SWTOR Unleashed (game files in RAM to improve performance)

AFAIK people with SSD have had improvements with Unleashed.

Plus, I am using both, without improvement, and my PC specs are solid, the game should run smoother.



I think I did at first, then added some more, because nothing happened

@EXCA: could you recommend a process <> disk activity measuring tool? So I can see what is mostly being read? Or some other method?

I have added most of these files, and somehow, I'm not seeing any improvement. I heave enough RAM to run the game with Unleashed btw. How is this possible?

3.44Ghz Intel Core2Duo
8GB 1333Mhz DDR3
Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Factory OC'd nVidia 560ti
SSD game disk

Stick to those 4 options and look at FPS with CTRL+SHIFT+F in game. Watch especially FPS drops (not max). With unleashed you should stay closer to your max when a lot of actions happen on the screen. Then try to raise graphic settings and compare again with/without unleashed if you're not yet at max settings.

To measure used files in real time I used filemon on the 2 swtor.exe process.

Your system appears to be good enough to where a RAM disk won't make much difference, assuming the devices are configured correctly. What you may notice is that in areas where you may normally get a bit of chop.. that will most likely be reduced.

@Exca: is it possible, for testing purposes, to make Unleashed NOT test available physical memory?

I'd like to try and see what happens if I push a little bit more into my RAM, to see what happens if some of the game's stuff goes into SSD's fast virtual memory/page file?

I am 200-300MB short (windows+swtor+5gb custom unleashed), I guess that wouldn't cause too much swapping between disk and memory, and it's between SSD and RAM.

Hi, I have a question... Once files are loaded in memory,o we have to start unleashed each time or we can just use regular launcher to launch the game as unleashed ? Cause unleashed prog still takes a good minute to load, even when files are already in the RAM (ramdisk created)

I'll check filemon.

Graphic changes result in two scenarios (from very low to very high), others don't have a noticable impact:

1 - High shadows cause a general drop of 5-10fps overall, and 10-20 when in warzones and fleet. This is normal, as dynamic shadows are GPU's nightmare. However, I am ALWAYS using the medium setting, so this is not a problem.

2 - Number of visible players (this is what I expected to be boosted with Unleashed): lower usually means higher FPS, but it's around 20ish (fleet,warzone,populated areas). ANYTHING higher takes 5fps per level of setting. I am using lowest, and 20-25fps is sort of unacceptable and Unleashed didn't help

See above please, especially number 2.