Sweaty Ass Animations

Garry Newman

– December 3, 2008

I got multiple animations in a model and animation blending working a couple of days ago. Which was pretty easy, just a case of putting the time in.

When I came to test multiple models I had a problem. With 100 models I only got 29 fps. Which probably sounds fine, when am I ever going to have 100 animated models on screen at once? It was about a day before I realise that I was creating D3D with D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING, which was left over after some tests I was doing. Switching it to D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING predictably gave me an FPS boost. Not a huge one though, I was up to 51 fps.

Some commenting out revealed that the problem was the software vertex blending I was doing. Moving that to the shader knocked the fps up to about 400-500 with 100 models. That’s good enough for me right now.

You can download my latest BenchTest here.

Dark Jirachi

It’s always nice to see animations with sweaty asses in them.
Dark Jirachi

It’s always nice to see animations with sweaty asses in them.
Kylegar

Question, is the Textured Duck bumpmapped, or is that just the model?

Other than that, it’s nice. There’s some texture flickering on the back of the person model (You can see it the best on the skinned animation), but, that’s probably a UV issue.
Kylegar

Question, is the Textured Duck bumpmapped, or is that just the model?

Other than that, it’s nice. There’s some texture flickering on the back of the person model (You can see it the best on the skinned animation), but, that’s probably a UV issue.
sir pimp

you’re going to be big(er)
sir pimp

you’re going to be big(er)
http://www.contra.lv/ FluD

i have bigger fps :P

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7454/clipboardpy8.jpg
http://www.contra.lv FluD

i have bigger fps :P

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7454/clipboardpy8.jpg
Timebomb

I can’t wait until there is something to do with this
Timebomb

I can’t wait until there is something to do with this
Anti

Pfft, ya don’t even have a nice icon in the top left corner of the benchmark app. I thought you knew what you were doing :p.
Anti

Pfft, ya don’t even have a nice icon in the top left corner of the benchmark app. I thought you knew what you were doing :p.
aspi

is it just me or are the animations kinda shaky when the fps are really high?
aspi

is it just me or are the animations kinda shaky when the fps are really high?
ZomBuster

Wow it looks pretty weird with 1 model at 5000 fps
ZomBuster

Wow it looks pretty weird with 1 model at 5000 fps
http://www.garry.tv/ garry

How high aspi?
Garry Newman

How high aspi?
Roald

FUCKING INCREDIBLE!
Roald

FUCKING INCREDIBLE!
kenny

shakyness starts about 500 fps for me
kenny

shakyness starts about 500 fps for me
z33ky

@6
It’s no benchmark. It’s more like a techdemo.
z33ky

@6
It’s no benchmark. It’s more like a techdemo.
http://www.sgc-clan.com/ Narkaleptic

I go from 58.8 FPS with hardware vertex to 7.3 FPS with software vertex. I think it is time for a new proc.

Thought: Adding a Draw2D -> Sprite -> 30,000 Static Rotation. Where the rotation of each sprite is constant, instead of changing each frame. I’m curious to see how much is lost in calculation.
http://www.sgc-clan.com Narkaleptic

I go from 58.8 FPS with hardware vertex to 7.3 FPS with software vertex. I think it is time for a new proc.

Thought: Adding a Draw2D -> Sprite -> 30,000 Static Rotation. Where the rotation of each sprite is constant, instead of changing each frame. I’m curious to see how much is lost in calculation.
kevkev

Yay duck also looks better now :D
kevkev

Yay duck also looks better now :D
nint22

Just wondering… Why was DX used instead of OpenGL? I’ve used both, and hands down OpenGL wins for almost all needs. It’s a mater of taste, but just wondering?
nint22

Just wondering… Why was DX used instead of OpenGL? I’ve used both, and hands down OpenGL wins for almost all needs. It’s a mater of taste, but just wondering?
http://www.madtinkerer.org/ MadTinkerer

Very, very nice. My system is a little old now, but it could still handle the 500 characters option with an adequate framerate. All of the raytracing options were painfully slow (of course), and the 4000 Spheres also slowed the framerate to a crawl, but most everything else went pretty smoothly.

That’s pretty much the sweetest looking virtual plastic duck I have ever seen in any game ever.
http://www.madtinkerer.org MadTinkerer

Very, very nice. My system is a little old now, but it could still handle the 500 characters option with an adequate framerate. All of the raytracing options were painfully slow (of course), and the 4000 Spheres also slowed the framerate to a crawl, but most everything else went pretty smoothly.

That’s pretty much the sweetest looking virtual plastic duck I have ever seen in any game ever.
Kogitsune

I’m not sure what it is about it, but I love looking at the 10px Ray Tracer.

Nice work so far.
Kogitsune

I’m not sure what it is about it, but I love looking at the 10px Ray Tracer.

Nice work so far.
Turbis

I get an error saying
“Error loading bin/render.dll
Det går inte att hitta den angivna modulen (cannot find some module)”
Turbis

I get an error saying
“Error loading bin/render.dll
Det går inte att hitta den angivna modulen (cannot find some module)”
aspi

maybe collada is optimized for code<100fps?(thinking of a rounding issue with low precision numbers) its still noticable even with 350 fps, but almost looks like motion blur since the shaking is like 2-3 px difference.
using a 4850 radeon and x3 phenom btw.
aspi

maybe collada is optimized for code<100fps?(thinking of a rounding issue with low precision numbers) its still noticable even with 350 fps, but almost looks like motion blur since the shaking is like 2-3 px difference.
using a 4850 radeon and x3 phenom btw.

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