Huge fps drop when flying over clouds (dens 10)

[Kaptein_Damli]

I tried the F-15 mission when you have to escort some bombers, and the mission starts over a big cloud field. I got like 10-12 fps at most...Strange, cause I got 40-60 all other places! Maybe 30 around cities but why is the sky so hard to render? The clouds look the same, why is the clouds so fps hungry? I got a new card too, ASUS 7600 GS but that isn´t helping...Have P4 3.0 GHZ 1 GB RAM, 400 MHZ FSB.

 

Is there any possiblity to turn off clouds while flying the campaing? I can do it in mission but haven´t tried to turn off in campaing. Is there any fps tweaks regarding the clouds? Most by bad programmed. All this clouds look the same, why does it needs so much rendering?

[Black_Hawk]

It is because the clouds have so much polys.

There's a overcast mod that could give you better fps, but it's only for the basic haze settings.

 

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