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Based on the survey, many people enable distant mountains (22 of 35) and wire (20 of 35).
Given that both are toggling key visual functionality, I believe they should both be on by default. I am not suggesting we remove either option, only that we change the default value from "off" to "on".
What do people think?
Enable distant mountains, wire by default
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 11:55 AM
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 12:35 PM
It's OK to me.
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 01:36 PM
Couldn't it be set up such that it is default on when the route does have distant mountains defined, and off if it hasn't? Should not be that difficult to implement.
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 01:46 PM
Why what happens if there are no distant mountains on route and distant mountains are on? Isn't the same as if it would be off?
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 01:49 PM
I do not use DM so would prefer this option to be off and I disagree with Rob because I don't want them activated. As long as I can tick an option box for either off or on, I'll be happy.
I want control to choose and don't want to be forced, as Rob suggests.
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I want control to choose and don't want to be forced, as Rob suggests.
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 01:58 PM
If I'm understanding James correctly: "On/Off" is retained, but default would be "On". Am I understanding you correctly James?
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 02:23 PM
roeter, on 12 September 2014 - 01:36 PM, said:
Couldn't it be set up such that it is default on when the route does have distant mountains defined, and off if it hasn't? Should not be that difficult to implement.
disc, on 12 September 2014 - 01:46 PM, said:
Why what happens if there are no distant mountains on route and distant mountains are on? Isn't the same as if it would be off?
If you enable distant mountains and the current route has none, a small bit of unnecessary work is done in the loader process looking for distant mountains tiles and the renderer checks for any distant mountains to render separately, but as neither of these find anything there is no performance impact that I'm aware of. I don't see any point in having the setting vary dynamically (practically, that means either we have 3 states for the setting [on, off, auto] or we have no setting at all).
thegrindre, on 12 September 2014 - 01:49 PM, said:
I do not use DM so would prefer this option to be off and I disagree with Rob because I don't want them activated. As long as I can tick an option box for either off or on, I'll be happy.
I want control to choose and don't want to be forced, as Rob suggests.
I want control to choose and don't want to be forced, as Rob suggests.
Coonskin, on 12 September 2014 - 01:58 PM, said:
If I'm understanding James correctly: "On/Off" is retained, but default would be "On". Am I understanding you correctly James?
Yes, you're understanding correctly. Anyone who dislikes distant mountains or doesn't wish to use performance on them (on routes with distant mountains) will be able to deselect the option.
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 03:38 PM
Is it on or off by default in MSTS? (Honestly, it's been so long, I can't remember...)?
I would support "on by default" since it would fall under "best practices."
Robert
I would support "on by default" since it would fall under "best practices."
Robert
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Posted 12 September 2014 - 07:42 PM
As one who runs over Lizard Head, Raton, Cumbres, Donner, Cajon, etc. I vote for DM ON as default. :oldstry:
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Posted 13 September 2014 - 07:15 AM
I vote for on as default, too.
BTW, you wouldn´t necessarily need three states, James. If auto reliably turns DM on if they are present, OFF and AUTO would be enough. That could go with a simple change of ON to be the AUTO mode, IE to say AUTO mode be labelled as ON, which will also avoid question why there´s no separate ON state.
Cheers, Markus
BTW, you wouldn´t necessarily need three states, James. If auto reliably turns DM on if they are present, OFF and AUTO would be enough. That could go with a simple change of ON to be the AUTO mode, IE to say AUTO mode be labelled as ON, which will also avoid question why there´s no separate ON state.
Cheers, Markus