Offscreen Drawing Options

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Twinny

It's more a cosmetic change rather than anything with an actual impact. My twin HD7970s could easily handle it so I'd like to see this option ( as well as have Graal properly render at 1440p res )

Cosmetic or not, it still changes the gameplay experience drastically from not having it if servers utilize it properly. I'm all for better offscreen drawing, but it should be for everyone and not an individual option.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Stefan

It's not a defect, just some more work in some cases for the devs, but greatly improves speed / reduces visual lag

It does, but it needs some margin. It's rendering the exact screen area, so players/NPCs don't render until they're ON the screen, so they POP in. The rendering distance just needs to be larger than the screen area.

Think about how you render tiles in the scrolling camera. You don't want tiles to render when they're actually in the screen, but just outside.