Well, I'm still getting everything set up after moving to a new OS (Centos 5.2) and ran into a frame rate oddity. I am using the v0.9.10 FedoraCore prebuilt package, just to test things out before going to the trouble of compiling the current code. I finally found out how to build a kernel module for the analog joystick, it was incredibly difficult to find out how to do this, but pretty simple once I had the right instructions.
There are a couple issues left. One is a wide disparity of frame rates. When loading the A-10 aircraft, I get about 7 FPS over water, 5 FPS looking at scenery in the default SFO area. I also get occasional very jerky frame rates that look a lot worse than 5 FPS. But, with the T38, I get 28 FPS most of the time, which is perfectly acceptable, and I don't seem to notice those jerky moments, either. I am using the --disable-clouds command, and have renamed the Textures.high directory to keep fgfs from using that (recommended by a post on the group). I have a 64 MB Nvidia GeForce4 MX440. So, any ideas why the A-10 has such terrible frame rates, and the T38 is fine? Is it the instrument panel? I switched to the 2D panel (which is pretty unusable) but it seems to make no difference in frame rate. All the above frame rates are in full-screen 1280 x 1024 mode. The default frame size runs slightly faster, maybe 10-12 FPS with the A-10, but still choppy. One other quirk I noticed is if I got to full screen during the splash display, everything is OK. If I wait until the FGFS display has started, it takes a LONG time for the full-screen display to rebuild, and the frame rate is roughly 1-2 frames per MINUTE! Once FGFS has started, any change to the screen display mode causes this extreme slowdown. Anyone else ever seen this? Thanks, Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
