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Brennus · 01-31-2002, 03:27 AM

Patton. That kind of drop is exactly what I am talkin about! There is nothing you can do about it, it seems that some arctitecture in door ways, trees, and even vehicles (mostly destroyed vehicles), have an unusual effect on frame rates. It is not the actual FPS that I'm concerned with...its the DROP in frames that bothers me, especially in multi-player! But, the options that I have pointed out arent what I use for other Q3 engined games, they are what seems to cause the most problems for MOHAA itself! If you were to read the README that is hidden in your "eReg" folder, it even includes confesions for this kind of strange drop in frames when these options are selected, that is where I got most of my information. Looking at trees and buildings, seems to be the culprit, and the frames never drop below a certain point. Going from 85-21FPS in the middle of a fire fight is VERY distracting, but you can determain just how far these frames drop with the options that I have pointed out, THEY WORK! Instead of dropping to 21FPS when looking at trees or some buildings, it will only drop to 30-40, which is far less distracting! And the option to lower the shadows, this was a surprise for me, it gave me a whopping 40FPS increase durring fire fights in single player! It made the difference between a slide show, and a very enjoyable experience, especially during fire fights! So, I'm not concerned so much with higher FPS, I am ONLY concerned with making those low frames a bit higher, so it's not so distracting! Anyway, until they patch the game, or you get yourself a GeForce5, your just gonna have to make a comprimise...good luck!

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Brennus is Offline Junior Member Posts: 7 Join Date: Jan 2002	01-31-2002, 03:27 AM Patton. That kind of drop is exactly what I am talkin about! There is nothing you can do about it, it seems that some arctitecture in door ways, trees, and even vehicles (mostly destroyed vehicles), have an unusual effect on frame rates. It is not the actual FPS that I'm concerned with...its the DROP in frames that bothers me, especially in multi-player! But, the options that I have pointed out arent what I use for other Q3 engined games, they are what seems to cause the most problems for MOHAA itself! If you were to read the README that is hidden in your "eReg" folder, it even includes confesions for this kind of strange drop in frames when these options are selected, that is where I got most of my information. Looking at trees and buildings, seems to be the culprit, and the frames never drop below a certain point. Going from 85-21FPS in the middle of a fire fight is VERY distracting, but you can determain just how far these frames drop with the options that I have pointed out, THEY WORK! Instead of dropping to 21FPS when looking at trees or some buildings, it will only drop to 30-40, which is far less distracting! And the option to lower the shadows, this was a surprise for me, it gave me a whopping 40FPS increase durring fire fights in single player! It made the difference between a slide show, and a very enjoyable experience, especially during fire fights! So, I'm not concerned so much with higher FPS, I am ONLY concerned with making those low frames a bit higher, so it's not so distracting! Anyway, until they patch the game, or you get yourself a GeForce5, your just gonna have to make a comprimise...good luck!