Dirty Bomb

Dirty Bomb

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How To Optimize DB |OUTDATED|
By Peppr
How to create a small exec file to achieve higher framerates by reducing textures, bloom, fog and color-grading.
   
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PLEASE NOTE
This guide was made for a previous game version. Anything listed here may not work anymore.
The Steps
Firstly, navigate to where you have you have the game folder. You can find this quickly by right-clicking Dirty Bomb in your Steam library, going to properties > local files > browse local files.

Once we've found it, we're going to open the Binaries folder and create a text document inside called exec.txt. It should look like the picture below.

(Note, if you have Windows 7, just name the file exec Windows 7 isn't smart enough to realise you're trying to change the file to text document by adding .txt to the end of the name.)



Open the text document and paste in the following lines

BloomSize 0
ColorGrading 2
RawInputUpdateTest true
PostProcessAAType 0
texturepoolsize 1
FogDensity 0


After doing this, save the file and close your file explorer.

The final step is to tell the game to use your newly created exec file, so right-click the game in your library, select properties > set launch options, and a little box will appear.



Type -exec=exec.txt into the box and press ok.
Now load up your game and enjoy the higher framerates.

Optional Stuff
• For better looking textures, in the exec.txt file change the number after texturepoolsize
16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 (Higher = less frames)

• For an FPS counter in-game, add the line Stat FPS to your exec.txt file.
Thanks for reading!
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Comments and likes are appreciated.

Good luck out there!
38 Comments
Sultan Abu Al Pepsi 12 May, 2018 @ 7:47pm 
I thought heapsize lines are only applicable in Valve's Source engine video games, like CSGO&L4D2
xderbusfahrer 12 May, 2018 @ 12:30pm 
ok thx :HappyFragger:
Peppr  [author] 12 May, 2018 @ 7:18am 
Basically sets the amount of RAM for the game to use. Here's a list so you use the correct command depending on how much RAM you own.

-Heapsize 1048576 (PC's with 2GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 1572864 (PC's with 3GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 2097152 (PCs with 4GB system RAM)
-Heapsize 3145728 (PC's with 6GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 4194304 (PC's with 8GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 6291456 (PC's with 12GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 8388608 (PC's with 16GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 12582912 (PC's with 24GB of system RAM)
-Heapsize 16777216 (PC's with 32GB of system RAM)
xderbusfahrer 12 May, 2018 @ 2:28am 
What does -heapsize 4194304 do ?
Sultan Abu Al Pepsi 9 May, 2018 @ 10:11pm 
must use minimal texture detail in options for now
Sultan Abu Al Pepsi 9 May, 2018 @ 10:09pm 
texturepoolsize size is limited to 300 megabyte instead of 1 megabyte after update
Peppr  [author] 9 May, 2018 @ 2:19pm 
Due to the latest update, texturepoolsize command seems to not be working. Such a shame,
Ripthajacker 5 May, 2018 @ 11:39pm 
Cheers for the guide
Peppr  [author] 30 Apr, 2018 @ 3:44pm 
texturepoolsize is basically how good textures will look in your game. 2048 is half of the default, so you might notice textures don't look as good. But nothing drastic.
Peppr  [author] 24 Apr, 2018 @ 2:07pm 
no u