u/Nameis19letterslong

In order to squeeze some more frames and ram out of ksp, I've finished this mod so that the render scale setting is exposed. This mod allows you to edit the render scale so you can have smoother gameplay (CPU bottlenecks not affected).

By reducing the render scale to 80%, there is no noticeable difference in how the game looks but it reduces GPU load by ~20%. 60% render scale is barely noticable and also worth it.

Does not have any conflicts with graphics mods.

Tested with same mod profile from before on Intel Iris Xe

Results (Resolution 1280 by 720, FPS capped at 60):

Scene:	Render Scale:	Average GPU load:	Average FPS:	FPS increase:
Menu	100%	100%	Uncapped, ~40	Base
Menu	800%	64%	Uncapped, ~52	30%
Menu	60%	45%	Uncapped, ~60	50%
KSC	100%	100%	38	Base
KSC	80%	100%	44	16%
KSC	60%	100%	51	34%
Flight	100%	100%	26	Base
Flight	80%	100%	31	20%
(Capped) Flight	60%	78%	36 (capped)	38% (- GPU load)

Known issues:

• In the flight scene, TUFX's motion blur sometimes bleeds onto the screen, making the screen blurry, however that may be a issue with my memory optimiser.
• World space buttons (like the menu screen) are broken, but doesn't affect gameplay. In all cases, ksp has keybinds or UI buttons that work normally.
• Target vessel indicators are displayed incorrectly.
• Some render scale percentages may cause screen artifacts (likely to rounding).

Github Release link

CPU: I5 1135G7
GPU: Integrated, Intel Iris Xe
RAM: 16 GB, dual channel

Ram is the major limitation here since Deferred rendering requires more ram usage for G-buffers. By playing in the lowest resolution, I can afford to spare more space for graphics mods. Additionally, I also had to custom build a tool that constantly scans memory usage and aggressively pages/purges unused ram so that there is enough free ram for volumetric clouds. If you're on windows, try the latest release of WinMemoryCleaner and set it to automatically free usage.

I'm surprised at how well it works. Averaging ~34 fps during flight (looks smooth enough to me), CPU is perfectly fine but GPU is being slightly overloaded.

Settings are at lowest (except terrain detail at high), but reflections are turned to low.

Mods used in this:

 #  Status     Mod
-------------------------------------------------------
   1  [active]   000_ClickThroughBlocker
   2  [active]   000_Harmony
   3  [active]   000_KSPBurst
   4  [active]   000_ShineFix
..
   6  [active]   001_ToolbarControl
   7  [active]   AAGpu
   8  [active]   AAGpuClient
   9  [active]   AAGpuWrapper
  10  [active]   AtmosphereAutopilot
..
  13  [active]   CameraTools
..
  17  [active]   EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements
  18  [stashed]  FerramAerospaceResearch
  19  [active]   Firefly
..
  21  [active]   KSPCommunityFixes
..
  23  [active]   Kopernicus
..
  30  [active]   MechJeb2
  31  [active]   ModularFlightIntegrator
..
  34  [active]   ParallaxContinued
  35  [active]   Parallax_StockPlanetTextures
  36  [active]   Parallax_StockScatterTextures
  37  [active]   Parallax_StockTerrainTextures
  38  [stashed]  Per4mance
..
  41  [active]   Resurfaced
..
  43  [active]   Scatterer
  44  [active]   ScattererAtmosphereCache
  45  [active]   Shabby
  46  [active]   ShowFPS
  47  [active]   StockScattererConfigs
  48  [active]   StockVolumetricClouds
  49  [active]   StockWaterfallEffects
  50  [active]   TUFX
..
  52  [active]   Technicolor
..
  55  [active]   Waterfall
..
  59  [active]   zzz_Deferred

Notes:

• Parallax seems to be broken with latest KspBurst. v230 works.
• Recent mod Per4mance might help balance CPU/GPU load
• Recent mod LoadFix might help reduce loading time

Gotta save my Kerbals. Any means necessary, lol.

Instead of pressing H for 20 minutes, I found my scissors have enough weight to H pressed! And now we wait...

Any day now...

Any day now...

+Volumetric clouds, EVE and Scatterer in first 2 pics, fps drops to ~30.

>40 frames on an Intel Iris Xe, i5-1135G7 and 16GB ram. Low-mid settings with deferred, TURD, TUFX and Stock Waterfall.