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Article #6243Re: Abuse is *JERKY*
From: fs... Fairfax Shield McCandlish ...
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00
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mil...@rpi.edu writes: > schi...@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Andreas Schildbach) writes: > > >I am very disappointed with this game. Great athmosphere, great > >sounds, wonderful gfx, big potential for great gameplay, but one thing > >kills the whole game: > > >Abuse is jerky as hell. > > . . . > >Crack.com, please make this game scroll smooth as silk! PLEASE!! > > >And don't tell me my system is too slow: Plato/P100/ET4000W32p has to > >be enough for this task! > > Sorry... It's not Crack.com's fault here. I'm running it on a > 486dx-50, about a third the speed of your machine, and at 320x200 res, it's > just fine. It bogs a bit when I crack up the resolution, but that's to be > expected. I'd start by checking out your video benchmark against those of > similar systems. > You apparently have no conception of a what a good frame rate is. Abuse cannot go above a certain frame rate.. do this, load up Tyrian next to Abuse, then try to tell me how smooth Abuse is. If there's anything Abuse lacks (besides player-physics) it's smoothness, because of the self implemented delay. -*Avatar*-
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