Imperial City Lighting Overhaul perfomance increase

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EDIT: Just to be clear, what I am saying below is that you should have better performance while using this mod as opposed to not using it.

 

I think I have figured out why so few people are downloading this mod. They are assuming that it will be a performance killer. It's not. In fact, performance in the Imperial city with Better Cities should IMPROVE when using this mod. It actually runs smoother inside Imperial City than it does in say, Bravil, or Cheydinhal, even around the palace. So if you are using Better Cities, you definately should use this.

 

Here's why. When I was working on this, I discovered that there WERE actually 2, yes 2, light sources inside of each streetlamp and wall mounted lamp in IC. As if that weren't bad enough, light sources that overlap each other cause a severe perfomance hit as each pixel is lit twice. Not only does that kill performance, it creates an ugly greenish tint near the light.

 

But that's not all. Those 2 light sources used animated flames. Yes, 2 animated flames, that you could not even see, inside each lamp. This mod eliminates one of those animated light sources from every lamp in imperial city!! So even though I have added a few light sources, the total number is actually much less than what there originally was. So enjoy the prettier lighting with no performance hit and probably an increase.

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Edited November 10, 2011 by oc3