Questions and Answers 3D (read the first post before asking a question)

[Mike Crosser]

Will there be graphics stress tests as mass-PvP-events? Because it would be a good opportunity to gather feedback from many people using different hardware setups.

This must be done.Game lags a lot during pvp events (for me at least)with 3d it will probably be pretty bad.

[Karpov]

I've been testing something this night. Spawned lots of 3d people. In both old and new versions of the SDK.

This one is the older version I use.  With 35 characters on scene.


This is the new one. With 49 Van Buren characters (if I remember correctly they had a bit higher polygon count)

First is DirectX.


OpenGL


Very positive results. I hope it gets even better when I import the new models.

PS: the shader in openGL seems to react better to light sources.

[Alvarez]

This looks promising, Mr.Karpov, but you should also check the FPS with that crowd dancing or playing any other animation.

[Haraldx]

Well, for me it was an average of 35 frames per second the whole time with about 11 characters on the screen. True, my machine is old (not as slow as Luther's, but still slow).

[Lexx]

Got 90fps, pretty much all the time. :p

[Jlekc]

Looks like it went smooth for everyone. What are the chances for those 3d models to appear on current 2238 server?

[Wipe]

This looks promising, Mr.Karpov, but you should also check the FPS with that crowd dancing or playing any other animation.

What about attacking each other, we usually abuse something similiar during wipenight, on crowded maps.

Code: [Select]

void deathmatch( Critter& player, int, int, int )
{
Map@ map = player.GetMap();
if( !valid(map) )
{
player.Say( SAY_NETMSG, "Not on worldmap." );
return;
}

array<Critter@> crits;
uint num = map.GetCritters( 0, FIND_ALL, crits );

for(uint i = 0; i < num; i++)
{
if( crits[i].IsDead() )
continue;

if( crits[i].IsPlayer() )
continue;

for( uint y = Random(0,num); y < num; y++ )
{
if( !crits[y].IsDead() )
AddAttackPlane(crits[i], 0, crits[y], -6);
}
}
}
Add to debug.fos and ~run debug deathmatch 0 0 0

[Alvarez]

I have a little suggestion: the client should be able to disable temporarily the animations/switch to symbolic still frames when the FPS drops under certain level. This performance control will help prevent GPU lag.

[fonliner]

Is it dead or no? 

[Voiddweller]

Is it dead or no? 

What? The whole 3D project? No, not dead. As long as repository exist and being updated, it's alive and well.

[fonliner]

Yes 3d project, I don't see any updates or whatever else. Any shit, what about shaders, making models more falloutish look like?

[Voiddweller]

It's not shaders that makes 3d look falloutish, but animation sequences, models and texture detail. Just need a specular shader for shine
 

[devis]

Hey Void, come circle jerk on #fodev on forestnet irc, we can try to help you out better there.

[Voiddweller]

Thanks, i will