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Current version: 080919, downloadable in post 18
Downloadable here:
orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/oglaclient-080916_beta-080916.zip (1.0 Mb)
For beta 080910 with 080916 update.
(Edit: Hmm. Since the beta is public, why keep it closed?
Update 080916 for beta is mirrored here: http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/orbiter_080916.zip (1.5 Mb)
Where the beta is for public access - you find it .)
After some long reworking and despaghetting, pinpointing and fixing old and new bugs in core and client alike, OGLAClient works fine again.
Now, most of the scenarios should work, not just a set of Shuttle-A_and_etc_clean ones, thanks to Martins fixing major core bugs and leftovers.
Known incompatibilities - Dragonfly and Hubble from default set.
Some features are not fully functional yet:
*Lv9+ texture format was changed subtly, and not up to speed yet.
*Terrain support (Orulex) is working, but known to crash out of the blue, as Orulex is in the middle of a rewrite, so it is disabled by default (see Visual effects tab to enable).
*Automatic shadow selector is not sane yet. There are 5 shadow modes based on three algorithms, one of which is new and fast in hi-end scenes, but slower than the olders in small scenes, so switching helps a lot.
*GDI emulation works fine, allowing MFD's and HUD's to work at 40% to 60% FPS penalty, but old panel code is not supported.
You can set different graphical configs in Visual Config tab new button, or use cfg file.
All in all, this release is to show that the progress is here.
Since there was a while since i released a stabilized OGLAClient, performance and visuals feedback is welcome.
I want to know, if it works anywhere else now.
Some other add-ons compatibility testing may make sense at this stage, especially non-panelled ones.
Some enumerable changes are:
*Reimplemented shadows - mode 5 is 3x faster than mode 4 at same quality
*All animation support
*Mesh loading shifts and fixes support (SS Atlantis looks fine now)
*General speed-ups
*Several design improvements
*Major refurbishing
*Visual settings config tab
What is reasonable to expect:
080919:
Orbital:
KSC Update:
Cruising above Florida:
Close-up on Shuttle:
080916:
Full-wide, with GDI emulation on:
Similar, GDI emulation off:
For the Shuttle fans:
And default scenario:
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