"Dual Render" Scope System

[grilme99 (brooke)]

Oops, forgot about that, thanks for reminding me!

[Shadowed_Snake]

Innovation at it’s finest

[Adriatiz]

Wow this is really nice.

[TheSaltIndex]

@boatbomber

THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR A PRODUCTION GAME ENVIRONMENT. It is an interesting tech demo prototype, but is absolutely an abuse of ViewportFrames. Note that it slows exponentially- the more objects, the slower it gets. I’ve optimized plenty, but it is not enough.

Have you recorded your frames with more intricate workspaces? I’d like to see how much your performance is affected by map size.

[pobammer (HowManySmall)]

Always happy to help.

[boatbomber (Zack_Ovits)]

Map size? Barely at all. Watch this:

Dual Render Scope (Full Map, Still 60 FPS)

Remember this optimization? Well it’s freaking magic. The map barely hit performance.

@boatbomber

Now, we (as the creators of the game place) happen to know that the Map never moves. Ever. So why bother doing refresh checks? We render it once, and then never check it again. This means that the map (which is most of the workspace) is barely a performance hit at all!

The real issues come into play when you have lots of moving parts and/or players.

Also, ViewportFrames aren’t good for most games because they don’t render Terrain, particles, GUIs, or complex lighting.

[Ryferion1 (Ryferion)]

This looks awesome dude, nice work!

[wravager]

You should try to make a thermal scope since the ViewportFrame can be modified to make humanoids glow neon orange (actually wait I don’t think neon renders in them nvm).

[boatbomber (Zack_Ovits)]

Neon doesn’t render inside ViewportFrames, but I love the way you think

I’ll see what I can make it do regardless of limitations!

Edit:
This was a mistake I’ve deleted the file, and will never again have to watch red men run around in a grey world.

[ona2000]

This is neat! May come to great use sometime…

[pobammer (HowManySmall)]

It might need a lot more optimization, more than just the surface optimizations I did.

[TheSaltIndex]

Just what I wanted to hear. I’m thinking of making something resembling your camera system and the majority of the lag can be cut out by only rendering the room (and people inside) that I want rendered. Not sure if I’ll use a region3 or a proximity detector though. If I didn’t say it before, really well done.

[grilme99 (brooke)]

@boatbomber

Neon doesn’t render inside ViewportFrames, but I love the way you think

Imma take a shot at making it later

[valchip]

That looks awesome!

[boatbomber (Zack_Ovits)]

Updated post to have a section dedicated to benchmarking!

[railworks2]

Nice work. Do you think this is better suited for #development-discussion:cool-creations?

[boatbomber (Zack_Ovits)]

As a New Member who only got accepted for reading a lot, I cannot post there even if I wanted to.

Regardless, seeing as this project is open sourced and explained, I figure #learning-resources:community-tutorials-resources is a good fit!

[railworks2]

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-member-program-faq/83329?u=railworks2

A place with your answer. Take a quick read and find out how.

[boatbomber (Zack_Ovits)]

Thanks! Still, I do think it belongs in resources, because it is an open source project for anyone to take.

[plasma_node]

Awesome idea, and awesome work!