[sldev] Avatar Rending Speed

Lawson English lenglish5 at cox.net
Fri Jan 18 13:08:55 PST 2008


Dzonatas wrote:
> Callum Lerwick wrote:
>> You're barking up the wrong tree. If you want higher framerates, figure
>> out why avatar rendering is so goddamn slow. It dwarfs all other
>> rendering by far.
>>   
>
> (notices subject changed... /me checks-off on list)
> (changed subject in Subject bar... /me checks-off on list)
>
> There was some patches posted to speed up avatar rendering, but that 
> effort has been ..uhm.. derailed.
>
> Now that Windlight is coming out with its low quality avi tradeoff for 
> framerates, those patches don't seem to matter anymore.
>

Well, the WIndlight rendering is a step in the right direction, but 
there's bound to be more that can be done, especially in specific 
circumstances. Bots/Limited Capability Clients that aren't meant to have 
massive bling attachments, for example, might be candidates for 
optimized rendering.


Lawson


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