Multi light

[PaRaDoXoS]

Hey,
I've got a litte problem. Whenever I have a Scene with more than one active light my framerate drops to around 20 (or lower). the scene is: ground disk, dir light + spot light.

Is my Hardware just too weak for that? Graphics is a GeForce 9600GT (yes, not 960!!)

Or is it something with skyline?

[SolarPortal]

[PaRaDoXoS]

Uhm, dx10 is maximum for gf9k series afair

[PaRaDoXoS]

Just googled.. DX11, Shader 4.0, OpenGL3.3
seems not enough for the new renderer

[CreativeOcclusion]

Looks time to replace graphics card...Every time I replace one, I start saving up for another one...The one you have is about 8 years old...Maybe look at NewEgg.com...They have some great sales and a lot of reviews...This happens to all game developers sooner or later...Welcome to Skyline...CO

[PaRaDoXoS]

Will see for a new Graphics Card when the new renderer comes out.
Another Question for the same topic:

If I have 3 Spot lights their colors do mix quite nice. But each of them (as long as they are on screen) will add ambient light, so that even if I lower the Brightness, the complete scene is too bright.
How can I change that? Or will I just have to wait for the new renderer?
Reducing the material brightness will only lead to other problems, I guess.

Regards,
PaRaDoXoS

[SolarPortal]

it is a known thing with your current version, that when you add a light to the scene, drop the ambient slider by approx half to balance it out. The same issue does not occur on the newer renderer.

[PaRaDoXoS]

That means I really do need a new Graphics Card
Well, thanks for the answer.. There are still many things to can explore in the engine

[SolarPortal]

you can adjust scene ambience from the scene settings tab using the top most slider unless you have hemi ambience.
This is an easy tweak to make.

Add light > Tweak ambience.... lighting looks good again

[PaRaDoXoS]

didn't know that, thanks.
It's in Render Settings, but it works

[SolarPortal]

oh yeah.. it moved.. lol

[cassius_b]

Just wondered, how do you show framerate when running game?

[TattieBoJangle]

Hi cassius_b if you click the clock top left under tools this will show your fps on the top left of the screen hope this helps.