cannot reproduce SC night lighting tanking my frames in 2.7

[Deano87]

As per thread title. Anybody else noticing that the night lighting on the super carrier is tanking their FPS since 2.7? I enjoy night carrier ops and haven’t had an issue before now but in 2.7 my frames take a big hit, this happens in both screen and VR and is of course more noticeable in VR.

 

Cheers

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Edited April 21, 2021 by Deano87

[fagulha]

Yup. The tower lights of the carrier take a hit in my fps. I´ve noticed it happens with the cockpit closed and when looking to the tower. 

[Deano87]

This is still a big issue for me. In VR my framerate goes from a stable 45 being on deck with aircraft moving around during the day to mid/low-20s at night with the island lighting. I'd love to see a Special Options checkbox for the SC  with "Simplified Night Lighting" as an option for people on lower-end rigs. 

[Deano87]

Ok, My curiosity got the better of me and I decided to open up the SC model in Model Viewer and take a look at how many lights the island currently has...

Well, I'm honestly not surprised my frame rates take a hit with ~ 60 lights being computed.

I think so many of these could be culled and replaced with very few lights, mainly the large clusters of lights above Pri Fly.

I think each one of those could be replaced with a single emitter for each direction, and with that alone you could probably cut 20+ lights from the total.

Again, I suggest this as a option for people who want better FPS and are willing to take a hit on how nice or realistic the lighting will look. I'd be absolutely happy to have lighting that just kinda sells the look of the night deck without it being perfect if it means I can start and taxi to the cat without wanting to vomit from the stuttering.

I notice that all the animation Args that activate these lights are single sided, from 0-1, I dunno if you could have a thinned out version show at -1 and then have a Special Options tickbox for "Simplified Night Lighting" which would activate those instead. I don't know enough about the DCS animation system to know if that would work.

Anyway just my 2 cents.

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[Nealius]

Aren't those floods supposed to be off during cyclic ops anyways? We need some kind of trigger through the Mission Editor or comms menu to turn those floods on or off.

[fagulha]

I have no more FPS issues with night lights on the island of the carrier at night as my last comment last year. But it´s good to now how many lights are projected with modelviwer.

Now it only happens if it is raining and the FPS drop of course due to light and rain.

Edited March 2, 2022 by fagulha

[wilbur81]

Yep, I go from the mid 40's by day to 18-20 FPS at night.

[NineLine]

Please create a new report with all needed info now that this has changed. Thanks.