I figured out the issue that was causing occasional too many heap sections crashes with the patch -
Resolved by rolling back to v12evo (patched to include security fixes for VaM 1.22.0.12 and removing job-worker-count=12, which was effectively crippling the patch and causing instability, from the boot.config file).
I did extensive benchmark testing with
MacGruber's Benchmark to baseline Desktop and VR (My Optimal Settings and MacGruber's Official Benchmark settings and compare to patched.
I also benchmarked VAM Startup time and heavy scene load times (initial and reload) baseline and patched.
Rig: 9800X3D, TUF 5090 (OC/UV), 64GB KF Beast 6000-CL30 tuned to CL26. CPU is most relevant here.
Results (Benchmarks attached, Summaries below):VR Notes - Some of the VR Benchmarks show my VR HMD is an Oculus Quest2, but I am running a MeganeX SL8K native SteamVR setup via SBoys3's driver. Also my OS is Windows 11 Pro not Windows 10. All other info is accurate.
In SteamVR I am running 150% Steam Render Resolution, Motion Smoothing Off, Advanced Supersample Filtering On (I've tested both and quality/performance is slightly better with ASF On, this helps when render res upscaling).
My Optimal Custom User Preferences Settings: (Render Scale 1.00, Mirrored Surfaces Enabled, Realtime Reflection Probes off, Generate Depth Texture off, Soft Body Physics on, Shader Quality High, MSAA 4X, Pixel Light Count 6, Smooth Passes 2, Process Priority High, Physics Rate 90 HZ, Physics Update Cap 1, High Quality Physics on, Glow Effects off, Desktop Vsync off). Tested baselines and these were the most optimal settings with best quality to performance. Mirrored Surfaces enabled is optional.
Desktop Optimal Settings Baseline:
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Desktop Optimal Settings Patched:
View attachment 547946Desktop Optimal Settings Baseline to Patch Comp: ~22% avg FPS gain, ~45% avg TotalTime improvement
Desktop Official Benchmark Baseline:
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Desktop Official Benchmark Patched:
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Desktop Official Benchmark Baseline to Patch Comp: ~10% avg FPS gain, ~40% avg TotalTime improvement
VR Optimal Settings Baseline (150% SteamVR Render Resolution, Motion Smoothing Off, Advanced Supersample Filtering On):
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VR Optimal Settings Patched (150% SteamVR Render Resolution, Motion Smoothing Off, Advanced Supersample Filtering On):
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VR Optimal Settings Baseline to Patch Comp: FPS was pegged at ~90fps for both (expected due to 90Hz Physics Rate), but TotalTime Avg improved by 10-20%
VR Official Benchmark Baseline (150% SteamVR Render Resolution, Motion Smoothing Off, Advanced Supersample Filtering On):
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VR Official Benchmark Patched (150% SteamVR Render Resolution, Motion Smoothing Off, Advanced Supersample Filtering On):
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VR Official Benchmark Baseline to Patch Comp: All tests FPS was pegged at 90fps avg except for Mirror - 62fps improved to 67fps, baseline 3 and simpler physics tests were both pegged at 45fps avg, but again - TotalTime Improvement of ~10-20%
VR Benefits - Biggest benefits here are reduced Avg/Min/Max TotalTime, reduced drops, more stability at 90fps under heavy load
VAM Startup/Heavy Scene Load times - Baseline vs CPU Performance Patch Comparison:
VAM startup time baseline - 30.28 seconds
VAM startup time patch - 30.00 seconds (No patch improvement)
Here's where it gets more interesting...
VAM very heavy scene (1) load time baseline (TGC VS Reloaded 02.12.25 (Patreon Full Latest) - 3:35.16 initial and reload (almost identical)
VAM very heavy scene (1) load time patch (TGC VS Reloaded 02.12.25 (Patreon Full Latest) - 3:04.38 initial, 2:40.03 reload (14.3% faster initial load, 25.6% faster reload!)
VAM heavy scene (2) load time baseline (CuddleMocap 010-Lap-Dance-01.2) - 1:05.87 initial and reload (almost identical)
VAM heavy scene 2 load time patch (CuddleMocap 010-Lap-Dance-01.2) - 42.02 initial, 36.45 reload (36.2% faster initial load, 44.7% faster reload!!)
VAM Startup - unchanged
Initial load of heavy scenes - 14-36% faster load
Reload of heavy scenes - 25-45% faster load
My Optimal patch settings for the 9800X3D (on patched v12evo)
SkinMeshPartDLL.ini:
[threads]
computeColliders=8
skinmeshPart=8
applyMorphs=8
skinmeshPartMaxPerChar=8
applyMorphMaxPerChar=8
affinity=1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
[threadsVR]
computeColliders=4
skinmeshPart=2
applyMorphs=2
skinmeshPartMaxPerChar=4
applyMorphMaxPerChar=2
affinity=1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
boot.config:
gfx-enable-gfx-jobs=1
gfx-enable-native-gfx-jobs=1
gfx-disable-mt-rendering=0
wait-for-native-debugger=0
gc-max-time-slice=3
single-instance=1
Hope this helps.
