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Fram rate drops from the chrome texture and ONLY the chrome texture. You can put a hundred regular mobs together and it'll run like a hot knife through butter (perks of the U3 Engine).
The chrome textures basically subdivides a vertex to give it the smooth metalic look. Underneath are the bumpmaps to give it the wrinkles, bumps, dents etc. When you smooth models that are jagged, it takes even longer to render (To test this go get a trial Zbrush. Make a sphere with a regular texture and a chrome texture and simply render it.)
And why on earth would you even assume its a server issue which deals with packet lag when its all client side? I can lag like a mad man on TERA and still run SC2 (as an example since that is what I do while I am attending the afk event) and not lag at SC2? It is not server side. It is client side.
Simply put? Yes. It is the texture.
BUT all I want is Shft F12 lol.
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boonsterfication on 06/08/2012, 10:36 PM
Fram rate drops from the chrome texture and ONLY the chrome texture. You can put a hundred regular mobs together and it'll run like a hot knife through butter (perks of the U3 Engine).
The chrome textures basically subdivides a vertex to give it the smooth metalic look. Underneath are the bumpmaps to give it the wrinkles, bumps, dents etc. When you smooth models that are jagged, it takes even longer to render (To test this go get a trial Zbrush. Make a sphere with a regular texture and a chrome texture and simply render it.)
And why on earth would you even assume its a server issue which deals with packet lag when its all client side? I can lag like a mad man on TERA and still run SC2 (as an example since that is what I do while I am attending the afk event) and not lag at SC2? It is not server side. It is client side.
Simply put? Yes. It is the texture.
Then how do you explain that there's LESS stress on the GPU during that framerate drop? Are you saying your performance dropping textures aren't being rendered by the GPU? I get about 75% GPU usage on my GTX 560ti just idling in Kaiator, yet usage drops down to 20% during phase 3 nexus. It is NOT a rendering issue.
My guess is that the server can't handle so many simultaneous hits on a single monster. Client might hitch from waiting after expected packets that it's no receiving. Would explain that the Combat log stops updating and hits seemingly stop registering. And why people not near the monster aren't lagging.
"Is not the Hail Stom"
In CBT, GvG with over 200 persons, always perfect, 20 fps min.
Sorcs get Hail Storm.
GvG with 100 persons max, 20-30 Hail Storms. 8-14 fps max.
Walk into a nexus with 60 persons, only 9-10 sorcs, 30 fps. Suddenly, the zerk comes, 60-90 Hail Storms, 1-4 fps.
IS NOT THE HAIL STORM GUYS! IS THE SERVER!
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Crisserian on 06/08/2012, 10:25 PMboonsterfication on 06/08/2012, 10:12 PMSo just because the framerate drop occurs when monsters are present, you immediately assume that it's specifically because of their texture effect? Did you even check your GPU usage during nexus?
If it is the server, why am I still running at < 100ms ?
That is playable ping. Right now, nexus is not playable due to graphical renders. Please.
Hailstorms does nothing to the lag.
Totems does nothing to the lag.
Hell.. even all those people does nothing to the lag.
Notice the FPS increase when mobs are NOT there compared to when they ARE there? Yeah... Figured. Its the textures.
Go download Afterburner or something and check it out. It's not due to graphical renders if framerate drops at 20% GPU usage.
Fram rate drops from the chrome texture and ONLY the chrome texture. You can put a hundred regular mobs together and it'll run like a hot knife through butter (perks of the U3 Engine).
The chrome textures basically subdivides a vertex to give it the smooth metalic look. Underneath are the bumpmaps to give it the wrinkles, bumps, dents etc. When you smooth models that are jagged, it takes even longer to render (To test this go get a trial Zbrush. Make a sphere with a regular texture and a chrome texture and simply render it.)
And why on earth would you even assume its a server issue which deals with packet lag when its all client side? I can lag like a mad man on TERA and still run SC2 (as an example since that is what I do while I am attending the afk event) and not lag at SC2? It is not server side. It is client side.
Simply put? Yes. It is the texture.
blacklotaus on 06/08/2012, 10:24 PMBoon is correct though - even my guild has had talks about it.
it *IS* the graphical renders/skins
I do not lag while playing Tera , so it is not their server. And my connection is just fine on my own net.
When Nexus starts it is not even laggy.
Its not even lagging when we all run past all the normal bams with normal textures/skins.
However once the "Special" nexus mobs spawn its a diffren't story. I've noticed before and after each wave my gameplay is fine.
It is at its worst during stage 3 with the final dragon boss/ect then it goes to hell with the slideshow. A normal dragon wouldn't do this with so many people?
I still have to think its the renders/texture ~~:
Thank you. Someone who understands textures.