Torque3D Performance
by Dark Tengu · in Torque 3D Professional · 03/15/2013 (8:38 pm) · 4 replies
What would it really take to improve the performance of Torque3D? My FPS in the China Town demo is horrible with advanced lighting turned on, I'm lucky to get 15-20 fps. I can run Crysis nearly maxed out without any problems. What things does Torque need to improve? I think occlusion culling would go along way in taking Torque to perform much better.
I'm considering bypassing advanced lighting all together. Has anyone successfully used Gile[s] with Torque3D and basic lighting? I would love a built in global illumination lightmap baker in Torque3D. Dynamic is great and all, but only if it performs well and looks great. I think there is a fine balance between dynamic lighting and baked lighting. Unreal excels at this balance, IMHO.
I'm considering bypassing advanced lighting all together. Has anyone successfully used Gile[s] with Torque3D and basic lighting? I would love a built in global illumination lightmap baker in Torque3D. Dynamic is great and all, but only if it performs well and looks great. I think there is a fine balance between dynamic lighting and baked lighting. Unreal excels at this balance, IMHO.
#2
03/16/2013 (4:40 am)
I have heard it said that the stock assets (mesh/texture files and so on) are not very well-optimised. I'll leave it to people who know what they're talking about to explain what that means... though I have heard the same about Crysis' assets. 
#3
Move to forward renderer, optimize your graphics and per-pixel effect.
Use better culling scheme, use PVS.
03/16/2013 (5:28 am)
Your are losing many draws within the prepass.Move to forward renderer, optimize your graphics and per-pixel effect.
Use better culling scheme, use PVS.
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