Official Guide Votra's Autoexec

[Valtorix]

Huh, this looks extremely useful; my system is pretty damn outdated and old; but no harm in giving this a try!

Thanks for posting mate <3

 

[Infected Sanity]

Works perfect, thank's alot! :grinning:

 

[TheRobsterDJ]

with this config, i get much more fps but my game has frequent stutters + freezes - would anyone know why?

EDIT: it was mat_compressedtextures 0 causing that

 

[Carta Blanca]

I have a somewhat decent rig, but you know what gmod is like.. it couldn't run buttery smooth on a NASA grade computer - so thanks for this.

 

[Khiel]

should insert notes stating what each command does in simple terms, makes it easier for people to figure out what's fucking up if they can just think "x is fucked" and then look in the autoexec for "changes x"
would be pretty neato

 

[Votra]

should insert notes stating what each command does in simple terms, makes it easier for people to figure out what's fucking up if they can just think "x is fucked" and then look in the autoexec for "changes x"
would be pretty neato

Good suggestion but I'm very inactive and that likely isn't going to happen anytime soon. You can type help in console then a space after and put the command in quotes without the value, e.g. help "mat_queue_mode" to get a brief description. Although you shouldn't change anything if you have no idea what you're doing unless its what I say you should change if you have a bad connection.

 

[LykosNychi]

Since using this autoexec, my Gmod constantly eats up all my memory to the point of an inevitable crash.


Which line is causing this, so I can remove it?

 

[Khiel]

Since using this autoexec, my Gmod constantly eats up all my memory to the point of an inevitable crash.


Which line is causing this, so I can remove it?

do you have 8 or 16gb of RAM?

if 8, here's the issue

mem_max_heapsize "8192"

 

[LykosNychi]

do you have 8 or 16gb of RAM?

if 8, here's the issue

16. I thought that the ram might be a problem, so I tried halving the memory max, but I still have the issue.

 

[Votra]

16. I thought that the ram might be a problem, so I tried halving the memory max, but I still have the issue.

All that cvar does is tell Garry's Mod it can use up to that much RAM. It will never actually use that much because its a 32-bit program. That's not your problem. If you think the autoexec is the problem, copy and paste it elsewhere to save it, then delete the copy in your cfgs. See if that fixes it. My bet is it won't.

 

[wack]

So that’s what @Blackquill did >: (

 

[LykosNychi]

All that cvar does is tell Garry's Mod it can use up to that much RAM. It will never actually use that much because its a 32-bit program. That's not your problem. If you think the autoexec is the problem, copy and paste it elsewhere to save it, then delete the copy in your cfgs. See if that fixes it. My bet is it won't.

I mean, it is the problem- because as soon as I changed Autoexecs, Gmod stopped causing my computer to run out of memory. I also never had the problem until I used your autoexec- and never had the problem after I stopped.

while it does cause my game to run much better on CW, removing a lot of the stuttering, it also causes some sort of insane memory leak that is guaranteed to crash the game within a couple of hours.

:grinning:

 

[Votra]

I mean, it is the problem- because as soon as I changed Autoexecs, Gmod stopped causing my computer to run out of memory. I also never had the problem until I used your autoexec- and never had the problem after I stopped.

while it does cause my game to run much better on CW, removing a lot of the stuttering, it also causes some sort of insane memory leak that is guaranteed to crash the game within a couple of hours.

:grinning:

An auto-exec can't cause a memory leak. A memory leak occurs when an object is stored in memory but can't be accessed, autoexec is just plain text commands setting values or turning something on or off that extends what you can do in your options menu. It is either the engine or a mod causing the problem.

That being said, try removing these commands:

r_threaded_particles 1
r_threaded_renderables 1
r_queued_ropes 1
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager 1
mem_max_heapsize "8192"
threadpool_affinity "8"
snd_mix_async 1
in_usekeyboardsampletime 1
ai_expression_optimization 1

cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 1
cl_threaded_bone_setup 1
cl_smooth 0
cl_wpn_sway_interp 0

If that doesn't work, also remove

mat_dxlevel 95
mat_specular 0
mat_compressedtextures 0

Disable any client-side mods.

 

[LykosNychi]

An auto-exec can't cause a memory leak. A memory leak occurs when an object is stored in memory but can't be accessed, autoexec is just plain text commands setting values or turning something on or off that extends what you can do in your options menu. It is either the engine or a mod causing the problem.

That being said, try removing these commands:

r_threaded_particles 1
r_threaded_renderables 1
r_queued_ropes 1
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager 1
mem_max_heapsize "8192"
threadpool_affinity "8"
snd_mix_async 1
in_usekeyboardsampletime 1
ai_expression_optimization 1

cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 1
cl_threaded_bone_setup 1
cl_smooth 0
cl_wpn_sway_interp 0

If that doesn't work, also remove

mat_dxlevel 95
mat_specular 0
mat_compressedtextures 0

Disable any client-side mods.

I don't use mods.


An autoexec could 100% cause issues with overusing and leaking memory if it changes how the game utilizes and processes memory.

I will try this shortly.

 

[Deleted member 7591]

It was added a few months ago

will these config change something in my game? any visual thing or? i don't want gmod to look like minecraft

 

[MaXenzie]

will these config change something in my game? any visual thing or? i don't want gmod to look like minecraft

not really

it just changes how the game handles behind the scenes stuff and does some multithreading

 

[Deleted member 8325]

I hope this config won't cause me any crashes like it did to some people