Do you think .21 will decrease game performance?

[cloudx]

By performance I mostly mean FPS and lag. I'm managing about 40 - 50 frames per second on Kerbin with .20 right now, I'm just wondering if you think the new terrain and KSC buildings will affect the way the game runs.

[ASnogarD]

Doubt it, its more like polishing the rough texture work originally in place, and the space centre changes wont be so dramatic at launch, mostly while building and at the tracking station.

[42undead2]

I think someone said that the new SPH and VAB has less polygons or something, so performance there may be better.

[AlternNocturn]

Nope, I think it'll increase performance. Modeling for video games is a unique process. You need to refine it over and over again just enough that it doesn't have loads of polygons, but still looks good. The old VAB/SPH models were placeholders, so I doubt they were refined in any way. In fact, it used to be a lot worse, the VAB used to be so laggy that by today's standards, it was unplayable. It took until version 0.16 (I believe) where the VAB would stop lagging horribly on my machine. I'm looking forward to this update.

[Kerbol Prime]

Performance will improve if anything.

[cloudx]

That would be awesome.

[Jon Tash]

In this interview from Myndflame with Maxmaps he said that the new VAB and SPH has better performance than before and it's better looking too.

Here is the link for the interview: http://fr.twitch.tv/myndflame/b/426248761

[pwlnw]

Þn my configuration new VAB and SPH is really laggy. But flying performance is really better than 0.20.

I'm the only one?

[dlmarti]

0.21 is certainly a increase in delays between scenes, and when loading the Mun.

As to general lag, etc, I think the reviews have been mixed.

Its probably not a popular thing to say, but unless you are unhappy on 0.20 I would stay there.

[HeadHunter67]

Looks like all the people that said 0.21 would be smoother and more refined and load and run faster than .20 were clearly and sorely mistaken.

[Grek]

something strange happens when press Map button in space when rcs is active. sometimes fps decrease to 1-2

[M83]

I've noticed a reversal on my kind of crappy laptop - before .21, the gameplay was laggy but the loading screens were fine, and now it's the opposite. Loading screens are killing me.

Also, is anyone else getting bad lag spikes when doing SOI changes?

[Captain Sierra]

I find the handling of transform effects (solar panels, landing gear, cargo bays) and lighting effects (many lights overlapping, even with the setting for that turned down to 2) are horribly lag inducing by comparison with .20. I also note that the part count it takes to bog the game down is much lower.