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I apologize for the misplaced email then, I just figured that it would be alright to
do here because for one I know that valve reads it and for two I've seen engine bugs
posted her before (botman's point about the mis-colored egon for
Umm... I'll cast the first vote for john n. being an ass even if the
email didnt belong here you dont have to get all preachy =\ You caused
half the extra replies with your sly comments. =P
Good day to all!
Roachiepoo
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From: John Newfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah John, that was a pretty extreme response for a few extra emails in a
day.
But of course, we all make poor decisions every once in awhile. Lets just
forget about it, O.K.?
-z80x86
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From: Roachfood - the-coming.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Did the update do anything with the way view angles are calculated? We
use a third-person view, with a cursor at the point where the player is
looking (by sending a traceline out from their origin down their view
angles).
The particular problem I'm having is in this code:
cl_entity_t
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I have a particle system for my mod, which is really quite nice. Problem
is, as soon as multiple particles start blending it slows down. For
instance, with explosions I have cut it down to 5 particles
Just a comment from me. I'm the prioject leader, this is the particle system
kindly donated to us by friends in Hostile Intent. Just the engine mind you,
not the implementation. The effect ISN'T consistant. On a PIII 350 with GF2
MX it runs fine, yet on some other systems ( mine in particular)
On some videocards, Quads are extremely slow due to the way they are
calculated. Use triangle strips instead of quads when possible (like in a
particle engine).
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From: Chris 'Tal-N' Blane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:03 PM
How about some more information about the frame rates of the slower system.
Does it run over 50fps with the particles on screen?
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From: Chris 'Tal-N' Blane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] triApi
Read the other post for more details, why would this effect one system of
a
higher spec 1.1Ghz 512Mb Ram with the same gfx card but not a far slower
one?
Do you have VSYNC enabled on one video card (the fast one) and disabled on
the other (the slow one)? Check the video adapter settings in
Well, that idea of moving away from Quads appears to have sped things up but
I haven't noticed a marked improvment ( hopefully he sent the right
updated) client file). All i can tell you is that I cap my frame rate at
70fps and it used to drop to 20fps ( exactly ) with a 50particle explosion.
well, a firend has a gf4 and gets 35fps sometimes in cs...
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From: Chris 'Tal-N' Blane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] triApi speed problems
Read the other post for more details, why would this
Would this vsynch be a HL setting or something in device manager/display
properties?
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From: botman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] triApi speed problems
Read the other post for more details, why
when using detonator driver go to control panel - display - settings -
advanced - geforce2 - advanced - opengl settings - vertical sync -
always off
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From: Chris 'Tal-N' Blane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:01 AM
Subject: Re:
I'd love to tell ya it worked... but it's still the same problem. :( Anyone
else got any ideas. ( it was on originally btw and tuning it off didn't
help) And these are the most recent drivers from Nvidia [4.13.01.2832
version]
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From: Maximilian Marx [EMAIL PROTECTED]
VSYNC puts a limit on overall frame rate, and it would not change in the
presence of particle blending. Chris, do you mind posting the section of
code you are using to render the particle to make sure you are doing it
correctly. I can get thousands of particles on screen before a major
slowdown.
I think the problem is not with my particle engine (how dare you suggest
that!!! :) but with additive blending in general. What I've found is
that the sprites impact framerate in direct proportion to their pixel
size, which is exactly what you'd expect. The more pixels that must be
modified by
All vsync does is limit yer fps to that of your current resolution's refresh
rate. Im pretty sure it limits buffer swaps or something like that. All I
know is I played with it enabled for a very long time... .then disabled it
one day to get 100fps constant and be 1337, but immediatly put it
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