Hey guys, I managed to get the game to boot last night (first time setup), and after the horrid performance I quit it to try the .cfg fix that's been making the rounds. Problem is, the game won't load since then. I've tried removing the .cfg file and changing it and it does nothing, the game crashes as soon as I focus on its window (If I let it run in the background it will run, but as soon as I focus on it it hangs).
I'm appalled such a pathetically bad coded game was even released (I was getting 5FPS the only time it booted, with a RADEON 6950, which makes no sense at all, not to mention the horrid texture pop-in), but I'd like to know if anyone around has an idea of how to fix it.
I already tried the skip intro videos command (didn't work) and renaming the .bik files for the videos (didn't work either).
Any ideas other than requesting STEAM for a refund they won't give me?
Its not the game so much as it is AMD and their total and abject failure at coding a proper OpenGL driver. The performance issues seem to be the worst on high end AMD hardware.
First thing: Did you try to turn on GPU transcoding at all? For amd systems it can't be on. It should only be enabled if you have Nvidia and should not show up for AMD at all.
Second: Use STEAM to verify the Game's files.
Third: make sure there is a folder called rage thats been created inside the following path: "C:\Users\YOUR WINDOWS USER MAN\AppData\Local\id Software\" - it should look like "C:\Users\YOUR WINDOWS USER MAN\AppData\Local\id Software\rage" if the rage folder exists already you need to delete the files inside of it - it should only be 2 files with a .bin extension
Fourth:delete any run diag options and .cfg files you created.
fifth: create a new 'rageconfig.cfg' in your /base folder and copy pasta this verbatim into it and save.
seta com_videoRam "512" //sets the Video Card memory Set this to the amount you have in MB
seta com_maxfps "120" //limits the frames to 60 can be changed to what you desire
seta ui_fov "90" //PC FOV is 90-95 console is 65-70
seta cg_fov "90" //PC FOV is 90-95 console is 65-70
seta image_anisotropy "4" //Using the highest setting here but you can set as 2, 4 or 8
seta image_usecompression 0
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP" //filtering for light maps
seta image_preload "1" //Use preload images when ever possible
seta image_lodbias "-1" //LoD settings
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0" //Sets up for using HQ gfx
seta image_ignoreLowQuality "1" //ignores the low textures
seta image_useCache "1" //Enabled Cache to allow the textures to load properly without popping
seta image_cacheMegs "1024" //Cache size in Megabytes
seta image_cacheMinK "50000" //Cache minimum size in kilobytes
seta r_aspectRatio "2" // 0=4:3, 1=16:9, 2=16:10, 3=5:4 TFT, -1 custom
seta r_fullscreen "1"
//seta r_customAspectRatioV "10"
//seta r_customAspectRatioH "16"
seta r_swapInterval 1 //VSYNC 1 enabled, 0 diabled
seta r_useHighQualityPostProcess "1" //Fore High Quality post proccessing
seta r_shadowsHighQuality "1" //Fore High Quality shadows
seta r_displayRefresh "0" //keep it so the engine doesn't double render a frame
seta r_renderer "best" //highest rendering options
seta r_multiSamples "16" //Set this to 16 or 8 if you're having low-fps as 32 is the Max Multi-sampling
seta r_useHBAO "0" //Ambient occlusion
seta r_useRenderThread "0" // 0 Disable or 1 Enable threaded rendering useful for newer cards to increase performance.
seta r_visDistMult "1"
seta r_useMotionBlur "1" //use blur
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"
seta r_shadows "0"
seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"
seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"
seta vt_lodBias "-1" //LoD settings
//below is cache settings
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizevmtr "8192"
seta vt_maxPPF 64
Sixth: enter in the following text for your new run options inside steam:
+set com_allowconsole 1 +set com_skipIntroVideo 1 +set image_anisotropy 16 +set image_usecompression 0 +set g_showplayershadow 1 +set m_smooth 0 +set mem_phymemblocksizem 3096
Seventh: Play game like a boss.
Eighth: If it still plays like poop you have to wipe your existing AMD drivers off your system and download the driver from here: http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx
Never use the Catalyst drivers off of steam. Please make sure that you have run a proper uninstall on ALL the AMD GPU related software. Windows should be running in a compatability mode if done correctly. AMD has crap driver code and when they pile up on top of one another you are left with huge problems. Best of luck.