On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 12:38:25PM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> Keith Whitwell wrote:
> > 
> > Simon Fowler wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 07:46:22AM +0100, Keith Whitwell wrote:
> > > > I think you've done everything I asked.  I've found a problem with isosurf
> > > > which might be related:  Put it into 'reflect' mode and then back to 'lit'
> > > > mode and move around -- the lighting is wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Keith
> > >
> > > Okay, I've fiddled around with things a bit more, and discovered
> > > some new stuff.
> > >
> > > Firstly, the dark textures problem only shows up for me with scenery
> > > in the US - I've tried European, Australian, and African locations,
> > > and they're all fine, bright, and exactly as they should be.
> > >
> > > Secondly, on top of the dark textures I get very serious reduction
> > > in framerates when looking at the 3d models of the aircraft from
> > > certain directions: basically, anything where the propellers are
> > > obscured by some of the airframe. The framerate drops from 20-25fps
> > > to around 6fps, and the cutoff is very sharp. But I only see this
> > > slowdown at airports where I also see the textures problem.
> > >
> > > The US scenery is much more detailed than the scenery elsewhere in
> > > the world - somewhere around twice the size in terms of disk space,
> > > and presumably similarly more complex in terms of polygons and the
> > > like. Could this be causing or contributing to these problems?
> > >
> 
> I've committed another fix which may or may not be related to this problem.
> 
> Keith

I updated, rebuilt, and restarted the Xserver, and there's no change
on either front (except that when it's running full speed, it seems
to be a bit faster than it was ;-).

Simon

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