Misha
Site Founder
Credit to @Captain Cat for the original idea!
Pirates Online has never been a game known to be friendly toward lower end systems, and even the odd gaming rig can have problems running the games at optimal Frame-rates (30-60 FPS).
Due to this simple fact, I would like to offer a fix to a huge portion of lag, being a customization bar similar to many other visual increases or decreases. In a perfect world, this feature has two separate types of implementation.
Feature Variant #1: Disabled, Low, or High.
The implementation of this feature using this method would be presented in a style as follows:
The first pinpoint would Disable the visual feature of all Voodoo abilities.
This includes attunement circles visible under attuned enemies and players, as well as all effects of Voodoo Doll and Staff Attacks.
The second pinpoint would be a halfway point between Disabling all effects and the standard settings present in the game right now.
This option would disable all Voodoo effects from attacks with the Staff and Doll, but would instead include Attunement circles as a visible object for players to be able to see who is attuned and who isn't.
The third pinpoint would be the box standard variant that we are currently with in TLOPO, meaning all effects from Voodoo Dolls and Staves will be visible, as well as attunement circles.
Feature Variant #1: Checkbox
The implementation of this feature using this method would be presented as follows:
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This option, while removing the availability of a halfway point between the first, second, and third versions listed above, would allow players to entirely Enable or Disable Voodoo Effects as a whole.
Conclusion
The implementation of a feature to disable the present Voodoo effects would be an entirely beneficial addition to the game as presented above, and will help expand the long term longevity of the game's play by players running on newer computers that can't quite handle the present stress that these effects put on their systems.
Pirates Online has never been a game known to be friendly toward lower end systems, and even the odd gaming rig can have problems running the games at optimal Frame-rates (30-60 FPS).
Due to this simple fact, I would like to offer a fix to a huge portion of lag, being a customization bar similar to many other visual increases or decreases. In a perfect world, this feature has two separate types of implementation.
Feature Variant #1: Disabled, Low, or High.
The implementation of this feature using this method would be presented in a style as follows:
The first pinpoint would Disable the visual feature of all Voodoo abilities.
This includes attunement circles visible under attuned enemies and players, as well as all effects of Voodoo Doll and Staff Attacks.
The second pinpoint would be a halfway point between Disabling all effects and the standard settings present in the game right now.
This option would disable all Voodoo effects from attacks with the Staff and Doll, but would instead include Attunement circles as a visible object for players to be able to see who is attuned and who isn't.
The third pinpoint would be the box standard variant that we are currently with in TLOPO, meaning all effects from Voodoo Dolls and Staves will be visible, as well as attunement circles.
Feature Variant #1: Checkbox
The implementation of this feature using this method would be presented as follows:
This option, while removing the availability of a halfway point between the first, second, and third versions listed above, would allow players to entirely Enable or Disable Voodoo Effects as a whole.
Conclusion
The implementation of a feature to disable the present Voodoo effects would be an entirely beneficial addition to the game as presented above, and will help expand the long term longevity of the game's play by players running on newer computers that can't quite handle the present stress that these effects put on their systems.