Ghost Mode Transparency?

[mr.dogshit]

Is there any way to turn it off?

At the start of almost every race (especially ones where everyone spawns in the same place) my fps drops immediately to approx. 7-9fps.

[Ywa]

That hasn't to do with the transparency though. It's just too many vehiclles & actors (player) to render for your PC. It can't handle it properly.

In short: Get a better PC or lower graphics settings

[BinSlayer]

if we disable transparency, it'll be hard to notice which players are still in ghostmode and which aren't

[FOTL.Emanuel]

Yup, true that

[mr.dogshit]

That hasn't to do with the transparency though. It's just too many vehiclles & actors (player) to render for your PC. It can't handle it properly.

In short: Get a better PC or lower graphics settings

With all due respect, I didn't ask whether my PC needed upgrading, I asked if there was any way to turn of the unnecessary alpha transparency.

Edit: I mean client side, not server side of course.

Edit 2: ^^^^ Fair enough, but surely there's an argument to have it as an optional thing - so individual players can switch it on or off.

Edited December 15, 2010 by mr.dogshit

[BinSlayer]

He didn't tell you to upgrade your PC :/

He explained the 2 options you got .. upgrading or lowering GFX graphics

I'd personally lower the gfx graphics ( this includes resolution ) - you will get a significant boost in FPS amount

[Cookie]

Change resolution so that the last number equals 16 instead of 32. This gives the most performance boost.

Like 800x600x16. NOT 800x600x32.

[Ywa]

Well, we could make an option to toggle it clientside. Might be worth checking out.

[BinSlayer]

Well, we should get more feedback from the players before we start implementing features

[mr.dogshit]

Sorry, just realised the tone of my reply wasn't exactly polite. lol

What I meant to say was: yes, my PC is crap but just wondered if there was a command to switch off this effect... but unfortunately not it seems

and yeah, I already run it on 800x600x16 (tried it on 640x480 but it was like watching lego lol), PLUS the San Andreas Performance tool (switches off dynamic shadows, etc). :/

[FOTL.Emanuel]

if it doesnt require much work on it i think we should implement that option...maybe with an adjustable bar, where you could adjust your gm values (the changes would only affect YOU, the one changing them).

[Accident]

That hasn't to do with the transparency though. It's just too many vehiclles & actors (player) to render for your PC. It can't handle it properly.

In short: Get a better PC or lower graphics settings

Are you sure that is it? I'm using a Radeon HD5770 and my frames also drop when there are many players on screen at the same time. I think it's a CPU issue, I'm using an old Athlon 4400 x2 in my system and it seems that the bottleneck lies there.

[FOTL.Emanuel]

Yes Accident the starts have a lot more to do with CPU power, I have excellent ones with my Core 2 duo 3.06.

With my old pentium 4 it was awfull...

[Ywa]

That hasn't to do with the transparency though. It's just too many vehiclles & actors (player) to render for your PC. It can't handle it properly.

In short: Get a better PC or lower graphics settings

Are you sure that is it? I'm using a Radeon HD5770 and my frames also drop when there are many players on screen at the same time. I think it's a CPU issue, I'm using an old Athlon 4400 x2 in my system and it seems that the bottleneck lies there.

As usual it's a combination of both. And a 4400 X2 is kinda old yes and relatively slow.

[BinSlayer]

Even with NASA PC you'll still have lag

GTA:SA wasn't designed for what it is being used

[BinSlayer]

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Edited December 19, 2010 by BinSlayer

[FOTL.Emanuel]

Good Work Bin