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Subject:    Re: [Flightgear-devel] (no subject)
From:       merspieler <merspieler () airmail ! cc>
Date:       2019-02-28 20:21:01
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generally i'd prefer bad visuals + good performance over good visuals +
bad performance as default. AFAIK FSX and XP run some checks about the
used hardware to determinate the default options to use.

Another idea would be at first start of the launcher... ask which
default option set should be used:


Which default options do you want to use?
* Basic Visuals - Provides better performance on slow hardware.
* Advanced Visuals - Looks better, might cause problems on slow hardware.
* Keep current settings. (In case the dialog was called by "mistake" eg.
after update of fg)


IMO this would give the best control to the new user.



mike.d.ft402@gmail.com:
> I noticed that GUI with the default pixelated font quickly eats up FPS
> if you have large dialogs / a lot of dialogs, and the antialiased
> fonts weren't as legible before the PLIB fixes by James but this is
> not the case anymore, so I think making Tortola style the default
> would be good (but perhaps with a bit smaller font size).
> 
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 01:11:00PM +0000, Brendan Black wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 12:41 PM Megaf <mmegaf@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Checking OpenGL version and adjusting accordingly is indeed a nice idea.
>>> If OpenGL > 4
>>> Then enable 3D clouds and ALS
>>> if OpenGL < 4 and > 3
>>> then enable 3D clouds
>>> else keep 3D clouds and ALS off.
>>
>>
>> This may be a driver/OS thing, but one my dev machines is a Lenovo T430s
>> with an integrated HD4000 running Ubuntu
>>
>> I run ALS & 3d Clouds & it reports OpenGL 3.0 in Help => About
>>
>> I've never had issues with it being slow - I just can't have the graphics
>> sliders at max as that has caused issues with glsl shaders in the past. I
>> set debug=>cycle-gui as that appears to make things a bit smoother
>>
>> I just tested a shuttle launch with it & it worked fine
>> -- 
>> Brendan Black
> 
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