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Newcomers DBPro Corner / heres a good way of increasing framerate in your game. :)

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David iz cool
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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 17:10
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seperate your huge level into smaller peices,(x files)
then make a for next loop that hides & excludes them if there a certain distance away from your player.

this can also be used with static or ai objects.

works great for me.
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BatVink
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Posted: 6th Jul 2006 17:27
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From 5.9 onwards, there is automatic occlusion. As long as you design your level well, areas will be automatically excluded when they are out of the line of sight.

Advanced Terrain also does this automatically.



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Wandering Swordsman
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Posted: 7th Jul 2006 10:37
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@fighting spirit:
Cool! I always thought they ran slower when windowed.
(Does that count for DBC as well as DBP?)

When I dream,
I carry a sword in one hand,
a gun in the other...
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Zotoaster
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Posted: 7th Jul 2006 12:25
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@BatVink

Awesome! I never knew that!

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BatVink
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Posted: 7th Jul 2006 12:57
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It was a feature that was brought in through FPSC. As far as I can remember, it started off as a command, but is now automated. It relies on good level design, ensuring that different areas are separated by walls, ceilings and obstacles. If a particular section is totally hidden from the line of sight, it's excluded.

I wrote a neswletter tutorial on FPSC levels in DB Pro. If I remember correctly there was an option to go into wireframe mode, and you could see the occlusion in action.



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