AskaPerformanceBooster

Aska Performance Booster

A BepInEx 6 IL2CPP plugin that gives +11 to +24 extra FPS by disabling expensive HDRP rendering features that Aska's settings menu does not expose. Up to 69% FPS improvement at Ultra quality.

Every optimization is confirmed working with real benchmark data. Nothing speculative.

Ultra quality: 35 FPS to 59 FPS (+69%)

| Without Mod -- 35 FPS | With Mod -- 59 FPS |

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High quality: 47 FPS to 59 FPS (+26%)

| Without Mod -- 47 FPS | With Mod -- 59 FPS |

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Full Benchmarks

Same scene, same location, same time of day. All screenshots captured with MSI Afterburner overlay.

| Quality | DLSS | VSync | Without Mod | With Mod | Gain |

|---------|------|-------|-------------|----------|------|

| Ultra | Off | ON | 35 FPS | 59 FPS | +69% |

| Ultra | Balanced | ON | 35 FPS | 54 FPS | +54% |

| High | Off | ON | 47 FPS | 59 FPS | +26% |

| High | Quality | OFF | 57 FPS | 68 FPS | +19% |

| Medium | Off | OFF | 80 FPS | 92 FPS | +15% |

| Medium | Off | ON | 60 FPS (79% GPU) | 60 FPS (66% GPU) | 13% less GPU |

What This Mod Does

• HDRP Pipeline Support Flags (primary optimization) -- disables SSAO, volumetrics, volumetric clouds, subsurface scattering, decals, and lens flares at the pipeline level
• Frame rate uncap -- removes Aska's hard-coded 60 FPS cap
• Small shadow caster disable -- disables shadows on 831+ small objects per session
• SRP Batcher force-on -- Aska ships with it off; we turn it on

Installation

With r2modman (recommended)

• Install r2modman
• Select Aska as your game
• Search for AskaPerformanceBooster and install

Manual

• Install BepInEx 6 IL2CPP (BE #755+) for Aska
• Copy AskaPerformanceBooster.dll into BepInEx/plugins/ inside your Aska game folder
• Launch the game

Presets

The mod works immediately with the Moderate preset (default). No configuration needed.

| Preset | What It Does |

|--------|-------------|

| Vanilla | Nothing -- stock game |

| Moderate (default) | Pipeline flags + uncap + shadow casters + SRP Batcher |

| Custom | Your manually edited config values |

Configuration

Config file: BepInEx/config/com.community.askaperformancebooster.cfg

[0. Preset]

Preset = Moderate

DebugLogging = false

[1. Pipeline]

PipelineDisableSSAO = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableVolumetrics = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableVolumetricClouds = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableSubsurfaceScattering = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableDecals = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableSSR = false # Always false (artifact)

PipelineDisableDistortion = false # Always false (artifact)

PipelineDisableSSRTransparent = false # Always false (artifact)

PipelineDisableScreenSpaceLensFlare = false # Moderate = true

PipelineDisableDataDrivenLensFlare = false # Moderate = true

[2. Shadows]

DisableSmallShadowCasters = true

SmallShadowCasterThreshold = 1.0

[3. Draw Calls]

ForceSRPBatcher = true

[4. Frame Rate]

TargetFrameRate = -1

[5. Misc]

ReapplyIntervalSeconds = 10

Compatibility

• Client-side only -- does not affect network state in co-op
• Works in singleplayer and multiplayer
• Compatible with other BepInEx IL2CPP mods
• Never touches cameras, player transforms, or input

Troubleshooting

• Plugin not loading: Ensure BepInEx 6 IL2CPP (not BepInEx 5)
• Settings not taking effect: Enable DebugLogging = true, check BepInEx/LogOutput.log
• Want stock visuals: Set preset to Vanilla or delete the config file