I just ran into a dilemma and hope I can find some good advice.

At github for version 3.01 there are two Windows 64 bit options as in hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64-setup-unsigned.exe and hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64.zip

I downloaded hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64.zip and unzipped it only to realize there is no .exe install file in there for HOdl.

I then downloaded hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64-setup-unsigned.exe which does happen to be an .exe that installed version 3.0.1. Problem is my hash rate is cut in half and back to where it was in version 2.0. I setup the hodl.conf file with the optimization flags and then checked the debug log and everything is ok and yet still 1/2 half the hash rate.

It is as if the hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64-setup-unsigned.exe does not have the optimizations included and the hodlcoin-3.0.1-win64.zip has no .exe install file.

Am I missing something here and if not I'll be going back to V3.0 so I don't lose 1/2 my hashrate and I'll patiently wait for a 64 bit windows install .exe....

EDIT: Okay what I determined is that if you add optimineraes=1 and/or optimineravx2=1 to the hodl.conf file and then check the debug log it says it's reading the .conf file but then it goes ahead and ignores both the commands. I then tried adding these as parameters to the icon shortcut as in -optimineraes=1 and -optimineravx2=1 and now the debug log shows the commands are working properly.

No biggie but on V3 windows 64 bit if you want to get the full optimization and it doesn't work from the .conf file just add it to the path and you should be good to go