Dramatically Improve Game Performance for Devs and Players! (MV and MZ) (second

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The reason why I am creating this thread is because I feel this is a VERY important aspect of RPG Maker games that is overlooked by most devs and players alike.

This is my SECOND big discovery, my first discovery being "Massively improving RPG Maker Game performance by updating the NW.js" (Link below)

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Let me Explain:

How come powerful Gaming PCs/Laptops that can run triple A Games like WOW (old I know), Just Cause 4, and Assassins Creed well (in 4k) somehow, for some awful reason, have a very difficult time running RPG Maker MV games?

Is the RPG Maker Engine really that poorly optimized? How can these simple 2d graphics bog down powerful computers?!

It has never made sense to me, and this has really bothered me because I really wanted my game to run well (since its a commercial game)! How could anyone take me seriously as a video game developer if I had a hard time optimizing a simple 2d game?

I looked for answers, (I looked for the entire 5 years it took to create Killer Gin on MV)... and I always ran across explanations that made me understand the complexity of game engines for sure (people saying that 2d game engines are still so complex as justification for poor performance, etc), but still, I was never fully satisfied, I never felt like I found a good reason for RPG Maker MV games running so poorly.

After doing my best to create the very best/optimized game I could make, I just accepted the fact that the RPG Maker MV engine is poorly optimized, and I just had to live with it.

All of this changed once I made a huge discovery which quickly lead to a second huge discovery! OMG!!

The first discovery, a super easy and fast way to upgrade the NW.js of RPG Maker MV to make games run 2x better (Link below)!

:: IMPORTANT :: However, even though the computers started running games 2x better with the NW.js update (Powerful computers initially ran my game at 15-25 FPS was now running my game at 55-60 FPS), this was not enough for me. Even though performance increased more than 2x something still bothered me a lot...... IT NEEDS TO BE 60 FPS! THIS SHOULD NOT BE SO DIFFICULT! There was be something else I am missing! I felt I was close to something...

So I did more digging and I finally found the last piece of the puzzle (I ran experiments on multiple PCs and laptops)

And I found it..... why is this not COMMON knowledge? How come I have never ran into this explanation the entire time I been struggling to optimize my game as much as possible?

This Guide covers my second big discovery that I want to bring to the forefront for all RPG Maker Developers and Players.

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Discoveries:

1) RPG Maker MV uses a super old and crapy version of NW.js.
(I figured out how to update from version 29.4 to 50.2, performance improves by 2x!)

Link: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...dramatically-improve-game-performance.131620/

2) By default, if computers have an integrated GPU (MOST?!), the task to run RPG Maker games is delegated to the integrated GPU and not the Dedicated/Performance GPU by default (the crap GPU runs the game, not the good one!!!) (THIS IS WHAT THIS GUIDE IS ALL ABOUT!)

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Let's do this, let's see how we can fix this!

(IMPORTANT: This must be performed on the players/Devs computer, one at at time. Hopefully the engine devs can fix this.)

If a player says that your game runs poorly, or just to make sure that all players are experiencing RPG Maker games at their best, make sure they are using their best GPU!

For NVIDIA GPUs

Go to the search bar and look for the NVIDIA Control panel (This is easier, and different that the Geforce Experience crap)
Don't have it? Download it!





Go to 3D settings.

You will see "Global Settings" and "Program Settings"

This is where you can modify the "GPU rules" of the computer.

By default you can tell your computer to ALWAYS use the best GPU.

However by default, this will NOT be the case, your computer will always try to conserve as much energy/power as possible unless you purposefully change it to BEAST mode. (Gamers should use BEAST mode lol)

Based on your power needs/concerns you may or may not want this to be true.





Whats important is the "Program Settings" tab

Here, you want to make sure that when you run the game, you are making sure that the Dedicated or High Performance GPU is running the game.

Most RPG Maker games will register as "Game.exe" (Find it in the app list)

Choose the "High Performance NVIDIA Processor"





THATS IT!

When you are done, apply changes and restart the game.

Now the game should run BEAUTIFULLY! OMG! 60 FPS EASY!

Even though the game should run at 60 FPS with a dedicated GPU, I still HIGHLY recommend that you optimize the game as much as possible for a low end or integrated GPU just in case! (Some people not never have their good GPU run the game so always plan and optimize for an integrated GPU) So consider updating the NW.js

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All laptops and computers I have use NVIDIA so I am not sure how to update and check this for other GPUs.

Keep in mind, one of my laptops have an "Nvidia Control Panel" with a slightly different looking "Program Settings" tab and one said that the driver itself was not compatible with it.

Regardless the heart of this guide/takeaway remains the same..... make sure the good GPU is running the game!

If you have a different GPU manufacturer and figure out how to make sure the good GPU is running the game, please let me know so that I can update this guide for everyone! Thanks!

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So in conclusion. If a player says that your game runs poorly, or just to make sure that all players are experiencing RPG Maker games at their best, make sure they are using their best GPU!

If they have an integrated (Crap) GPU most likely the computer using this GPU instead of the dedicated (GOOD) GPU. (I think the GPU driver thinks that RPG Maker MV games are light weight! lol!)

Now I feel like, this is the first thing I will ask a player if they say my game is running poorly lol.

Anyways thats the end of my guide, I hope it helped you and your players/fans.

PS: If you are using a laptop, make sure you are using performance mode, especially if the laptop is not plugged in.

PPS: Perhaps RPG Maker will have an update that will somehow make computers use their dedicated/high performance GPU by default like most other games. Is this possible Engine devs?


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