Performance Sober Fast Flags

⚠️ DISCLAIMER

FastFlags should never be used for hacking. These flags are strictly meant for FPS boosting and ping stabilization. If frustration over skill issues is pushing you to hacking, consider staying away from competitive games where you get outplayed by genuine players. Please do not ruin it for the Linux community through your selfish behavior.

Getting Started

First we need to locate your config.json

• Make sure Show Hidden File is toggled on (CTRL + H)
• Your config.json is located at ~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/config/sober
• We run: xdg-open ~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/config/sober/config.json
• OR We can run nano ~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/config/sober/config.json
• Now just delete everything inside and paste everything from config.json in here to your config.json.

Checking out Lucem, which is blostraps but for Sober. These commands above are also for Ubuntu, So if you have any knowledge about your Distro use these commands as a reference.

User's Manual

Setting OpenGL as rendering API

"use_opengl": true

Setting FPS Limit

"DFIntTaskSchedulerTargetFps": "60"

Setting Monitor Hertz

"FIntTargetRefreshRate": "60"

Enable/Disable Bubble Chat

"FFlagEnableBubbleChatFromChatService": "False" 

Adjust these values based on your internet speed (Lower it if you can't join a game)

980 for slow internet speed / 1480 for fast internet speed

1000 + (YourDownloadMbpsSpeed × 0.5) = Best MTU value for you

"DFIntRakNetMtuValue1InBytes": "1480",
"DFIntRakNetMtuValue2InBytes": "1480",
"DFIntRakNetMtuValue3InBytes": "1480",
"DFIntConnectionMTUSize": "1480"

Fix for corrupted leaderboards:

 "DFFlagOptimizeIsA": "False"

Low Render Distance

"DFIntDebugRestrictGCDistance": "1"

Disable ALL Lights

"DFFlagDebugPauseVoxelizer": "True"

Version 2 ESC menu

"FIntNewInGameMenuPercentRollout3": "100",
"FFlagEnableInGameMenuControls": "False",
 "FFlagDisableNewIGMinDUA": "True",
"FFlagEnableInGameMenuChromeABTest4": "False"

Custom Font Size

"FIntFontSizePadding": "1"

Enable GPU Curling

"FFlagFastGPULightCulling3": "True"

Troubleshooting

Please be adviced, Even a small comma in the wrong place can make your Sober not open AT ALL.

• Open Sober from terminal to see the specific cause of the failure to launch.
• If your sober is not opening after the edits made then you likely messed up the Fast Flags run:

rm ~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/data/sober/exe/ClientSettings/ClientAppSettings.json
rm ~/.var/app/org.vinegarhq.Sober/config/sober/config.json
flatpak run org.vinegarhq.Sober

• If there is a specific change made by our configuration that your dissatisfied by, Try bulk deleting the fastflags then launching Sober. Continue deleteing chunks until you notice your problem is solved after deleting a specific section. With enough tries, You will be able to isolate the issues to a specifc fastflag.

Warning

This page will not use physics-related fastflags to avoid any risk of users being banned. It is dedicated to performance improvements. Although updates may become less frequent once the page is finished, we will continue to add new fastflags as they are discovered.