Question on 3D Engine, Replays, Benchmark

[Borsti]

Hi,

 

I have a couple of questions regarding Lo-Mac.

 

Can you already explain some details of the 3D Engine? How configurable is it in terms of PS usage? Does the game use some kind of auto-detection of cards and/or does it use a max-fps limiter? Is it fully D3D only or is there also the choice to switch to OpenGL? Does the engine include a benchmark mode... or a framecounter to meassure avg. FSP in a replay?

 

Since Lo-Mac seems to become the most important modern flightsim I would really like to see a way to use it as a benchmark.

 

Not sure if you can answer those questions but I would really appreciate it! Thanks! :)

 

Lars Weinand - Tom's Hardware Guide

[Str][ker]

Since Lo-Mac seems to become the most important modern flightsim I would really like to see a way to use it as a benchmark.

 

I agree! I had aksed a while back if Eagle Dynamics would consider including some sort of built-in Benchmark track which we could use to compare system performance. I never heard back unfortunately. B)

I hope you get some great answers from those who know!

[Borsti]

It would also help the game in terms of better support from the GPU makers. They care more on applications that are used for benchmarking by the big mags

 

Lars

[Trident]

The engine is D3D only, that's for sure. If Flanker2 and some development-screenshots are anything to go by there will also be a frame-counter, however without average FPS displayed so its use for benchmarking is limited. No idea about the rest.

 

I think LOMAC would make a great CPU-benchmark rather than a GPU-one since it is most likely CPU&RAM-limited and 'only' uses DX8.1 graphics-hardware.

[Trident]

Well, now the demo is out you can take a look at the frame-counter in person. Just press CTRL-Backspace. I don't know but the number in brackets might actually be the average FPS.

[Inferno]

Excelelnt to see you here Lars! If a major site like Toms can use LOMAC as a benchamrk, it will not only increase hardware support for LOMAC, but also let people know abotu flight sims.

 

You should check otu this utility to change graphics settigns in LOMAC.

 

http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/showthr...&threadid=49755

 

Lockon manager 1.0 beta 11

 

To tweaks Lockon graphics settings

compliant with Lockon DEMO and BETA versions

 

http://www.checksix-fr.com/biblioth...dC6.php?ID=1380

 

have pleasure and fun

but use at your OWN RISK like splash screen say

 

best regards

 

 

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