Plasma (assault mode) Light Missing

[xBlackHatx]

I'm not sure if this was intentional or a glitch, but whenever i see my assault tanks fire plasma, the light thats usually at the front is missing, sometimes i can't even tell if they fired or not by a dim green dart going across the screen

i know its small thing, but does anyone know why thats happening?

[Red Devil]

pretty sure it was removed awhile back to increase fps 'back in the day' maybe it could be re-added now that we all have better tech

[Ded10c]

It was killed in TA5, as the change to DX9 meant processing lights dealt quite a hit to the system. I believe headlight range was nerfed for the same reason.

[General BlackDragon]

I am for re-adding the light

[xBlackHatx]

Alright, just making sure, i mean if that was so, why wasn't the plasma in Combat nerfed since its in rapid fire meaning those lights will have been all over the place.

[MrTwosheds]

Lights are off on the combat plasma too.

[Nielk1]

IIRC this is in the changelog.

[General BlackDragon]

the only reason it was removed was because GreenHeart said the lights made his computer freeze

[Nielk1]

the only reason it was removed was because GreenHeart said the lights made his computer freeze

They hurt mine at the time too. Now it wont since my PC is a beast, but then it did.

[Mortarion]

surely he could turn down settings?

or is the damage done regardless of settings? because if thats the case then id rather not have lots of flashy effects in any upcoming patches due to the fact i run bz2 at 30fps maximum lowest settings etc

[Red Spot]

the only reason it was removed was because GreenHeart said the lights made his computer freeze

I recall a lot of people complaining about 'square lights', combined with noticing a perfomance hit when several headlights are drawn. Not saying that thats what GSH's motivation to remove them was based on, but it clearly wasnt GH alone who was disliking them as they were.