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ForgottenBeast

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How will turning liquid levels off effect the game?
« on: August 05, 2012, 04:08:31 pm »
I was wondering the mechanics behind liquid depth because I want to turn it off to improve FPS. Will it still flow, and to what extent? What can I expect from turning it off?
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Re: How will turning liquid levels off effect the game?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2012, 04:19:00 pm »
There's no such thing as "turning liquid levels off" - if you're looking at SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS, then that's just a display option which shouldn't have any noticeable effect on framerate unless you happen to be actually looking at a large body of flowing water (in which case turning it off might make it slightly slower because it has to draw the flow animation and colors instead of just a bunch of numbers).
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Re: How will turning liquid levels off effect the game?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2012, 04:38:41 pm »
OH! Okay thanks. I was a bit confused on this, thanks for clearing it up.
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