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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Will BSP speed get a boost?

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the architect
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 22:29
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I am developing a game that uses BSP. The reason I want to use BSP is because the editor I use is good, the levels look great and the collision is fast and accurate.

However during the testing of my game I have found that Q3 levels which run very smoothly in the Q3 game are running really slowly in DBPro.

Now I know that DBPro will never be as fast as a C++ prog but surely, with no effects, bullets, characters etc a bsp should run as smooth as Q3 would.

By the way the BSP runs slower on my 900 mhz machine as does the same level in Q3 on a 400 machine with less memory. Weird huh?
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the architect
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 22:36
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Actually I think it is a P4 problem. I just ran an exe prog copiled in p3.1 and it runs fine. Does this mean that BSP needs to be rewritten to come into the new 3d pipeline? Obviously bsp did not benefit from the new speedier pipeline.

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It really depends on your computer.

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the architect
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I dont think that is the problem. I can play MOH with above average specs and Wolfenstein. Also I have upgraded from a celeron 400 to a celeron 900, put in an AGP graphics card 32 meg, and have double the ram 512 meg.

I dont think it is my PC. Have you bought the original DBPro yet or do you still have a copy?

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Rob K
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Hmm... I tested BSPs on some fairly low spec PCs and they run OK for me. Can you post one of your BSP maps please.

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the architect
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I used a Q3 level. Note that I have found them to be slower in P4.

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What BSP maps did you test?

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Quake 3

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