On Sunday 22 September 2002 7:27 am, David Megginson wrote:
> John Check writes:
>  > It may not be needed, but it's certainly expected.  I've wondered
>  > though, how performance would be with a "world" on par with
>  > what ACM had/has.
>  > FGFS has added a -lot- of the most requested features
>  > in the last couple of release cycles. I wouldn't be shocked to see
>  > some defeaturization (tm) options cropping up in '03
>
> As it stands, FlightGear 0.9 still runs fine (without 3D clouds) at
> 1024x768x16bpp on an old 16MB Voodoo3 400GHz-class box I rigged up for
> the kids.  For people with even older hardware, we have many ways to
> speed things up, such as
>

My traveling demo box is 400Mhz, but with a geforce2, so yes.

>   --disable-clouds
>   --disable-random-objects
>   --disable-panel
>   --disable-hud
>   --disable-sound
>   --fog-fastest
>   --visibility=5000
>   --fov=20
>   --shading=flat
>   --disable-skyblend
>   --disable-textures
>   --enable-wireframe
>   --geometry=640x480
>
> and so on, as required.  In other words, you can turn off almost every
> feature added over the past 4 years.
>
>

A single option that took care of most of that would be cool.
I guess a detuned preferences file would do the job.

> All the best,
>
>
> David


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