soldier626
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This is really good news，looking forward to the new helicopter！Hope is UH1 or UH60
PC Alpha 18 Dev Diary!!
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Adam the Waster
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kinda all of those but the solder is the most armored
4sheetzngeegles
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resolution 1600:900 Fullscreen A18 b143
Fps:40-55 outside Higher indoors
Lower end pc/ evga gtx660
50" monitor set 1920:1080 Port used is 4K @60 HZ
snow biome
The first real error I can't figure out for myself
Began to happen approx when the night wandering horde of dogs were spawned.
Stopped after I killed the last one.
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at PlayerMoveController.Update () [0x02b15] in <34da800fcf13489e9c568ba54d29c6a1>:0
This spammed intermittently during the fight.
Fps:40-55 outside Higher indoors
Lower end pc/ evga gtx660
50" monitor set 1920:1080 Port used is 4K @60 HZ
snow biome
The first real error I can't figure out for myself
Began to happen approx when the night wandering horde of dogs were spawned.
Stopped after I killed the last one.
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at PlayerMoveController.Update () [0x02b15] in <34da800fcf13489e9c568ba54d29c6a1>:0
This spammed intermittently during the fight.
Adam the Waster
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im still trying to fix that, my game ruining like crap
MechanicalLens
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Demolisher as well
4sheetzngeegles
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I can pm my game settings if you like.
wolfbain5
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MM I believe the containers he is referring to use the qualPlus1Template. which one would think the lowest would be poor not faulty? It is after all base 1 and quality +1 would make default 2. but it mainly defaults to faulty and no matter the gs, faulty still has the highest chance of what is looted, contrary to what the notes for the template state. mind you this primarily effects the reinforced and hardened reinforced chests. the aka hero chests
edit: talking about the loot.xml template
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Adam the Waster
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no its just my pc i have to run it on potato mod too the point wear zombies have no real face.
but im too broken for some parts lol
Hello, liking Alpha 18 a lot so far. I have two ideas that could potentially help with general performance.
1. Add an option to limit the maximum number of light sources that can simultaneously cast shadows.
In a base with lots of torches the shadow calculations can become too much. Being able to set the max number to 4 or 8 could help a lot. There should be a hierarchy for the castable shadows, like the sun/moon always, the player held/worn light sources at the second priority level, and the nearest world lights like lamps and fire places at third priority.
Edit: ignore the below, I found an option in console to limit the fps "settargetfps 60"
2. Add an option to lock the frame rate to maximum common values like 30, 60, 75, 90, 120, 144, 240 fps.
Why lock the frame rate? Because when the game runs faster than the monitors refresh rate the frame timing is all over the place and it doesn't look as smooth as it could if it were locked to a lower value that can be maintained. It's easier on the system to.
Yes, you can use v-sync to limit the refresh rate to your monitors speed, but turning on V-sync causes uneven performance since the game want's to lock to 60 fps (or your monitors refresh rate, whatever that may be), but if it can't maintain that performance it tries to lock to 50% instead. The problem is that when it changes from 60 to 30 it stutters and looks ugly. For lot's of people simply looking at the ground and then into the distance will cause this stutter while it shifts every time.
Also, the games built in v-sync has a performance penalty which lowers more peoples performance to under 60 fps and into the stuttery zone where the game fluctuates between locking to 60 and 30 fps.
To give people a better smoother experience adding an option to lock the maximum fps while having v-sync turned off in game could help a lot.
If for some reason it's not technically possible with 7DtD to add a max frame rate option, you may want to add an option for dynamic v-sync that only enforces v-sync when the game engine is able to maintain the refresh-rate, and will give screen tearing if it goes under that.
IMO screen tearing but with a steady frame rate looks much nicer than a very uneven frame rate.
1. Add an option to limit the maximum number of light sources that can simultaneously cast shadows.
In a base with lots of torches the shadow calculations can become too much. Being able to set the max number to 4 or 8 could help a lot. There should be a hierarchy for the castable shadows, like the sun/moon always, the player held/worn light sources at the second priority level, and the nearest world lights like lamps and fire places at third priority.
Edit: ignore the below, I found an option in console to limit the fps "settargetfps 60"
2. Add an option to lock the frame rate to maximum common values like 30, 60, 75, 90, 120, 144, 240 fps.
Why lock the frame rate? Because when the game runs faster than the monitors refresh rate the frame timing is all over the place and it doesn't look as smooth as it could if it were locked to a lower value that can be maintained. It's easier on the system to.
Yes, you can use v-sync to limit the refresh rate to your monitors speed, but turning on V-sync causes uneven performance since the game want's to lock to 60 fps (or your monitors refresh rate, whatever that may be), but if it can't maintain that performance it tries to lock to 50% instead. The problem is that when it changes from 60 to 30 it stutters and looks ugly. For lot's of people simply looking at the ground and then into the distance will cause this stutter while it shifts every time.
Also, the games built in v-sync has a performance penalty which lowers more peoples performance to under 60 fps and into the stuttery zone where the game fluctuates between locking to 60 and 30 fps.
To give people a better smoother experience adding an option to lock the maximum fps while having v-sync turned off in game could help a lot.
If for some reason it's not technically possible with 7DtD to add a max frame rate option, you may want to add an option for dynamic v-sync that only enforces v-sync when the game engine is able to maintain the refresh-rate, and will give screen tearing if it goes under that.
IMO screen tearing but with a steady frame rate looks much nicer than a very uneven frame rate.
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Adam the Waster
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well i could but i dont think they run 20 fps
so ill probable have to wait until my step brother find some new parts. until then i probably play xbox
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