Jah Warrior Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Hi all, As some others here will know there is a serious framerate issue in Jedi Academy, with frames dropping as low as 20fps in places for me even with my 9800 pro. I loaded the matrix dojo map in JA to see the difference in frame rate and it was significant to say the least. (approximately half of the framerate i would get in JK2). Anyways i messed around in console and i found a setting that will give a SIGNIFICANT boost to framerate without any noticable adverse effects on picture quality. the command is :- r_dynamicglow 0 (1 by default) If that helps anyone else get their framerate up then cool.
Jah Warrior Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 OK i just, did an experiment:- I set the game up with 4xAA 16xAF @ 1280 x 1024 full details set in options/setup and here is what I found. With the settings described above I started out with 45fps on matrix dojo map, I turned off r_dynamicglow and my framerate jumped to 90fps and the same increases are clearly evident in the other duel maps. I do NOT knwo what that setting does but it's clear that it alleviates a lot of the stress on the graphics card, although I really could not see any benefit to having it enabled at all. If some bright spark could enlighten us as to the implications and purpose of r_dynamicglow I would be interested to hear it.
Andy867 Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 The dynamic glow, which can be turned off in the setup => video options, produces a "warm" glow like effect in the levels.
JarJarBinks Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I prefer to have everything on highest detail and get 25-30 fps than play on medium or low settings to get 80+ fps, unlike most people low fps dosen't bother me much (unless it goes below 15, then it gets annoying).
Jah Warrior Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 Originally posted by Andy867 The dynamic glow, which can be turned off in the setup => video options, produces a "warm" glow like effect in the levels. I know the one you mean andy, but this setting is not the same. If you turn of dynamic lighting in setup the saber glows are removed, this setting does not do that.... the whole thing is still a mystery to me. @jarjar, yeah i know what yer syain I also like to play with EVERYTHING turned on, however JK3 gave me worse framerates than teh Halflife 2 demos until i turned this mystery command off.
[BK] U Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Yeah the command increases FPS in MP, but in SP it dosn't :-( In SP it has the same effect as when you simply turn off DG in the setup menu. I've got a Radeon 9600 and im getting 10-30 FPS in SP :-( Hopefully Raven is gonna patch this soon...
Cavkov Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 where do i put this?? how do i get the comand???
Mordred Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Originally posted by Jah Warrior I know the one you mean andy, but this setting is not the same. If you turn of dynamic lighting in setup the saber glows are removed, this setting does not do that.... the whole thing is still a mystery to me. the one that turns of the Saber glow is Dynamic Lighting not Dynamic Glow. both are options in the set up menu. the command u gave just turns off the Dynamic glow. and as andy said Dymanic Glow can be turned of in your set up. just make sure u turn of glow and not lighting
Cavkov Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 but where do i write that comand? where is the "command" option what button?
t3rr0r Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Originally posted by Jah Warrior I know the one you mean andy, but this setting is not the same. If you turn of dynamic lighting in setup the saber glows are removed, this setting does not do that.... the whole thing is still a mystery to me. andy knows what he's talking about. dynamic glow = aura around everything that produces light or looks illuminated (compare when looking at lava, for the most obvious change) dynamic light = light from sabers, projectiles, explosions
t3rr0r Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Originally posted by Igor_Cavkov but how do i get the command up? open the console (shift + ~) and type r_dynamicglow 0.
Cavkov Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 thx man!! i have been asking 10000people online ,..everyone just say STFU lol,... thx!
Jah Warrior Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 Originally posted by t3rr0r andy knows what he's talking about. dynamic glow = aura around everything that produces light or looks illuminated (compare when looking at lava, for the most obvious change) dynamic light = light from sabers, projectiles, explosions right now that makes sense to me, however, i didnt notice any difference in image quality with it on/off. odd really.
Astrotoy7 Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Yeah, damn that dynamic glow. I run at 1600x1200+ with my GeForce 5200, and get an average 60 fps with dynamic glow off. Running at Hi Rez, or even if I dumb down to 800x600 dynamic glow always seems to drop the framerate to 30fps. It all depends really, on some levels dynamic glow(ie.where there alot of lighting effects) just makes it look eerie and awesome. Other levels, eg. yalara it makes no huge difference at all. To me it really seems almost more of an 'ambience' setting. At the end of the day, I am more of a speed freak, and love to run at Hi rez and Hi fps...as things go so fast you wont have time to notice the glow anyway Have fun ! MTFBWYA
Eternal706 Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Dynamic glow definately helped me but has any1 figured out how to solve the slow down when there are cloaked characters, especially if u push/pull them?
Jesterspaz Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 According to James Monroe, JA Lead Programmer here at Raven, this problem can probably be fixed with the latest ati drivers for your vid card =) Justin "Jesterspaz" Negrete Designer - Raven Software Jedi Academy
Wes Janson Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 With my 9700 Pro, the latest drivers don't like the dynamic glow at all. I always get wierd flashes on the screen when I move around -- ESPECIALLY on the Corellian level. So James Monroe can stuff it... ... Okay, I'm just fooling around. He shouldn't stuff anything. '-p But seriously, I had to revert back to Cat 3.6 because of that problem with dynamic glow. And unlike everyone else here, my framerate is fine and I enjoy having dynamic glow on. Coruscant just doesn't look the same without it. I'll wait for 3.8.
lilJedi Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 are ya'll refering to the full game only? i found with the demo i had 25 fps. on a radeon 9000 in my laptop. i then went to my d3d settings in display and turned down the texture rendering by a notch back towards performance rather than quality and turned it back up and my frames went back normal 90 fps.. and 50 or 60 with activity on the screen. but i guess you mean the full game.
Wes Janson Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 Well, my problem plagued me in the demo as well. But even with volumetric shadows, I never had a framerate issue where it hindered gameplay.
CoreyGH Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 lilJedi, why does adjusting your Direct3D settings effect JA performance? I thought the engine used OpenGL.
ihaveabu Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 i have this wierd problem. my specs r: P4 2.4 GHZ HT 800 FSB 512 DDR PC3200 RAM MAXTOR 120 GB GFORCE FX 5200 128MB and when i load up, it goes to the menu screen, and the fps is like .5. wtf? the mouse like takes 1 minute to move a tiny bit. wtf is goin on?
Astrotoy7 Posted September 25, 2003 Posted September 25, 2003 If there is someone a bit 'techy' out there, can they tell us why dynamic glow drops the fps. I have tweaked video settings and whatever I have it on dynamic glow *always* reduced it to 25-30 fps. It definitely makes some of the levels appear more 'cinematic' ...... since I guess is relevant seeing that most films, in whatever format run at these framerates. If anyone has ever watched a movie in 60fps then i'd like to know ! I couldnt seem to find the dynamic glow option in MP setup options, am I looking hard enough !?!?! (havent played MP much yet anyways) MTFBWYA
AxVegetA Posted September 25, 2003 Posted September 25, 2003 You people with super computers and having those kind of problems. I have a decent computer and all my games work fine (low res low everything but ohh well), JO did, and so JA demo. By the way, how do you check your framerate and does it has something to do with the ping?
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