More Graphics Options
No_Eggs
Join Date: 2007-01-12 Member: 59566Members
Join Date: 2007-01-12 Member: 59566Members
I run NS2 on a middle of the road laptop. At the beginning of games I get about 40FPS which is perfectly playable for me.
As games wear of, however, more structures are dropped, infestation increases, etc, my frame rate starts to take a hit.
I recently had a chance to play the NS1 mod for NS2 with a full server (20 people overall I think). Among other things, there was obviously no infestation. When I usually hit lategame with that many people I am chugging pretty hard at times, but without the infestation I was doing much, much better framerate-wise.
I don't know if this has been considered, but it may be a good idea to have an option for lower poly structure models, and perhaps another way of showing infestation that doesn't require texture spam. In the end I am one of those people willing to sacrifice the looks for a smoother experience. That said, I appreciate a good looking game, but I'm willing to take the hits where is matters the least.
(I know there could be a mod for this, but I think, especially with verification, this is something that everyone should be able to do on any server.)
TLDR; more graphics options to simplify infestation/structure models & textures.
As games wear of, however, more structures are dropped, infestation increases, etc, my frame rate starts to take a hit.
I recently had a chance to play the NS1 mod for NS2 with a full server (20 people overall I think). Among other things, there was obviously no infestation. When I usually hit lategame with that many people I am chugging pretty hard at times, but without the infestation I was doing much, much better framerate-wise.
I don't know if this has been considered, but it may be a good idea to have an option for lower poly structure models, and perhaps another way of showing infestation that doesn't require texture spam. In the end I am one of those people willing to sacrifice the looks for a smoother experience. That said, I appreciate a good looking game, but I'm willing to take the hits where is matters the least.
(I know there could be a mod for this, but I think, especially with verification, this is something that everyone should be able to do on any server.)
TLDR; more graphics options to simplify infestation/structure models & textures.