Curse

vikdog · Mar 01, 2006, 08:19 PM // 20:19

My framerate is fine in the earlier part of the games, but once I get the Ember Light Camp (and beyond) I have terrible framerates. Its between 1-4 fps which is unplayable.

I have tried turning all of the settings down and reducing the resolution but it makes no difference.

I have an ATI Radeon 9550 with the latest drivers. Any suggestions on what it could be? Anyone else have similar problems?

vikdog · Mar 01, 2006, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Strange... I just went out of town with henchies and the framerate was much better than with real people in my party. Could it just be a lag issue?

Ishmaeel · Mar 12, 2006, 11:13 AM // 11:13

Ring of Fire islands are graphically very intensive, what with all the lava, fire and brimstone. I had noticed the drop in the framerate when I first got there but with the latest (March 9ish) update, FPS has become unacceptable to me. Funny thing is, after I first noticed this crawl trying to join a cap party, I was able to remedy the situation somewhat by simply restarting my computer. Now (After the March 11 update) it seems my PC cannot keep up even when it is freshly-booted. My specs aren't the cutting-edge, I admit, but I was able to navigate the islands without too much performance loss. Now I'm looking at the counter that says FPS: 1, dumbfounded.

Sorry to bump this oldie but it just got _very_ relevant to me.

frojack · Mar 12, 2006, 11:46 AM // 11:46

It's because of all the particles. Particles are still a nightmare to draw because of alpha map(transparency), z-sorting issues (Which one comes 1st; this particle or this one etc.).

Even the newest of cards can't handle too much of this. There really isn't a cheaper way to do it. Especially with all the new per-pixel technology everyones using these days, I don't see it getting better anytime soon. It's one of the banes of making real-time artwork.

If you turn off the post processing, it might help a bit but not much.
Of course, if you are running anti-aliasing then your just asking for it aren't you

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rojak · Mar 12, 2006, 03:24 PM // 15:24

i had this before too. when i first entered ring of fire, the 'turning rate' and fps was considerably slower than in other areas. maybe its all that lava and flame lol. it turned out better after i checked my internet connection. lag could be the problem because after that the fps was ok and my card is an old one, geforce4mx.

Formina · Mar 12, 2006, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ishmaeel

Ring of Fire islands are graphically very intensive, what with all the lava, fire and brimstone. I had noticed the drop in the framerate when I first got there but with the latest (March 9ish) update, FPS has become unacceptable to me. Funny thing is, after I first noticed this crawl trying to join a cap party, I was able to remedy the situation somewhat by simply restarting my computer. Now (After the March 11 update) it seems my PC cannot keep up even when it is freshly-booted. My specs aren't the cutting-edge, I admit, but I was able to navigate the islands without too much performance loss. Now I'm looking at the counter that says FPS: 1, dumbfounded.

Sorry to bump this oldie but it just got _very_ relevant to me.

This is happening to me too - before the March 9 update, I could play the Ring of Fire without too much performance loss - but I just tried to play it then and I get constant freezing and terrible framerate. :S

Eldin · Mar 12, 2006, 11:15 PM // 23:15

For me, RoF is not considered unbearably laggy, but the framerate does have a significantly visible decrease. As stated above, they are quite graphically intense, making it sort of reasonable as to its low frame rate.

GeForce 5500FX, I run every graphical setting on high (except anti-aliasing at 2x and reflections at default). Never have any considerably choppy framerate anywhere but RoF. Still, it doesn't seem as bad for me as with you all. I have downloaded all the March 9, March 10, March 11, etc updates. Only issue with me is the dread sound problem being discussed in the Riverside forum.

awesome sauce · Mar 13, 2006, 12:54 AM // 00:54

That's wierd. For me the ring of fire is one of the better areas...but then when i go to places like Ascalon city my frame rate is much lower.