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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Slower Patch 4 Performance

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Thomas
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 11:40
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BSP levels are now slower than before. Where is the promised speed boost?

Some imported levels from Quake dropped from 14 to 12 fps. I'm a bit disappointed.
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Rob K
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 11:55 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2003 11:57
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"Where is the promised speed boost?"

This applies only to games with lots of objects on screen, ie 100+ - they will see a very noticeable speed boost: allow me to demonstrate using some high-tech visuals:

PATCH 3.1
_________

S '-
P '.-
E '..-
E '...-
D '....-
..'.....-
...No. of Objects

Patch 4
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S '------
P '......-------
E '..
E '...
D '....
..'.....
...No. of Objects


Hence a BSP with just a camera on screen will not see a speed boost, and in fact there will be a slight decrease in speed.

Your computer is VERY slow if you can only get 12FPS under patch 4 on a BSP, even my slowest (P450 / RivaTNT) PC gets 30FPS on various BSPs.

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Thomas
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 12:04
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12 fps is for the largest levels, smaller ones have 100+ fps (I also do not understand why bigger levels are slower because objects not visible should not be calculated at all).

Maybe Patch 4 does not increase the speed for plain BSPs but why does it make them slower?

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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 15:39
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There is apparently some more general overhead in P4 which produces a slight FPS hit.

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the architect
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 21:14
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Thomas

Apparently world commands will have their day in patch 5 so maybe something will come up then.

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