ETO docks - any problems?

[Pat Pattle]

Is anyone having frame rate problems with the docks and harbours in their ETO install? There have been comments on these forums recently but before we change the facility files we'd like some opinions please.

This mainly affects the UK. A good test is to fly from Hawkinge then head east up the coast to Dover, or from Martlesham and head for the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich.

The facility files can be thinned out for better fps but it's at the expense of eye-candy and targets.

cheers,

Pat

 

[sp1t2]

Using external view:approx 20fps
Cockpit view: 30+fps

 

[Old Tiger]

Using external view:approx 29fps
Cockpit view: 30+fps, but I have a new power house PC
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHzProcessor Speed2.34 GHzMemory (RAM)4096 MBOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows XP ProfessionalOperating System Version5.1.2600
Vid card GeForce 8800 GT


All sliders set a 5 except clouds is 3

 

[loverboy1]

i got no issues ,,,,so far touch wood .


quad core vista - machine

 

[Pat Pattle]

Thanks guys, but doesn't anyone have an average machine?? :costumes:

 

[grizzly50]

Pat Pattle...you've got mail.

And Merry Christmas.:d

 

[chriseponymous]

My machine is pretty average and I noticed great improvement around Dover and the Portsmouth area with the update to ETO. I had resorted to removing Gosport docks just so I could fly near Portsmouth previously but I dont seem to get many problems now. Ive got a 1.8 processor with 1 gig ram and a 256mb graphics card. Ive got my graphics set at 554451. As frame rates are concerned Ill have to get back to you on that one

 

[Pat Pattle]

My machine is pretty average and I noticed great improvement around Dover and the Portsmouth area with the update to ETO.

Glad to hear the improvements to that patch worked. As there's a big difference in all our pc's we might end up doing a low and high res version of the harbours so that the 'lucky' ones can keep the eye candy.

Also, for those like me with lower end pc's the FS Autostart proggy helps a lot with fps....

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/FSAutoStart--build-Download-14374.html

 

[chriseponymous]

Thanks for the patch Pat! I get around 10 - 12 FPS which is good enough for small dogfights and bombing attacks. I use the FS Autostart after your advise in a previous thread and it does make a difference. :ernae:

 

[peterpan]

AMD Athlon 2.2ghz/RAM 3GB/Nvidia 6600GT- scenery set 3 clouds 2

At 10k feet lowest frps 35 over Dover Folkstone - at 500 feet 18

Leaving Hawkinge frps 60

Hope this helps

peter

 

[wsmwsm]

A steady 28-29 FPS over Folkstone and Dover from 5000 feet down to treetop level. Drops to about 19 FPS once a facility is on fire.

Gateway GM5474, Vista, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000 +3.0GHz, 32-bit operating system, 2.0 GB Memory (RAM).