Disabling Foliage

Jaged · 2003-09-03, 02:13 AM

I have yet to find a use for foliage. It hides mines, slows down your machine, and gets in the way of my line of sight as a sniper. It doesn't even make me any harder to see, because the enemy is to far away for the comp to render the foliage. There has to be a way to turn it off. Does anyone know how?

Smaug · 2003-09-03, 02:50 AM

In video options turn flora density to off.

Jaged · 2003-09-03, 02:56 AM

Awsome! I knew there was a way. That will really help.

Indecisive · 2003-09-03, 07:31 AM

Yeah, i belive it is labled something like "Flora" in the advanced video tab.

Anyone hardly ever uses flora, which therefore, makes it useless for cover

Madcow · 2003-09-03, 11:15 AM

My buddy got his new super computer and he already had cable internet, so as soon as the comp arrived he invited me over to try out PS on it. I was amazed at how beautiful the game was with all the flora, and I played with it on for about 5 minutes and kept blowing up because I couldn't see mines. It's like a whole different game, they'd need to implement mine sweepers if you couldn't turn flora off.

JetRaiden · 2003-09-03, 11:34 AM

yea i have a "supercomputer" of my own. PS is amazing. continents load up in under 3 seconds, and, get this, there's MUSHROOMS!!!

Queensidecastle · 2003-09-03, 11:35 AM

Yeah, I cant stand playing games with shit graphics. Its too bad that people can turn off flora and unballance it for those who prefer graphics that dont look like games from 1999

Hamma · 2003-09-03, 01:27 PM

I think people should either be forced to leave it on, or off. It's not quite an even playing field if you are hiding behind flora other people cannot see.

BDMJ · 2003-09-03, 01:39 PM

I love the flora because it just looks damn good, but it destroys my framerate. It's most noticable on oshur and solsar.

Ziegfried · 2003-09-03, 02:11 PM

Due to having a Geforce 2 i turn Flora and Sky and Weather and etc off and i know im missing a lot having seen the skydome and flora for a few seconds before having to turn it off

I envy the guys who can have high graphics.

Happy lil Elf · 2003-09-03, 02:55 PM

Sure, they can make Flora a required feature. Just so long as they bump up the minimum requirments to a 3ghrz with 2 gigs of RAM and a Raedon 9800 Pro

Not that I think flora would be a bad idea, I think it could add to the game quite a bit, but I don't think it's a very realistic goal conisdering how the game runs right now.

Drinky · 2003-09-03, 03:04 PM

Yeah I always figured everyone had it off but I leave mine on because I like how it looks. I love the mushrooms (yummm...hey whats that crawling up my leg...oh its grandma with a knife in her teeth...). They couldnt force people to leave it on bcause it would send all the lower end system users packing.

I dunno i guess I'll try it off but I suspect those looonnng walks and ant drives are going to get even more boring.

Otis · 2003-09-03, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by JetRaiden
there's MUSHROOMS!!!

I thought I was the only one who's seen those

Nobody ever talks about them.

Sputty · 2003-09-03, 03:44 PM

Flora is the dumbest thing ever. I have a 9800pro and I turn it off(the only thing that's not maxed out) because it can ruin snipers and make it harder to aim. It's generally stupid

Paingiver · 2003-09-03, 03:46 PM

ive got pretty good grpahics, its just my lag and connection that screw me up.