FFX 737 model textures hitting performance

[Midnight Music 252]

The new FFX 737s are really great and loads of fun, but the textures everyone is doing are so dense, there is a big pause everytime I go to spot view or engine and wing view. Does anyone else experience this? Is there any way to cure this? I have a relatively fast computer a P4 2.4 with a 64mb GeForce4 Ti4200 card and 512k of ram. I do use AA in my hardware settings.Lee

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I have a similar system to yours, but with AA turned off. I 've found the same "issue" with the FFX textures. I go from 25 fps in flight in 2d cockpit mode, to 4 fps in spot view. These things are MONSTERS! As far as I know, there's not much that can be done, other than hope someone makes a texture set that doesn't weigh in at 5mb zipped up. Anyone else who's knowledgeable about textures have any ideas?Rob D.

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Don't know why, but I haven't had these problems.Athlon 1.2512 ramATI Radeon 9500 Pro with AA on.Ranger Dave

[Guest]

Ranger Dave,Could be the video card. We're using the 64MB GeForce stuff, while you have the ATI. Just a thought...Rob D.

[Guest FS_freak]

I don't have that problem either and I am using an Athlon 650 with 256MB PC-100 RAM. Must be my Voodoo 3500 card:-lolTo think I was planning on "upgrading" to Nvidia. If only Gates had not put 3DFX out of business I would be able to add reflections and water effects to my great frame rates. Then this would be THE card!Cheers,Mauricio

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One other thing you may want to look at is are the textures mip mapped? If so, remove the mip maps with image tool and that may help. Personally I despise mip mapping and I never mip map any of my repaints because of frame and blurry issues. Every aircraft that I download, I check to see if they are mip mapped and if so, remove them immediatly. It's time consuming but worth it.Unfortunatly, I can't control how our painters or others create their work. I am told that with DXT tool (or what ever its called) it does this automatically, and a lot of painters use this tool. Your video card is more than adequate to give you decent frame rates.Mike BaumannFlight FX Design GroupStewart Global Aircraft

[Midnight Music 252]

Thanks Mike for the suggestion. Is image tool (DXT tool?) an add on that we can download? I'll do a search on it.Lee

[Guest Coneman]

I've noticed the same thing, but not quite as bad. The textures are 32bit and that has a big hit on frame rates. Delta and Continental are the two I've noticed this with so far (738). I might try to convert them to DXT3 with no mips and see what happens.Todd

[Guest ben_hewitt]

They are hitting framerates cause most paints are saved in 32bit without mips...this i a highest quality format which I know i always save in!. Maybe resaving them in a lower (degrading) format such as DXT 3 With Alpha will help those frames. To do this get your self a copy of DXT BMP and open up the textures from the paint and save them again without mips but as DXT 3 with alpha option! :)