Anyone care if I rip out 3D anaglyph mode?

[FlowerChild]

While reviewing the optimizations I want to do to 3D rendering it occurs to me I could probably get a boost with minimal hassle by ripping out 3D anaglyph, which doesn't really work right, and which I doubt anyone has used for more than 5 minutes.

Just wanted to check in as to whether anyone cares if I rip it out.

Currently, every block rendered is testing for whether it is enabled or not, which is obviously silly. I can avoid that through more involved means, but if no one is using it, will just swing my axe at it.

Before someone inevitably asks, 3D anaglyph is supposed to give you depth perception wearing those old-school red/blue 3D glasses.

[Gunnerman21]

Could it be possible to turn on and off the checks with the same 3D button? I've used that mode in the past for hours at a time (with some very odd side-effects) but only for creative builds. So actually I wouldn't care if you ripped it out.

[Sarudak]

Omg! 3-d features is my favorite. I leik it cuz it makes me vomit all over my desk!


Er... On second though I vote for the axe. :)

[Husbag3]

Do people still have those glasses? I personally don't use it.

[DaveYanakov]

I borrowed a pair of those glasses from my nephew's gimmick book last year to try it out. It was terrible. Please destroy it.

[FlowerChild]

Could it be possible to turn on and off the checks with the same 3D button?

That's the kind of hassle I'm trying to avoid by ripping it out :P

Yes, it is of course possible, but if nobody gives a shit, why would I bother?

[Thalarctia]

Axe.

[destineternel]

SFS Axe.

[savagelung]

The one time I tried it, it was unusably broken. Because of differences among color calibrations in monitors and the base-color of colored glasses, and its mediocre implementation, I doubt very much that more than a handful of minecraft players can use it.

[FlowerChild]

I suspect it was just something Notch was fucking around with at one point for fun, and for some strange reason nobody ever made the decision to just rip it out afterwards (maybe due to the whining that would probably result).

[Stormweaver]

Found a pair of those glasses once, tried it, found out I was using the wrong kind of glasses. It was highly disappointing.

I consider voting to axe it retribution enough.

[jecowa]

I doesn't effect me either way. I get 60 fps on my desktop, and I never use the red-blue 3D mode.

The feature is a novelty. I imagine anyone who has used it grew tired of it after a couple minutes. Loosing all the color fidelity isn't worth gaining depth-perception, in my opinion. With the red and blue lenses, spotting the green of a creeper would be a bit difficult.

[Battlecat]

Axe it! I don't see any value in a feature that's costing performance when it's not active.

[Gunnerman21]

I tried playing survival once using 3D, it went horribly... So yep, I say screw-pump it!

[kjbrona]

Kill it with fire.

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[FlowerChild]

I doesn't effect me either way. I get 60 fps on my desktop, and I never use the red-blue 3D mode.

You may get good frame rates, as do I on my system, but do you get stutter on chunk load? How about in the nether?

The kinds of optimizations I am performing now will likely have a direct impact on that as they cut down on the amount of processing that needs to occur when new chunks are loaded.

I'm basically tackling the worst case scenario (usually a good idea when optimizing) rather than trying to spike already good frame rates into the hundreds or whatever, which no one really can tell the difference between anyways. Once you hit around 60 fps or so, you're already beyond what humans can really perceive.

[Gormador]

No need for it here. As you said : tried it once, never will again.

[jakerman999]

I'm really the only person who plays in 3d? I feel so alone...

How big of a difference does it make performance wise, ripping it out vs. not touching it at all?

[danielngtiger]

No problems: I heard about it and was like "Hey, that could be fun . . ." and never did anything with it. Any possible optimizations are much appreciated, so by all means, break out the battleaxe.

[Wafflewaffle]

You implementing oculus rift support instead??? No?... ok axe it then =P

[Simurgh]

...but do you get stutter on chunk load? How about in the nether?...

Man if you can make improvements on that it would be a godsend!

I'm going to join the multitudes saying kill it with various implements.

[FlowerChild]

Man if you can make improvements on that it would be a godsend!

We'll see how it goes. I have a big hunch about what caused the nether stutter in particular, which I'm about to run some tests on.

I'm really the only person who plays in 3d? I feel so alone...

Sigh...there had to be one didn't there?

I think we should change your official designation to "Captain circa 1950 3D" :)

How big of a difference does it make performance wise, ripping it out vs. not touching it at all?

Probably not huge from this one alone, but it's all part of me streamlining rendering in general.

If this is seriously your default mode of play, even if it's a complete mystery to me why you'd ever subject yourself to this kind of ocular trauma, I'll likely just leave it alone.

[peanut3k]

Unless there's going to be "Hardcore Vision", take it to the chopping block.

[duartemad]

Axe it! Axe it!

Go for the greater good. Less work for you, more benefits for us :D

[Locke]

Please kill it. Performance boosts are always good.