what the hell are these invisible 3d monoliths fraking up my fps?

triple · 03-23-07, 05:35 AM

every once in a while ill run into these damn invisible monoliths. They will appear wherever - off in the distance as a small darkened transparent square, right next to my sub as a big rectangle, or 100 feet below the ocean.

And whenever I look at one, it takes my fps from 60 to three.

screenshot:

what.. the hell? you can even rotate around em and see them from different angles and ****.

id return this pos game if i could

Mikkow · 03-23-07, 05:39 AM

I see them too in the game. Hmm..

Shaffer4 · 03-23-07, 05:47 AM

I've seen similar in a few games I have no idea.

OneTinSoldier · 03-23-07, 06:04 AM

Can you try firing some torps at them to see if anything happens?

Tranton · 03-23-07, 06:29 AM

Perhaps it is one of these?

http://www.naziufos.com/ :p

Ragtag · 03-23-07, 06:34 AM

I think it has something to do with some debug thingy...i got a tip from another thread somewhere in here about some settings in the main.cfg file.

Change these from Yes to No:

[DEVELOPING]
DevDebugEnable=Yes
DevEditEnable=Yes
MiniDump=Yes

Oh, it's the main.cfg in Documents/SH4 folder.
This might fix it.

DMarkwick · 03-23-07, 06:53 AM

The Philadelphia Experiment

El-Fish · 03-23-07, 02:56 PM

I haven't seen those yet. Do you get reports from the crew that they've been spotted when they are around?

bunkerratt · 03-23-07, 04:35 PM

i have seen these frame rate killers...like the klingon cloaking device...they suddenly morph into a ship and wammo yoor dead...i will try the debug thing and see what happens

Torcher · 03-23-07, 05:00 PM

Same here.

x1950XTX on XP.

First school mission (Nav). When you first come into the game go on deck and look at the 2 merchants coming at you off your port bow. I think there's one in that general erection 'cuz my frames tank.

flintlock · 03-23-07, 05:04 PM

Yeah, that's the first place I noticed this too. When I looked at the two merchants off the port side, it brought my fps to its knees.

No doubt Ubi will make short work of this bug.

bunkerratt · 03-23-07, 05:05 PM

well no soap on that ...still the same ....needs to be addressed in 1.2

-Pv- · 03-23-07, 05:06 PM

I've seen these things too. They look like clipping frames. Game almost comes to a halt when they appear. They move pretty fast from what I've seen. More like the speed of an aircraft than a ship. When they are gone, all returns to normal.
For the record, I have a legal download of the game.
-Pv-

Donner · 03-23-07, 05:10 PM

As far as the debug thing, I had these set to "No" when I saw my first monolith...

cue Also sprach Zarathustra.

Cakewalk · 03-23-07, 05:19 PM

So THAT's what it was, while my frames didn't dip to zero, they did drop quite a bit during that first school mission when looking to port. Doesn't seem to be a big problem, it shouldn't be too long before a fix comes.

03-23-07, 05:35 AM	#1
triple Nub Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	what the hell are these invisible 3d monoliths fraking up my fps? every once in a while ill run into these damn invisible monoliths. They will appear wherever - off in the distance as a small darkened transparent square, right next to my sub as a big rectangle, or 100 feet below the ocean. And whenever I look at one, it takes my fps from 60 to three. screenshot: what.. the hell? you can even rotate around em and see them from different angles and ****. id return this pos game if i could

03-23-07, 05:39 AM	#2
Mikkow Gunner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 93 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I see them too in the game. Hmm.. __________________ Freelancing Illustrator http://mikkow.deviantart.com

03-23-07, 05:47 AM	#3
Shaffer4 Ensign Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Walla Walla, Wa Posts: 223 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I've seen similar in a few games I have no idea. __________________

03-23-07, 06:04 AM	#4
OneTinSoldier Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 382 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Can you try firing some torps at them to see if anything happens? __________________ "Variable this is EasyRhino, do you copy? Over." Loud and clear EasyRhino. "Do we have a gig? Over." That's a Roger, we have a gig. Target is painted, start the music. "Roger that Variable. Into attack. Pickling target. Target is acquired and lit. LGB comin' down!" EasyRhino, circular error probability zero. Impact with High Order Detonation. Thank You, have a nice day.

03-23-07, 05:00 PM	#10
Torcher Seaman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Creedmor Posts: 41 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same here. x1950XTX on XP. First school mission (Nav). When you first come into the game go on deck and look at the 2 merchants coming at you off your port bow. I think there's one in that general erection 'cuz my frames tank. __________________ I think the lifeguard at the Gene Pool is on extended break

03-23-07, 06:29 AM	#5
Tranton Seaman Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dallas Posts: 41 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Perhaps it is one of these? http://www.naziufos.com/ :p

03-23-07, 06:34 AM	#6
Ragtag Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 654 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	I think it has something to do with some debug thingy...i got a tip from another thread somewhere in here about some settings in the main.cfg file. Change these from Yes to No: [DEVELOPING] DevDebugEnable=Yes DevEditEnable=Yes MiniDump=Yes Oh, it's the main.cfg in Documents/SH4 folder. This might fix it.

03-23-07, 06:53 AM	#7
DMarkwick Shore leave Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 70 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Philadelphia Experiment

03-23-07, 02:56 PM	#8
El-Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 36 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I haven't seen those yet. Do you get reports from the crew that they've been spotted when they are around?

03-23-07, 04:35 PM	#9
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	i have seen these frame rate killers...like the klingon cloaking device...they suddenly morph into a ship and wammo yoor dead...i will try the debug thing and see what happens

03-23-07, 05:04 PM	#11
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, that's the first place I noticed this too. When I looked at the two merchants off the port side, it brought my fps to its knees. No doubt Ubi will make short work of this bug.

03-23-07, 05:05 PM	#12
bunkerratt Chief Join Date: May 2006 Location: madison wisconsin Posts: 310 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	well no soap on that ...still the same ....needs to be addressed in 1.2

03-23-07, 05:06 PM	#13
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've seen these things too. They look like clipping frames. Game almost comes to a halt when they appear. They move pretty fast from what I've seen. More like the speed of an aircraft than a ship. When they are gone, all returns to normal. For the record, I have a legal download of the game. -Pv-

03-23-07, 05:10 PM	#14
Donner Officer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On patrol... Posts: 244 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	As far as the debug thing, I had these set to "No" when I saw my first monolith... cue *Also sprach Zarathustra.* __________________ "Sink 'Em All!"- Uncle Charlie....."Angriff, Ran, Versenken!"- Onkel Karl

03-23-07, 05:19 PM	#15
Cakewalk Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 212 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	So THAT's what it was, while my frames didn't dip to zero, they did drop quite a bit during that first school mission when looking to port. Doesn't seem to be a big problem, it shouldn't be too long before a fix comes.