How do you measure frame rates in games?

[dietrologia]

Hello,

I'd like to be able to determine what sort of framerates I'm getting in games like Half-Life and others. What utilities do you recommend that do this well? Or is it a utility within the games themselves?

Thanks.

 

[Antoneo]

There is usually a command that you type into the console (the command prompt type of thingy). Check your game company's website for the commands...

For halflife:

You can access the game console with the tilde (~) key. If that does not work, do the following:

1. Right-click in the middle of the desktop and choose New then Shortcut.
2. Click on Browse.
3. Choose the C: drive for Look In at the top of that window.
4. Double-click on the Sierra folder and then on the Halflife folder.
5. Then double-click on the hl.exe or hl file listed there (it will appear with the
Half-Life logo icon).
6. Click on the Next button and type Halflife Console.
7. Click Finish.
8. Right-click on the Halflife Console icon that is now on the desktop and choose
Properties.
9. In the Shortcut tab at the end of the Target file add -console (it should read
"C:\Sierra\Halflife\hl.exe -console"
10. Click Ok and use this icon to launch Half-life with the console enabled.

Now you can use the "~" to access the console as needed.


**Taken from Sierra's website

type in: host_speeds 0
enables display of current FPS on-screen

 

[dietrologia]

Hey, thanks! Exactly what I needed.

 

[celeritas]

I've never seen the host_speeds command before. I think most people bring down the console and type:

net_graph 1

or

net_graph 2

or

net_graph 3

You can also put net_graph in the shortcut to HL.EXE. You can find out a lot of info here.

 

[jodokast5300]

Normally it should be under options. Show FPS. It's like that for MDK2, Quake III, and numberous other games.

 

[ViolentP0tato]

the best way to measure your fps in halflife without costing too many fps in the process is with the command cl_showfps 1. you can get this to automaticlly load everytime CS loads by makeing a autoexec.cfg file and puttng the command cl_showfps 1 in it. www.tweak3d.net/autoexec/halflife gives the best explination of it.