Performance settings
Eliminate major lag on a good PC
Fix bug in the 6.84 client — the main Dota 2 site inside the game hogs the CPU
Find the hosts file
Folder where this file is located
Editing
- Right-click the file
- Click "Properties"
- Security tab
- Click "Change"
- Tick the 'Allow' checkboxes, then click OK and save
- Then open the hosts file with Notepad
- Add this line to the end
Should look something like this:
Check
Verify that everything worked and the client no longer lags
- Open the 6.84 game client
- Today tab
- If instead of a web page you get a blank error page-105 / -107 / -108 - Everything is set up correctly and performance should improve.
How to revert everything
If you need to visit dota2.com or, for other reasons, want to revert to how it was:
- Then open the hosts file with Notepad
- Remove the line "0.0.0.0 www.dota2.com"
- Save the file
- The site is now available again.
netgraph
Show FPS, ping, and packet loss
Show on the right
Show in the center
Show on the left
Increase font
Commands to improve performance
How often the game updates when alt-tabbing (useful for streams, values from 0 to 20)
Asynchronous sound mixing
Multithreading
Alternative shadow rendering
Alternative bone handling
Improving responsiveness
If your ping is 40 or below, you can tweak interpolation
Command #1
Command #2
Monitor the parameter lerp Using netgraph 5. Look at the color of 'lerp' and the label: we want lerp to be white!
| Lerp reading | Console command |
|---|---|
| Red | cl_interp (0 - 0.05) |
| Yellow | |
| Orange | |
| Still not white? |