I'm noticing a pattern in this thread that seems to point to an issue with Radeon cards. I have a gf2 and get nearly 99 fps except in heavy fights but at worst it dosnt dip below 40 fps.
This is not a solution just an observation. I wonder if there is anyone out there that has a Radeon card that does not have FPS issues. If so, post your config/drivers/settings.
I think some of the people in this thread don't know how good they got it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Try 15-20 FPS when things are good, and ~10FPS when things aren't so good! But there is alot of advice in this thread, so I'll mess around.
BTW, what's with fps_modem? I'm confused, I thought it was integrated with fps_max.
<!--QuoteBegin--|FIRM|Superfly+Aug 2 2003, 08:21 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (|FIRM|Superfly @ Aug 2 2003, 08:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I'm noticing a pattern in this thread that seems to point to an issue with Radeon cards. I have a gf2 and get nearly 99 fps except in heavy fights but at worst it dosnt dip below 40 fps.
This is not a solution just an observation. I wonder if there is anyone out there that has a Radeon card that does not have FPS issues. If so, post your config/drivers/settings.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I have a Radeon 9700 Pro (latest drivers) and I don't have any problems with the config in the installer.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure Flayra is also using a Radeon.
User > Hardware? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
BTW, what about heapsize? The tweak3d guide says that this doesn't necessarily help out, as HL can do it's own memory managament. I'm packing 384MB ram, would using heapsize make a difference?
I had this problem the day ns 2.0 came out. My fps would be 50% of what it should be. But for some reason the problem went away by itself the next day. I was using a TNT 2 if that matters.
My computer is a 700Mhz Celeron with a Radeon 7200 PCI card, and 196 megs of SD-RAM. It used to run NS decent, the only time I would get bad framerate drops were with a lot of buildings being seen in commander mode, or in a huge battle. However I can't even fight 1 skulk without dropping to like 7 FPS. It used to be around 25 then. That is a big decrease. Something is wong here.
I love NS and it makes me sad that I essentially can't play. Here's a screenshot of my 2.0 woes.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->i do get a performance drop, i used to get 99 fps constant with rarely a drop, but now i get about 60-80 ish, but my ping has stayed the same i think!! not too sure cos ive been having troubles with my isp. but im deffinatly getting performance drops, its nothing major i can probs tweak it back to what it was but cannot be arsed =]<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You can get +15fps with this thing. Pretty damn useful. Don't turn picmip up though... FYI. There are other things you can mess around with in your config file, just goto one of those config reference websites (planethalflife has a decent one). If you really dedicate a lot of time into your autoexec, you can get ~20 fps. That might solve you guys problems. I am curious how the fps is dropping like stinking hell with 2.0 though. Try this. Multiplayer->Customize->Advanced Options->Dynamic Lights and Advanced particle effects off.
<!--QuoteBegin--ShadowXOR+Aug 3 2003, 04:43 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ShadowXOR @ Aug 3 2003, 04:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->However I can't even fight 1 skulk without dropping to like 7 FPS. It used to be around 25 then. That is a big decrease. Something is wong here.
I love NS and it makes me sad that I essentially can't play. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That's my situation too. My FPS in 1.04 used to be pretty poor - averaging 30-40 in clear areas, maybe dropping to 10 in a hectic firefight. But now I'm getting 15-20 in a clear area, and dropping to 4 in a heavy firefight.
I just can't play any more, especially as alien. There's no way in hell I can bite a marine at under 10 fps. The only thing I can do when I see a marine is run. Even as a fade, I can't kill anything because I can't see it. And the low fps seems to provoke other bugs, like often weapon selections aren't available (for example being a fade with only slash and metabolize, no blink). And what makes this even worse is the "res for kills" thing. Because I can't kill anything as skulk I can't get the money to evolve to anything else anyway <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
Enhanced sight would help I think, because there's an awful lot of extra screen clutter, such as the new hivesight which, being fuzzy, seems much harder to understand and distinguish from the real view.
For what it's worth, I'm on a 256MB PIII/450 with a 64MB GeForce3.
oh and nasty, gl_max_size 64 will help keep ure fps up (default is 128)
although, ure bad FPS is a neat-o legal wall-hack. when u come close to an alien/marine base that is full 'o stuff, the drop in FPS should tel u that u r close to something.
every cloud...
oh and i hope the server performance will affect my 56k ping too.
oh yea - question for those who know the HL netcode - i was talkin to some guy, sayin that i stay to 18 player servers (in times of 1.04) because havin huge servers gives me a nutty ping. but this guy said that the number of players is totally irrelevant - it does nothing to ure ping.
surely when the server is startin to choke, then less players = less data to transfer = better pings???
