Rob Newman Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Hi all... You've all been informed that the upcoming HD trees will boost performance with regard to FPS, which is a welcome boost! However a lot of you (and myself included) are wondering what this means for the "other side" of flight sim performance, Virtual Address Space (VAS) usage. After all, if HD trees are 4x as detailed and the standard trees they replace, they must use more VAS, right? Well, logically you might think so, but the good news is this is NOT the case with the optimized HD trees... Indeed it is slightly reversed and you should see a slight reduction in VAS usage! The developers have used techniques to optimize the trees so not only will you get better trees to look at, you also get higher FPS and slightly lower VAS usage. But don't take my word for it... I created some "before and after" previews to illustrate this change for the better. For all these comparisons, I have used: FSX - Steam Edition with DX10 on All settings max (except water one setting lower, Texture setting of 2048, Mesh at 5m as per Orbx recommendations, Cloud view distance at 90 miles and traffic at 35%) Active Sky Next live weather, multiple layer overcast conditions REX4 Texture Direct and SoftClouds High Definition aircraft (Alabeo Waco) Increased LOD radius of 5.5 Orbx PNW (uses older style "default" trees with no special custom trees) Location 1: Seattle Area, showing docks and downtown (high stress area) Location 2: South of Eugene Oregon (lower stress area with variegated wooded areas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Although I've never had an OOM, I am really looking forward to this addon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prattpt6 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 You guys ROCK!! Cant wait...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Fantastic! Me too really looking forward to this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakeman Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Wow, an extra 6 fps is almost worth it alone. Doesn't sound like much, but it'd make a huge difference in dense areas with low fps. As a side bonus, you get nicer trees Hopefully the performance gains are relatively universal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Great work! Here's to FTX Buildings HD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehowe Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 And the Road traffic steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennH Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 How much and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 And the Road traffic steve Nice forgot about that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike62 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 How much and when? Do not know when but here is the how much per JV, FYI, the price will be AU$22.95 (USD 17.50, GBP 11.94, Euro 16.50). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin555 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 On my shopping list for sure, awesome update team. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben77 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Great to hear about frames and VAS improvements, it was definitely a concern for me but this is a welcome reassurance. HD trees is back on the list for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan King Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 So trees look better and are localized, fps is significantly better, and VAS remains mostly the same. So whats the downside? Too much reality? Cant wait for these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Great news on VAS ...that was my only and major worry and its now put nicely to bed...Perfect job guys...and Great price for a world-over performance and quality-enhancing universal tree upgrade...They're such a profound and expansive part of sim scenery and now they're more realistic...Orbx just keeps on innovating . Nothing to think about on this one...its a no brainer. No rush at all...be happy with it before release but credit card ready whenever you are guys...Thanks sooooo much!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remko Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 AU$22.95 Cheapest CPU upgrade ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinion Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wow I'm now intrigued by this. Might finally be able to fly the PMDG NGX into Seattle with decent settings and fps at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Howarth Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Ready to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete S. Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 WOW! Looks fantastic...............Definitely on my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdAstra Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 How do you get this product? Has it been released yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 How do you get this product? Has it been released yet? Not yet, but all indications are its not far away now AdAstra. Welcome to the forums btw This one will be a must have addon for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Newman Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 It's in final testing now... Stand by... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotri Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 thx for the info Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avidean Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 As an FPS and high setting junky, I will buy that right out of the gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culley44 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 ftx hd trees and north america lc will be my next puchase, i still wish some of the orbx developers would consider international airports again for the u.s. orbx airports look 10 times better than any other product out there,i would pay 50 bucks a pop for international airports for sure.or at least larger regional airports such as sanford international, its considered international but the size of a regional airports,i was hoping since florida was brought up, there are some neglected florida airports, indianapolis,Louisville metro,lexington kentucky airport is another international airport but more regional in size,dozens in the kentucky, tennessee area,many many people go to pigeon forge in tennessee to get married,the east coast mountains are as pretty as the west cost,and anything that raises frame rates i am all over. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatlinburg%E2%80%93Pigeon_Forge_Airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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