Resolved [SOLVED] Non-static Light Sources causing great amounts of lag

Is anyone aware of a way to stop torches and other light sources from causing an inconsistent, flickering light? I can't find any mods that do such. The constantly-shifting light emanating from such sources is, in numbers, causing me to drop to unplayable frame rates. A good example, and the worst so far, is the Glitch castle I found. Torches, candlelight, candle chandeliers, and fires EVERYWHERE. My frames dropped to 5~10. Further, too many NPCs at once, such as in the Outpost, is also causing frame rate issues.

 

Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, 6 GB RAM (DDR3, I believe?), AMD RADEON HD 8330 (512 MB, DDR3), AMD A4-5000 APU, Radeon v 16.9.2. Even running the game in optimal performance mode, on a small resolution, isn't helping unless I go all the way down to or x4 scale and then I can't SEE the bloody game to enjoy it.

Edit: Running Starbound 1.1.1 on a Toshiba Satellite L75D-A7283 notebook via external monitor. Due to a motherboard issue, I have to keep AMD's power setting in the Control Panel to Max Savings instead Max Performance, because the system becomes radically unstable otherwise and crashes constantly. Did try running it on max performance instead, but that didn't help the issue much.

 

Google Chrome was running, but I closed it to test performance without - no real difference. And yeah, high performance mode is always enabled, with the sole exception of ATI Graphics Power Savings. If I don't have that set to Maximum Battery Saving, as I said, the entire computer crashes with frightening regularity. Having it on MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE did not show a noticeable increase in frame-rate, however.

So it's the 1.5 GHz Quad-core that's bottling everything? Ugh... that's a hassle, if so. I'd checked CanIRunIt before I got the game, which -said- I met the recommended specs, but...

 

SOLUTION.

For others having light/shadow-related frame-rate droppings, I found the following to entirely take care of it, albeit at the cost of some immersion. This brought my frame-rate back to normal in heavily-lit areas, and when using LIGHT III AUGMENT.

Open your chat box in-game via Enter.
/admin
/fullbright
/admin

You need to be in Admin mode to activate /fullbright, achieved with /admin. The /fullbright disables the lighting engine, causing a huge (in some cases) decrease on what's being required from the CPU. The second /admin is to disable Admin mode, which has the effects of godmode and unlimited energy.