-Seraph <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> defualt is 512 in NS i changed it to 256
<!--QuoteBegin--Ollj+Aug 2 2003, 10:03 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ollj @ Aug 2 2003, 10:03 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>gl_playermip "1"</b> sets player rendering quality, with 0 being slowest but highest quality and 2 neing ugly but faster. <b>gl_picmip "0"</b> overall game rendering. 0 being highest quality, 2 being lowest. 2 is only for really old cards. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Don't set these too high if you want the fullscreen map to be useful.
<!--QuoteBegin--Garet Jax+Aug 3 2003, 05:04 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Garet Jax @ Aug 3 2003, 05:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> god damn shadow, how bright is ure monitor?
think ure gamma is so high u've fried ure testicles by now
looks to me like u running with a lot of detail on
im runnin at 512x400 mode, with every detail turned off.
its a bit ugly, but doesnt detract from the atmosphere, and at least its playabale
(oh yea - go into ns\music and delete the .mp3s for a performance increase) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> My monitor isn't bright, the screenshot couldn't even be seen, I edited it in Photoshop. I'll have to try turning some more stuff off I guess...I didn't have to do that with 1.04! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Garet Jax+Aug 2 2003, 10:00 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Garet Jax @ Aug 2 2003, 10:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> only 6hrs 3mins to go till my 2.0 d/l is done, until then ive been browising the forums (although im obviously not gonna do it for 6hrs, after 30mins of u lot ramblin on does my head in <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> )
some1 said that their FPS halved from 1.04 to 2.0.
anyone else had this problem?
ive had to do so much work to get NS 1.0x playable FPS wise (ive overclocked my voodoo2 (yes - mock me if u must), dropped down to the lowest res (thats 320x220. yes - mock me if u must), reduced gl_max_size to a crappy value (the gun symbols in top right off screen now look like they were created by an autistic 4yr old. yes - mock me if .... u get the idea
anyhows if i spend 10hrs of download to find out its unplayable i am gonna have to go medieval on everyone-with-a-post-count-over- 50 ****
-Seraph
P.S. hows the server improvemnt done? made a big difference? P.P.S. how long does a game last now? its not been reduced to a couple of minutes, CS-wise, has it? P.P.P.S to the people moaning about imbalance - u've been playin it for a day. give it a chance <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> 5 to 1 says that half the player base failed to back up their old config.cfg and now they are laying with bad rates max_fps commands brightness and gamma skewed and things like this. I suggest tweaking it back to previous levels.
i kept my old config but im still having poor FPS.
even though kharaa have a lot of screen clutter, im having more problems with the marines.
i think the muzzleflash is a big FPS killer.
can i still remove the muzzleflash?
i did it in 1.0x (not to hack or anything - it genuniely did improve my FPS (and playing on a p450 voodoo2 56k means any advantage i gained with no muzzlefash was evened out by my **** system setup))
<!--QuoteBegin--OttoDestruct+Aug 2 2003, 06:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Aug 2 2003, 06:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Do yourself a favor and spend $20 on a Geforce 2. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> geforce 3, and still 20-30 fps average. Why doesn't anything work RIGHT?
The client side of 2.0, did the lower my PC performance, but I looked into it, and changed a few things around. But before I go into that, I honestly don't know why this sort of thing would happen, all of a sudden. It really digs into your Natural-Selection heart, and makes a whole. So this is what I did, to increase my PC performance, I guess. While using/playing Natural-Selection, ofcourse.
* First thing I did, was right click on my desktop, and go to :SETTINGS:. After this was complete I then went to :PROPERTIES:, and went into my video card drop down menu. I then, browsed, looking for an answer. Some sort of shine in the dark. I came up with the following.
* Vertical Sync * Anti Aliasing * Antiscoptric Filtering
For the three things mentioned above, I turned them off. This boosted my FPS, greatly. When I first installed Natural-Selection, I got about 30-45 FPS, and frankly, it was really ticking me off. Like a timebomb, basically. I set them at the following.
Now, regarding solutions to Gamma, and Contrast problems. Look into your properties for video card, it MIGHT have an option to make increase it even more. But if not, boost the both of them up on your monitor. If this doesn't solve anything, and you can barely see anything, I then bring you to the world of "PowerStrip". This is a neat, and trusty tool, that REALLY, and I mean REALLY boosts your gamma/contrast up, by a lot. I don't know the exact URL for the product. It is FreeWare, so no payment hassles, or anything like that. But if you're still interested, head on over to Google, and just search for it. I'm sure you'll find what I'm looking for.
