Game notes for my endeavours in Escape from Tarkov

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First raid EVER and I survived

Preface

I bought/preordered Escape from Tarkov(EFT) on january 28. 2022 because I needed something to waste my sparetime on... time will tell if I get hooked.

This page is intended as my own personal reference card to stuff I probably will forget if I do not write it down somewhere :-D

Usefull websites

Gear

Key Tool

The Key Tool would be handy to obtain as soon as possible.

Documents case
Mr. Holodilnick thermal bag
M4A1 post Raid #1 upgrade

Console commands

This section contains Console commands that i use.

FPS Counter

Press the tilde key ~ on your keyboard to enable the console command interface (either on the menu or in raid).

  • Enter fps 1 in the console bar that appears at the top of your screen and press enter.
  • Alternatively, enter fps 2 for advanced information
  • Enter fps 0 to turn off the counter completely.

Graphics settings

12.12 (Setting {before} -> {after} = {before FPS} -> {after FPS}):

  • Object LOD: 4 -> 2 == 32 -> 33 FPS
  • Overall visibility: 3000 -> 400 == 33 -> 34 FPS (1000 still 34FPS)
  • Anti-aliasing: TAA High -> Off == 34 -> 35 FPS (Disabled because DLSS is enabled)
  • Resampling: 1x (Disabled because DLSS is enabled)
  • NVIDIA DLSS: balanced
  • HBAO: Colored very high -> off == 35 -> 43 FPS
  • SSR: Ultra -> Off == 43 -> 80 FPS
  • Anisotropic Filtering: On -> Off == 80 -> 87 FPS (Per texture = 82 FPS)
  • Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On -> Off == 87 -> 89 FPS (On+Boost = 84 FPS)
  • Sharpness: No effect. (3 for stimulant effect kekw)
  • Lobby FPS Limit: No effect. (duh)
  • HighQualityColor: On -> Off == 87 -> 94 FPS (Didn't restart. After raid restart: 116 FPS [was now cloudy weather too])
    • Disabling PostFX entirely: 94 -> 100 FPS
    • FOV: Min FOV -> Max FOX: No change (may have difference on your system)
  • Only use Physical Cores On -> Off: No change. (Ryzen 3900X though)
  • Automatic RAM cleaner: Nothing (128GB RAM though)
  • Texture Quality: No change, but didn't include in video.
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra -> Medium -> Low: 100 -> 100 -> 103

12.12 Weapon builds

Advice i found on the Intarwebz

Game mechanics

  • When doing Scav-runs if cases/boxes/crates are closed but empty on examination it means that they probably was looted before you loaded in. If they are open they were looted after you loaded in. this also applies when doing PMC runs but in this senario you will normally not encounter closed loot-containers as I understand it.

Beginner advice

  • Buy a cheap weapon and nothing else and go to shoreline, go to the sniper rock and kill the 1-2 sniper scavs that spawn there - then check YouTube for the tutorial for how to get on top of the rock to loot them. They always have either a scoped Mosin or sks and semi decent loot for a new player.
  • Extract at path to lighthouse, or road to customs
  • Rinse and repeat for ez loot

Video guides

Shoreline

Nvidia Settings

Graphics settings

Errors

Stuck on "Awaiting session start"

Stuck on "Awaiting session start" should be exclusively on your scav ; if you're stuck on "Awaiting session start" specifically for more than 5 minutes ; it's a good indicator that you're desynced and need to Alt+F4 and restart.

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