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| stuntman021:
Recently, I've noticed quite a few servers banning builds not on baseplates, assuming it's always spam. Some servers even have something set to autoclear any brick not built on a baseplate. A more common reasoning is saying not building on baseplates causes lag. Seeing if this was true, I decided to run a little test. No screenshots, I'm afraid, since Blockland crashes when I try to take a HUD one and my FPS cuts in half when I use the Mac's built-in one. Distance from tests is 16 blocks away each time. Building a 16x16x10 box of 1x1s with no roof FPS with a baseplate: About 148, with a bit of going to 147.6 or so. FPS without a baseplate: 142, with more fluctuation than the last test. Goes to 140.5 at the lowest, and 143 at the highest. It seems there is a small FPS difference, but doing the math, not using baseplates causes about a 1 fps drop every 426 bricks. For a server of, let's say 40000 blocks, if nobody used baseplates, that would be a 93 FPS difference while running a non-dedicated server. 40,000 is generally an amount of bricks seen on a freebuild that's been up for a few days, so not using baseplates doesn't cause a significant enough amount of lag to justify deleting every build that doesn't use a baseplate. (Note: My test was in no way perfect, so these figures are probably completely wrong. If you want to do a better test, please do.) Anyways, this thread is in drama so you can discuss bitch about whether or not not using a baseplate is considered spam. |
| MasterBlockMan:
Because it has to be on a baseplate, get used to it. |
| stuntman021:
--- Quote from: MasterBlockMan on August 21, 2010, 03:23:08 AM ---Because it has to be on a baseplate, get used to it. --- End quote --- But why? What if I want to build something circular and don't want a random square below it making it look bad? Making the baseplate invisible has it floating a bit and screws up any floors you want to add. |
| MrMulch:
You're question is irrelevant, its like asking why the modern world is flat. |
| stuntman021:
--- Quote from: MrMulch on August 21, 2010, 03:57:16 AM ---You're question is irrelevant, its like asking why the modern world is flat. --- End quote --- ... Please explain what you meant by that. If an argument is based on opinion, saying "just because" is a lazy way of trying to win. |
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