FuhQuake

[east]

hi guys.. first of all let me say: fuhquake r0x! .. but i hav a little problem.. its not fuhq.. but.. its me.. so this is the problem:
i hav and old computer.. an Celeron 433 .. with RivaTNT2 32Mb... and 256+64Mb ram .. 64Gb HD... etc.. and i cant put my quake workin' with fps higher than 35.. so im askin' if some one could tell me what should i do to increase my fps.. what do i need to change in fuhq config to put my quake in the best performance "allowed" by my comp.. anything would be good..





tkx a lot.. and keep on Fuh

[NiX]

You could try going into the options menu and select fps options . and set it to fast.

add -width 320 -height 200 (or 240) to you cmdline.

If you are using GL gl_max_size 1 will increase fps.

[Psychopheles]

If you don't want the random texture problems gl_max_size 1 provides, you could set it to 4 instead.

Try turning off some of the other annoying things, such as gibs and torches.
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[fuh]

your main problem here is the main CPU. the graphics card ain't bad at all.

turn off particles. r_rockettrail 0, r_grenadetrail 0 . should be using old style particles of course. also put -particles 512 on the cmdline .


cl_deadbodyfilter 2 will help.
gl_caustics, gl_detail, gl_fb_bmodels, gl_fb_models should all be 0 too.

r_dynamic 0 and fl_flashblend 1 will help for lights.

640x480 with bpp 16 should be fine.

don't touch gl_max_size . instead use gl_playermip and gl_picmip . increase these from 0 to 5 one at a time. you'll have to type 'skins' for a new gl_playermip to take affect, and you'll have to restart the map for gl_max_size to take affect.

using 24bit textures is actually fine provided you increase gl_picmip . gl_picmip 2 should give the same perfomance as no 24bit textures (it reduces memory bandwidth by 16x).

[east]

not workin yet... maybe im just doing something wrong.. .. but i dunno what.. look.. this is my settings... :

//cmdline -width 640 -height 480 -conwidth 320 -bpp 16 -conheight 240 -dinput -m_smooth -particles 512 -zone 512 +cfg_load config.cfg +set cl_confirmquit

//FPS and EyeCandy Settings
cl_deadbodyFilter "2"
cl_gibFilter "1"
cl_maxfps "45"
cl_model_bobbing "1"
cl_muzzleflash "2"
cl_nolerp "1"
cl_r2g "1"
cl_trueLightning "0"
gl_caustics "0"
gl_detail "0"
r_drawentities "1"
r_drawflame "0"
r_explosionLight "0.1"
r_explosionLightColor "1"
r_explosionType "1"
r_flagColor "3"
r_grenadeTrail "0"
r_lerpframes "1"
r_lerpmuzzlehack "1"
r_lightflicker "0"
r_powerupGlow "2"
r_rocketLight "0.4"
r_rocketLightColor "5"
r_rocketTrail "0"

//Particle Effects
gl_bounceparticles "0"
gl_clipparticles "0"
gl_part_blobs "0"
gl_part_blood "0"
gl_part_explosions "0"
gl_part_gunshots "0"
gl_part_inferno "0"
gl_part_lavasplash "0"
gl_part_spikes "0"
gl_part_telesplash "0"
gl_part_trails "0"
gl_solidparticles "0"

//Lighting
gl_fb_bmodels "0"
gl_fb_depthhack "1"
gl_fb_models "0"
gl_flashblend "1"
gl_lightmode "0"
gl_loadlitfiles "1"
gl_shaftlight "1"
r_dynamic "0"
r_fullbright "0"
r_lightmap "0"
r_shadows "0"

//Water and Sky Settings
r_fastsky "1"
r_fastturb "0"
r_novis "0"
r_skycolor "0"
r_skyname ""
r_wateralpha "1"

//Weapon View Model Settings
cl_bob "0.02"
cl_bobcycle "0.6"
cl_bobup "0.5"
cl_filterdrawviewmodel "0"
r_drawviewmodel "0"
r_viewmodelSize "0.675"

//Texture Settings
gl_lerpimages "1"
gl_max_size "2048"
gl_picmip "2"
gl_picmip_all "1"
gl_playermip "2"
gl_subdivide_size "2048"
gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"

//OpenGL Rendering
gl_affinemodels "0"
gl_clear "0"
gl_cull "1"
gl_finish "0"
gl_nocolors "0"
gl_smoothmodels "1"
gl_triplebuffer "1"
gl_ztrick "1"
r_farclip "10000"

//System Settings
sys_disableWinKeys "0"
sys_highpriority "0"
sys_inactiveSleep "1"
sys_yieldcpu "1"

//Video Settings
_vid_default_mode "0"
_vid_default_mode_win "3"
_windowed_mouse "1"
vid_config_x "800"
vid_config_y "600"
vid_hwgammacontrol "1"
vid_mode "7"
vid_vsync "1"




can u help me..??

[fuh]

well

gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"

is definately not so good

gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" is faster

gl_texturemode "GL_NEAREST" is the fastest but looks really bad


still, thats more of a vid card thing than cpu, and cpu is certainly where your problem is. you may as well also try -no24bit on the cmdline.

r_fastturb 1 is worthwhile .


you could try zquake with +set gl_colorlights 0 on the cmdline. This will use greyscale lightmaps instead of RGB, im not sure if that will help to (if it does help try +set gl_colorlights 1 to see if it was the cmdline option that helped).


i've seen people with a TNT2 and 700mhz play 800x600 fuhquake with solid 75fps (they didnt use any fancy particles though).

[tom]

Hey, i've got celereon 433 with geforce 2 64MB ti, 256 RAM, 4.3GB HDD
i got stable 77fps at 1024x860 gl

My friend got duron 900 with nvidia 32 MB, 256 RAM and he cant play at 1024X860.

I'll send some tests later.

[ParadokS]

Well what operating system? what major background applications are you running? these are some of the things that can really knock the socks off an old PC. I hope your not running windows XP
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[kevinh]

I use fuh 0.31 GL on my 450mhz PII system (128 mb ram / win 2000 / voodoo3 PCI ) i usually get 75+ fps

fuhquake-gl.exe -width 640 -height 480 -bpp 32 -mem 64 -zone 1024 +set cl_confirmquit 0 -conwidth 640 -conheight 480 +set vid_displayfrequency 85 -particles 512

i use all the particle effects and stuff but i think i get good fps because my card sucks, it doesnt support higher than 256X256 texture...


anyways do u think i should get a 32mb TNT2 agp from my friend for like 10 bucks, or should i just use what i have.

[fuh]

get the TNT2 .

guy with bad fps: you sure you dont have anti-aliasing and other fps eating things on in your drivers?

[Goljat]

i had celeron 300a@450MHz and voodoo3 and got really stable 72fps, so anything higher that should be enough (ok voodoo was pretty fast in opengl games)
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