http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/vas-usage-related-to-water-detail-settings/

 

very interesting!

 

 

Vic

Interesting, indeed.

 

I wonder if deleting these files or replacing them with dummy files will decrease the VAS consumption and, if it does, to what degree.

 

I personally don't have many problems with VAS, but it is nice to see that they are looking into these things.

Interesting indeed! Thanks Vic. Just need someone whose handy with image manipulation to resize the "stubs"...please and thanks.

+1 Well spotted and thanks for posting this little snippet Vic.

Thanks for posting this very informative.

 

 

Steve.

Thanks for posting Vic, explains a few VAS issues I was having with oceans.

 

Cheers, Rob.

Yep,

 

I also notice massive VAS drops and I even read this thread on orbx forums about this - similar thread is on LM forums too.  Great job Beau

 

http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/100681-potential-massive-vas-leak-area-found-pnw-kors-to-cyvr/

 

Can someone resize these files or something

I think Rich S. is going to volunteer for the job ... Rich??  

 

Cheers, Rob.

+1 Rob. I think that Rich has WAY too much time on his hands! 

If these ocean texture files are loaded and not used, what about other texture files related to scenery ? It is a step in the right direction, but I'd be interested to know from others whether this will impact a scenario where you are loaded up at London Heathrow for example? Will ocean files load up in this scenario too or only when the ocean scenery is within LOD range?

Interesting. I would also point folks to the pinned topic on optimizing and mipmapping textures. Let me tell you that has also made a huge difference for me. FSDreamteam KLAX, for example, has always been a major VAS hog. Several of the texture files were over 12,000 kb. After compressing and optimizing, these files are now 5000 kb or less and downsized to 1024 px. Now I have no VAS issues flying into KLAX in the NGX. I have plenty of room left (meaning 600,000 to 800,000 remaining) after parking at the gate. Best part is the airport still looks great, even up close.

 

I can't wait to try Beau's suggestions too.

 

Cheers,

 

Todd

I didnt get file changes to work maybe I am mis-understanding the down sizing waiting for others to chime in

I think Neil from fight or flight fame has done the conversion - so hang in there guys - at first glance it appears I did the same thing but not to the files Beau said were ok to move out of folder

I think Neil from fight or flight fame has done the conversion - so hang in there guys

 

Richie, you little snitch!

Alright, I followed the instructions from Beau and converted the files with irfanview and imagetool (from the SDK)

 

Disclaimer: for the love of...Rob. BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFOREHAND in case you need/want to revert

EDIT: Read this post first - http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/vas-usage-related-to-water-detail-settings/#post-112054 This zip file was made before this post from Beau.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxnc6en0v7y2w6o/Tex.zip?dl=0

 

I also resized the files that Beau said were ok to rename/remove just to be on the safe side. I've been fairly busy tonight so I haven't had time to test.

If you do test them out, let us know how it goes.

Ebs,

 

Thanks - is this after Beau's latest reply on LM site or prior to reading it.

 

Thanks again for the files.  Will test them shortly