[no] Rendering distance limit request!

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 23:50

GrafZahl, i think it won't be hard to make a console parameter such as max rendering distance - i'm making a very, very large map, ind i need this parameter to be set myself because when i stay in one of the map corners and look around, i get over 3 fps...and this is only 20 % of the map!

Implement that please!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 0:34

No. I consider this a poor workaround to bad map design.

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 20:29

why can't you make that as console comand for those people who need that? I have a VERY lame video card, and i NEED this limitation set.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 21:24

Because I don't want to implement it, plain and simple.

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 22:14

Oh FUCK!

Why are you so lazy?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 22:53

This has nothing to do with laziness. But I won't waste time to accomodate obsolete hardware. If you need this limitation it's either time to upgrade or to consider using a mapping style that more suits your computer's capabilities. A few one sided linedefs might work wonders.

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 20:33

Ok, i understend, that to say someone "buy a new hardware" is much easier, than to write 2-3 more lines in code!

Specially for that one day i will start my own port, and it will be created from GZDoom!

If you are interested to see a project that needs this limitation, then here it is:

http://ABM-GZDoom.narod.ru/mods/cion.pk3 - primary link

http://slil.ru/24139982 - mirror

And here are some screens:

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 21:17

Oh god, what kind of computer do you have?

I still get 42 fps when going to the outermost edge and looking into the direction of the other end of the map (iow. when capping the framerate to Doom's original 35 fps I won't even notice any slowdown at all!)

If your computer has to fold when trying to render this map it has to be truly weak.
Sorry, but this reinforces my opinion not to do anything about it.

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 13:35

Here are parameters of my computer:

Celeron processor at 400 mHz
192 mb RAM
Nvidia GeForce2 mx 400 video adapter with 32 mb of memory

THAT MUST BE ENOUGH FOR DOOM BECAUSE ANYWAY IT IS DOOM!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 16:38

That is most definitely not enough for GZDoom with large open maps. Sorry.

For the record: The minimum system requirements I'd set are:

Intel/AMD processor with 1 GHz
Geforce 3 graphics card with 64 MB memory
256 MB RAM.

You are way below these specs in each category, especially with your grapics card.

And now that I know what your specs are there is even less motivation for me to do anything about it. Get a real computer.

Alex-bomber_Man · Post by **Alex-bomber_Man** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 20:46

But Doom3 runs on such machines,yoiu said! And what is GZDoom? Does it supports shadows? Or it has cool particle effects? Don't you thinc you have to optimize the code a little?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 21:31

I have had enough. I said I won't consider this and no complaining will ever change my mind. Your system is below the minimum system requirements and that's it.

And furthermore, I doubt that Doom3 will run on that thing. I had to scale down its rendering settings on my P4 3.2 GHz with a Geforce 5900 to get a semi-decent frame rate.