Guardian of the Grove .dat swap anyone?

I know this is probably against the ToS and this thread will likely get deleted, but I figured I'd ask anyways.

In this thread there was a discussion about the Christmas tree in Ul'dah frying video cards because of how many layers are used for the leaves or something. The same thing happens for Guardians of the Grove around Turning Leaf.

This morning I decided to farm some keystones because I'm running low and my LS doesn't really do the NMs much anymore. Unfortunately, I'm having the same issue that many others are having, and I really don't feel like frying my card because of it. I'll likely be farming keystones for a while since I've been very unlucky with drops, but that's another story. My GPU usage hits 99%, temps exceed 70c and fps drops to less than 10 whenever I'm around the trees.

As we all know, there is no safe place to farm keystones without having trees around you. I could do raptors, but they're a bit too high to solo effectively. So I'm stuck with having to risk burning out my card just to farm the keystones.

I don't see this issue being fixed any time soon, so I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to .dat swap the tree models for something else like a moogle or something. I'm not very well educated in things like this, so I doubt I could figure it out myself.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm sure others would be grateful as well. I know I'm not the only one having this problem.

(from the node)to the north there is a clearing, go to the west side there are some low lvl mobs there and not many trees there usually.

This is better asked on a site that has to do with cats and anime porn.

yikes, I would seriously look into a decent upgrade on your card, or reducing settings just so you can get your keystones. Then after, bump your settings back up.

I have a somewhat outdated video card and I can still be in the tree area no problem.

are you still running at 60 fps? if so turn it down to 30, you will notice no change in the video and the temp of your card will be drastically reduced

There are wolves you can farm North of the monkey nm on the lower level, right next to the ramp. No trees in that area at all and they're only level 50.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

(from the node)to the north there is a clearing, go to the west side there are some low lvl mobs there and not many trees there usually.

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I'm guessing you mean wolves. These are OK, for a bit, but the trees still come this far. I'd prefer to just shoot spindiggles if possible, though.

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Originally Posted by Rau

This is better asked on a site that has to do with cats and anime porn.

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Yea, I figured that much. I don't have an account there and don't really feel like making one lol.

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Originally Posted by buritoslicer

yikes, I would seriously look into a decent upgrade on your card, or reducing settings just so you can get your keystones. Then after, bump your settings back up.

I have a somewhat outdated video card and I can still be in the tree area no problem.

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My card is fine. I use a 460 GTX hawk, which supposedly has the best stock cooling of all the 460 cards and is the recommended card on the box. My average temp is about 55c, but I just get nervous when I start reaching temps of over 70c. I know the card can handle more, I just don't feel safe stressing it like that.

Others are having this issue with better cards as well. Some have already reported complete failure of their cards because of this issue.

I may try to find the .dats myself, I could probably figure it out. I'm guessing you'd just need a model viewer for it? /shrug lol

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

are you still running at 60 fps? if so turn it down to 30, you will notice no change in the video and the temp of your card will be drastically reduced

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Yea, I play @ capped 30fps. The game runs perfectly fine everywhere else.

had same problem. i have 2 GTX 460's and still my FPS drops near the trees BUT when i turnd off the shadows in-game config my FPS raised up again, try it :)

and btw... my SLI 460 reaches almost 75c most of the time i play lol so don't worry about it!

Hiya.

I'm not interested in “dat swapping”, it's not legit and not a real solution to the issue, in my opinion.
But I can say that I also have a GTX 460 and I'm having huge amounts of lag (and load) only near the Guardians of the Grove, dropping to 5-15 FPS. Way too many trees, all near each other and moving!
I also have slowdowns near the events' trees, but not as much as in Turning Leaf. On the maps, in battle and elsewhere I usually stay in the 35-60 FPS range.

I don't know how is it possible to move there in this condition (but apparently many adventurers can)... Hopefully this will be fixed with the new graphic engine.

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Originally Posted by Moxas

had same problem. i have 2 GTX 460's and still my FPS drops near the trees BUT when i turnd off the shadows in-game config my FPS raised up again, try it :)

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OMG why didn't I think of this! LOL

It works! :D

No drop in fps at all with shadows off and temp/gpu usage stays stable, thanks!!

alright! enjoy lag free farming! :D

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Originally Posted by MeowyWowie

My card is fine. I use a 460 GTX hawk, which supposedly has the best stock cooling of all the 460 cards and is the recommended card on the box. My average temp is about 55c, but I just get nervous when I start reaching temps of over 70c. I know the card can handle more, I just don't feel safe stressing it like that.

Others are having this issue with better cards as well. Some have already reported complete failure of their cards because of this issue.

I may try to find the .dats myself, I could probably figure it out. I'm guessing you'd just need a model viewer for it? /shrug lol

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Yeah, your card is actually better than mine, I have a HD5770 so it's strange to see your having frame rate issues with that. What resolution you playing on? Windowed or Fullscreen?

EDIT: looks like you found a solution! GJ! Best of luck to ya!

Considering how dangerous even one Guardian is, is it necessary for SE to have that many that close to each other?

Only one gets to throw it's apple at you.

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Originally Posted by MeowyWowie

My card is fine. I use a 460 GTX hawk, which supposedly has the best stock cooling of all the 460 cards and is the recommended card on the box. My average temp is about 55c, but I just get nervous when I start reaching temps of over 70c. I know the card can handle more, I just don't feel safe stressing it like that.

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Take a look at your card's official specifications...
http://www.geforce.com/Hardware/GPUs...specifications

Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Tempurature (in C): 104 C

You have nothing to worry about. The card easily supports temps well in excess of 70 C.