Hi guys! Many thanks for looking this up and replying!
This is actually not the first usage of the Bessarabia (or the Slovakia map for that matter) on the UK-Dedicated servers. It's beautifully done and there are currently three scenarios being run on it for just UK-1. I think UK-3 has some more scenarios. We like the maps very much!
To answer some questions:
1) This, so far as I can tell, is not a problem specific to my computer as it was an issue with others playing on the map as well. I have had some problems recently so that was my first thought. But if it was then I would be more likely to have problems all over the place but in this case the answer is no.
2) For this scenario the Odessa Online map is being used rather than the full map (great idea to do that). In the other scenarios we use the Iasi online map which has no performance issues like this.
3) I checked to see if this was a concentration of objects problem. I'm pretty good at recognizing this but I wanted to be sure. Berlin causes no such slow down. Neither does Leningrad. Sure the FPS drops when you're over the cities... makes sense. The FPS dropping because you're looking in a specific direction but not looking at anything resource intensive is a bit different!
4) I believe I know what causes the FPS loss. I flew around just now on the Odessa online map and my normal fps is around 100 fps to 130 fps. That is looking at different villages and other objects from 50 to 2000 meters. I even flew over Odessa where the numbers were between 80 to 100 fps depending on the field of view. If I go narrow angle field of view (displays more objects) I may see 55 fps. So in other words I'm doing pretty well
Now... this time around when I was looking at one specific airbase the fps dropped to a stutery 30 fps. It's not your normal 30 fps. Sure it says the number but it's just not smooth at all. Even mouse movements are effected slightly.
I've highlighted the base in question so others can try to replicate.
The key thing in all this is that the problem exists even when you're say in grid BC11 looking in the direction of this base. Otherwise we'd just plan around not using that particular airstrip.
Someone else check it so I don't seem crazy