Player lighting definitely has a framerate hit, but there's something funny going on beyond just that. I'm getting terrible framerate hits in areas full of animated trees (most especially Kunark zones like Warsliks wood and the forest part of Dreadlands as example) whether there are players visible or not. Last night in West Commons with hundreds of players in near vicinity it was running at a higher framerate than I had a couple days ago in Warsliks with nobody at all in sight. Dreadlands is quite funny. I can spin and look into the "desert" part of the zone--good performance. I turn around, without changing location, and look into the "forest" section and framerate dies. Dunno what's causing it, but whatever's going on it's not JUST the player lighting effect. If the lighting is affected by the large number of surfaces in forest areas (and especially by the motion of Kunark trees) that could affect it.
Danth
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