Low FPS when head turned towards my 6

[PhoenixDu]

Hi,

 

I have FC 1.1 and in cockpit view I generally have good FPS, however if I turn my head to look towards my 3-5 o'clock, or my 9-7 o'clock the FPS normally halves and the sim becomes unplayable, especially in a turn fight.

 

I did a test, flying the Su25T in the second standard mission.

 

After waiting approx 30 seconds after mission start and looking left right a number of times.

 

Whilst aircraft on the ground

Looking forward 33fps

Looking past my 3/9 o'clock 15/16 fps

 

= Approx 50% fps drop

 

Whilst aircraft in the air

 

Looking forward 42fps

Looking past my 3/9 o'clock 19/21 fps

 

= approx 50% fps drop.

 

Any ideas what might be causing this,or is there a fix available?

 

Thanks

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

Same here! Did you mess with cockpit angle in view.lua?

[Guest DeathAngelBR]

Maybe because you're looking at huge textures and more polygons? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[britgliderpilot]

Hmmn . . .

 

 

Can you tell us what graphics card you have, what your AA/AF settings are, and whether you have canopy reflections turned on?

 

 

There is a known FPS clash between the pixel shaders and the scratches on the canopy - could possibly be causing your problem. I think there's a mod for fewer canopy scratches, otherwise turn off canopy reflections.

[PhoenixDu]

I have not changed the cockpit angle in view.lua.

 

I have a P4 3.2 CPU and a 6600GT and run the sim at 1280*1024 with 2xAA and no AF.

 

If the slowdown was due to the extra textures and polygons being drwan, wouldn't I get the same slowdown on external views when viewing the whole aircraft?

 

I will retest with cockpit reflections turned off.

 

Thanks

[Guest IguanaKing]

Is the slow-down always there? Usually, with all of the aircraft, the first time you look back at the wings, you'll get a momentary FPS drop as the weapons textures are loaded into memory. Once they are loaded, you should no longer notice such a dramatic drop in FPS.