On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:44:23 -0700, Jack wrote in message <cb531d8f-ae04-421c-995f-f5a32f042...@yahoo.com>:
> Thanks, Curt, > > I tried your recommendation. The flashing airplane skin went away. > The perceived frame rate improved from less then one frame per second > to about three frames per second to a frame rate of better than three > frames per second. The performance is still better using v > 2.0.0.r284. The scenery looks better with that version, too. > > Jack ..which graphics card does your mac use? > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > > > Hi Jack, > > > > Here's something to try (and if it is helpful, please let us know). > > > > Under "Main Menu" -> "View" -> "Rendering Options" there is a > > "Shader Effects" section. Likely "Material Shaders" will be > > checked, but none of the individual items will be turned on. Try > > unchecking "Shader Effects". On an imac here that got me back to > > smooth frame rates again. > > > > I think there was some discussion of this on the forum along with a > > command line option that will set this to off automatically on > > startup. > > > > Regards, > > > > Curt. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Jack Moore <jhmoore...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: I downloaded and installed FlightGear v 2.4 for MacOS last > > night. I installed it on top of FlightGear v 2.0. When I opened fg > > at KSFO with the default Cessna 172, the skin of the aircraft was > > flashing and had weird patterns that kept changing. Redrawing of > > the window became very sluggish, about one frame every 2 seconds. > > > > I thought that installing over v 2.0 may have been an issue, so I > > moved flightgear from Applications to trash, emptied trash, opened > > a terminal, removed ~/.fgfs and reinstalled v 2.4. The problem > > persisted. > > > > I removed v 2.4 as above and reinstalled v 2.0. v 2.0 appears to > > work as expected. > > > > Is this a known problem? If so is it something that will be fixed > > in a later version? > > > > Jack > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-users mailing list > > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > > > > > > > -- > > Curtis Olson: > > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > > http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev_______________________________________________ > > Flightgear-users mailing list > > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
