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Quick FX marker example:

Notice the little white FX ACTION MARKER circles that spew alpha blended textures (smoke, fog, snow,etc) for atmosphere.

At normal view on the right side VP, my fps will bottom out at 30 fps.


At normal view in the south bases, my fps is solid 60 fps (my refresh limit).


A choice has to be made to have atmosphere immersion and leaving potential customers behind, or reducing the number of markers so laptops and potatoes get decent frame rates.

Someone should think about the "Close The Pocket" issue with this map.

1. South can take two points labelled A and erase enemy on the VP and fuel. Or take Mid A and A' points to do even worse.
2. North can take two points labelled B and erase enemy on the VP and fuel. Or take Mid B and B' points to do even worse.
There is also an imbalance as the southern B' point is easier to contest then the North A'. And CTP on this side has a lot more territory affected. Nearly 1/3 of the map.


I am no CTP expert but literally you can just do CTP whenever you want. You will always have the point in front of your base. Then just click two buttons: Nuetralize and CTP. GG

I did some quick testing for render speed and the ACTION MARKER snow whisps are what kills the FPS on this map. With Anti-Aliasing on MAX I get 30 fps in some spots and 60 fps on others depending on action marker density.
- I raised falling snow to 100% density no difference.
- Deleted action markers and 60 fps solid everywhere on the map.

My guess is Relic is not applying AA on the rain/snow falling textures. But IS applying AA on the effects markers for particle effects: smoke, fire, drifting smoke, drifting fog, whisps of snow etc. Or if someones videocard is fill rate limited, they will have an issue either way.

When I deleted SOME of the markers there was still snow floating around in places. Which looks like the problem is with the action markers never fading away. You would expect they push out a texture and eventually alpha blend it away after say 30-50 meters. But seeing textures far far away from markers would say they never fade away. So if there are multiple markers inline with each other, the density would be double etc.

Just because you CAN get a minesweeper doesn't make the map more fun by planting S-mines everywhere. They don't add a fun experience to the map and completely nullify movement around the center VP for a solid 15 minutes. To also say nothing about retreating through that nightmare is another issue.

^ This

GiaA,

The point of these threads is to describe what is wrong with a map to see IF IT IS POSSIBLE to save it.

What exactly do you not like about it? This information could shed light on other maps as well and raise the level of understanding across the community.

Momo took a huge shit right on the map/map maker and never said what he did not like about it. So I asked him and he responded cause he is cool like that
- Favors Close Quarters Combat.
- Pathing.
- Weird building placments.
- Cutoffs.

Cutoffs have been fixed. Pathing is an easy fix. Could knock out some walls or a building and open it up a bit as well.

I think the last map update was a "better the devil you know, than the devil you dont" situation. Caen has been played and people can describe what they disagree with. Therefore, it could be modified for better play.

Cheers

EDIT: What if this map does get back in and no one says what they do not like? Then its back AND not fixed. Pros, please speak up with details.

Updated Langreskaya with the road changes and a few others RosboneSkaya

1. Changed the territory to allow for rapid decap if team is holding a fuel with an MG in building.


2. Made center road RED cover again. Also lined this road with guard shacks to give a visual cue the road is negative cover. Added yellow cover craters to aid in crossing the road near the middle VP.



3. Cleaned up pathing on left side of map.