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-Nick-
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2nd October, 2006 at 08:05:08 -
The game i am making at the moment runs in 640x480, and uses a couple of active objects that are 640x480 with semi-transparancy over the screen to fade it throughout the game. Does anyone know if this will slow down older PCs (it's made in MMF2). I also intend to include various transparant explosion effects.
Also, when it rains in my game, about 200 more small active objects are created, as well as a few semi-transparent clouds. Does anyone know if this would cause issues?
I'm just wondering whether i should include a "turn off weather and night-time" option.
On my computer it runs at a constant 50 frames a second, with both the transparent overlays and rain it drops to about 45 sometimes. My computer has 1gb ram and a 3.2ghz processor.
Any feedback from people who have experienced slowdown with mmf2 would be greatly appreciated.
I don't intend to upload an example of the game, as i'm keeping it secret-ish, even though some of you have played the demo.
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Silveraura
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2nd October, 2006 at 08:41:02 -
I've had a weather set up made in MMF2 that generates around 100-300 rain particles on the screen at once, all using alpha channeling (harder then semi-transpancy to run) and I got a solid 60fps, which is fine seeing as the frame cap was 60fps.
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David Newton (DavidN)
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2nd October, 2006 at 13:21:30 -
I don't think it'll be a huge issue - I'm not sure of the average computer setup everyone has here, but accommodating people with lower end PCs is always nice. Add an option if you've got it all in a group that's easy to turn off.
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Reno
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2nd October, 2006 at 14:44:15 -
Thats why people do Betas and Alphas in order to test there software on average computers.
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Silveraura
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2nd October, 2006 at 14:56:27 -
The more options you have in the game, the higher chance of reaching a larger audience, because more people with lower specs will be able to 'tweak' the game down to a performance level that works best for them, while people with a stronger system, can crank the settings up to max and enjoy the game at it's best looking quality.
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-Nick-
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2nd October, 2006 at 16:04:20 -
Thanks for the feedback guys!
I tried it on various computers in my house, but couldn't relate the results to the computer specs. If it slowed down at all, it seemed fairly random, ill put some options in to turn stuff down though, just in case.
Project: Roller Coaster is on it's way!
http://www.projectrollercoaster.co.uk/
http://www.craftsncreatures.com
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