Actually, their recommended setup is far more than you actually need most of
the time. Only on certain terrains (known as maps to you guys) or when you
have multiple vehicles present on the map at once in single-player mode, do
framerates become a major issue. Keep in mind that RoR works on both
DirectX as well as OpenGL, so adjust your settings to see which works better
for you (personally, OpenGL gives me a better detail level, but DirectX runs
faster - others have had the opposite results).
The flight and sail simulations are pretty basic - more game-like than
simulation-like, although the potential is there to make it much better.
However, the vast majority of their userbase (which is LARGE and VERY
active) use this as a game just for the damage modeling and most use it for
offroading, so the flight and sail sections are pretty neglected and not
much is available at this time. They are also working on incorporating rail
simulation into RoR as well, so that may pop up soon. Their goal is to be a
"good overall simulation system for all types of people and vehicles" rather
than an "excellent simulation for one type of people and vehicle".
It is, however, a LOT of fun :) :)
-Jason
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Michael Smith <mdsmi...@highland.net> wrote:
> On 4/1/2010 5:44 AM, Heiko Schulz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In the forum someone send a really interesting link to an OpenSource (GNU
> GPL v3) Simulator, which has features, which are- to be honest- really,
> really outstanding!
> >
> > http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/pages/Portal/
> >
> > It contains everyting: Drive-, Sail-, and Flightsimulation.
> > It is based on soft-body physics and Blade-Element-Theory.
> >
> > The graphics are also very nice and allows to use several different
> terrain-models.
> >
> > I didn't try it yet, the hardware recommendations are pretty hard....
> >
> > Cheers and Happy easter
> > Heiko
> >
> > still in work: http://www.hoerbird.net/galerie.html
> > But already done: http://www.hoerbird.net/reisen.html
> >
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> This looks pretty interesting...
> I will have to give it a try as I have always wanted a free sailing
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