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Hi everyone....if I create landclass (e.g. forests) for a radius of fifteen or so miles around my airport, does that have a substantial hit on the memory in FSX compared to a radius of a mile of that forest landclass? Does it have any effect?
I know I should know this but I'm uncertain and in the middle of updating my add-on airport.
Many thanks.
 
Just basic landclass terrain polys. After I draw a poly, I select LandClass for Type and then Rain Green Tropical Forest for the tag type.
I'd like to cover the surrounding hills out to the horizon when seen from ground level on the airport apron.
 
I don't see why this would cause any issues.
My suggestion is to fly the area with a given aircraft, wx, etc. and see what the frame rate and observed visual looks like.
Then, load the bgl with the landclass poly and compare the differences, if any.
Good luck.
 
Thanks for your advice. Sorry for the delay but I needed to create and test this idea.

I did create some very large polys ("glacier ice" for the landclass) that basically cover a couple of hundred square miles over the mountains to simulate snow cover from a distance. I had to do it this way because FSX won't do so under winter settings.
So I called that "Winter" and added it to ADD ON SCENERY which means I have two seasons to call on.

The impact on framerate was negligible if any.
 
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