Occlusion Culling Perfomance Issues/Drop--Comprehensive

[Syx]

It depends on how they implemented the culling. Did they use IDirect3DQuery9? What do the bounding volumes look like? The game was hastily and sloppily coded with few security measures implemented. This might be fixed in future patches, but that's only for Yoshida to decide. Bringing it to their attention now might lead to better implementation with their DX11 client. Sadly, what you've discovered will most likely not be fixed for the DX9 client.

[ReiqMagnus]

Perhaps, but I would not be surprised if this is the root cause for a lot of players performance issues whether they know it or not. You can find volumes of performance complaints which go something like "I AM LAGGING PLZ HLP" with no real information or research done on the problem; the only results I was able to find on this specific problem were either ignored or computer illiterates brushed the issue off as a problem with the plaintiff's system. Frustrating to say the least... especially since this game, sans the OC issue, is one of the most technically proficient MMOs I have come across, an MMO of which I genuinely enjoy playing.

A very specific problem with a specific feature in a specific game is not a problem on my end, it is most likely a problem with the game or with current nVidia drivers (I don't own any AMD cards to test the problem, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was there as well).