Hi All, I'd like to propose having random buildings enabled in preferences.xml, so they are switched on by default. I think they improve the realism of our Urban, Suburban and Town sceneries significantly.
I ran a poll on the forums to determine the fps impact of the random buildings (http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=16204). Out of 15 responses - 5 had no frame-rate impact - 5 had minimal impact (one or two fps) - 4 had noticeable impact, but considered it worthwhile - 1 had noticeable impact, and would have to consider enabling it on a flight-by-flight basis - 0 reported a major impact on frame-rate that would preclude switching it on. Here on the list, James (at least) has noticed really significant fps impact. There is a significant memory footprint, but this appears to be only an issue when using building densities >1. At present our default is for random vegetation and random objects to be switched on, both of which also have fps and memory impacts. I'd therefore like to suggest that we enable the random buildings by default as well. Does anyone have any objections, or want to second the proposal? -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
