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[IceFire]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

So, what is the frame rate hit, really?

I cannot believe that with that much partical effect being rendered all over that it is not seriously degrading frame rates.

You could see it in the P-38 sequence.

Too much smoke frome the ship stacks as well, those are not coal burners.

I think there will be a bit of a hit but I think the penalty can be made quite small. Still a lot of simple bitmaps being manipulated in some very clever ways.