ZDoom

Remmirath wrote:

ActionAlligator wrote:CPU: AMD FX-8300 8-core
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series 3gb (CPU-Z won't tell me precisely which model it is and my memory won't either, sorry)

Old hardware that I need to get around to replacing, I know, lol.

That CPU, along with the rest of the FX line, is notorious for having terrible single threaded performance. Rachael's suggestion of enabling Vulkan over OpenGL is very valid. It should give you a relative performance boost.

Nems wrote:What would be some decent/good single threaded CPUs that you'd recommend for running GZDoom? Asking as a total tech dum-dum who's interested in upgrading my PC in the future.

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- UV is pretty balanced, ammo, health etc. nothing is stingy. I could even say maybe it's a little too plenty, but that's just me. I beat the entire thing with pistol start. I think it'd be even more forgiving without it in terms of ammo.
- The teleport in your face thing really needs to change, I think you guys can definitely be more creative than that. I see a lot of other maps in the pack with different presentation for their monster encounters than just putting things literally right in front of me.
- Bridgeburner's first fire map surprisingly did not lag me at all, that's very good! That could be a good target to aim for when making the map not lag for users. I was on 1920x1080 on OpenGL with Nvidia2070 Super, if it helps.
- Then the final map lagged me to shit... sadly. The boss arena itself was tolerable but the way to there is intolerable. Sub 30 fps, by a large margin too, I'm talking 10-15 range. But it looks good... I guess.
- I think the final boss of fire realm could use better looking projectiles. Every other boss so far used something of their own and this boss used the Mancubus projectile. This is a tiny nitpick but it would none the less add to it IMO.
- An additional consideration for later could be a new difficulty mode where the BFG is not provided for boss fights. Even though the fire boss is hard to use it with it's still making some bosses pretty cheesable, mostly the Herald of Apocalypse.
- On BFG, I think it'd be cool if the Pale Eyed King slapped you around with its tail if you got too close to it to do some damage to you. It pushes you around at the moment, which is cool, but I can still BFG it with certain angles making it pretty trivial.

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Earth Wand has had it's damaged buffed and a small AOE effect added, but re-fire speed has been slowed down
Boss health bars have been made shorter, transparent, and can be now moved between the top and bottom of the screen with the Elementalism Options menu. This way they don't interfere with the boss battles as much
Opening story-text now stays on screen for longer, but can be skipped with 'Use' button
Fire Episode skybox has been optimized, resulting in a ~10% FPS increase in F1 and F4
Subtitles added to [REDACTED] dialogue
Wand of Elements has a proper name when displayed on the Hud
Automap is disabled during intermission screens
Shaders have been updated to modern syntax
Updated Elementalism Options menu to make it clearer how to display the new Elementalism Hud
In-game description of the new difficulty settings updated to make it clearer what level of challenge they represent
Numerous minor visual improvements across all the maps

Earth 2: Switch near plasma rifle made more obvious
Earth 4: First lift can be recalled so it's not a one-way drop anymore
Earth 4: Some early fights made slightly easier to help with the difficulty curve
Earth 4: Lightmode set correctly so everyone has a consistent visual experience
Earth 4: Teleporter redirect means falling off at the end of the map no longer requires extensive backtracking
Earth 5: Boss made slightly less resistant to the Earth Wand

Water 2: Fixed potential soft-lock in final fight
Water 3: Blue Key now works (fixed in RC1 1.01)
Water 4: Corrected comp-level setting allows for correct enemy jumping behavior
Water 4: Final Cybbie encounter made a little less brutal
Water 5: First wave of fight sped up to be a little less tedious
Water 5: Boss made more resistant to BFG tracers

Fire 1: Potential soft-lock near big main door fixed
Fire 2: Added message to double doors to confirm they are locked
Fire 2: Added heath and cell ammo to Yellow Key fight
Fire 4: Fixed decorations incorrectly flagged as secrets
Fire 4: Fixed skybox issue when backtracking from end of the level
Fire 4: Added escape teleporters to all inescapable lava pits
Fire 5: Prevented early access to central arena

SaveTheDoomer wrote:Just out of curiosity, what video card should be the minimum requirement for this not becoming a powerpoint? Just to have an idea...