Helicopter Hovering off Airport Runways

[bobrandal]

When hovering/hover taxying from an aerodrome concrete or bitumen runway/taxiway to "terra firma" there is a substantial degrading of framerate caused by "swirling dust" generated by the main rotor.

Other than getting the hose out!! is there a patch/fix available to disable the swirling dust??

Bob R

[bjmcintyre]

Not really a patch, but to disable the dust and water effects you can simply rename the effects files (or delete them, if you are brave or foolhardy). The file names are fx_rtr_cmnt.fx, fx_rtr_land.fx, and fx_rtr_wtr.fx. Just change the filename extension to .bak and try it out. If you want the effects back, rename them again from *.bak to *.fx

Brian

[bobrandal]

Brian,

Many thanks for your help...works fine! I did not change the wtr file as there is not the same degradation of FPS over water as on land.

Cheers,

Bob R
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