Compiling modes and differences... Created 20 years ago2003-10-29 21:53:16 UTC by Marlborometal

Well, here?s a good one...
Having learnt things about building a map and making it both working and playable a question comes to mind...
I started doing complex architecture... Well, sort of, it?s more like too many brushes to be seen (reducing those r_speeds, I?m afraid, but still the map runs smooth (more or less) on my K7600))... The thing is that I?m afraid of my map running too slow to pack the action and so my question comes:
-Is there any differences between making RAD and VIS compile EXTRA and FAST instead of NORMAL?. Will my map run faster or just compile faster?. Well, that?s the thing.

-extra (rad) won't improve r_speeds, but makes the lighting look better. -full (vis) will make your compile slower, but it will reduce r_speeds. Lower r_speeds = faster map. You should always do a full vis on anything you plan to release.

and -fast is a kinda sketchy VIS. It's pretty poor; almost as bad as no VIS at all in large areas!

So, what do you reccomend on this Full vis thread?. Full for Indoors and Normal for outdoors?. And if my indoor map has a large area (as large as a... as the place where Gordon does the experiment in the original HL)?

nah, always full

depends, for my starwars map, a full vis actually INCREASED r_speeds. However this is due to the somewhat bizarre nature of the map.

Yes: it "corrects VIS errors, which can actually increase r_speeds!" apparently. Can't remember where I read that. Still better, though!