DUST Search - that power core thing is stupid bro

G Clone wrote:

Michael-J-Fox Richards wrote:

Makuta Miserix wrote:

You realize that a big part of that idea is to improve the games performance. Right?

i realize that i see a bunch of armchair game developers and programmers throwin around hot new trendy dust 514 forum buzz words like "free up the memory" having all these grandiose visions of sugar plum faries

i realize that up until recent changes performance was better than what it is now

i realize there is a bunch of trash added recenly into the game ( acquistion game mode. awful new maps and sockets. apex bpos out the ass. skins) which totally flies in the face of this power core idea of taking a handful of suit models out the game

As an actual developer with few decades of experience (incl things like OpenGL), I'm having issues with the "Power Core" idea as it is proposed - I cannot see precisely what problem it assumes to fix.
It isn't that I'm opposed to changes, I even tried to understand the "gameplay" side [docs.google.com] of the changes, but until someone shows me a post from CCP that specifies the problem/root issue this specific topic is a fix for, then I'm squarely in the "WTF" camp.

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P14GU3 UNIVERSAL C.A.R.N.A.G.E 1	Posted - 2015.05.24 15:26:00 - [1] - Quote G Clone wrote: Michael-J-Fox Richards wrote: Makuta Miserix wrote: You realize that a big part of that idea is to improve the games performance. Right? i realize that i see a bunch of armchair game developers and programmers throwin around hot new trendy dust 514 forum buzz words like "free up the memory" having all these grandiose visions of sugar plum faries i realize that up until recent changes performance was better than what it is now i realize there is a bunch of trash added recenly into the game ( acquistion game mode. awful new maps and sockets. apex bpos out the ass. skins) which totally flies in the face of this power core idea of taking a handful of suit models out the game As an actual developer with few decades of experience (incl things like OpenGL), I'm having issues with the "Power Core" idea as it is proposed - I cannot see precisely what problem it assumes to fix. It isn't that I'm opposed to changes, I even tried to understand the "gameplay" side [docs.google.com] of the changes, but until someone shows me a post from CCP that specifies the problem/root issue this specific topic is a fix for, then I'm squarely in the "WTF" camp. In a nutshell, there are 120(?) suit models that pre-load every time you start a match. The idea behind power cores is to drop that number to around 20. If you have ever played eve online, you should know that deleting your caches (chat logs, avatars, ect) improves performance after time. This is basically the same idea, but for dust. 'Sault AK.0 - Logi AK.0 - Logi GK.0 - Scout GK.0 - 'Mando MK.0 - Masshole in every sense of the word.
P14GU3 UNIVERSAL C.A.R.N.A.G.E 1	Posted - 2015.05.24 17:06:00 - [2] - Quote To answer your question about the memory, I believe it is the RAM. I don't have time to find any of the post, but the devs have stated we have hit the cap basically for RAM. There are multiple assets ready to be put in the game (we have had a gallente RDV since beta iirc,] but there simy isn't enough RAM left to implement these new models. Using Aeros example above, 22 caldari suits can be turned into 3, freeing up much needed RAM. Modules do not use this memory as they don't need to be rendered in battle, therefore power cores can give us the other 19 varients of the suits, without using the much needed RAM. (BTW it is pronounced "plague" ) 'Sault AK.0 - Logi AK.0 - Logi GK.0 - Scout GK.0 - 'Mando MK.0 - Masshole in every sense of the word.
P14GU3 UNIVERSAL C.A.R.N.A.G.E 1	Posted - 2015.05.24 19:59:00 - [3] - Quote Kaughst wrote: Esplain powercores to me pleese, been away from the game to long. mang https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=202616&find=unread 'Sault AK.0 - Logi AK.0 - Logi GK.0 - Scout GK.0 - 'Mando MK.0 - Masshole in every sense of the word.
P14GU3 UNIVERSAL C.A.R.N.A.G.E 1	Posted - 2015.05.24 21:51:00 - [4] - Quote Kaughst wrote: P14GU3 wrote: Kaughst wrote: Esplain powercores to me pleese, been away from the game to long. mang https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=202616&find=unread zthe idea sounds elegant...I wonder if it could be applied to Legion in some way. That is, if legion is still in the works. I imagine if powercores/teiricide works, and improves dust vastly, it will probably be ported to PC/PS4 as is, or rebranded in some way. 'Sault AK.0 - Logi AK.0 - Logi GK.0 - Scout GK.0 - 'Mando MK.0 - Masshole in every sense of the word.