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[Deathz Jester]

This is awesome, and thank you Lordred for posting the config lines.


This makes me wish they'd implement a damn theatre mode like Bungie did with Halo for making screenshots and video clips.

[Lordred]

Lets see some nice combat photography from others! Remember use the spoiler tags for image dumps or pictures over 1MB.

[Alaskan Nobody]

It'll be a bit before you see any from me - the program I was using for screenshots went haywire on me last week.
(Pushing the screenshot button froze everything for a few seconds but did not take a screenshot)
Still working of figuring out why.

[Lordred]

Shar Wolf, on 27 June 2014 - 03:50 PM, said:

It'll be a bit before you see any from me - the program I was using for screenshots went haywire on me last week.
(Pushing the screenshot button froze everything for a few seconds but did not take a screenshot)
Still working of figuring out why.

I recomend MSI afterburner. The latest build is compatable with DX11 and 64bit.

Edited by Lordred, 27 June 2014 - 03:58 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

That was what I was using actually.

[Koniving]

Well, something positive in the depressing world of badly mishappened textures...

Spoiler

Karl Berg, on 12 June 2014 - 09:18 PM, said:

I saw your post earlier, and was meaning to write down specific specs on my work machine today to give you some potential guidelines. But with the very rocky PTS run today, I completely failed to follow through. I also ended up missing all my meetings too .

Your system looks plenty beefy to be honest. Are those i7 Xeons, or older P4 based cores?

The draw calls made into D3D are very CPU intensive. A good chunk of that is due to the lego-like nature of the mechs; being formed out of dozens of individual components rather than a single character that can be rendered with a single draw call, like in most other games. It's also compounded by the particle system, the terrain system, and the older Scaleform 3 integrated into the engine.

Because of this, you're definitely going to want a very strong CPU. I'd recommend a quad core. I have an older i7 920 at home which does decently well; and I work on an i7 of some newer flavour at work. You'll want a very fast bus to your GPU for efficient main memory to GPU DMA transfers, so PCI x16 or better. If your current Xeons are net burst cores, making the move to i7 based cores would definitely be the most important thing you can do for performance.

Fast main memory, and low latency if you can manage it; especially if we get that high-res 4k texture pack released. I think I run 8/8/8/24 at home, but it's been a few years since I specced the system.

Because we're so CPU limited, most decent GPU's will do a good job, but the more raw fill rate you have, the less the particle system will slow you down. I run a 1GB AMD 5870 at home. Pretty sure I have an nVidia card of some flavour at work, although I'll double check on that for you.

SSD will help load times somewhat, and may also reduce hitching if an asset didn't pre cache correctly. I doubt it would make a difference for general framerate in-game.

Hope that helps!

I emphasize...
"especially if we get that high-res 4k texture pack released."
Though the CPU limited part seems a bit off; this game's CPU usage is astronomical compared to any other game I ever played, and its GPU usage is so minimal that it baffles me. At least on my AMD quadcore and crossfire Radeons.

[Lordred]

4k res huh?

My 680 4gb is ready.

[Jay Z]

I made a new wallpaper in testing grounds

[Koniving]

That's actually pretty good JayZ. I especially like the Terra Therma one.

[Jay Z]

Thanks Koniving. I am still learning the ways of the screenshot. With two monitors, it looks pretty cool.

[DEMAX51]

Lordred, on 27 June 2014 - 03:57 PM, said:

I recomend MSI afterburner. The latest build is compatable with DX11 and 64bit.

Shar Wolf, on 27 June 2014 - 04:00 PM, said:

That was what I was using actually.

I've had similar issues with Afterburner lately too, actually. After its last update, the settings options for Screen Capture and Video Capture aren't there at all anymore, and the hotkeys I used for them no longer function - it's like those aspects of Afterburner have been removed, or something. Did MSI put out another piece of software solely for Screen/Vid Cap?

[Alaskan Nobody]

DEMAX51, on 30 June 2014 - 07:19 AM, said:

Did MSI put out another piece of software solely for Screen/Vid Cap?

It made me download Kumbustor (or something like that) in order to take screenshots

[Name140704]

I realize this is all just Mech Bay stuff, but man, once I cranked up my graphics settings way beyond what I could ever use in game, my beloved T Wolf made me smile!

http://i.imgur.com/vtsxZjH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BVRLcVm.jpg

[Alaskan Nobody]

Psycho Farmer, on 30 June 2014 - 11:21 AM, said:

http://i.imgur.com/BVRLcVm.jpg

How did you manage that one?!

[DEMAX51]

Shar Wolf, on 30 June 2014 - 11:14 AM, said:

It made me download Kumbustor (or something like that) in order to take screenshots

Huh. I've got Kombuster installed too, but I haven't noticed any changes to its functionality. Maybe I need to update it. I'll check it out tonight.

Thanks for the reply!

[Name140704]

Shar Wolf, on 30 June 2014 - 11:54 AM, said:

How did you manage that one?!

Actually Phil did that on his NGNG stream....looks so much like my stuff, I use it for my PC background now!

[Koniving]

Psycho Farmer, on 30 June 2014 - 12:49 PM, said:

Actually Phil did that on his NGNG stream....looks so much like my stuff, I use it for my PC background now!

Everyone would be much more impressed with the game if we could walk around the mechbay like that.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Koniving, on 30 June 2014 - 01:05 PM, said:

Everyone would be much more impressed with the game if we could walk around the mechbay like that.

Technically not everyone, but probably a good portion of us.
(sorry for being overly literal there)

Would make fan-made advertisements more potent though

[Koniving]

I agree.

Anyway, here's Lordred and I and some others in video.

Spoiler

[Alaskan Nobody]

Koniving, on 30 June 2014 - 02:27 PM, said:

in video.

Surprise!