poor fps// single player addon maps on darkplaces

[munson]

i get great fps and smooth gameplay on original quake maps and darkplaces but poor fps running addon sp maps. ive tried running addon maps with batch files with increased heapsizes but no luck. i run same maps with fitz or qrack
and get good fps. any advice? tnx.

[DaniOcampo1992]

I think DP is just optimized for the original quake, Custom made maps are usually bigger and have other features.. The same happens to me..
Just disable rtworld to play smooth with DP..
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[Seven]

Hello munson,

Many people will say now:
Use another engine, if you are not satisfied with DP�s performance.

But if you want to stick with DP for fan-made maps (like the ones from func_msgboard or from the worlds greatest archive quaddicted) you can try the following:

One important thing to know is:
You can create a subfolder inside your Quake main folder.
Lets say you call it "SP" (same level as "ID1" subfolder).
Put all your fan-made .bsp files in "SP\maps" (if they dont bring their own progs.dat).
And start your DarkPlaces with the shortcut "darkplaces.exe -game sp"

In this way you will create/have your own config.cfg inside "SP", that you can fully adjust to have the best performance.
Totally independent to your regular config settings in ID1.

So now you can play around with RTworld settings and other things that might ruin your fps.
Be aware, that usage of RTworld without .rtlights files for the fan-made maps will drop your fps the most.

That is the only thing I can tell you, if you want to stick to DarkPlaces for fan-made maps.

My personal experience is not that bad as you described it. I use DP for fan-made maps as well. With the hint from above, you should be able to run them quite good.

People will say now: Some fan-made maps will have issues with DP (triggers not working, get stuck in doors, etc. ...)
That is absolutely correct.
But as mentioned already: If you want to stick with DP, you will have to live with it.

Best wishes,
Seven

[golden_boy]

i get great fps and smooth gameplay on original quake maps and darkplaces but poor fps running addon sp maps. ive tried running addon maps with batch files with increased heapsizes but no luck. i run same maps with fitz or qrack
and get good fps. any advice? tnx.

That's normal. Vanilla Quake maps are very lightweight compared to many custom maps.

[foq]

If you're running RT World, disable it. RTW can absolutely murder your performance on non-ID1 maps (not that DP is optimized for ID1 maps, but because ID1 maps are simple compared to many custom maps out there).

[MH]

Different engines have different performance characteristics with bigger maps. The latest DP autobuilds (http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplac...eautobuild.zip) handle them a lot better than the last full release, but of course you're taking a risk. DirectQ is still the fastest. (No eye-candy and D3D - and therefore Windows only - though so it's not for everyone.)

[foq]

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