Curious FDev decision(New FSD)

[Bob McBobblehead]

Why is generated heat tied to frame rate instead of time?

Try using the supercruise boost at 30fps cap then try at 120 fps cap. The difference is massive.

My Cutter done 35,000ls before overheating at 30fsp
It overheated within 3-4 seconds and done under 5,000ls at 120fps.

 

[Dragsham]

Really?






LOL

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Really?






LOL

The best record time for Hutton orbital will be the player with the lowest frame.

 

[metatheurgist]

Well, it's a common technique.

 

[aRJay]

Starting to think it is 13 days ago.

 

[Kzak]

It's not completely improbable that this can be tied to client-side framerate. I remember when generating the system map was tied to the client's framerate some years back, slow generation at 30 FPS, faster generation at 60FPS.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/system-map-loading-times-seem-to-be-related-to-clients-framerate.224851/#post-3443528

 

[Rebel Yell]

I remember that some heat experimental output was linked to the number of ships in the instance... I am not surprised

 

[Rubbernuke]

The best record time for Hutton orbital will be the player with the lowest frame.

plugs old GT 1030 into PC

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

plugs old GT 1030 into PC

Heading to the Andromeda galaxy?

 

[Starsong]

Does FPS affect fuel use as well?

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Does FPS affect fuel use as well?

It did not look at fuel usage as I only test 30 and 120fps and at 120fps it overheated real quick.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Heading to the Andromeda galaxy?

You laugh but there was a fun bug when engineering was new that allowed almost infinite rolls. It was SCO x 9000 and I swear he could have got there.

 

[O'Roarke]

Wow -- it actually is like that.
Not an April's Fools Day with an extension cord.

Easy to test, even on a Mamba.
It doesn't light itself on fire instantly at 30fps.

 

[Factabulous]

Hmm, so the OP thought to test different frame rates - almost like they already knew that games use the frame rate for timing a lot

 

[aRJay]

Hmm, so the OP thought to test different frame rates - almost like they already knew that games use the frame rate for timing a lot

Hmm.

Does that mean we should be asking FDev to lock the frame rate at something like 144 to keep things fair?

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Hmm, so the OP thought to test different frame rates - almost like they already knew that games use the frame rate for timing a lot

Which is one of the reasons for the games many bugs.

Hmm.

Does that mean we should be asking FDev to lock the frame rate at something like 144 to keep things fair?

No, it means we should be asking FDev not to link it with frame rate.

 

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Hi All

plugs old GT 1030 into PC

Heh!....I win!... I'm still using my Geforce 1060 3gb to play this game (I've got a better gpu card, just haven't installed it yet on a new build)

Jack

 

[grazvy]

I checked at 30, 60 and 90 fps and Bob is right.
Heat generation is directly proportional to fps...
Is there an issue ticket for it? I would upvote.

(edit)
There is a ticket, but it does not load for me. I would definitely upvote/confirm.

Issue Tracker

issues.frontierstore.net

 

[galahad2069]

games use the frame rate for timing a lot

No, not really. Only old or bad ones do that without taking frame times into consideration.

 

[BDelacroix]

Well, it's a common technique.

The better more common one is to divide temp/s by the delta time in the frame rate.
Seems an oversight. This makes it frame rate agnostic.