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Originally Posted by Mysticpuma
Regarding the legacy I refer to...here's a short clip to show how nothing has changed since the 'old' 1946 days:
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Object density and performance have linear relation. Drawing distance and performance have cubic relation. Doubling drawing distance requires not 2 times more, but 4 times more computing power. This means that drawing distance will always be a pain, unless you want to sacrifice much density and complexity of objects. Other games simply add fog outside of the bubble, so objects don't pop up, but appear out of fog instead. Cosmetically it looks nicer, but you simply loose ability to have different drawing distances for different objects. I would personally choose to live with popups, than with fog, which masks rivers, hills at distance and make navigation uncomfortable.
10-30-2012, 06:23 AM
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