PTR Changelog 2017-09-14: WebGL renderer (WIP)

Dissi

The lightning / swamp effects seem to have a very big impact on performance:
Poor FPS since the new update

I've tested it on this room: https://screeps.com/ptr/#!/room/shard1/W48N8

As for specs:

Specs

Mototroller

@artch: yep, it's working (without lightning effects, but ok).

UPDATED: there may be issues with Intel Optimus + Bumblebee drivers (this was my case and it described above). Solution : install and use Nvidia Prime instead of Bumblebee (link).

Screenshot and adapter details after Nvidia Prime enabling:

Thanks for help. Anyway, there are lots of possible problems with Linux + NVIDIA drivers, especially for laptops with integrated Intel graphics, they aren't Screeps issues.

Mototroller

@dissi are you sure about it's a real impact? FPS showed by metrics isn't stable, but scaling/moving around a room map is pretty smooth. I've got worse NVIDIA GForce GT 740m than you, and metrics shows FPS 10-100 with average is about ~50.

Mototroller

@dissi @artch can confirm glitches, yep, FPS is strongly depends on view scale. The higher camera is, the higher FPS is, and vice versa.

artch

You probably have your integrated GPU enabled instead of NVIDIA. "Unmasked Renderer" via this link should display your GPU model, try to configure your setup so that it displays your actual GPU.

Dissi

@artch You were correct. It used the:

ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)

I've forced the graphics driver to the actual graphics card:

ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0)

Result: All the FPS

You can do this with nvidia as follows:

Config

W4rl0ck

this really looks good

maybe you could do a minimal power mode for laptops or slow computers that disables all optional fogging and stuff like that? I really like it for desktop use but might want to disable it on laptop while on battery .)

tedivm

@w4rl0ck even with all the fun bits turned on I'm not seeing that much of a performance difference and my battery life is amazing compared to what it previously used to be while running screeps.

I also just want to say that this looks amazing. The increased contrast makes it much more visible in high glare areas.

Hernanduer

AHHHH THIS LOOKS AWESOME!

I really like the opacity effects on the spawns. Could we get different colored lights from the minerals?

W4rl0ck

I have noticed a few bugs... not sure what might be a bug or what is not implemented, yet

In my own room I don't see sources and minerals.. I can see the effect when the sources are harvested
I can't see construction sites ( I see the render count go up when I place some )
Flags only have one color...
Can't see creeps say

https://imgur.com/6WQfpt6

If I set a flag in an empty room the controller disappears (even if I deselect "Show Flags") ... if I add a second flag the source disappear... if I add the third flag the mineral disappears

no flag: https://imgur.com/ThHl4q3

one flag: https://imgur.com/9fPYSpQ

two flags: https://imgur.com/5zji1Ru

three flags: https://imgur.com/Rem6Sy5

looks like every flag I set removes something

artch

@w4rl0ck Nice catch with flags! It's fixed, page hard reload is needed.

Creep.say is not implemented yet.

Mototroller

[BUG]: after some time (> ~5 minutes) out of Screeps tab the renderer hangs with static background image and some creeps stayed inside walls and other intermediate positions (Ubuntu, Google Chrome):

Screenshots:

Mashee

Text is particularly blurry (room.visual.text) at certain zoom levels that were otherwise readable in the old renderer. Unsure if the new lighting is a factor or not, I don't recall text readability issues previously.

Overall runs great. Would really like a checkbox to turn off lighting effects.

Bulletproof

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