VRAM Cleaner 1.0.1

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Clears up unused assets after raid start timer finishes

Have you ever wanted to play SPT at 12k resolution but your VRAM keeps maxing out?


Well, now you can! No not really, but this mod should help clear up about 1-2GB of VRAM. There will be a small lag spike right after the start raid countdown finishes, this only happens once at the start of each raid.


After testing, I haven't noticed any negative side effects from this, I also can't confirm if it'll cause issues for other mods that load any assets like textures/models. If anyone does notice any negative side effects let me know what it breaks and I'll add a list here for what it's not compatible with. It should definitely work with base SPT and other just general non-asset related mods.


I've made this mainly for the SPT VR mod I'm working on because VRAM usage can get pretty insane on there, figured it'd be better as a mod on its own though because I tested it on flat screen and found it clears up a good amount of VRAM even on there. Check out SPTVR - SPT-VR


Install instructions:

  1. Move Bepinex folder into your SPT folder
  2. Don't install onto a fika headless client


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  • Version 1.0.1

    • matsix
    • 800 Downloads

    Hotfix:

    • Much cleaner initiating of the cleaner, I noticed it didn't always work with Fika because the countdown timer doesn't always reach 0 when you run a headless client. No more delay involved, found a different method to connect it to and it'll happen as soon as the raid start countdown finishes
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  • Version 1.0.0

    • matsix
    • 368 Downloads
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  • Just to give an idea on how this can help, if you're like me and you were ripped off by Nvidia with their low VRAM graphics card models like the 3080 10GB model... This can help quite a bit with avoiding VRAM maxing out and reducing VRAM induced stutters.


    It is especially helpful in the SPTVR mod I am also working on. In flatscreen tarkov I usually get around 8GB VRAM usage, using this reduces it down to 6-7. In SPTVR I end up capping it out often at 9.7GB and it starts spilling over to RAM causing stutters and just overall bad performance. With this mod, it goes from 9.7GB to 7-8GB.


    I have no idea what it's clearing out and I also have no idea why this is NEVER ran in BSG's code. From what I can tell when searching about the method I'm running in here, it is common practice in Unity games to run this when loading new scenes and Unity does not do it automatically.

  • Will this mod remove the need to turn off Low texture Streety : )

  • this thing is literal life saver and seems working pretty good also i have a lot of mods that contains new textures for now there is no problems i will report if i have any problems

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  • Is this the same "thing" as the Ram Cleaner Fix, or that one cleaning the PC's RAM and yours cleans the GPU's RAM?

    • The title says VRAM, the description says VRAM, the pinned comment says VRAM, 3 comments below I say it's different than ram cleaner, idk how much clearer I can be aquadesperate

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  • Does this happen to be back-compatible with SPT 3.10.5? If not, can I request for one?

    • Wouldn't hurt to throw it in there and try, won't break anything. If it doesn't work just remove it and sorry I won't make a version for 3.10 if it doesn't.

    • Gotcha! I did and there seems to be no error so far for both the headless and server, but I have no way to test it for myself if it does actually work. This does not have an F12 config, right?

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  • Just wanted clarification, is this different from the Ram Cleaner fix mod?

    • Yes

    • Very different, that mod just runs the RAM cleaner on an interval that BSG has running every time you open inventory. This is for VRAM which is different, VRAM is your video card memory and this only runs once at the start of each raid.

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    • i play on integrated amd card without memory at all on hdd on old matebook huawei and i have 20 fps! can u imagine my stable and tail? RAWR! bugcatrainbow bugcatworking

  • can i still benefit from this mod even if i have enough vram left ?

    • I'd say try it and see if it makes any difference. I've got a 3080 10GB model so I'm pretty limited, I'd imagine this would help mostly for people with lower end cards with not much VRAM to spare. This should actually do a bit more than clear up VRAM but that seems to be the main benefit I've seen from it.

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  • can this be used with ram cleaner fix?

    • Yes, shouldn't conflict with that at all.

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