patch 1.2 performance

scalelokt · 04-17-07, 05:03 PM

Just wanted to take a moment to comment on patch 1.2 performance for those of you who have not had a chance to try it yet. Granted I only played for about 15 minutes at lunch today, but I noticed one thing immediately. My frames per second with environmental effects on pre 1.2 were pretty bad, mouse movement was laggy and it just wasnt very playable. I'm talking about times with no fog by the way, when I had fog my machine slowed to a crawl. With 1.2 installed my FPS with environmental effects on and fog turned off are MUCH better and the game is smooth as silk now. This is very interesting to me because the fog isnt an issue, I'm comparing 1.1 and 1.2 during times when there is no fog in the game. In other words, it seems to me they must have tweaked the graphics performance quite a bit. Not only that but I bumped my resolution up to 1600 x 1200 with no noticeable slowdown. I'd say the performance must have been worked on quite a bit. BRAVO to the devs!!

04-17-07, 05:03 PM	#1
scalelokt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: 400 meters to your right, calculating your speed Posts: 126 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	patch 1.2 performance Just wanted to take a moment to comment on patch 1.2 performance for those of you who have not had a chance to try it yet. Granted I only played for about 15 minutes at lunch today, but I noticed one thing immediately. My frames per second with environmental effects on pre 1.2 were pretty bad, mouse movement was laggy and it just wasnt very playable. I'm talking about times with no fog by the way, when I had fog my machine slowed to a crawl. With 1.2 installed my FPS with environmental effects on and fog turned off are MUCH better and the game is smooth as silk now. This is very interesting to me because the fog isnt an issue, I'm comparing 1.1 and 1.2 during times when there is no fog in the game. In other words, it seems to me they must have tweaked the graphics performance quite a bit. Not only that but I bumped my resolution up to 1600 x 1200 with no noticeable slowdown. I'd say the performance must have been worked on quite a bit. BRAVO to the devs!!