Perpheads is very laggy

Lushi · Saturday at 3:19 PM

Hello recently i came back to perp after like 1 month break and i noticed that its very laggy. I literally cant walk 10 meters without getting lag spikes. Everything is ok on other games like gta,rdr 2 and other games that take even more memory than gmod.

And also on another servers everything is fine but on perp its really really laggy. Any help i can get?

Lushi · Saturday at 3:31 PM

Also its even worse when im driving a car for some reason

Caveric Jonson · Saturday at 3:32 PM

I have this issue pretty bad but it usually resolves itself after i've roamed around the map for a few minutes.

Hjalte · Saturday at 3:38 PM

the map loads in chunks so it can lag a little when driving into one off these chunks. After i got new pc it dosen't do it anymore

Rowley · 2026-01-13T21:10:56+0000

You tried using configs or console commands?

Lushi · 2026-01-13T21:19:40+0000

Rowley said:
You tried using configs or console commands?

no

Rowley · 2026-01-13T21:21:16+0000

I dont personally use it but i've been told this cfg is good:

-high -nod3d9ex -nojoy -nohltv -preload -nosteamcontroller -processheap -novid -useforcedmparms -malloc=system -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -windowed -noborder -w 2560 -h 1440 -particles 512 -softparticlesdefaultoff +exec autoexec.cfg

These are the settings I use.

And console commands:

Useful console commands
r_3dsky "0"
r_drawdetailprops 0
r_drawbatchdecals "0"
r_shadows 0 (you won't be able to see flashlights if you set this to 0 keep this in mind)

Give this a go bud.

Locksmith · 2026-01-13T21:43:16+0000

Rowley said:
-w 2560 -h 1440

Bear in mind this is regarding your monitors resolution, so if your not using a 1440P monitor to play, put this down to 1920x1080( Or whatever resolution you are currently using to play)

Rowley · 2026-01-13T21:50:01+0000

Locksmith said:
Bear in mind this is regarding your monitors resolution, so if your not using a 1440P monitor to play, put this down to 1920x1080( Or whatever resolution you are currently using to play)

Yeah well said ! :facepalm:

Eistee von Aldi · 2026-01-13T21:55:04+0000

Locksmith said:
Bear in mind this is regarding your monitors resolution, so if your not using a 1440P monitor to play, put this down to 1920x1080( Or whatever resolution you are currently using to play)

does this work in borderless windowed mode somehow or is it just the normal res settings

Rowley · 2026-01-13T22:05:57+0000

Eistee von Aldi said:
does this work in borderless windowed mode somehow or is it just the normal res settings

That is for windowed borderless as far as I am aware.

Clarky · 2026-01-13T22:54:45+0000

Eistee von Aldi said:
does this work in borderless windowed mode somehow or is it just the normal res settings

Add -windowed -borderless to the launch arguments

rogue · 2026-01-14T01:37:03+0000

do you get lag spikes every 5 seconds exactly?

Woah · 2026-01-14T08:34:57+0000

Rowley said:
I dont personally use it but i've been told this cfg is good:

-high -nod3d9ex -nojoy -nohltv -preload -nosteamcontroller -processheap -novid -useforcedmparms -malloc=system -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -windowed -noborder -w 2560 -h 1440 -particles 512 -softparticlesdefaultoff +exec autoexec.cfg

View attachment 29693

These are the settings I use.

And console commands:

Useful console commands
r_3dsky "0"
r_drawdetailprops 0
r_drawbatchdecals "0"
r_shadows 0 (you won't be able to see flashlights if you set this to 0 keep this in mind)

Give this a go bud.

Does config and console only have to be set up once or is it every time I launch?

Hjalte · 2026-01-14T08:52:09+0000

you set it up once

Rowley · 2026-01-14T11:48:05+0000

Woah said:
Does config and console only have to be set up once or is it every time I launch?

Yeah just once bro

Rowley · 2026-01-14T11:49:10+0000

Saying that I’m not sure about the console commands, I don’t personally use either of these.

Clarky · 2026-01-14T15:01:13+0000

Woah said:
Does config and console only have to be set up once or is it every time I launch?

The console commands need to go in the autoexec cfg file for them to be executed on game launch, not the launch arguments.

Woah · 2026-01-14T18:47:46+0000

Clarky said:
The console commands need to go in the autoexec cfg file for them to be executed on game launch, not the launch arguments.

That’s really helpful thank you

With those in the cfg and also the other stuff in the launch arguments, what improvement could I possibly see for my game?

Last time I tried something like this I couldn’t move and had to verify my files haha

Rowley · 2026-01-14T18:59:37+0000

Woah said:
That’s really helpful thank you

With those in the cfg and also the other stuff in the launch arguments, what improvement could I possibly see for my game?

Last time I tried something like this I couldn’t move and had to verify my files haha

Should just give FPS increases, maybe minor but should help you out. Give it a go and have a look.

Perpheads is very laggy

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