So back when this server forum ran on enjin, I made a thread explaining this but it hasn't gotten much attention, I posted this thread in the General Discussion tab because I was unable to find the ArenaPvP tab. Anyways, this idea is a pretty simple one, I think the glass overlay should be replaced with barrier blocks or normal glass blocks. Reason: Because the server uses stained glass blocks, the rendering doesn't look very nice, you wont even be able to see the beautiful sky in the background because the stained glass blocks are blocking it. Having stained glass blocks also reduces FPS as well due to blocks actually being visible. I also think the stained glass makes the arena look kind of ugly. Question1: "Why can't you just turn down your render distance to 2?" Answer1: "You won't be able to see the beautiful custom sky if your render distance is too low, you need to use at least 8 to see it!" Question2: "How would replacing this help?" Answer2: "Because most recourse packs use a thing called "clearglass" where the glass block is not visible at all, there are also clearglass overlays as well. Here is also a video comparison between both of them: (Sorry for the video quality)
Hey! recently, I've been playing arenapvp more frequently compared to how often i used to play and never really saw the stained glass as a `problem`. seeing your video I can see where using normal glass/barriers would be nicer, but also at the same time, i don't see it as a huge deal whether or not you can see the reacource pack sky. as well as, I don't think stained glass reduces fps to where it's unplayable... however, i will say that the stained glass is kinda ugly in the arenapvp maps, and there wouldn't be a whole lot of harm changing them. overall, i don't see a purpose in changing the stained glass out and your reasons are mostly player preference sorry if this wasnt useful have a great day! ~puposaurus
Truthfully I dont think stained glass does much damage to FPS, so I dont believe it should be taken out because of that. I think the color of the glass is really up to whoever is playing to decide if its ugly, because I find it quite cool. Plus if you truly have an issue, you can make a pvp texture pack that gets rid of glass blocks, or tints them.
Although stain glass does help, a texture pack, preferably an fps based one, will help you out a lot.
As a some what top player for ArenaPvP, I have to agree with this. The fps I get in the arenas are usually about 40-50 fps lower than I would on any other practice server. I also have a texture pack with custom skies and I wish to see them as they look REALLY good. I hope alex marker takes this into consideration so this happens.
Now that’s a reason why nobody records on arena pvp, because their render looks like complete shit with the stained glass
Personally I don't get any performance issues with the stained glass. I enjoy having it there because it's pleasing to look at. Now to be honest wouldn't mind if they swapped out for barriers and maybe added a background to it like maybe a warzone or a city ruins kinda thing. That is just one way to do it, let me know what other ideas you may have!
Personally, I don't experience any FPS drops. Might be just me, but I don't think it should cause major FPS drops. In addition, I'd like to add that sure, some texture packs might have "clearglass", but that does not mean that all of them do.
Personally, i don't mind the glass and the fps drop, if there is any, doesn't affect me. However, with a texture pack that changes the sky, like yours shown in the video, does look really cool. I wouldn't mind if they changed it or if they didn't. Since its a simple change I think they might. Just my thoughts :)
Because not all people use clearglass (recourse pack, overlay, or mod) I think barrier blocks is the better option instead of normal glass. I’m not really a fan of colored glass blocks because it makes the render not look the best and it also blocks the sky.
Also reduced FPS should be caused by it because the blocks are actually visible unlike barrier blocks, which does cause reduced FPS. It’s kind of been a problem for me idk about anyone else tho.
I agree with this one, every practice server I've played on had clearglass, it's weird how this one doesn't +1 from me
Hey! I agree with you on this one. The stained glass blocks blocks out the sky when PvPing which reduces the nice looking sky on most of the PvP texture packs. Furthermore, the use of glass really reduces my FPS. I am from the AU/ASIA region and with the ping that I usually get (180), the FPS tends to be low nonetheless. If they were to change it to clear glass, it would much improve my FPS and have a nicer sky-view!
