Working with Blender

[Stephen1918]

On 6/11/2026 at 10:13 PM, HvitiVikingurrin said:

Yes, the struggle for frame rates is a constant problem. Especially on weak PCs, like mine, for example (I'm still on XP). My game setup particularly doesn't like 4K skins, but when they are reduced to 1024x1024, the game runs much smoother...

The stock planes in FE all have 512x512 skins, which is 1/4 the size of a 1024x1024 skin. I reduced most of the skins in my install down to 512x512 (not all of them) and saw a huge improvement in the game. I also prefer decals rather than painting insignia directly on the skin because they are sharper and you can use the decal.ini to make them disappear when the plane gets far away. Every little bit helps. When the computer starts to run out of memory, the game reduces the number of objects in the game.

[HvitiVikingurrin]

10 hours ago, Stephen1918 said:

The stock planes in FE all have 512x512 skins, which is 1/4 the size of a 1024x1024 skin. I reduced most of the skins in my install down to 512x512 (not....

Yes, that’s exactly right. It’s exactly as you said.
But judging by the fact that modders are releasing heavy models with 4K textures, and users are happy to download them, not everyone is concerned about system performance. Except us, of course. 

And how’s your work coming along? Tell me – just between us – are you planning to just fine-tune these two planes? Or perhaps you’re thinking of creating a few more flying machines for FE?

[Stephen1918]

12 hours ago, HvitiVikingurrin said:

... And how’s your work coming along? Tell me – just between us – are you planning to just fine-tune these two planes? Or perhaps you’re thinking of creating a few more flying machines for FE?

Real world is taking up a lot of my time. I'm also still working on my install of FE2. I focused on FE1 until recently and only used FE2 for testing my planes. Now I'm rebuilding all of the different fronts in FE2. For some reason, in FE2 all the menu screens are stretched. In the game the graphics look fine, but before I get there the screens are rather ugly. I haven't been able to find the setting to fix it yet.

I'm also still learning Blender, especially figuring out the animation features. I don't have any ideas for another plane yet, but I'm open to suggestion. 

[HvitiVikingurrin]

1 hour ago, Stephen1918 said:

I haven't been able to find the setting to fix it yet

AI knows at least two ways to fix stretched screens in this game series.

1 hour ago, Stephen1918 said:

I don't have any ideas for another plane yet, but I'm open to suggestion

Well, as a matter of fact, I cited a few examples above of aircraft that were never released for FE. 

There are also many airplanes, that were released by modders a long time ago and are now outdated. You have plenty of options to choose from.