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[HL1/CS1.6] Disabling multitexture improves framerates dramatically.
Disabling the GL_ARB_multitexture extension in hw.dll leads to a dramatic improvement in framerates on my machine, without any loss in visual quality. I gained 200 fps standing in spawn on de_dustybleek, in 2festungen (Half-Life map) my fps would hover around 40-60 depending on where you are standing but with the extension disabled it runs right up to the framerate cap (1000fps) constantly.
As a consequence you will lose detailed texture support (r_detailtextures & r_detailtexturessupported), but very few maps make use of them and I had this disabled anyway, so no loss there.
It also seems to solve muzzflash stutter, and fps drops with flashlight, and nightvision without having to disable dynamic lighting.
Hardware: AMD 500 Series, Radeon RX 580 and AMD Ryzen 6 Core
Interesting, I've tested this in rocket_frenzy, a new map shipped with the 25th anniversary update and noticed a substantial fps increase.
This method is truly amazing! I couldn't play many maps due to very low FPS. This method works perfectly. I no longer have any FPS issues. THANK YOU!
Confirming this has a performance gain on a high end system with an Nvidia GPU as well. I didn't get low fps issues, but this gives an extra 100FPS for me. This should at least be given a cvar to toggle it off.
From what I can tell this breaks the detailtextures/overbright/fog shader, but these things already have cvars. It would be nice if we could get the performance benefit if we're not using these things in our mod or config.
This method is amazing! I tested it on dozens of maps that I couldn't play before due to low FPS issue, and it delivered truly outstanding results. I can confirm that it only caused the error shown in the picture in a specific area of one single map.
It does seem to solve so many different performance issues with the engine and should be disabled by default
What map are you having issues on? I have not had a single crash on my client but I have r_lightmap set to zero (the default)
It does seem to solve so many different performance issues with the engine and should be disabled by default
What map are you having issues on? I have not had a single crash on my client but I have r_lightmap set to zero (the default)
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this is a team fortress classic map. you have to choose the soldier class and jump down. while jumping down fire the rocket towards the ground and have the bug
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You might want to try setting r_dynamic 0 and gl_flashblend 2, flashblend looks a bit different than dynamic lighting for each effect but it is much faster in most situations, even with multitexture disabled.
https://quakewiki.org/wiki/Gl_flashblend
https://www.quaddicted.com/webarchive/ezquake.sourceforge.net_20121129/docs/index.html%3Fvars-lighting.html