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What problems does Amnesia have with levels in the outdoors? - darkely - 01-28-2013
What problems does Amnesia have with levels in the outdoors?
I read somewhere on the forum that the game does not do as well when the levels are set outside. Why does the game have an issue with it?
RE: What problems does Amnesia have with levels in the outdoors? - Statyk - 01-28-2013
It's mainly because they don't have a directional lightsource available (for sunlight and moonlight) so people try to use multiple, large, shadowcasting spotlights and it's just a little more stressful on performance if not optimized.
RE: What problems does Amnesia have with levels in the outdoors? - cantremember - 01-28-2013
Also AFAIK, the individual maps are fairly small, so to make a large outdoor area, it's a design challenge to properly section it off without it looking too unnatural (??)