I have managed to max out everything in a system featuring an i7, 8gb ddr3 and gtx 560ti 2gb. with a steady 40-60 fps and minimum hitching. Why none in vanguard development team hardcodes a change which detects system available ram and set CacheSizeMegs=512 accordingly? My game was almost unplayable with the 32 setting even in medium quality. " There are a couple of simple modifications that can really improve the performance of Vanguard. The first is a modification to the file sysconfig.ini. This file controls the modified Unreal game engine that vanguard uses. There is a section in that file that reads: [Engine.GameEngine] CacheSizeMegs=32 When Vanguard patches it will always restore the sysconfig.ini file and set the environment for the game engine to run in a 32 Meg sized environment. The game will run much better in a larger environment, 256 megs rocks. Here's how we do it: Locate the file sysconfig.ini in the games bin folder crogram FileSonyVanguardbinsysconfig.ini When you've found the file, copy it to your Documents folder (My Documents in most cases). Now that we have a copy of the sysconfig.ini file in your documents folder, lets edit that file and change the one line CacheSizeMegs=32 to read CacheSizeMegs=256. Save the file. Next, make new text file on your desktop. Name it Sysconfig.txt or something you'll remember. Add the following lines to this new file: @echo off copy /Y "C:UsersJohnMy Documentssysconfig.ini" "Crogram FilesSonyVanguardbin" optional install paths used ~> copy /Y "C:\Users\(USER NAME)\Downloads\VG MODS\sysconfig.ini" "C:\Users\Public\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\Vanguard\bin" When you have verified that both file paths are correct for your setup go ahead and save the file sysconfig.txt or whenever you decided to use. Next, rename that file so it has a .bat extension at the end of it. It should read sysconfig.bat when you're completed To implement the modification when running the game, load Vanguard and let it patch. Just before you hit the PLAY button launch the batch file to overwrite sysconfig.ini, now hit play. The game will launch with the game engine able to use the 256 MB environment and you should be able to increase settings accordingly. This is probably the single largest mod affecting game performance. Enjoy!"
Did you check if the value is indeed changed in the sysconfig.ini just before you press the play button? It did a night day difference in my system. Minimized hitching and occasional lockups.
This is the official link for the guide. http://www.thetelonproject.com/sysconfig-ini Try to set the correct paths for your system configuration while making the bat executable file.
I use this setting and yes, if you play at high resolution with high settings it can and will have a benefit. I also run the game at 5760x1080, so it was a huge help. i7 Sandy OC to 4.5Ghz MSI 7970 Lightning 3GB 16 GB 2133Mhz 2x8 ram 240GB Revo 3 boot drive 240GB Vertex 3 Game drive 600GB Vrapter data drive 24x27x24 landscape eyefinity 5760x1080.
