The Powder Toy

me4502

Ok... i know you havent liked many of my previous suggestions...

but this one is good

you know how in the code the new thing that was added in 46.4 to make it faster....

how about if we did that for graphics too... that would make all graphics effects way faster

Thanks for reading

Me4502

JoJoBond

Adding function pointers for gfx wouldn't be as elegant as for particle logic. The way particles are rendered depends on what view mode you currently use. So you would end up with [View-mode-number]*[Particle-number] functions.

me4502

@JoJoBond (View Post)
It would still increase speed... And some elements like neutrons have effects in every display mode

edza101

Yeah this would be very good because it would decrease lag ALOT!!!

dnerd

@edza101 (View Post)
not really, most of the lag is from the calculation, the graphics are not signifiant

edza101

Hmm are there more effective ways of calculating??

Catelite

...Rest assured, if there were simple and easy ways of making the game more efficient, they've already been done D:

me4502

The graphics create a small amount of lag... It would still help

ief015

The graphics are not creating lag. It's the calculations of each and every particle that cause lag.
The graphics take a very insignificant amount of time to render, it wouldn't even make a noticeable difference at all.

It isn't as easy as "Make the code more efficient".
If you would like to take a whack at the source code yourself, by all means go for it.

me4502

@ief015 (View Post)
I have done that already... In my mod... But this I don't know how t do

Way to make the powder toy faster...