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I haven't seen a Clouds topic in a while. Let's talk about Clouds.

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Zoe Alarhun
The Proactive Reappropriation Corporation
#81 - 2013-03-27 11:20:46 UTC
CCP Affinity wrote:
Good news - team Trilambda have worked on the clouds for retribution and they will no longer have the same framerate hit they did before. I have also worked on reducing cloud numbers in dungeons... let's see how this helps things out and we can always take another look next release if things aren't improved.


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Sarmatiko
#82 - 2013-03-28 02:52:03 UTC
Zoe Alarhun wrote:
CCP Affinity wrote:
Good news - team Trilambda have worked on the clouds for retribution and they will no longer have the same framerate hit they did before. I have also worked on reducing cloud numbers in dungeons... let's see how this helps things out and we can always take another look next release if things aren't improved.


OH THANK GOD - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Please next time before making happy post written in caps, check the date of post you are quoting. It was written back in November and those changes actually fixed nothing in performance.
Lfod Shi
Lfod's Ratting and Salvage
#83 - 2013-03-28 18:03:37 UTC
I've noticed less choppy since Ret, but it's still there. I much prefer smooth flying over awesome visuals.

Please tweak (axe) more?

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Inkarr Hashur
Skyline Federation
#84 - 2013-03-28 18:47:53 UTC
Lfod Shi wrote:
I've noticed less choppy since Ret, but it's still there. I much prefer smooth flying over awesome visuals.

Please tweak (axe) more?


I'd prefer no clouds personally, but since the option to turn off clouds hasn't happened yet, I hold no hope of it happening in the near future.
Frozen Eddie Johnson
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#85 - 2013-03-30 02:18:14 UTC
Many of the Retribution-tweaked clouds are downright fugly, yet still cause a major performance hit. For extra laughs, zoom out a bit in Blood Raider Blockade (one of the worst for clouds); it looks like something that would be rendered by a Nintendo 64. They look that bad.
Yuwee Vesa
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#86 - 2013-03-31 16:34:07 UTC
Just add the option to turn clouds off completely... That way while your working on improving the performance for the next 5 years people can still have decent fps.
Vaporize
Mentat Assassins
#87 - 2013-04-10 00:51:38 UTC
I agree FOG / CLOUD code sucks you havent fixed in it years, and this is another issue. My 580 video card spins up into overdrive mode every time I am in a plex with fog or a cloud if it is in view. and it is drawing more power and creating more heat in my system for no reason. Give US an option to disable this "feature" that hurts the frame rate, costs us extra money while playing and doesn't even look that good.

I have to turn the camera way from the fog every plex, annom I do just so I can hear people on voice.
Caldareg
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#88 - 2013-04-12 01:12:25 UTC
I'm not sure if clouds what's really causes fps drop. For example I have about same fps drop when I zoom-in on cruise missile explosion. That might explain why it takes so long to fix this problem. Might be just a coincidence though.

Anyway, that fps issue is annoying since I have to change my graphics settings or zoom-out/turn camera while the rest of the game works just fine.
Tzeentch Aubaris
Changer of Ways
#89 - 2013-04-12 03:39:54 UTC
Caldareg wrote:
I'm not sure if clouds what's really causes fps drop. For example I have about same fps drop when I zoom-in on cruise missile explosion. That might explain why it takes so long to fix this problem. Might be just a coincidence though.

Anyway, that fps issue is annoying since I have to change my graphics settings or zoom-out/turn camera while the rest of the game works just fine.


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2manno Asp
Death By Design
#90 - 2013-04-13 03:28:47 UTC
clouds are annoying, they make my gfx card run hot, sometimes i dc.

and they're still glitched. i get white screens all the time.

just get rid of clouds.
Mina Bluerain
Mine 'N' Refine
Goonswarm Federation
#91 - 2013-05-06 15:00:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Mina Bluerain
All right...

so THIS and THIS are just plain ridiculous.

similar thing happens to me on a daily basis, but this time it just took it all. not only this, but my graphics card, when displaying any kind of clouds, becomes the most efficient pizza oven... on low graphics... every other time I can play with max graphics settings and I have wonderful frame-rate while barely feeling any heat, but when clouds crawl over my face: total disaster.

