Topic: Adding a single path follower causes dramatic FPS drop (Read 1332 times)

Prometheus2012 · « **on:** Jul 15, 13, 06:58:30 PM »

Hi guys,

In a previous area i had created a monorail track with a train. I then added a path with some waypoints. I then added a path follow and parented the train to it. It all worked perfectly, with no drop in performance.

In a new area, with virtually identical draw calls and textures on screen as the first area. I created another monorail and made a path with waypoints and followers. Now when the train is following the path, the FPS drops gradually from my HE max of 170 down to around 20 in about 1 minute.

It does this even when i am facing away from the train and when it is culled totally from sight.

Any ideas on what could be causing this suddenly differing behaviour with essentially the same setup.

Thazager · « **Reply #1 on:** Jul 15, 13, 07:18:11 PM »

Are you printing any info in the chat or console window during this drop time?
When spamming printout of data, it can slow things way down. We went down to 4 fps a few times doing that.

HE-Cooper · « **Reply #2 on:** Jul 15, 13, 08:16:59 PM »

It sounds like you still have physics enabled on the object.

Prometheus2012 · « **Reply #3 on:** Jul 16, 13, 02:44:56 PM »

I still had the physics enabled on the first version without this fps drop. i will see what taking off all physics and shadow casting will do.

PN-Dwight · « **Reply #4 on:** Jul 16, 13, 03:11:23 PM »

Change the physics from its exact mesh to be a cube. That fixes your issue

Author Topic: Adding a single path follower causes dramatic FPS drop (Read 1332 times)

Prometheus2012

Adding a single path follower causes dramatic FPS drop

Thazager

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HE-Cooper

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Prometheus2012

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PN-Dwight

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