If the FPS soulutions above, don't solve anything. I suggest you boost your "refresh rate".
To do so, just head on over to Google again, and search for ReForce. ReForce, again, is a nifty tool, that locks your refresh rate. It should get the job done, hopefully.
Personally, I've found the new FOV for skulks and lerks to be hard to get used too (mixed in with so many other changes as well) and so I switched the FOV to be locked at 90 degrees (option in advanced controls I believe). I plan to change it back once I get used to all the other changes though.
It feels like the skulk and lerk get slightly better fps for me now too! Probably because the computer has less view to render perhaps.
I've also noticed the fps drop a couple of times (haven't checked the numbers though but I know how it "should" feel - kinda like an rpm drop in my trucks motor) and it only happens on certain maps so far.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Keep in mind that the default settings in the new NS are as follows:
fps_max = 70 fps_modem = 30
Change these to(if your a broadband user): fps_max = 120 fps_modem = 40
Should fix most FPS issues if you have newer hardware. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In the config file that comes with 2.0 there is the command: fps_max "60"
This might be the problem with alot of cases of framerates dropping if your fps_max was set higher originally. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually, neither of these quotes are correct. NS 2.0 does not come with a config file. It reads in your previous config.cfg (either your NS 1.0 version if you had it installed, or your default HL/CS/DOD config if you did not), and then creates you a new config file on the fly with both your previous preferences as well as new NS-required defaults.
So if you had fps_max 70 in your old half-life config.cfg, that's what it will be in 2.0.
Just setting the record straight.
(PS: setting your fps_max above 100 makes no difference; HL is artifically capped at 100. And fps_modem has not been a used value by half-life since HL 1.1.1.0 was released. To tune, use rate, cl_cmdrate, and cl_updaterate).
i get 100 fps constant even with 8 aleins in my face with shitloads of gas and umbra with reins spawning and bout 50 mins on the wall on 1.04 and about the same on 2.0 .... or so i thought. the plot thickens...One fine day in the middle of the night 6 skuls jumped into a fight fps went 50 thought fuk this is shifty and bhop all the way back0r thinking erm nice :/ so in other words yer fps has droped and on some of the more elaberate lvls its even worse. gg mapers /me buys new gfx card, cos im worth it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I guess it's mostly CPU-bound. I have a P3 450MHz with a TNT2 Ultra. I get from 5 to 50 fps. (most often between 10 and 30), but it doesn't really matter if I use 640x480 or 1024x768, that only changes a few fps, even though it more than doubles the fillrate requirement. And I think it may still be CPU-bound even if you have a T&L card, as the HL engine is pre-T&L and not really optimised for it.
hi im having weird random "pauses" or lock downs where i cant move fast but everything else (other players etc.) seem to go on fine. like moving my aim its like 1/4 of the original speed and my movement is badly lagged. it seems to do this more when i play on marine than it does as alien. althou this happens on rare occations but its annoying. oh and some specs. im on DSL with amd 900Mhz,512SDRAM,ASUS GEFORCE 2 GTS 32... anyone having/have had this type of problem with solution?
Hey Pod I tried that in console and I saw a HUGE performance jump, thanks! And I can't tell a difference from before either (graphics wise)! It still get's laggy at points though...any other tips that could increase it? I still get occasional FPS spikes.
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This is not a solution just an observation. I wonder if there is anyone out there that has a Radeon card that does not have FPS issues. If so, post your config/drivers/settings.
Try 15-20 FPS when things are good, and ~10FPS when things aren't so good! But there is alot of advice in this thread, so I'll mess around.
BTW, what's with fps_modem? I'm confused, I thought it was integrated with fps_max.
This is not a solution just an observation. I wonder if there is anyone out there that has a Radeon card that does not have FPS issues. If so, post your config/drivers/settings.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have a Radeon 9700 Pro (latest drivers) and I don't have any problems with the config in the installer.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure Flayra is also using a Radeon.
