SEV - Menu performance / antialiasing

scratch · #1 September 18th, 2006, 02:24 PM

I've heard many people complaining about sluggish menu performance. At first i didn't have this problem, but since i've tested antialiasing i know that this most likely is the cause of the problem. With only 2xAA activated i get a performance loss of about 100fps! as soon as i enter the ship design menu, it's sluggish indeed.

I've already dispatched an email to Aaron, but i'd like to know if this is a common issue or if it's limited to certain configurations, so try the game with activated / deactivated AA.

My specs:
P4 3.0GHz
Radeon 9800 Pro
1GB Ram

PDF · #2 September 18th, 2006, 06:03 PM

Hey, you're right ! I have an Athlon 2400 and a Radeon9600, didn't know why I had a choppy 6 fps in design screen (and 20 elsewhere), disabled AA and poof I got 60 everywhere now !

It could be an ATI issue, they have many (I think I'll switch back to NVidia next time, they have good OpenGL optimization for Dominions *and* show fog in CM also...

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Phoenix-D · #3 September 18th, 2006, 06:28 PM

I have an nvidia card. With AA 4x and AF 8X, I get 75FPS in the main system screen and exactly the same with it off. (which means the real FPS is higher than that and V-sync is kicking in)

scratch · #4 September 19th, 2006, 10:47 AM

Could you try the same thing with deactivated VSync, Phoenix-D? Just to see if you experience the same fps drop.

NullAshton · #5 September 19th, 2006, 01:41 PM

I'm thinking he means disabling it in the global settings, not setting it to application controlled.

Phoenix-D · #6 September 19th, 2006, 01:47 PM

Quote:

NullAshton said:
I'm thinking he means disabling it in the global settings, not setting it to application controlled.

SE5 doesn't have a AA setting so application controlled is the same as "off".

That said I lose 5FPS by turning AA on. Whoops de do.

Apparently its a video card specific issue. I lose *100* FPS going to the ship design screen though, which is just bizzare.

Suicide Junkie · #7 September 21st, 2006, 07:41 PM

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/other/...readnought.png

This is what I mean... look closely at the slots, and you should see the shading effect. Every-other-pixel being black.

That would kill a card trying to smooth out jaggies, since a large fraction of the screen is covered by the alternating pixels instead of just the occasional corner.

Baron Munchausen · #8 September 21st, 2006, 09:13 PM

Which menus are you having trouble with? Certain menus (colonies list, ships/fleets list, etc.) are very slow to appear because the program must compile the list before it can be displayed. It's searching through the entire simulated universe to find your planets or ships or whatever. No amount of 3D acceleration will help that.