What slows the engine down ........

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:04 pm

With ai in particular is it the ai themselves and theyre thinking and actions, or is it the polygons/polycount of them. I want to know if it is worth my time to make low poly models in order to have a flood of ai.

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Post by **jv_map** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:21 pm

I think both, though especially the scripting/coding workload they consume

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:11 am

I wonder if AI models use LOD (level of detail) at a distance? My guess is not, because players look at them through sniper scopes.

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:22 am

Now if the ai has his ai turned off and is just running along would that help? Or when he dies will that load the engine because he has to do the death anim? Its a way off yet but I want to do a omaha one day.

Post by **jv_map** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:03 pm

When you set their ai to off anims don't work at all... btw tltrude when you look at a model through the sniper scope the LOD of the model increases

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:23 am

Well they do work if you command them to walk run crawl here and there they do what you ask, but they dont fight or react to enemy because they are turned off. Is that a significant enough change to help with overall fps?

Post by **jv_map** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:54 am

Ah you mean set their .enableEnemy to 0

... yes that should help a bit, though I don't think it'll help a lot... best just try it

small_sumo · Post by **small_sumo** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:16 am

Hmmmmm maybe sven-coop and the halflife engine might be better for this kind of thing.

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What slows the engine down ........

What slows the engine down ........

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