Quake Animated-REFLECTING-OVERLOAD

[nahuel]

void() fire_fly =
{
local entity fireball;

fireball = spawn();
fireball.solid = SOLID_TRIGGER;
fireball.pflags = PFLAGS_FULLDYNAMIC;
fireball.light_lev = 180;
fireball.color = '4 2 0.5';
fireball.skin = 17;
fireball.movetype = MOVETYPE_TOSS;
fireball.velocity = '0 0 1000';
fireball.velocity_x = (random() * 100) - 50;
fireball.velocity_y = (random() * 100) - 50;
fireball.velocity_z = self.speed + (random() * 200);
fireball.classname = "fireball";
setmodel (fireball, "progs/lavaball.mdl");
setsize (fireball, '0 0 0', '0 0 0');
setorigin (fireball, self.origin);
fireball.nextthink = time + 5;
fireball.think = SUB_Remove;
fireball.touch = fire_touch;

self.nextthink = time + (random() * 5) + 3;
self.think = fire_fly;
};



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please! retire the flag values from "lavaball.mdl"

[Seven]

please! retire the flag values from "lavaball.mdl"

Listen to Nahuel !
He has the coolest ideas.

To remove a flag for a specific entity, while leaving the flag for all other entities with same model:

fireball.effects = EF_NOMODELFLAGS;

You can give a specific entitiy any flag you want with DP_SV_MODELFLAGS_AS_EFFECTS.
That is why I love DarkPlaces. It is made for crazy modders

[metalseed]

Thanks again Seven and webangel for all your work. This is wonderful!

[Ashir]

Hi guys, this is a really cool looking pak, it's a shame that while using it, levels like The Wizard's Manse get unplayable.

Those ray of light coming out of the windows are so cool, but with a i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz, 12 GB ram and a GTS250 it all comes down from 125 FPS to 4 FPS!!!

Is there a way to optimize it so it won't lower so much the FPS?

[bluntz]

Turn off HD bloom

[Ashir]

Turn off HD bloom

Nope, it improve a little, from 4 to 11 FPS...

[Mindf!3ldzX]

Nope, it improve a little, from 4 to 11 FPS...

that happens to me too when I stand at the window of Startmap right in the path of the lightrays and such, I get reallllly low fps. I have a mid-range 5series radeon and until LordHavoc helped me figure out how to use 2 gpu's, I too suffered unplayability using every bell and whistle that has been created.

1gpu


2gpu


I still can't successfully keep a constant 60 FPS, even with both gpu's. I am wondering if even today's 680 or 7970 can run DarkPlaces w/ every bell and whistle enabled with a constant 60fps.

So,dont distress you aren't the only one with raped performance with those effects.

[bluntz]

I am getting an avg of 150 with all the bling on with a 6850 occd.But it still takes hits to 30 at times (rain and fog near lava and windows)even if I get over 1000 at others. p67 asus board with 8 gigs 1600 gskill occd and i5 2500.Your bottleneck is likely the gts250.

[Mindf!3ldzX]

I am getting an avg of 150 with all the bling on with a 6850 occd.But it still takes hits to 30 at times (rain and fog near lava and windows)even if I get over 1000 at others. p67 asus board with 8 gigs 1600 gskill occd and i5 2500.Your bottleneck is likely the gts250.

what about right on top of the Start window?? do you get catastrophic FPS drops like we are when you pass through / stand in front of the rays?

Thats odd, I'm getting waaaaay better FPS than when I took those Screenshots..... and everythings turned on. Im using version from 2011 wtfok?... Latest Stable release is what I downloaded. haha, getting the latest snapshot now.


Even more performance out of the latest snapshot!

[bluntz]

Nope, it improve a little, from 4 to 11 FPS...

You should realize that is almost a 300% improvement.
30 fps is about worst case for me and takes several windows with fog,rain and smoke near the pretty water tele areas.
Running the version Seven recomended.(older)

[Seven]

Ashir,

reading through this thread will bring up this issue several times.
Webangel implemented these light rays for EVERY window in ID1 and MP1+2.
I fully agree that some windows should have been left out
But webangel does not do only half the job

So I recommend to simply delete the maps .ent files for the maps which are hard to swallow for you.

There is NO other way that can for sure bring your fps back to regular level.

Just like bluntz say:
Disabling HDR and also reliefmapping will most probably help.
Be also aware that especially this "feature" is exteremly hardware dependent.
My Nvidia handles the start map easy entrance light ray with no issues, while some AMD card almost choke.

So to summarize it, use it at your own risk
And delete the parts of it, that you do not like/want.

It is a bit of a fiddling, but in the end its worth it.

Have fun,
Seven

[bluntz]

I am curious as to what folks are getting from timedemo demo2.
It would make an interesting comparison for a baseline of performance among GFX cards.After poking around with aticonfig today I only got 70 fps and wonder if I did not screw the pooch.

[Roy Batty]

I thought I would mention this as it's not well known. If you have an nvidia card, DarkPlaces.exe is not recognized by the drivers to be a full 3d application/game and will keep the card running at only 1/2 clocks and not full clocks. This is a problem for many games since nvidia introduced the powermizer feature to the drivers of their cards. You can use some tool like Nvidia PowerMizer (3rd party) app to force the card to full clocks all the time. Or you can try creating a profile in the drivers for darkplaces.exe and choose "Prefer Maximum Performance" in the individual application settings. Sometimes the latter does not always work, so you need to use the powermizer to get the card to run at max.

You can see what your current clocks are by using the overlay feature of EVGA Precision or MSI Afterburner. These tools are just updated versions of RivaTuner and work in the same manner and are coded by the same person.

I also suggest using one of them to set your fan speed to keep your card cool while it's running at max clocks, because the internal driver profiles don't always work so well.

Cheers.

[ATTACUE]

Webangel.
It's greate!

[webangel]

Your request

Hi ATTACUE,
should I still release a copy from the progs.dat with "Lightning" only?
Seven made one for you and I dont know if you are still interested...?

Regard w@