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kondrak / vkQuake2

id Software's Quake 2 v3.21 with mission packs and Vulkan support (Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Raspberry Pi 4)
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Low FPS count #169

Closed Fryziu closed 6 months ago

Fryziu commented 6 months ago

The difference between vkQuake2 and other OpenGL-based clients is an order of magnitude. I Love the clarity and richness of colors and preserved original style, and I would like to play on FFA servers using this client, but the FPS count is a deal breaker. Here is an example on YT https://youtu.be/mNkRzev24Ig Compiled and run on Linux Mint RTX 3060

kondrak commented 6 months ago

Hi! I assume this is OpenGL renderer in vkQuake2 - here there's not much that can be done without a major overhaul of the legacy renderer code, which is beyond the scope of this project. Back in the days, there were built-in limitations and caps in the original game code which also are present here when trying to use OpenGL - this is not present in Vulkan implementation.