Please, CCP... I know you are busy and I really am happy with the new features that are coming in Odyssey, but if you don't put a switch in to turn all clouds off, then I will... and I won't give a damn about what the TOS has to mention about client modifications...

PS: no, I won't do that... don't be silly. But at least, now you can see how mad some of us are...

EDIT: I saw many say it got better with Retribution. I don't know about them, but in my case it made it a lot worse. I guess it's irrelevant, but just FYI...
Knetka Amu
The Guardian Knights
#92 - 2013-05-06 21:23:16 UTC
+1 Fix clouds either by removal option or fixing whats wrong with them i like to play up and personal cant be done when i do such look at a enemy and lord no chunky performance just ruins that idea
Sarmatiko
#93 - 2013-05-07 05:05:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarmatiko
Mina Bluerain wrote:
Please, CCP... I know you are busy and I really am happy with the new features that are coming in Odyssey, but if you don't put a switch in to turn all clouds off, then I will... and I won't give a damn about what the TOS has to mention about client modifications...

Some people who been on the dev roundtables on FF, reported that the resolution of dust clouds will come only after they release DX11 version of client.
So yeah.. Brace yourself, Summer [heat] is coming. X
Keenky
Royal Amarr Expeditions
#94 - 2013-05-07 09:45:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Keenky
A pain and nothing else are those "Clouds". I still use and will be using the no-fog tool for my graphic card. Just have to be careful with rendering distance. Even for the cloud harvesters it works, since you dont need to see the clouds in any way.
Sarmatiko
#95 - 2013-05-07 18:10:32 UTC
Keenky wrote:
A pain and nothing else are those "Clouds". I still use and will be using the no-fog tool for my graphic card. Just have to be careful with rendering distance. Even for the cloud harvesters it works, since you dont need to see the clouds in any way.

By "no-fog tool" you mean SweetFX/FXAA injector tools? They are considered as illegal client modifications and it's even more ridiculous if they really help resolve this problem (at least temporarily).
Seeing no response from CCP at all on this problem I'm already tempted to say "**** it, i'll use it anyway if it saves my graphics card from burning".
Mina Bluerain
Mine 'N' Refine
Goonswarm Federation
#96 - 2013-05-13 10:51:44 UTC
Sarmatiko wrote:

Some people who been on the dev roundtables on FF, reported that the resolution of dust clouds will come only after they release DX11 version of client.
So yeah.. Brace yourself, Summer [heat] is coming. X


I must have missed it... was it on stream? Never mind, even if it was, I missed a lot of it. So basically what this means is that they do have a grain of a plan, it's just not a priority?

If that is true, I can live with that. Until then, I'll keep calm, have graphics on minimum within DED sites and look away from clouds where possible.

I'm using an nVidia card, and since the 314.22 update, at least the framerate drop is not THAT bad (if you consider 15-20 fps in contrast to the 8-10 fps any good), but it still heats up like crazy and on minimum graphics settings.

"For the night is dark and full of" EVE clouds.
AlexCA
De Valken BV
#97 - 2013-05-14 00:12:50 UTC
Kill the clouds already CCP.
Mina Bluerain
Mine 'N' Refine
Goonswarm Federation
#98 - 2013-05-18 18:07:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Mina Bluerain
Here is some more.

I know, I know, I sent 2 already, but this one is an even better example...

/me looks out the window in despair

patience is a virtue, right? Right, CPP?
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#99 - 2013-05-19 20:14:49 UTC
Clouds are fine HTFU. Joking

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OfBalance
Caldari State
#100 - 2013-05-21 16:50:59 UTC
Death to all super-clouds.