, than something else is the culprit entirely.
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Redneckerz wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:30 am
LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:22 pm
Gez wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:23 pm I don't have enough familiarity with hardware to tell whether it's normal or not, sorry. Best I can do is suggest looking into the various options and turn off anything that seems unnecessary. For example:
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Postprocessing -> turn everything off (bloom, lens distortion, ambient occlusion, FXAA, dither, tonemap...)
Display options -> Hardware renderer -> Multisample off
Display options -> Texture options -> High Quality Resize multiplier off
Display options -> Dynamic light options -> Light shadowmaps no
i already has that settings, and none of that works...
Then change to the GLES renderer and see how that fares. If that also gives you 15 fps, than something else is the culprit entirely.
i also did that, and doesnt work :(
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LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:39 am
Redneckerz wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:30 am
LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 5:22 pm

i already has that settings, and none of that works...
Then change to the GLES renderer and see how that fares. If that also gives you 15 fps, than something else is the culprit entirely.
i also did that, and doesnt work :(
At this point we really need a crashlog and your gzdoom.ini to determine anything else beyond guesswork so i implore you to do just that. :)
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Redneckerz wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 3:05 pm
LuzRoja29ZD wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:39 am
Redneckerz wrote: Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:30 am
Then change to the GLES renderer and see how that fares. If that also gives you 15 fps, than something else is the culprit entirely.
i also did that, and doesnt work :(
At this point we really need a crashlog and your gzdoom.ini to determine anything else beyond guesswork so i implore you to do just that. :)
ok
the game doesnt crash, only is a low fps
the .ini: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C1tSRd ... share_link
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