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Offline Triple Ace

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
on: May 09, 2005, 02:24:53 pm
I have only one problem with fso and that is the Shivan glowmaps. They cause severe slowdowns on my system. Now if I turn the glowmaps off or delete them, all of the ships turn black and gray. Is there a a version of the glowmaps that will not cause the slowdowns or is there a way to fix the glowmaps so that they will run more smoothly? My specs are 2.0 ghz Athlon, 128 mb GeForce FX 5700 LE, 512 mb ddr system ram.
 

Offline redmenace

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
Reply #1 on: May 09, 2005, 02:38:59 pm
If you use the hi res wnimated maps from lightspeed they will slow down. But the ones packaged in the VPs usually don't cause a problem.
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Offline WMCoolmon

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
Reply #2 on: May 09, 2005, 11:44:22 pm
Don't use mv_adveffects.vp, that's the reason why the animated glowmaps are in a separate package.
-C
 

Offline Kosh

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
Reply #3 on: May 10, 2005, 03:59:37 am
Unless you have lots of ram and a fast processor, don't use them.
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Offline Triple Ace

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
Reply #4 on: May 10, 2005, 02:00:29 pm
Ok, thanks.
  

Offline Gregster2k

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The glowmaps are driving me INSANE!
Reply #5 on: May 11, 2005, 09:01:31 pm
Me, I'm crossing my fingers that eventually the materials work will make SOME glowmap animation files obsolete...especially pulsating ones. :) Would help a bunch with performance methinks.
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