[ut2004] linux fps

[Steve Pirk]

Heck, if I had known there was beer involved... :-)
I too learned something from Alex's reply. Thanks!
--
Steve

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Frozen Wastz wrote:

> Alex, thanks a lot. That worked perfectly for me. I now have my fps locked
> at 62fps (although i have no idea where its getting that from as i have
> vsync set to 75 in the xorg and nvidia settings). However, thanks again, I
> really appreciate it. And if you're ever planning a trip to  Ireland look us
> up either at the site or pop into #unreal.ie on quakenet and I'm sure we can
> arrange a few pints ;)
>
> Thanks again
> Frozen
>
> On 6/16/07, Alex Boag-Munroe <boagenator at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You need to enable opengl vsync.  This can be done by adding Option
> > "Coolbits"          "1" to the nvidia driver section in your xorg.conffile then running nvidia-settings, going to the OpenGL settings part and
> > ticking Sync to VBlank.  This will lock your framerate to your monitor
> > refresh rate which prevents tearing and artifacts during play anyway.
> >
> > That is probably why it is constant in windows because vsync is enabled on
> > the directx driver.
> >
> > On 16/06/07, Frozen Wastz < frozen.wastz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the replies, my connection to the servers is very good
> > > 16-20ms. I'm actually the admin on the servers where i play ( unreal.ie)
> > > so if needs be i can try server side settings also. Most of the gaming is
> > > TAM so it tends to be DM type maps, although playing ONS on pubs with good
> > > and bad pings has no impact. Turning on full AA and AF makes no difference,
> > > nor does turning all the settings to low, it still behaves in the same
> > > fashion. I generally play at 1280*1024 with a fov of 97 but again even
> > > playing 1024*768 has had no noticeable impact.
> > >   I'll give the latest beta drivers a go to see if it helps but i'm
> > > currently on the latest drivers and generally keep up to date with them in
> > > case it might help. One of the others with the same problem is running on a
> > > 7800GT and our fps are very comparable when we play together, so much so
> > > that if its driver specific then i would think its some general setting for
> > > all nvidia drivers. We have similar pings but different isp's, and we also
> > > use different distros, namely gentoo and ubuntu.
> > >    All I'm really trying to accomplish here is to get it to stay
> > > somewhat stable a fluctuation. A few fps either way wouldn't be a problem
> > > but 20-30 fps is painful. I understand that its capped, and why, and im not
> > > really interested in playing at 200+fps online (although it would be nice).
> > > I really just need some stability in my life right now :)
> > >
> > > Thanks again for the responses, I'll go try them out and see if it makes
> > > a difference.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Frozen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/16/07, Ryan C. Gordon <icculus at icculus.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > At the moment i can play quite well with my fps however it
> > > > fluctuates
> > > > > between 50 fps and 83. I have tried various things including the
> > > > > netspeed 20000 netspeed 10001 trick, which gives me up to 130 fps,
> > > > but
> > > > > again dropping to 50 fps from time to time. Off-line i can get up to
> > > >
> > > > > 400fps and in windows (when i have tried it) and on-line it runs at
> > > > > 83fps constantly. This would be quite acceptable in Linux if i could
> > > > > just get it to stay constant.
> > > >
> > > > Framerate of net games is clamped, that's not a Linux-specific issue.
> > > >
> > > > There's a reason why it does that, but it's wasn't exactly the best
> > > > design decision.
> > > >
> > > > --ryan.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
> > --
> > Alex Boag-Munroe
> >
> > Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
>