Build 249 [Beta]
aeroripper
Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
Anybody else that's opted in notice significant FPS boost? Haven't done a full server late-game yet, but there does seem to be improvement. Had a 10 player match with the whole map cysted and many strucutres that handled better than build 248.
*Edited title to ensure its known as an opt in steam beta version, (Right click NS2 in your library > properties > Beta tab) and not officially released or typically downloaded just yet. -Ironhorse*
*Edited title to ensure its known as an opt in steam beta version, (Right click NS2 in your library > properties > Beta tab) and not officially released or typically downloaded just yet. -Ironhorse*
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I'd say over all it's about the same performance increase as the NSL maps, some people found 10-15 constant FPS like I have, others aren't getting a lot, i7 3.4k 7950.
This is with all graphics on low except for textures, AA and AF, at 1920x1080.
I personally benchmarked a difference of ~40 fps compared to live build with a 30+ structure and 24 bots all in one room fighting scenario - but see only around a 10-15% FPS improvement during any typical moment. This is very dependent of your hardware and varies.
But this is all shadowed, imo, by the subtle and subjective "feel" that things are smoother. I suspect less variance in fps is to thank.
I can't wait to play opengl and luajit together now :-D
That was the same result I got with an i7 920 @ 4.2 GHz. Really curious at how a normal large player game would go with exos and structures everywhere. Too bad no servers are full atm but we did have a small game with the entire map full of alien structures and it was above 60 the entire time. Impressed that they managed such a huge change I did not think it was possible.
because that would provide a SIGNIFICANT fps boost on all but the newer nvidia graphics cards (a-holes stopped supporting it)
Or, if its not done yet.. alot of optimishations? maybe the textures?
Only the Team156 BETA server is running 249, even tho you will still see all the normal servers they aren't running 249 but still on 248 so 99% of servers will block you from joining. Blame the server browser for that one, and team156 is the only 249 server I've seen so far.
When you get that error the console always puts out a line that says what file failed consistency check, doesn't matter though, do what Xao said.
On Docking's Departure, I filled the hive with 20 crags and got 50 fps from top-down view. and 60fps in first-person
On Beta Docking's Departure, I did the same thing and got 80fps top down-view and 90 fps in first person
Graphic settings were on high except resolution (1280x720) and decals were about half an inch to the right.
Rig:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Video Card: MSI GTX 660ti Superclocked Edition 2GB
CPU: i5 3550 3.3Ghz
RAM: 8GB
Resolution: 1280x720p (native: 1600x900)
When should we expect this released fully? Looks promising.
Not sure what to think of the new Docking... it had unique rooms, now they are becoming more generic. Let's see how it plays
i5 2500k 4.5ghz / GTX 560Ti
With the 249 Beta, I'm actually fully GPU bottle-necked for the first time. I was planning on upgrading my i7 920 to a Haswell, but actually thanks to @fsfod I now only need to upgrade my GeForce 470Ti to get a even bigger framerate increase in NS2.
Type r_stats in console, and if you're getting consistently higher than Zero on '0 waiting for GPU' then you would see another performance increase with a new graphics card.