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sabyul
15th Feb 05, 3:08 PM
This is something I've been noticing recently while watching replays. I have--

Athlon64 3500+
6800 GT (256 mb)
1024 DDR400 ram

and so I get about 60 frames a second (watching the statgraph chart) during peace and around 40-50 during fights.

The thing is, I find it difficult to look at my base. When my Settlement / Orky Fort is in view, my framerate drops invariably to 30. After chopping it down to 30, it is a very stable 30, so I'm guessing that this is coded into the game? It makes going quickyl between the frontline and home very very annoying.

And I can look at Desecrated/non desecrated Strongholds, Webway Assemblies, all that jazz. Just not at a Settlement. It's really weird.

I've tried a myriad of graphics settings, so I've come to the belief that it is not my hardware.



EDIT-- okay I guess I didn't try THAT many combinations of settings. These have been my findings:

-When Shadows are on High, Fallen City plays with an FPS max of 30. I don't see any other map-based FPS caps.

-When Shadows are on High, Ork bases get capped to 30 at some time during the game.

-This does not only happen to Ork bases, as I have found 1 replay of a Chaos Desecrated Stronghold that gets brought down to 30. It seems to have to do either with time or the tech level of the base.

-While negligible, Flamers (at least on Dreadnaughts) DO do some damage. (managed to pick this one up during a replay I was watching to test findings)


edit-
BIGGEST CONCLUSION: Game runs FASTER at 1280x1024 with fullres_teamcolour=1 compared to 1024x768 with Shadows at High!

Righto, no more questions from me. I'll leave this here though, in case anyone was wondering.

TBS
15th Feb 05, 4:17 PM
most of us have shadows set to low or off - they dont make the game look significantly nicer but do cause a fairly major performance hit, a high framerate is always preferable to having all the bells and whistles enabled.

sabyul
15th Feb 05, 4:41 PM
The main thing that shadows enhance is the construction of Chaos bases. That looks soo cool haha but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make :D .

I went from 1024x768 with everything set at high, no fullres, to 1280x1024 with everything set to high except shadows at low, WITH fullres, and I'm getting BETTER framerates. Turn shadows down, people :up: .