Graphics Performance Issues

This article applies to Windows users only.

Issue Description

During gameplay, users may experience recurring momentary frame skips.

How to Resolve

Try the following:

1. Reinstall Torchlight.
2. Reinstall your Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries.
3. Switch your default graphics renderer to OpenGL (see below).

Switching to OpenGL

By default, Torchlight uses the DirectX rendering system in order to display graphics on the screen. Users who experience performance issues may find performance improvements under OpenGL. Here's how to switch:

1. Copy Plugins.cfg to a new file called Plugins_OpenGL.cfg. It will be located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Runic Games\Torchlight.
2. Open Plugins_OpenGL.cfg in a plain text editor, like Notepad.
3. Change line 7 as follows: #Plugin=RenderSystem_Direct3D9
4. Change line 8 as follows: Plugin=RenderSystem_GL
5. We have now commented line 7 and un-commented line 8.
6. Save the file and exit.

But wait, there's more! We need to modify one last file:

1. Start -> Run... (Start -> Search programs and files for Windows 7 users).
2. Type %appdata% and press Enter.
3. Locate runic games\torchlight.
4. Open local_settings.txt in a plain text editor.
5. Change line 2 as follows: OPENGL :1
6. Save the file and exit.

Relaunch Torchlight.