Dust / Smoke

[Dano]

Same here, serious fps issues with any dust and clouds, not had the chance to test smoke recently.

[Tavingon]

Please fix, for me game runs like a dream but when the smoke errupts its killed! If there is an option to halve the amount that would be a nice compromise

[satchenko]

Tavingon what is your System Spec ?

[Trooper117]

I get a slight slow down with dust, but not a game killer, I'm just aware that its happening.

[NedLynch]

Yup same here as well as clouds.
The sad thing about clouds is, it's a realism setting, they actually influence the aircraft negatively when you fly through them performance wise, make your instruments go nuts if you don't have or turn on your pitot heater and of course the pilot with reduced visibility. So it's really desireable to have them on if you want realism.
But on the upside the clouds as well as the whole graphics engine are still not final, as Luthier stated in the future plans, with a reworked graphics engine we should experience a 50% performance increase.

[AMVI_Superblu]

I am experiencing the same problem with ground dust, less with smoke from burning aircrafts or crashed ones, but no problems with clouds (losing around 5 fps, not that bad).
My rig is in the sign.

Maybe some particular setting in my AMD Vision Control Center ?

yes for me too...look at performance threads...

[PeterPanPan]

Not really noticed any significant drop in fps with dust and smoke EXCEPT when there's a massive fireball from one of the large fuel silos going up.

PPP

[Tavingon]

Originally Posted by satchenko

Tavingon what is your System Spec ?

Triple 2.3ghz processor, 4gb ram, hd RADEON 4800

nothing to do with the systems...I have i7920 OC 3.5Ghz, GTX470 TF2 OC to 790MHZ and 6GB of RAM and have slowdown near effects (dust etc..)