Elementalism, an ambitious GZDoom mapset, Phase 1 out now!

[Rachael]

I could be wrong but I think the GPU matters a little less than the CPU does in this case.

[Kappes Buur]

I could be wrong but I think the GPU matters a little less than the CPU does in this case.

I can confirm that this is true.
Recently I upgraded my CPU to Ryzen 5 5600X but kept the old Geforce 660, which plays Elementalism without a problem.
Now, framerate is anywhere from 80 to 110 fps, before the upgrade I was lucky to attain 45 fps.

So, a geforce 1060 should be the "minimum" requirement? I saw a 1060 3gb on amazon at 337 bucks... not bad And for 60 fps? I have a ryzen 2700, 4.1 Ghz on 1-2 threads.

Is that USD or CAD?
In Canada you can get a GeForce GTX 1660 OC 6GB for that price.
edit:
Scratch that - Out of stock

[SaveTheDoomer]

No, they're euros, i forgot the change = 356$. The 6 GB is worth 505$
Moreover, i should upgrade my motherboard (no ryzen 5000, sorry) and add a 5600x... not bad at all, no wonder this is an ambitious mapset I bet Doom Eternal has lower requirements

[ScarredOut]

Mild-violence: something that needs it's own mod, cause I love killing hordes without the constant reloading of saves. I'll go play it now.

[Talon1024]

Is the ground on Earth 3 (Betwixt the Thicket) supposed to look like this?

[Rachael]

No, you're missing a shader if you see that. Possibly running in GLES or softpoly mode.

[Talon1024]

Well, it looks like the full release of Elementalism Phase 1 is out now, even if the OP says otherwise. I was playing RC2, which apparently had this bug according to the changelog from the ModDB page:

Earth 3: Fixed shader in opening area (was broken in RC2, re-fixed in RC2 v1.01)

[Rachael]

Your shaders are not working. Try compiling the latest version of GZDoom, and then set these console variables:

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vid_preferbackend 0
gl_customshader 1
gl_custompost 1

And then restart GZDoom.

[Gez]

Just went to ModDB, downloaded what was presented there as the last version, and went to map E3:



This is what it's supposed to look like.

[Rachael]

I updated to the v1.1 and it looks like the shader requirement was removed entirely in that area. All I see is grass now in GLES mode.

[Bauul]

Yep, the shader has been removed entirely from there in the final build. It had been temperamental ever since I first put it in, and apparently was using out of date code anyway.

The effect it produced was super subtle, so rather than continuing to fight it I just replaced it with the basic grass texture (and saved a bit of video memory in the process).