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Lord Licorice

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Best Version for Adventuring?
« on: December 30, 2007, 07:17:00 pm »
The last couple times I tried adventuring (somewhere between .33a and .33d), I'd always encounter some slopes and find myself taking a single step every five seconds or more.  I tried to avoid mountainous regions and all that, but it was just too laggy, even on a gaming rig that can play HL2 and Portal without a problem.

Since Adventure Mode doesn't see nearly as many changes per version as Fortress Mode, what version do you play that seems the most stable and smooth-running?  What can I change in Adventure Mode to increase framerate and decrease movement lag?

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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 07:50:00 pm »
Turning off weather seems to help quite a bit. They may only be in the world map, though.
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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 08:26:00 pm »
The 2d versions were good for adventuring, because it was easier to find things and faster to just hop in. Now you need to search around forever to find anything, and it's all pretty much the same thing but with Z levels.

23a is what I recommend.

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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2007, 01:27:00 am »
Ah, yes.  But without Z-levels, you can't fling yourself off of your custom-crafted doom tower to fall dozens of levels down to finally explode into a squishy mound of meat and guts.

And as we all know, that's barrels of fun.  Lead barrels.

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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2007, 03:01:00 am »
Thanks guys, I'll try 23a when I'm feeling like adve--

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<STRONG>Ah, yes.  But without Z-levels, you can't fling yourself off of your custom-crafted doom tower to fall dozens of levels down to finally explode into a squishy mound of meat and guts.

And as we all know, that's barrels of fun.  Lead barrels.</STRONG>

--nevermind, now I'm doing this, lag and all.

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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2007, 10:18:00 am »
Yay high towers with sharkfilled water under.
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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2008, 05:05:00 am »
Wouldn't the water break the fall?
Except of course at extreme altitudes, but...
only ten levels? That's lame.

You should build a tower that size next to a chasm, and then we're talking.

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Re: Best Version for Adventuring?
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2008, 04:56:00 pm »
Yes, but you'd have to build a floor over the bottom otherwise you won't explode.
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