DB performance compared to other UE3 games

(LuLNope) #1

How come DB has such terrible performance issues compared to Blacklight Retribution or Toxikk? Map sizes are more or less comparable (Toxxik’s Twin Peaks feels like it’s a lot larger than any of DB or BLR maps, and it still runs smoothly). Graphics aren’t that far apart as well, especially on lower settings. Max number of players per server is equal. Toxikk is also in testing phase and BLR always had tons of performance issue, but nowhere near DB’s level. Hitreg in Toxikk feels comparable to DB’s, so it doesn’t seem like forcing good hitreg causes those problems. Dirty Bomb is the first UE3 game where I had to tinker with config to bring graphics below low setting in game’s menu in order to get completely smooth framerate.

Obviously I’m not asking for detailed technical explanation, but I’d like to hear your thoughts about this and possibly a comment from somebody in the know about whether to expect further increase in performance or will we be stuck with what we have now.

(B_Montiel) #2

At least they got rid of the 120 fps cap you get in most UE3 based games :smiley:

Checking rapidly in the dirty bomb’s shooterengine.ini, I suppose some improvements could be easily made for low spec pcs. If you look for “texturegroup” in it, I just noticed the texture resolutions are set pretty high even if you have choosed default low specs of the game.

I’ll investigate further during the upcomming stress test. I hope my tribes ascend and chivalry medieval warfare tweaking knowledge could serve me here for a bit.
So I am pretty sure they are able to increase the gap between low and high spec profiles.

On the netcode side tho, I fear there’s no improvement to be expected, I always felt UE3 missing some hits. But, that said, I do think it’s one of the best available at the moment. It deals with high latency quite well and does not allow you to kill somebody after he passed a corner :stuck_out_tongue: … The only thing I do expect is that nexon will allow people to rent high tickrate servers, which can improve the feeling strongly.