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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / How Can You Keep Your Framerate Up With A World Of Trees?

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Cruise McClarren
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 22:50
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I am using the Tree Magik G-3 which is a great program. But when I load a bunch of trees and use a simple shader to animate them my framerate drops But when I play a game like Oblivion, they have hundreds of trees and you never skip on the framerate. How can I achieve this?

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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 23:08
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animated bill boards is your answer,not everything in videos games are always what they seem.

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david w
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 23:15
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Lee posted in a newsletter once about this I suggest you look into his article
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WLGfx
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Billboards are the fastest way to go in DBPro. Take a look at this http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=192111&b=5 which is something I released for everyone. I use in the game upto 10,000 trees.

Mental arithmetic? Me? (That's for computers) I can't subtract a fart from a plate of beans!
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MrValentine
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Posted: 15th Dec 2011 01:30
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Any tips on the shader trick? I have read a lot about it recently but no tut...

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DVader
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Dark Imposters is a good add on for this sort of thing. I've been too busy with AppGameKit to mess with it much since I purchased it, but it will certainly help you get a far bigger looking world running faster.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 15th Dec 2011 22:13 Edited at: 15th Dec 2011 22:14
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Ahh I forgot to mention DI in my post... getting old... ...

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Getting annoyed with my typos...

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Cruise McClarren
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Posted: 19th Dec 2011 22:33
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I remember the article Lee wrote, but I couldn't find it. What is DarkImposter. Never heard of it.

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MrValentine
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Posted: 19th Dec 2011 22:43
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Quote: "What is DarkImposter. Never heard of it."



Dark Imposters

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Rain Man
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Quote: "I remember the article Lee wrote, but I couldn't find it."


I think you'll find it in Newsletter #70 from November 2008.

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Cruise McClarren
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thank you. Got it and will look over it.

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