Max
Max
BTW, what about heapsize? The tweak3d guide says that this doesn't necessarily help out, as HL can do it's own memory managament. I'm packing 384MB ram, would using heapsize make a difference?
in an open area, my video2 has gone from 40fps ro 25fps
crowded bases gives me 5fps, which looks like a type of lag
I love NS and it makes me sad that I essentially can't play. Here's a screenshot of my 2.0 woes.
think ure gamma is so high u've fried ure testicles by now
looks to me like u running with a lot of detail on
im runnin at 512x400 mode, with every detail turned off.
its a bit ugly, but doesnt detract from the atmosphere, and at least its playabale
(oh yea - go into ns\music and delete the .mp3s for a performance increase)
You are so, freaking, lucky.
-
Ok folks, here's a link to love:
<a href='http://www.tweak3d.net/autoexec/halflife/' target='_blank'>http://www.tweak3d.net/autoexec/halflife/</a>
You can get +15fps with this thing. Pretty damn useful. Don't turn picmip up though... FYI. There are other things you can mess around with in your config file, just goto one of those config reference websites (planethalflife has a decent one). If you really dedicate a lot of time into your autoexec, you can get ~20 fps. That might solve you guys problems. I am curious how the fps is dropping like stinking hell with 2.0 though. Try this. Multiplayer->Customize->Advanced Options->Dynamic Lights and Advanced particle effects off.
I love NS and it makes me sad that I essentially can't play. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's my situation too. My FPS in 1.04 used to be pretty poor - averaging 30-40 in clear areas, maybe dropping to 10 in a hectic firefight. But now I'm getting 15-20 in a clear area, and dropping to 4 in a heavy firefight.
I just can't play any more, especially as alien. There's no way in hell I can bite a marine at under 10 fps. The only thing I can do when I see a marine is run. Even as a fade, I can't kill anything because I can't see it. And the low fps seems to provoke other bugs, like often weapon selections aren't available (for example being a fade with only slash and metabolize, no blink). And what makes this even worse is the "res for kills" thing. Because I can't kill anything as skulk I can't get the money to evolve to anything else anyway <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
Enhanced sight would help I think, because there's an awful lot of extra screen clutter, such as the new hivesight which, being fuzzy, seems much harder to understand and distinguish from the real view.
For what it's worth, I'm on a 256MB PIII/450 with a 64MB GeForce3.
oh and nasty, gl_max_size 64 will help keep ure fps up (default is 128)
although, ure bad FPS is a neat-o legal wall-hack. when u come close to an alien/marine base that is full 'o stuff, the drop in FPS should tel u that u r close to something.
every cloud...
oh and i hope the server performance will affect my 56k ping too.
oh yea - question for those who know the HL netcode - i was talkin to some guy, sayin that i stay to 18 player servers (in times of 1.04) because havin huge servers gives me a nutty ping. but this guy said that the number of players is totally irrelevant - it does nothing to ure ping.
surely when the server is startin to choke, then less players = less data to transfer = better pings???
-Seraph <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
defualt is 512 in NS
i changed it to 256
<b>gl_playermip "1"</b>
sets player rendering quality, with 0 being slowest but highest quality and 2 neing ugly but faster.
<b>gl_picmip "0"</b>
overall game rendering. 0 being highest quality, 2 being lowest. 2 is only for really old cards.
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't set these too high if you want the fullscreen map to be useful.
think ure gamma is so high u've fried ure testicles by now
looks to me like u running with a lot of detail on
im runnin at 512x400 mode, with every detail turned off.
its a bit ugly, but doesnt detract from the atmosphere, and at least its playabale
(oh yea - go into ns\music and delete the .mp3s for a performance increase) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
My monitor isn't bright, the screenshot couldn't even be seen, I edited it in Photoshop. I'll have to try turning some more stuff off I guess...I didn't have to do that with 1.04! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
some1 said that their FPS halved from 1.04 to 2.0.
anyone else had this problem?
ive had to do so much work to get NS 1.0x playable FPS wise (ive overclocked my voodoo2 (yes - mock me if u must), dropped down to the lowest res (thats 320x220. yes - mock me if u must), reduced gl_max_size to a crappy value (the gun symbols in top right off screen now look like they were created by an autistic 4yr old. yes - mock me if .... u get the idea
anyhows if i spend 10hrs of download to find out its unplayable i am gonna have to go medieval on everyone-with-a-post-count-over- 50 ****
-Seraph
P.S. hows the server improvemnt done? made a big difference?
P.P.S. how long does a game last now? its not been reduced to a couple of minutes, CS-wise, has it?
