-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Tim Moore wrote: > Hello, > http://www.bricoworks.com/moore/0001-OSG-pager-megapatch.patch is a patch > against current > flightgear that uses the OSG database pager to load scenery tiles instead of > the old > tile loader. The main advantage of the database pager is that it schedules > texture > loading and display list compilation in a way that doesn't hammer the frame > rate. > Currently we don't do anything at all about compiling OpenGL resources, so > you can > get terrible stutter the first time you look at parts of a scene. With this > patch, that's > gone. Also, old tiles are deleted in the database pager thread, eliminating > another > potential cause of stutter. > > This will be checked into CVS soon, but I've been hesitating for three > reasons: > > * It breaks the GLUT version; > Could you please fix that, I use GLUT because: 1) osgviewer got odd keyboard related bugs 2) sdl doesn't work well with Swedish keyboard layout, the AltGr breaks and since flaps ([) is AltGr-8....... > * Some bugs turned up with multiplayer play. I think I've fixed these, but > some more > testing would be good; > > * Without patches to OSG that have been submitted to osg-submissions, startup > time is > noticeably longer. > > Nevertheless, the patch is quite usable with OSG 2.2. Give it a try if you're > feeling > adventurous. > > Tim -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
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