Friday Update, March 30, 2012

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by klem

From a non-coder...

We didn't have this problem in IL-2 '46.

In modded versions of '46, where particle effects are used with great abandon it is indeed a problem. I had to turn off the new smoke, fire and cloud effects in HSFX otherwise several of my more active missions became unplayable.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by klem

From a non-coder...

would it be possible to have this selectable as in some kind of old fashioned effect that doesn't hammer the fps ('particle effect OFF') and the new super particle effect ('particle effect ON'). Could this be a solution? We didn't have this problem in IL-2 '46.

I don't suffer from the problem (perhaps I've never seen a concentrated effect) but it might let more people into the game.

I may be wrong, but I thought I remember the particle effect for FB/IL2 being a problem when it was first implimented back in 2004ish. Either the release of the patch or the release of the effect was delayed because of issues. I do remember folks ooooohing and ahhhhing when the video of take off dust trailing behind planes was shown.