fps suggestion

ouroboro · Post by **ouroboro** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:48 pm

not a big priority, but something you could do that would help people with crappy machines squeeze out a few more frames would be b_impactpuffs 0/1 to disable those little white puffs of dust when hitting other players. nearly every effect made up of tris can be disabled except that one, and those puffs are a whole lotta tris on the screen, especially in a big battle.

another one is the "trail" made by a thrown grenade. even less vital, but something to consider..

squadjot · Post by **squadjot** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:10 am

yea, and this is only a few examples of what could be left out (optionally). I know about strugglin with fps, and it aint funny... that laggy feelin can drive you mad.. >< , luckily im blessed with a good system these days..

If theres time and resources for such changes then i suppport the idea, idd.

ReyalP · Post by **ReyalP** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:38 am

Little graphical things like that are very unlikely to help the vast majority of people.

squadjot · Post by **squadjot** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:57 am

having options like remove foliage and stuff, seems to make people happy.. i think additional tweaking features/options will be apreciated also.

what will and will not cause perfomance boosts..yes.. you're the experts, and if u say its waste of time .. well then i guess we have to beleive that :9

Post by **bani** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 1:02 am

you would have to have a k6/200 or a voodoo3 for impact puffs to make a difference. not worth it imo.

Fusen · Post by **Fusen** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:29 am

there he goes again, deciding whats best for everyone, "no I want add proneshootdelay" mr nazi bani man

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gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:14 am

etpro doesn't work on k-6, right bani?

Post by **bani** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:52 am

ohsnoes fusen pulled a godwin

Dersaidin · Post by **Dersaidin** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:50 pm

A better way of improving FPS:
http://www.xfire.be/?x=news&mode=item&id=996
Once PB does that, make r_wolffog defualt 0.

Edit:
Infact, screw PB, make r_wolffog do nothing and get b_wolffog controling the fog and set to default.

ReyalP · Post by **ReyalP** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:49 am

sadly, r_ almost certainly means that it is in the engine.

Bartichello · Post by **Bartichello** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:21 am

r means grafic tweaks... r_overbrightbits r_picmip...

ouroboro · Post by **ouroboro** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:22 am

not really a matter for etpro anyway. once pb removes the game integrity kick for fog, leagues can force it off on maps which use it (radar, railgun, oasis, etc) like they do with foliage on radar already.

only reason they can't do that now it everybody would get kicked by pb

ReyalP · Post by **ReyalP** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:52 am

Bartichello wrote:r means grafic tweaks... r_overbrightbits r_picmip...

r_ stands for renderer, which is in the engine, and so its behavior cannot be changed by mods. Note that some graphic tweaks are controlled by cg_ which means cgame (= client game) and so can be changed by mods.

In other words, etpro can't change the r_wolffog to do nothing. It's up to pb to lift their hard-coded restriction.