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 Post subject: how the hell do the shadows work!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:34 pm 
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Exactly what the title says, anyone know how the shadows work in this game?

However its done its not very efficient. I have 2GB of ram, an AMD dual core 4200+ and a 640MB 8800GTS and i still get low fps when the stupid shadows are turned on! even if i look up into the sky where there are no shadows!

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:43 am 
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Nope. I don't even bother turning them on.

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While we're on the topic: stand with your back against the city wall with the wall's shadow falling over you. What on earth is your own shadow doing on top of that? If you're in the shadow of a structure, your own shadow should not be visible.

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ddcc wrote:
Nope. I don't even bother turning them on.


i got them off again now, but its kinda annoying that i can play elder scrolls 4 with all the settings higher than the higest in the options (because i tweaked it) at 60fps but i cant run silkroad with shadows on at anything higher than 15fps.

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 Post subject: Re: how the hell do the shadows work!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:24 pm 
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Innovacious wrote:
Exactly what the title says, anyone know how the shadows work in this game?

However its done its not very efficient. I have 2GB of ram, an AMD dual core 4200+ and a 640MB 8800GTS and i still get low fps when the stupid shadows are turned on! even if i look up into the sky where there are no shadows!


It's because you have a GTS card. The 'S' obviously stands for 'suck'.

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my specs are geforce 7900GS 512mb
1 gig Ram
Amd sempron 3400+ 2.0 ghz

and i can run detailed shadows ok when no one else is around not perfect though but it doesn't drop like michael jackson's career

here is how it runs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhmCz3kcMc

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Disconn3cted wrote:
my specs are geforce 7900GS 512mb
1 gig Ram
Amd sempron 3400+ 2.0 ghz

and i can run detailed shadows ok when no one else is around not perfect though but it doesn't drop like michael jackson's career

here is how it runs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhmCz3kcMc


Once again, it's because you run the infamous 'S' card. You people need to do some research!

GT/X/O are the only cards that are good from nVidia.

And on the subject:

I have a shitty 939 3800+ 2nd Gen, 7900GTO 512, and 2gigs of OCZ 3500. Detailed shadows sux 4 me!

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oh yeah, sorry, ill just go magically get that extra £100 i need for a gtx ¬_¬

and if its so sucky why is silkroad the only game out that runs this bad?

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I think it may be a driver issue. I run a GTX card myself, and especially in town I do notice slowdown with shadows. I'll have a look at updated drivers soon to see if that improves the situation.

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