Hi i was just wondering is there any software that is available that like tests a game on x pcs and shows the fps on each so you can get a minimum requirements for the game as until i know what is the minimum i don’t know if i can add more land,mobs etc before buying pro (i need pro for performance boosts like culling)
That’s not a bad idea.
Unfortunately, I think that the specs are just worked out by trying to play it on certain computers.
I’ve got my eye on this here thread, I’ve been wondering…
i would probably say no, as there are to many combinations of pc setups that while on paper look good may not work so well. they might be able to guess but i think youd just have to setup a pc and try it. i have had games claim x min and i tried it on a min system only to find out it was not playable. this i would guess to be based on the cpu/gpu combo or even the ram speed, plus people forget that pcs normally have to read and write to the drive while playing a game, thus hd speed can come into it. also you can say requires x gpu but at the same time they do not specify which bus they are requiring. especially today when we have agp (still being used) pcie and pcie2.0 all these are diffrent bus speeds and its hard to calculate a game running over them all without testing them directly.
Why not make a public beta?
Im doing a public alpha once network installed which should be next day or two but it would be handy if there was a tool to help with rating performance lol
You can always record the system configuration in the player and the max/min/avg fps and send it to a web service for logging. Gives you a good idea of what to expect as well as letting you know what your typical user is using so you know what your target audience is using.
You should also do as much LOD as possible, including fallback shaders, switching to lower poly meshes and simpler code paths when low fps is detected, etc. Then you don’t have to worry about it so much.
Unity does emulate a few graphic modes, so, theres something.