P.P.P.S to the people moaning about imbalance - u've been playin it for a day. give it a chance <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
5 to 1 says that half the player base failed to back up their old config.cfg and now they are laying with bad rates max_fps commands brightness and gamma skewed and things like this. I suggest tweaking it back to previous levels.
even though kharaa have a lot of screen clutter, im having more problems with the marines.
i think the muzzleflash is a big FPS killer.
can i still remove the muzzleflash?
i did it in 1.0x (not to hack or anything - it genuniely did improve my FPS (and playing on a p450 voodoo2 56k means any advantage i gained with no muzzlefash was evened out by my **** system setup))
geforce 3, and still 20-30 fps average. Why doesn't anything work RIGHT?
* First thing I did, was right click on my desktop, and go to :SETTINGS:. After this was complete I then went to :PROPERTIES:, and went into my video card drop down menu. I then, browsed, looking for an answer. Some sort of shine in the dark. I came up with the following.
* Vertical Sync
* Anti Aliasing
* Antiscoptric Filtering
For the three things mentioned above, I turned them off. This boosted my FPS, greatly. When I first installed Natural-Selection, I got about 30-45 FPS, and frankly, it was really ticking me off. Like a timebomb, basically. I set them at the following.
* Vertical Sync, off.
* Anti Aliasing, off, always.
* Antiscoptric Filtering, off, 0x.
Now, regarding solutions to Gamma, and Contrast problems. Look into your properties for video card, it MIGHT have an option to make increase it even more. But if not, boost the both of them up on your monitor. If this doesn't solve anything, and you can barely see anything, I then bring you to the world of "PowerStrip". This is a neat, and trusty tool, that REALLY, and I mean REALLY boosts your gamma/contrast up, by a lot. I don't know the exact URL for the product. It is FreeWare, so no payment hassles, or anything like that. But if you're still interested, head on over to Google, and just search for it. I'm sure you'll find what I'm looking for.
If the FPS soulutions above, don't solve anything. I suggest you boost your "refresh rate".
To do so, just head on over to Google again, and search for ReForce. ReForce, again, is a nifty tool, that locks your refresh rate. It should get the job done, hopefully.
All in all, I hope this helps.
Personally, I've found the new FOV for skulks and lerks to be hard to get used too (mixed in with so many other changes as well) and so I switched the FOV to be locked at 90 degrees (option in advanced controls I believe). I plan to change it back once I get used to all the other changes though.
It feels like the skulk and lerk get slightly better fps for me now too! Probably because the computer has less view to render perhaps.
I've also noticed the fps drop a couple of times (haven't checked the numbers though but I know how it "should" feel - kinda like an rpm drop in my trucks motor) and it only happens on certain maps so far.
Only problem is the COMM HUD. I get 14-25 fps and it can get to 0 on really bad games, the names above heads are the cause i believe for this.
zippy
fps_max = 70
fps_modem = 30
Change these to(if your a broadband user):
fps_max = 120
fps_modem = 40
Should fix most FPS issues if you have newer hardware. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In the config file that comes with 2.0 there is the command: fps_max "60"
This might be the problem with alot of cases of framerates dropping if your fps_max was set higher originally. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually, neither of these quotes are correct. NS 2.0 does not come with a config file. It reads in your previous config.cfg (either your NS 1.0 version if you had it installed, or your default HL/CS/DOD config if you did not), and then creates you a new config file on the fly with both your previous preferences as well as new NS-required defaults.
So if you had fps_max 70 in your old half-life config.cfg, that's what it will be in 2.0.
Just setting the record straight.
(PS: setting your fps_max above 100 makes no difference; HL is artifically capped at 100. And fps_modem has not been a used value by half-life since HL 1.1.1.0 was released. To tune, use rate, cl_cmdrate, and cl_updaterate).
It has helped me even more, in respects to FPS. Solid 80-100, now.
the plot thickens...One fine day in the middle of the night 6 skuls jumped into a fight fps went 50 thought fuk this is shifty and bhop all the way back0r thinking erm nice :/
so in other words yer fps has droped and on some of the more elaberate lvls its even worse.
gg mapers /me buys new gfx card, cos im worth it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
andyonw know why it does that?
im having weird random "pauses" or lock downs where i cant move fast but everything else (other players etc.) seem to go on fine. like moving my aim its like 1/4 of the original speed and my movement is badly lagged.
it seems to do this more when i play on marine than it does as alien. althou this happens on rare occations but its annoying.
oh and some specs. im on DSL with amd 900Mhz,512SDRAM,ASUS GEFORCE 2 GTS 32...
anyone having/have had this type of problem with solution?
cheers
mystiqq