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Fix tearing in short-lived dynamic lights at high FPS #368

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Fix tearing in short-lived dynamic lights at high FPS #368

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion src/client/effects.c
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Expand Up @@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ void CL_AddDLights(void)

dl = cl_dlights;
for (i = 0; i < MAX_DLIGHTS; i++, dl++) {
if (dl->die < cl.time)
/* Vanilla Quake II had just cl.time. This worked in 1997
when computers were slow and the game reached ~30 FPS
on beefy hardware. Nowadays with 1000 FPS the dlights
are often rendered just a fraction of a frame. Work
around that by adding 32 ms, e.g. each dlight is shown
for at least 32 ms. */
if (dl->die < cl.time - 32)
continue;
V_AddLight(dl->origin, dl->radius,
dl->color[0], dl->color[1], dl->color[2]);
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