Optimising Performance

[NorthernWarrior]

I have been playing around in TSRE after learning about the alignment feature. In fact I only intended to place a few static objects but ended up staying and laying some track. Excellent utility and I particularly like the fact you are not limited to 5 previous objects in the pick list.

However... TSRE seems to use far more resources than the MSTS RE. The latter is whisper quiet on the laptop, but TSRE is running much hotter and the fan spinning constantly is bringing forth complaints from the wife. I can't see anything under Settings to adjust performance so wondered if there is anything I can change in the settings.txt to tame it a bit?

[Vince]

Yes. Set shadowsEnabled = 0.

A caution for new TSRE users. NEVER move a track with the yellow line over it.

And if your fan is running so fast as to bring noise complaints I'd suggest it's time to open the case for a cleaning.

[NorthernWarrior]

Thanks Vince. It (the laptop) has always run hot and noisy from new at least with Trainz and DTG TS, but with the MSTS RE the fans are always pretty much at idle. However you are quite correct, a spring clean wouldn't hurt.

Yes the tdb aspect of TSRE is one thing I'm ultra cautious of and why I'll probably continue to do my track laying in the MSTS RE for the time being. I understand the principle of not hitting "z" until you want to commit the changes, it's what you can do after that is confusing. Okay I presume to delete a section of track but not to change orientation or gradient, etc.

The other thing, broadening the discussion a bit, is that I seem to have lost the blue box which appeared around objects when selecting them, other than track. Have I been an idiot and hit something I shouldn't have done?

In any event, TSRE is a very powerful tool and once again I must nominate Goku for a crate of virtual craft beer!

[GokuMK]

For better performance you can just set:

tileLod = 1
objectLod = 2000

In settings.txt. These values are default MSRE values.
TSRE by default uses 2 and 4000.

Further, you can set FPS limit if you want to keep your fans quiet:
fpsLimit = 0
Replace 0 with value that is best for you. 30 is good compromise, but you can try lower values.

[NorthernWarrior]

Thanks Goku, you are a star!