Guide Ultimate Performance Boost (Windows)

[Divine]

So seeing that my PC can run most games at a steady 30-60 fps, and struggles to run TLOPO at that, I thought I would make a tutorial that really helped my performance with the game to make it as enjoyable as possible!

Power Options:

Step 1: Open Your Control Panel

Step 2: Search for power options, and select change power/battery settings (This is from my laptop)

Step 3: Select High Performance (if you can't see it, click the arrow on show additional plans)

Windows Performance Settings:

Step 1: Open the start menu, right click on computer, and go to properties (If you have a different version of windows, just search for advanced system settings)

Step 2: Select Advanced System Settings

Step 3: Select the advanced tab, and go to performance settings

Step 4: Select the adjust for best performance (your windows will look ugly, but it will improve fps)

Step 5: Go to the advanced tab, and adjust performance for programs, then click the change button

Step 6:
Uncheck the automatically manage paging file size for all drives
Select custom size, and set it to the recommended amount. Click set, and ok

Step 7: Click apply, and restart your computer.

Startup Programs:

Step 1: Open the start menu, and search for msconfig.exe (you can also press the window+r key together and type it through there)

Step 2: Go to the boot tab, and select advanced options

Step 3: Set the number of processors and maximum memory to their highest values, and click ok

Step 4: Go to the services tab, check hide all microsoft services, then uncheck whatever you don't need starting up with your computer

Step 5: Go to the startup tab, and do the same thing

Update GPU Drivers:

Step 1: Open the control panel

Step 2: Search for device manager, and open it

Step 3: Find Display Adapters and open the box

Step 4:
Find the latest drivers by googling your GPU's
Look only for official pages (geforce.com, intel.com, amd.com)

Other:
Razer Game Booster:
http://www.razerzone.com/cortex/boost

CCleaner:
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Advanced System Care
http://www.iobit.com/en/advancedsystemcarefree.php

Possible Crash Fix:
https://piratesforums.co/threads/crashes-caused-by-memory-leak-workaround.11642

List of Beta Glitches/Bugs:
https://piratesforums.co/threads/megathread-beta-open-report-crashes-bugs-glitches-here.14591

Download Gyazo for Screenshotting bugs, etc: (Thanks to https://piratesforums.co/members/nick.148/)
https://gyazo.com/download


And there you have it. If you know any other possible performance boosts, let me know, and I will update this thread! Hoped this helped!

~Divine

 

[Redeemer]

Nice instructions, I've already done about half of this stuff, but nice job nonetheless

 

[Divine]

Nice instructions, I've already done about half of this stuff, but nice job nonetheless

thanks if you know anything else thats not in here, let me know so i can update!

 

[Bobolly]

I'm not a native speaker, but I'll do my best.

So thanks for sharing your experience! I'm not very good at this, but am I right that this will reduce the crashing?
Do you know if I can do something like that on mac too?

 

[Divine]

I'm not a native speaker, but I'll do my best.

So thanks for sharing your experience! I'm not very good at this, but am I right that this will reduce the crashing?
Do you know if I can do something like that on mac too?

It may actually help reduce crashing if the game runs smooter, check out the thread at the bottom for a possible crash fix. I have never used mac in my life but I'm sure there's something that could help

 

[Tankerf106]

I already have a fast computer, but I guess it wont hurt to do a few of those

 

[Notey]

Very well made guide! Hopefully people can benefit from this. Very nice job

 

[Divine]

Very well made guide! Hopefully people can benefit from this. Very nice job

thanks, hope it helps

 

[ElizaCreststeel]

Thank you for this. I'm not a MAC users but a guildie is. Anything for them?

 

[shivermekimbers]

So seeing that my PC can run most games at a steady 30-60 fps, and struggles to run TLOPO at that, I thought I would make a tutorial that really helped my performance with the game to make it as enjoyable as possible!

Power Options:

Step 1: Open Your Control Panel

Step 2: Search for power options, and select change power/battery settings (This is from my laptop)

Step 3: Select High Performance (if you can't see it, click the arrow on show additional plans)

Windows Performance Settings:

Step 1: Open the start menu, right click on computer, and go to properties (If you have a different version of windows, just search for advanced system settings)

Step 2: Select Advanced System Settings

Step 3: Select the advanced tab, and go to performance settings

Step 4: Select the adjust for best performance (your windows will look ugly, but it will improve fps)

Step 5: Go to the advanced tab, and adjust performance for programs, then click the change button

Step 6:
Uncheck the automatically manage paging file size for all drives
Select custom size, and set it to the recommended amount. Click set, and ok

Step 7: Click apply, and restart your computer.

Startup Programs:

Step 1: Open the start menu, and search for msconfig.exe (you can also press the window+r key together and type it through there)

Step 2: Go to the boot tab, and select advanced options

Step 3: Set the number of processors and maximum memory to their highest values, and click ok

Step 4: Go to the services tab, check hide all microsoft services, then uncheck whatever you don't need starting up with your computer

Step 5: Go to the startup tab, and do the same thing

Update GPU Drivers:

Step 1: Open the control panel

Step 2: Search for device manager, and open it

Step 3: Find Display Adapters and open the box

Step 4:
Find the latest drivers by googling your GPU's
Look only for official pages (geforce.com, intel.com, amd.com)
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Other:
Razer Game Booster:
http://www.razerzone.com/cortex/boost

CCleaner:
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Advanced System Care
http://www.iobit.com/en/advancedsystemcarefree.php

Possible Crash Fix:
https://piratesforums.co/threads/crashes-caused-by-memory-leak-workaround.11642

List of Beta Glitches/Bugs:
https://piratesforums.co/threads/megathread-beta-open-report-crashes-bugs-glitches-here.14591

Download Gyazo for Screenshotting bugs, etc: (Thanks to https://piratesforums.co/members/nick.148/)
https://gyazo.com/download


And there you have it. If you know any other possible performance boosts, let me know, and I will update this thread! Hoped this helped!

~Divine

Thank you for this!!! I can actually play with very minimal crashes!!!

 

[Toothless]

LOL, I actually have to slow down my system performance to play the game. Otherwise all madness breaks loose.
On a separate note, if you're using windows 10 you might want to take a look at the winaero tweaker module over at winaero.
I've heard it does amazing things for most older systems upgraded to the new OS.

 

[Kris]

I did this but it makes skype, facebook, youtube, and other text look so ugly..

 

[Divine]

I did this but it makes skype, facebook, youtube, and other text look so ugly..

i actually enjoy the simplicity. You can redo it by adjusting for best appearance

 

[Dreadful]

How often do you typically crash, and does it depend on what you do? Like, can you visit 2 or more islands without crashing?

 

[Divine]

How often do you typically crash, and does it depend on what you do? Like, can you visit 2 or more islands without crashing?

i get a guarenteed 30 min.. Longest ive gone is like 4 hours without

 

[Divine]

Thank you for this. I'm not a MAC users but a guildie is. Anything for them?

Saw this just now, my bad. I will look into performance boosts for mac

 

[Solomon Helmfitte]

thanks, hope it helps

Nice one! Great effort, I didn't know about the boot thing... I'll see how to get to it on Win 10, if it's adjustable. Thanks Divine keep up the good work.

 

[Aetherion]

Just wanted to comment on this wonderful guide, and say... "Heres to NEVER NEEDING IT AGAIN!"

 

[CapnSinister]

Thank you for taking the time to make this for us, improved performance for me on my very old computer to increase my frame rate on TLOPO

 

[Henry]

I mustvd have unchecked something important cause now my computer startup is really slow lol