New Map? - Discussion

[Avgar]

The Ranox building interiors look like something you'd see shitty Minecraft builders make - way too open and huge. Because of this I feel like I could not fully immerse myself, since you'd feel like a toy in a toy house. Unfortunately, I've so far not seen any maps, other than EvoCity, with at least somewhat realistic interiors.

If frames is what the goal of map changing is about, for the love of SoulRippah, please do not release a map without load testing it first with the gamemode. Changing maps hurts the server a lot, it's a big risk. Changing back because of performance issues hurts it even more.

Lastly, on the topic of performance again - source engine is not designed for huge open maps. It's pretty much impossible to get great frames on it. Try this:
1. Unsubscribe from all addons, remove all content
2. Launch Garry's Mod on any open map
3. Turn on FPS counter
4. Spawn as many bots as you can
5. Feel your frames drop the more bots you spawn

There's only 3 things to do about bad performance, 2 for devs and 1 for players:
1. Edit/buy/get a map to be less open. I know, it sucks, but having a huge open city takes it's toll.
2. Run FProfiler to figure out if any newer updates has caused server to lag. This is best done with many players online. I've used this method to figure out license plates as well as door texts causing lag in the past.
3. For the player - drop all your settings except model quality to the lowest you can. The difference is really substantial.