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Hi all.

In another section, I posted a download of a Gmaxed object that uses attachments to add 9 fx_obslight.fx to increase the intensity of the lighting. It works fine, but I did notice a loss of FPS.

As a test, I reworked the effect itself to produce a similar light... 5 instances of the bright phase, instead of one, all offset slightly. The end result was fine, but there was a similar loss of FPS ( averaging almost 1 frame loss over the default fx_obslight.fx ).

Just a warning about the cost of using effects.

Dick
 
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Hi Dick,

This is interesting.

I want to do a test where I place a certain effect (light for example) a lot of times in a small area (like placing lighting on an airport) and then see how much frame influence that has.

As we can't use the LIGHT_ options with the new gamepack anymore, effects seem the best options, so I want to know what the frame influence is of placing a lot of effects in a certain area.
 
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Hi Arno.

I think we'll find the framerate hit is considerable. :mad:

It looks like altering textures, to give scenery the illusion of light, is the way to go. The experiment is worth a try.. at least we'll know.

Dick
 
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Hi Dick,

That is also what I expect. When placing a lot of LIGHT_LAND lights with the Fs2002 gamepack I already noticed that that can have a big influence on the frames.

I just want to try with a small test if I can put some figures on the frame effect.

Using semi-transparant textures to simulate the light effect does not give the desired result as well in all cases, because these polygons are placed on top of the markings etc, and that makes for example the yellow taxilines hard to see.

I guess we'll never have one perfect method :).
 
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I have created some quite heavy amounts of light effects for our new scenery. I am noticing only the same kind of frame drop as the LIGHT_LAND method.

Also, I think the LIGHT_LAND does work if you neame the texture and not the object. (Still testing that).
 
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