JohnMAXX

I'm glad you got it sorted!

As of right now we do not have any access to AI for sound, so in the near future this is probably not going to happen..... Great suggestion though and something we have on our radar......

Linux support is not planned Tom

We are trying to highlight every feature in the promo vid, its going to take a bit

You can get it over at the org

OK a side by side with and without SMP......... With: Default: OK yep the default is slightly higher, but I didnt bother tweaking SMP either, as you can see with this quick test there is no 50% drop off.......

And around we go where we stop nobody knows....

Let me follow up with there is nothing wrong with smp....Of course storms are going to demand more resources, it sounds as if your hardware is being pushed to the limit and tanking when storms are introduced.... If you are not willing to try and understand that, then I'm afraid I cannot help you anyway....

Im in love

It is possible you may need to adjust your rendering settings to accommodate your hardware ....... SkyMAXX isnt a free ride and storms will affect frames since more clouds are drawn as a result........ A few more questions, are you using HD mesh? Is this heavy drop happening in areas where you are using orthos or third party scenery? Are you setting these storms manually with high visibility? The reason Im asking these questions although your specs are decent, I wouldnt consider this MAC a powerhouse, some sacrifices will need to happen in order to tweak performance, again there are no free rides...... EDIT: I cannot see your rendering options to make any suggestions BTW......But water reflections to low, world draw distance to medium and textures to high are a good start.....

upload it to an image site like imgur and use the link with the IMG tags.....

Im sure this issue is frustrating for you, a couple of things.... 1.System Specs?..... 2.X-Plane Rendering options..... 3.A comparison with SMP on/off showing FPS in a screenshot.... Help us to help you, I cannot duplicate this issue and it hasnt been spoken of other then an install issue above......

Nice glad I could help

I'm not in front of a windows pc but I think there is an issue with the system font it can't be any larger then 100%.... Try adjusting the font size in the control panel and give it a go

When I get my PPL I promise to take you up....

Burn!!!!!

Oh almost forgot to mention MAXX FX can yield some interesting skies also....

Sky colors are a subjective topic, we included more in version 2 and with RTH in the mix there are limitless combinations you can come up with. Also there are a few sky color sets people have produced that can easily be integrated into SMP....

Maybe

Dont mind the IAS here is a quick snap showing a final in VFR conditions within the new overcast or stratus layer.....

Hard to say, but as with every version of smp you can scale it back for your system. Essentially you can keep it at v2 or even v1 via tweaking the ui.....

Last one....

With better land class UM will look more realistic, some areas of the world work better than others.... With that said x-plane default urban textures have new high altitude urban textures, this is something I want to integrate into UM.... With my current backlog it's go8ng to be awhile....