How do I squeeze some better performance out of the game?

Pat58

Newcomer
I'm running SDV on quite old (15 years ago this'd be standard) PC. Debian, nothing else in the background. Is there some way to squeak out more performance? Can I pull the resolution down to 480x848? Is there some setting I can press to lower the weight?
 

FilthyGorilla

Local Legend
The biggest things in game are:
1. Zooming in (the game renders less on screen and it massively helps performance)
2. Not having a load of animals
3. Not having a load of things (mostly machines) that have animations in any one area

There’s some other stuff you can do too:
1. Don’t run too many other programs at the same time
2. Make sure to clean your pc (dust can massively hinder fan performance)
3. Run a cleaner program to get rid of viruses and bloatware slowing down your system
 

pealee

Cowpoke
The biggest things in game are:
1. Zooming in (the game renders less on screen and it massively helps performance)
2. Not having a load of animals
3. Not having a load of things (mostly machines) that have animations in any one area

There’s some other stuff you can do too:
1. Don’t run too many other programs at the same time
2. Make sure to clean your pc (dust can massively hinder fan performance)
3. Run a cleaner program to get rid of viruses and bloatware slowing down your system
Hm interesting tips, I’m curious if any of the first three might apply to switch consoles as well…
 

MogBeoulve

Local Legend
Hm interesting tips, I’m curious if any of the first three might apply to switch consoles as well…
Most likely they will. I do sometimes note occasional momentary lag, but never enough to actually annoy me (though keep in mind that I'm old and think that minor lag is normal).
 

pealee

Cowpoke
Most likely they will. I do sometimes note occasional momentary lag, but never enough to actually annoy me (though keep in mind that I'm old and think that minor lag is normal).
Hm. Do you also play on switch? I’d also say I think minor lag is normal, nor does it annoy me (unless I’m fishing or harvesting Ging Island AF). Perhaps I’m just used to it. However, the lags seem to be becoming steadily more frequent (crashes as well).
 

MogBeoulve

Local Legend
Hm. Do you also play on switch? I’d also say I think minor lag is normal, nor does it annoy me (unless I’m fishing or harvesting Ging Island AF). Perhaps I’m just used to it. However, the lags seem to be becoming steadily more frequent (crashes as well).
Yes, it's a Switch Lite, not sure if that makes a difference in performance.
 
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