Im not sure if it is my computer ( AMD 1.2 300mg ram 64Mg Radeon video card) but I notice If I make a large empty box and add 2-5 enimies the framerate generally is pretty good but slows down considerably as entities are added.
Now if I add 10 more rooms and 50 baddies the game studders pretty bad.

I have found that clipping the camera range makes a pretty good improvement.

Is clipping the camera a normal thing to add to prevent this?

I know this is a VERY basic question but I seem to have missed something in the tutorials.

J

You MUST re read the tutorials again. everithing you need is there. there´s a lot of information to compile on ly in a post.

Good luck.

Tutorials and the 3d Game Studio manuel are GREAT refrences yes, but i'll be more direct, entities are the single best way to slow down your game, I'm including particle effects as entities in this in which if you add many particles, WOW look at the frame go to heck. Anyway, notice the fog in much of the games you play? That is clipping in progress yes it is normal EVERYONE does it, although small roomed levels can have incredibly complex things happening because only 1 or 2 rooms need to be rendered at a time (really small radius used) so don't feel bad, optimization also helps (like decreasing detail over a distance, the popular Halo 2 does this as well as every decent game I can think of, counter strike, everyone in the high end spectrum does some sort of optimization, its complex stuff.

Yep what he said above. Using things like lod, clipping ect will improve performance. Theres been quite a few threads on optimizing games and increasing fps.

If you dont have a version that supports lod... you could probaly script something pretty easily. Just check the distance from the camerea to the entity and if outside a certain range make the entity invisible... No point havin something that cant be seen seen

Yeah, I know it is a broad question and there is a lot going on with every frame. I do have several toarches that use particles in the level. This is probably part of the culpret...

I am still new to this but am loving this hobby and all of its issues. In fact I probably enjoy this a little too much but hey, everyone has a hangup...

I am using A6 commercial and have a lot to learn, just doing it one subject at a time. LOD is on the list.

I just had to ask how everyone generally solves this. Thanks for not being harsh.

Greatfull for the help!
Jason