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<h1></h1> <div class="level1"> <p> Debugging the graphic performance of a level is vital to understand which parts are causing the bottleneck. It can also be used to find bugged/incorrect meshes or entities. </p> <p> Start Depth.exe in Dev mode and then press F1 to bring up the Debug Toolbar. The two groups that are important are the "Debug texts" and "Graphics Debug". </p> <p> <img src="/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=292&h=618&tok=49f158&media=hpl3:engine:debug_menu.png" class="media" alt="" width="292" height="618" /> </p> </div> <h2>Debug texts</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> The important checkboxes here are Show FPS, Show Memory Usage and Show Render Info. These will tell you how costly </p> <p> the rendering of the scene is. </p> </div> <h3>Show FPS</h3> <div class="level3"> <p> Shows how fast the level is running. </p> <ul> <li class="level1"> <b>FrameTime</b>: Shows how long it takes to render a frame, this is the most important info.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>FPS</b>: 1000 / FrameTime. It is what you usually see when talking about performance. It is easier to grasp but not as useful as FrameTime.</li> </ul> </div> <h3>Show Memory Usage</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"> <b>Renderer Memory Usage</b>: The amount of VRAM used by the renderer. This contains frame buffers, shadows, terrain and post-effects. It is greatly affected by the resolution of the window.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>Texture Memory Usage</b>: The texture memory used by the level. This contains all the textures used for the materials of the objects. Texture memory is reduced by a lot with just a few changes in the config file.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>Vertex Memory Usage</b>: The amount of VRAM used by meshes and decals. The imporant difference between Vertex and Texture memory is that Vertex memory can't be reduced by changing a setting. It takes up as much space on a good and a bad computer.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>Total Memory Usage</b>: The sum of the above memory usage.</li> </ul> </div> <h3>Show Rendering Info</h3> <div class="level3"> <ul> <li class="level1"> <b>Draw Calls</b>: The number of objects rendered in the current scene.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>Rendered Triangles / Vertices</b>: The total number of triangles and vertices rendered per frame.</li> <li class="level2"> <b>Queries</b>: A special draw call used to check if an object is occluded. It is more expensive than a draw call.</li> </ul> </div>