On Thursday 29 May 2008 16:59:55 John Donoghue wrote: > Is there anyway to cap the frame rate of updates. > > Setting the frame rate display option shows that flightgear is updating at > 90fps, but using 100% CPU. > > If I could limit the frame rate to some lesser value, I would have cpu > cycles spare perhaps. > > I am running an external FCM that is only u[pdating 5 x per second (using > fg as visualization, rather than a full blown sim), so a much smaller frame > rate wouldnt hurt anytthing.
try setting --prop:/sim/frame-rate-throttle-hz=<what ever frame rate you want to use> You should probably use a value that is an multipule of the rate of your FDM (like <what ever frame rate you want to use> = 10 or 15). Hal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
