Xfire and FPS.

[IAmFreeman]

Hello fellow colonists.

I have a little problem, and I thought I'd ask about it here. First of all I would like to say that I enjoy using Xfire, it's a pretty good game tracking program, but I have noticed that it seriously lowers the FPS of Entropia, and I fail to see why. Do you have the same problem with Xfire or is it only me?

Thanks.
- Freeman, T.C Recruits.

 

[dandy]

As I understand it, only a few ways to display text/image inside full screen directx game.

1: Code injection
: intercept some directx feature/commands and introduce it's own feature/commands
: and I think this is what xfire uses.

2: directx proxy
: intercept all directx commands/features and introduce your own command/features

3: directdraw overlay, normal procedure to display text/image on top of every thing but old technology.

The top two procedures will surely slow your game's frames.
Because it has to pass the intercept programs first.


dandy