On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> If you want to see what happens if you have a lot of AI aircraft have a look
> at FS2K2.Just flying around I get about 25fps but if I goto an airport with
> lots of AI A/C parked(many textures)I am lucky to get 7fps yet in FG I can
> get 60+fps no problem.
> So the choice will have to be made(if it hasn't already).Load the system up
> with all kinds of goodies and force people on lower end systems out or some
> compromise.
This is probably not a fair representation of the dilemma. The FS2.002K
problem is caused mostly by all those other aircraft being picture
perfect. If you shed 3 out of 4 polygons on the AI aircraft, they would
still look good enough, up until the time you're parked beside them, but
would stop being the frame eaters they are.
I don't have any easy answers here -- one would probably need two (or
even three) levels of detail per scenery object, and automatically drop
down the level of detail on less important scenery objects when frame
rates drop too low.
And aircraft aren't the only culprits. The Trainz train simulator
elected to have trees that look like they're made out of two cardboard
slabs just to keep the frame rates acceptable.
Cheers,
-- Bert
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If the only tool you've got is an axe, every problem looks like fun!
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