Topic: Game Performance

This topic has 14 voices, contains 25 replies, and was last updated by Fossil 546 days ago.

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 25 total)

1 2 →

Author	Posts
Author	Posts
November 7, 2011 at 8:03 pm #9969
GMPathy GameMaster	In coming patches some changes will occur that should affect players game performance, by transferring some processing load for the CPU over to the GPU. Could players please take a record of your average FPS before and after the patch and post some numbers here so the Dev team can get a fair reflection of the impact. I would suggest one measurement in a busy cell such as the start town and one cell with no buildings such as a “complete” ocean cell. I shall give an example of a standard format for players to follow : Pre-patch: Start cell FPS 30 Ocean cell FPS 45 Post-patch: Start cell FPS ?40? Ocean cell FPS ?55?
November 7, 2011 at 8:22 pm #9970
Draconan Player	Is there a date set yet for the next patch?
November 7, 2011 at 8:27 pm #9971
GMPathy GameMaster	It is planned for tomorrow, hopefully there wont be a delay.
November 7, 2011 at 9:45 pm #9973
Takoa Player	Pre-Start: Average 25 FPS Pre-Ocean: Average 250 FPS Will edit after patch :D
November 7, 2011 at 10:03 pm #9975
Voroshilov Player	Pre-Start: Average 25 FPS Pre-Ocean: Average 120 FPS wait patch
November 7, 2011 at 10:56 pm #9978
Draconan Player	FYI it would be best to wait until after patch to post as you can only edit posts for a short period of time
November 9, 2011 at 5:52 am #9995
vanfun Player	when patch? :D fps always 60, vert sync
November 9, 2011 at 3:51 pm #10006
GMPathy GameMaster	Information for the curious…. Been chatting with Wiz regarding the patch, and there will be a delay due to some small bugs with the new renderer, it will likely be patched in a couple of weeks but early signs show considerable improvements to FPS. The Dev’s might distribute it as an optional testing exe in Monday’s patch, so we can collect FPS info. Sorry to bring news of a delay, but better to keep everyone up to date with the latest information. This reply was modified 557 days ago by GMPathy. This reply was modified 557 days ago by GMPathy.
November 9, 2011 at 4:01 pm #10009
vanfun Player	tnx bro :)
November 9, 2011 at 5:29 pm #10010
TinkerTot Player	so next monday’s patch, and we get nothing this week?
November 9, 2011 at 8:12 pm #10012
GMPathy GameMaster	Tinkertot, from my discussions with wiz and the coders the current priority is performance and stability, the new renderer should give a much better indication of final performance expectations. From what I have heard from CIP and Wiz its going to give significant FPS improvement over the current build. As you are probably aware I dont get to find out all the details, so I cannot really comment on what else to expect. Most likely there will be very few new additions to the game mechanics until after the next patch. Adding new content at the same time as putting in a new renderer “could” cause more problems I would imagine. I will obviously keep everyone informed of anything that is newsworthy.
November 12, 2011 at 4:58 am #10072
TheInternetMan Player	I’m glad they’ve tried to push more of the load onto the CPU. What do we have for multi-threading support? Quad CPUs are generally vastly cheaper than good GPUs (~$110 for a Phenom 2 X4, ~$250 for an i5 2500k), so these changes could mean far more accessibility for the potential and existing players.
November 12, 2011 at 7:54 am #10078
GMPathy GameMaster	Even if it only allows a few new potential players its got to be a good thing for the community as a whole. And nice to see you are still around TheInternetMan :D This reply was modified 555 days ago by GMPathy. This reply was modified 555 days ago by GMPathy.
November 14, 2011 at 6:11 pm #10183
gargurant Player	My frame rate is the usual 5 in town 15 out in the field, no noticable change (I have a rather low spec computer). But I did get a weird graphic glitch, every npc and building, as well as the boulders outside town appear pitch black with no texture. I know that should probably go in a bug forum but since it has to do with the new renderer I thought I would just mention it here.
November 14, 2011 at 7:03 pm #10185
GMPathy GameMaster	Gargurant I had exactly the same graphical glitch, I woudlnt worry about a bug report for it right now. I was noticing only very minor improvements in FPS also. Was unable to operate under normal full screen resolution, and had to run in window mode to avoid crashing during loading.