madarexxx wrote:MirceaKitsune wrote:madarexxx wrote:Not everyone, but many people have netbooks, which doesn't have powerful hardware. Minetest is my primary game on my netbook, and I don't want to see it more lagging!
Which is why I suggested making all advanced features optional settings, which people can enable only if they need to.
Nice idea, but it shall not affect on performance, in minimal effect mode.
I have a really fast machine with awesome graphics, yet even I still can't get performance as fast as Minecraft if GPU computing is putting my machine under stress.
Therefore: What will possibly help is putting in a Maximum draw distance option. It seems to draw really far now that 0.4.4 is out, much farther than my preference(since I am going to need to squint to see stuff that far anyway). I can set the min with - and +, but as far as setting a max, that option should be implemented.