Shadows and fps

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by kristorf

+1

Shadows cause an approx 30% fps loss for me.

And I discover today that the crap AA in Clod after new patch eats a lot of FPS in my rig too. Strange! Without shadow and AA, the sim is runnig really nice now. Just a little more tweaks and will be good regards performance in middle-end machines. Good job in patching, really hard work to do but things are going nice.

[312_Jura]

+1

[Prop~Strike]

+1.....I probably get more like 40% loss. It's such a shame because the shadows look so nice and add a lot of realism to the game world.

[Vengeanze]

+1 Also loose alot to shadows and AA but also to Land shading.

My problem is that native res is 2560 x 1440 and if I lower that to 1920 it looks like crap (all fuzzy and smeared).
I love the crispness of 2560 and Land shading but together I can't fly too crowded scenes.
But Luthier "promised" to double the frames for quad and up after they optimized and loadbalanced.
I hope that's true.

[CharveL]

AA is a waste of resources right now and barely does anything so definitely leave it off.

I asked long ago for separate shadows options mostly to turn off the annoying and immersion killing tree shadow flickers and gain some fps.

[II./JG1_Wilcke]

Originally Posted by CharveL

AA is a waste of resources right now and barely does anything so definitely leave it off.

I asked long ago for separate shadows options mostly to turn off the annoying and immersion killing tree shadow flickers and gain some fps.

Agreed the tree shadows are funny, it almost appears that there is trembling little critter hiding by each tree. If this can be well implemented then great otherwise dump it, the cockpit lighting and shadows are awesome we do need those.

[Jotaele]

+1