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Frame rate test with clouds and cityscape
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Laos
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tagInstall2021last edited: 22-04-2021Frame rate test HD capture with Xbox game capture
For some ?? reason the capture file was only twice the size of my usual stuttery captures, at 630mb instead of ~ 300mb. That's fine, I can live with that. But - HD and no stuttering.
So the workflow changes again... I'll do the preflight - map - drone footage in OBS, do the inflight with the Xbox game capture, and splice them together post flight in Windows 'Photos' app.
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So the workflow changes again... I'll do the preflight - map - drone footage in OBS, do the inflight with the Xbox game capture, and splice them together post flight in Windows 'Photos' app.
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tagGraphics2021last edited: 30-04-2021Recon flight at Incheon, South Korea | Evening
Take the same flight plan and change one or two variables (time of day, altitude) and you get a whole different experience!
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South Korea
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tagGraphics2021last edited: 20-07-2021Dave Whiteside of Rowan released this information about tweaking the graphics settings.
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airline_seat_recline_extraEnemy Engaged Apache vs. Havoc
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tagAtmospheric Perspective1998last edited: 09-06-2021
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tagGraphics1998last edited: 09-06-2021
airline_seat_recline_extraMech Warrior 4: Vengeance
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tagReview1999last edited: 17-03-2024
I tested the frame rate on a static scene (Sydney airport). The results ranged from 85 fps down to 16 fps.
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tagGraphics2004last edited: 16-02-2022Clouds
A look behind the scenes at how artists and programmers create the clouds in the world of flight sim.
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tagGraphicsFrame rate test in Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 --/o\--
airline_seat_recline_extraMSFS 2020
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tagInstall2021last edited: 22-04-2021Microsoft Flight Simulator: the technology
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tagSimulatedPatch 1.15.7.0 Frame Rate test --/o\-- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 --/o\--
Unfortunately I haven't yet optimised my OBS recording pipeline. OBS is running on a second PC and is introducing it's own lag and stutters.
Anyway the FPS counter tallies with what I saw - a smooth experience hovering around 50fps.
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tagConfiguration2021last edited: 15-04-2021
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tagMiGMan’s Combat Diary
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tagComparisonlast edited: 21-03-2024
But in the 1990's it was a revolutionary step and activating it placed huge demands on the graphics hardware and specifically the CPU's of the day.
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After a couple of days research, asking questions on the Prepar3D forum and reading/watching some of
the resources I've linked to here, I came up with a solution which satisfied my requirement of a convincing representation of the fast jet terrain hugging flight profile.
airline_seat_recline_extraPrepar3D
local_airportLockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
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precision_manufacturingIndia Foxt Echo
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tagWater2020last edited: 16-10-2020
The MSCFS engine exaggerated the "blue shift" to great effect, creating an effective sense of distance and depth.
airline_seat_recline_extraRed Star over Korea
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tagGraphics2002last edited: 25-03-2024
CGA > VGA > SVGA > 3DFX, the 1990’s saw quantum leaps in computer graphics, the likes of which will probably never be seen again.
precision_manufacturing3DFX
tagGraphics1998last edited: 04-04-2024
I enjoy flying the F-16 fast and at treetop level... who wouldn't! But at all levels I was getting stuttering and slowdowns. The stuttering being much more immersion breaking that any slowdown. Anyway, cutting to the chase after hours and hours and hours over many nights, I worked out the single most important graphic setting (for my rig). And it's one I would NEVER have guessed.
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local_airportLockheed Martin F-16 Falcon
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tagGraphics2020last edited: 13-10-2020Reflections
Reflections of light and colour, often subtle, are one of our strongest cues to visual reality, a subject which was explored with a vengeance by the Impressionist painters. Modern graphics hardware does a great job of rendering reflections in real time.
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tagAtmospheric Perspective2023Scenery Technology in Flight Simulation
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tagHistory2021last edited: 10-03-2021
compare_arrowsThe sense and nonsense of FPS (link)
Great guide to FPS in flight sims.
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tagGraphicslast edited: 09-10-2020
compare_arrowsWineD3D For Windows (link)
WineD3D For Windows is a DirectX 1-11 to OpenGL wrapper based on WineD3D, which is an almost full implementation of DirectX used in Wine. Even if Windows supports DirectX natively, using WineD3D can enhance backwards compatiblity with older games, especially on Windows 8 and newer that don't support 16 bit screen modes. Another possible use is to emulate unsupported versions of DirectX, or porting DirectX applications to OpenGL without having to rewrite the rendering code. Please note that WineD3D is far from perfect, and many games will not work.