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Random FPS Drop - CoH Window Becomes Inactive?

catseye543

By catseye543,
Posted on: 2011-10-23 08:39 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I've been noticing this issue for the last couple of days. Maybe related to the patch?

Most of the time (except for Incarnate trials), I can run the game silky smooth. However, lately I've been having these sudden, massive FPS drops, from like 60 fps to 10-15 fps, and stays there. The only way I've found to 'fix' it is to alt-tab (I run the game in full-screen windowed, so this isn't a big deal), then click back to the CoH window. After I return, the game runs smooth again - until the next drop.

I can't be certain what the issue is, but it FEELS like the CoH window is dropping to 'inactive, background FPS' despite it being the active window. I've tried disabling my background processes to make sure it's not some other program hijacking it, but nothing seems to work.

Any advice? I remember there being a maxfps command line that I used to have to use - is there a minfps one to keep FPS high even if the game becomes inactive?