Before & After Reflection & Refraction

nsguynsguy Join Date: 2010-01-03 Member: 69869Members
in NS2 General Discussion
Sorry to disappoint, but I don't have any, which is why I wanted to start this thread. My computer is too crap to play NS2 on high graphics settings, so I was wondering if anyone would mind posting screenshots of how the game looked before and after the new reflection and refraction rendering techniques were added to the game?
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  • agallochagalloch Join Date: 2012-11-09 Member: 168650Members
    Not sure, performance hit across the board. It uskcs.
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  • CimCim Join Date: 2012-02-25 Member: 147403Members
    Some examples of what Reflections does. Looks really good if you ask me, and looks even better in motion.

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  • CalegoCalego Join Date: 2013-01-24 Member: 181848Members, NS2 Map Tester
    agalloch wrote: »
    Not sure, performance hit across the board. It uskcs.
    Really? My fps have jumped up a little, not much but a little.
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  • nsguynsguy Join Date: 2010-01-03 Member: 69869Members
    Cheers for that Cim! Anyone able to show the refraction stuff? I imagine some kind of glass block would be required.
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    edited March 2013
    Just a note: if you have some unexpected performance loss you may want to lower decal lifetime or disable decals altogether. Very high lifetime can eat up a lot of video memory and if you drag the slider all the way to the right the decals are more or less permanent (a handy feature if you're making a video, but otherwise pretty horrid for performance).

    Just make sure you double check your settings as some things may have changed to new default positions with the new build.
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  • CrazyEddieCrazyEddie Join Date: 2013-01-08 Member: 178196Members
    Narfwak wrote: »
    if you drag the slider all the way to the right the decals are more or less permanent

    Oh, really? Cool. Thanks for that handy tip. By default, the decals disappear way too fast for us to play tic-tac-toe while waiting for the game to start.
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