[.900][bug][graphics][performance] Still major graphical and performance bugs

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With beta 3b, I'm still experiencing some major graphical and performance issues on my machine.  First of all, with advanced lighting enabled, the graphics are so blurry that it's completely unplayable.

 

 

 

Even with advanced lighting disabled though, there's still problems with window transparency that have been issues since beta 1... like this:

 

 

Also, while it's playable with advanced lighting disabled, the performance is still dreadful on my system:

 

 

19 fps at the beginning of the game with no map revealed yet?  I'm hoping the optimizations are still being put in...


Intel C2D E6400 2.13 GHz

Radeon HD 3850 256 MB

Windows XP

2 GB RAM

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

What are your settings for Anti-aliasing, Ground Cover, texture details, etc.  when you're getting the 19 fps?

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Ditto on all counts.

Also getting this:

It's like that in the unit creation and production windows too.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Here's my options:

 

 

Default except disabled advanced lighting and disabled anti-aliasing.

 

 

As you can see, performance is getting worse as the map is revealed....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

My performance really gets bad when a city is created, I wish I knew what all the settings are for ? I mean not the standard stuff but the others.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Intel C2D E6400 2.13 GHz

Radeon HD 3850 256 MB

Windows XP

2 GB RAM
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Please post your debug.err file so we can see more detailed system and driver info.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9170386/debug.err

I've also been getting the disappearing buildings bug that I saw in a prior video preview.  Once I zoom to a cloth map though, the buildings come back.

I'm also noticing a weird fog-like graphical corruption that's occurring even when advanced lighting is off.... but right now I'm completely unplayable with advanced lighting...

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting delijoe79, reply 7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9170386/debug.err

I've also been getting the disappointing buildings bug that I saw in a prior video preview.  Once I zoom to a cloth map though, the buildings come back.

I'm also noticing a weird fog-like graphical corruption that's occurring even when advanced lighting is off.... but right now I'm completely unplayable with advanced lighting...
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See here

 

https://forums.elementalgame.com/384754

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Some more pics:

 

Notice the weird colored lines and bars on the screen

 

After a few turns and tactical battles, my framerate dropped to a crawl.  At that point I started getting even more graphical corruption... terrain would turn black things would start flashing, etc... and then it crashed.  At this point it's unplayable on my system.

 

I updated the debug.err in the above link...

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Vaul_Darkhour, reply 8

See here

 

https://forums.elementalgame.com/384754
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I tried that workaround and all I got was more graphical artifacts and an overheated video card!