Curtis Olson wrote: > How much memory do you have? Is it possible to add some memory to get > yourself up to maybe at least 512Mb total? If you are running this > under linux, there are easy ways to look at your total system memory, > how much memory is out in swap, how much memory the FlightGear > application is taking, etc. Probably similar tools under windows, but > I'm less familiar with system level debugging there. > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > > Michael Smith wrote: > > Curtis Olson wrote: > > > >> In the pre-osg version, I believe the cache size was scaled > relative > >> to the visibility (i.e. for some particular visibilty, a certain > >> number of tiles need to be loaded in order to cover all the visible > >> earth, and then the cache was set to some number higher than > that so > >> that we wouldn't get thrashing.) I don't recall the exact > formula ... > >> maybe something like 2*n + 1 (where n is the number of visible > >> tiles.) I don't know if this concept was carried forward to > the OSG > >> version ,but you might try limiting visibility and that should > reduce > >> the number of tiles being loaded. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Curt. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Michael Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > wrote: > >> > >> Michael Smith wrote: > >> > I have tried plenty of things to get fg to run on this > old piece of > >> > junk but I am getting tired only being able to fly water > routes > >> (i.e. > >> > island to island). If I try to fly over land, it gets > slower and > >> > slower over time, so I want to know how to lower how much > >> scenery gets > >> > cached (not affraid to edit code here). > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > >> > > >> > > >> Anybody? I really want to know this. > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's > >> challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK > & win > >> great prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in > >> the world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > >> <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flightgear-devel mailing list > >> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >> <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> > >> <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's challenge > >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes > >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world > >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Flightgear-devel mailing list > >> Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > >> > >> > > Hmm, Ok, I will try this, but if there is another way (I > wouldn't want > > IFR flight on a shiney bright day at TNCM :), I would like to know. > > Thanks Curt. > > > > > > Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere > in the world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-devel mailing list > > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > > Ok, I tried a short route in my 777 (KSFO - KATL) and had 10 fps > leaving > KSFO ( that is shocking btw, I only ever get 1 there) and through the > flight at FL350 i get between 7 and 15 FPS, but once I came down where > the ground could be seen, the fps went and stayed at 1 - 2 fps and > I had > to kill because I can't land that. Any other suggestions on how I > could > do this or any other way (I have disabled everything in Rendering > Options besides Display FPS and Show Chat Messages and have had > model-hz > set to 90) I could make fg stop munching my ram to pieces? > > -- > Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> (mdsmith2) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > > > -- > Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > <http://baron.flightgear.org/%7Ecurt/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > I have 376 MB of physical ram and 2 gigs of swap (I know, its a little bit) and plan to get a gig of DDR ram eventually but will take too long and I would like something to keep me flying until I can get it. Most of the time Flightgear takes up to 97% of total memory (X11 takes the other 2% and misc. takes the rest)(I use Linux FTR).
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