11 minutes ago, Mike_CFII_MEL said:

Wouldn't that leave flicker/stutters while making any type of turn since X-Plane has no idea which way we will maneuver the aircraft and has to wait until we begin the turn to add the data?

Valid concern. But unlikely since

- Elements are more "LOD'D" than before

- X-Plane already does Frustrum culling to some extent, so you're already on the worst case scenario*
- Smaller chunks means smarter thread/core dispatching.
 

 

*I'm using an asterix here. I believe Sidney once told me there is an instance where you can get worse than that. And that's if a quad/tris extends massively outside your view frustrum.

10 hours ago, DeltaWho said:

We are aware of night-lighting extension addons, which seem to place physical light.objs. I'm not going to pretend I understand how they work, however I'm going to assume... 

1) Their origins are not usually within the tile itself
2) They have to overlap, which means overdraw

 

 

There are other ways around it. The best is if you can just bake the LIT texture into your autogen or ortho. And some users have done that. We also ship FAR LIT textures with our current scenery.
 

The Extended light sources have been added as an overlay, as far as the lit tiles, I know them well. I've made numerous changes in them to adjust for my night lighting edits.

All Nine LIT Tiles
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hq5ubmpeVX6ienh0dJDjJBkS5fTXa5DO/edit

Edited March 18Mar 18 by Mike_CFII_MEL

27 minutes ago, DeltaWho said:

 

 

If it can handle a heli's doing pirouettes then it should be good enough for the big iron.