Patch Beta 2 - v15866 - October 5, 2011

[TonyD]

Hi luthier.

I ran Black Death before and after this patch, along with free flight over Dover and London, and found the following:
- BD ran with a slightly higher average frame rate, despite explosions being more resource hungry. Cloud no longer renders in front of propeller. Less of a difference in average frame rate between first and subsequent runs (improved caching?). Definite improvement in sound quality and timing.
- Larger performance hit when igniting fuel depot in Dover, but better frame rate once the depot is burning. Cockpit shadows and shadows in general seem more defined. Terrain colours/lighting appear more natural, but cockpit appears a bit over-saturated (default time of day). Sun is truly blinding, as I guess it should be.
- London runs at a higher frame rate, and is in general a smoother experience. ‘Popping’ of building textures seems unchanged. On this note, as others have suggested, is it not possible to change the default colour of un-textured buildings to grey instead of brown – I think that this would make them a lot less obvious when not using the ‘unlimited’ setting.

General: those blue lines on the horizon are back, and although not as obvious as they were previously, are still a huge disappointment. New music is a nice touch.

Salute!