Will this cause lag?

[RaD-]

ok for my farmers and hunters map im gonna make a very thick forest, but i dont know how thick i should make it before it will lag... heres a screenshot

the entire map is like that (i just added like 120 bushes w/o pathing that look good) im just wondering if it will lag...

 

[RaD-]

Heres a bit more umm... picture lol

 

[GreyArchon]

It will lag when the map is starting... once it starts going, the lag will clear.

To solve this, trigger a "waiting period". Ask pro-triggerers for more on this.

 

[Eusira]

Doesn't that optimize it by hiding all the Trees and stuff so you can quickly spawn them when the game starts?

 

[VGsatomi]

A waiting perioed is nothing more then a cinimatic black screen to prevent the usual game ``hiccup`` at the begginning after the laod screen dissapears. Doodads, as long as they don`t have a lot of special effects (i.e. sun wells, fires) will not cause lag. I created a max-sized forest map with maxed out doodads (mainly trees, bushes, logs, rocks, mushrooms, ect) and it doesnt lag one bit. But maps that have even a dozen or so fires clumped togather will lag very noticibly.
-VGsatomi

 

[RaD-]

thx VGsatomi, i am at 2x the limit, using WEU to disable the limit though. 'perioed' thats like the first typo i have ever seen you make 8)
when i get to testing, if it lags ill try the 'waiting period'... if not this thread was useless

 

[RaD-]

just for looks:

just for looks ^

 

[VGsatomi]

Even with the limits turned off, it should not be a prblem as long as you don`t use too many of the doodads in the cinimatic catagory.
-VGsatomi