Author Topic: Anisotropy... oops. (Read 3872 times)

Badspot · February 26, 2007, 09:39:00 AM

Yeah so I realized that Anisotropy is set to max by default which is probably slowing some people down. I updated the download but you will probably want to move the "Anisotropy" slider under "Advanced" in the options dialog down to 0 for the best performance.

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Jls900 · February 26, 2007, 09:43:17 AM

I have no idea what that is but im going to do what you said anyway

kojicolnair · February 26, 2007, 10:42:23 AM

Heh, i was kind of wondering about that, not that i minded since i wanted it at max anyway.

Sumohz · February 26, 2007, 10:45:39 AM

Before I played I went in and set everything to maximum quality anyways. I didn't even notice. Doesn't AF make textures blend in the distance better or something? I can't remember but it's worth a few frames.

Badspot · February 26, 2007, 10:48:09 AM

Yeah it definitely looks better and is worth it if you have the hardware, but for low end machines it can really eat frames.

Rushing Zephyr · February 26, 2007, 01:46:03 PM

On the subject of quality, are we ever going to see some anti-aliasing for BL?

Frobozz · February 26, 2007, 03:20:36 PM

You shouldn't need a slider for anti aliasing or anisotropic filtering. Just go into your video card's control panel and tell it you want it. For me, I just right click the Ati icon on the taskbar, hover over the video card name, then over 3D Settings, then over Standard Settings, then click Optimal Quality. Doing so enables 4x FSAA and 16x anisotropic. ;)

Edit: I was wondering why the textures in the game looked so good and also why the fan on my video card kept getting so noisy. Not like the game ever lags though. :D

Sumohz · February 26, 2007, 05:11:19 PM

Quote from: Rushing Zephyr on February 26, 2007, 01:46:03 PM

On the subject of quality, are we ever going to see some anti-aliasing for BL?�

Here's me With 8x AA and 16x AF:

Frobozz · February 27, 2007, 12:14:46 AM

How do I check fps?

Deathwish · February 27, 2007, 12:21:49 AM

Get Fraps.

mocheeze · February 27, 2007, 02:45:13 AM

metrics(fps); in console. I've found it can mess with my scrollbar after I have it on for a while, so make sure to do metrics(); if you want the thing to go away. Also, some people might like to know that ctrl+n will give you netstats.

Sumohz · February 27, 2007, 04:51:32 PM

Yeah I did. But for taking pictures. Otherwise it's hard as hell to build without them.

Deathwish · February 28, 2007, 12:07:48 AM

Quote from: Frobozz on February 26, 2007, 03:20:36 PM

You shouldn't need a slider for anti aliasing or anisotropic filtering. Just go into your video card's control panel and tell it you want it. For me, I just right click the Ati icon on the taskbar, hover over the video card name, then over 3D Settings, then over Standard Settings, then click Optimal Quality. Doing so enables 4x FSAA and 16x anisotropic. ;)
Edit: I was wondering why the textures in the game looked so good and also why the fan on my video card kept getting so noisy. Not like the game ever lags though. :D

:O

Thank you, now i put my video card on "Optimal Performance" instead :D

Frobozz · February 28, 2007, 07:58:21 AM

metrics(fps); did the trick. Running at optimal quality (4x antialiasing and 16x anisotropic) I get around 100 while aiming the camera at the demo blocks loaded in the bedroom scene. :D

Marcem · February 28, 2007, 08:53:55 PM

ok y does it mess up when i make a single player game after clicking multiplayer game(strange demo glitch (resize start server gui)) man i wish i could buy retail which i could have unless my mom wouldnt have said u cant because it would still be on my computer