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Texture packs that wont lag? - jashen - 09-11-2011
Amnesia for me is REALLY laggy in a medium sized room, and unplayable in a large room, are there any texture packs that are more low resolution or what have you, that will reduce lag?
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - Your Computer - 09-11-2011
I don't think textures are the issue here. Could you provide your system specifications?
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - jashen - 09-11-2011
(09-11-2011, 06:52 PM)Your Computer Wrote: I don't think textures are the issue here. Could you provide your system specifications?How would i do that? i know i have a Windows vista fully updated nividia graphic card, 3 gigabites of ram... all the updates for amnesia downloaded, more than 70 gigabites + on my harddrive available right now
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - Your Computer - 09-11-2011
(09-11-2011, 10:00 PM)jashen Wrote: How would i do that? i know i have a Windows vista fully updated nividia graphic card, 3 gigabites of ram... all the updates for amnesia downloaded, more than 70 gigabites + on my harddrive available right now
You can use CPU-Z for CPU specs and GPU-Z for GPU specs.
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - ZyLogicX - 09-12-2011
(09-11-2011, 05:39 PM)jashen Wrote: Amnesia for me is REALLY laggy in a medium sized room, and unplayable in a large room, are there any texture packs that are more low resolution or what have you, that will reduce lag?
Play around with the settings.
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - jashen - 09-13-2011
(09-12-2011, 08:37 PM)ZyLogicX Wrote:(09-11-2011, 05:39 PM)jashen Wrote: Amnesia for me is REALLY laggy in a medium sized room, and unplayable in a large room, are there any texture packs that are more low resolution or what have you, that will reduce lag?
Play around with the settings.
I have played around with them
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - DRedshot - 09-13-2011
to answer your original question -- no, there are no mods to lower texture quality...
But if it is such a problem, you could use GIMP to half the resolutions of some of the larger / more common textures, it wouldn't be too dificult! Just a bit time consuming.
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - Your Computer - 09-13-2011
(09-13-2011, 11:20 PM)DRedshot Wrote: But if it is such a problem, you could use GIMP to half the resolutions of some of the larger / more common textures, it wouldn't be too dificult! Just a bit time consuming.
The textures are in DDS format because it is a popular format that supports mipmaps. Mipmaps help improve performance when looking at long distances by picking one of the smaller images within the DDS file. For this reason i claimed that the textures are not the issue.
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - GreyFox - 09-14-2011
How about you lower your resolution?
-Grey Fox
RE: Texture packs that wont lag? - DRedshot - 09-14-2011
(09-13-2011, 11:56 PM)Your Computer Wrote:Yeah, you're right, but if he did half the size of the DDS, each mipmap wold be half the size it originally was, and the largest size (when standing near a wall) would be a lower resolution. I know it's a very impractiical and not a very benificial solution, I was just answering his question directly like he asked.(09-13-2011, 11:20 PM)DRedshot Wrote: But if it is such a problem, you could use GIMP to half the resolutions of some of the larger / more common textures, it wouldn't be too dificult! Just a bit time consuming.
The textures are in DDS format because it is a popular format that supports mipmaps. Mipmaps help improve performance when looking at long distances by picking one of the smaller images within the DDS file. For this reason i claimed that the textures are not the issue.
I agree 100% that the textures are not the problem, and that he should try altering the advanced settings.
Maybe try a lower resolution like GrayFox said? Maybe 800x600 will solve your problem?