[Akaishi]

That's the point, really. As the scenery fades out, the game engine has less to render, and therefore the framerate goes up. There's a setting for minimum framerate in the rendering options panel. The higher you set this, the more the scenery will fade out to maintain that framerate.

My machine's a bit of a dog, so I leave it set at 12.

[cockroach]

Thanks.  I understand that, but the real issue I am concerned about is the fading of the background scenery.  You can watch the mountains disappear.  Is this still a frame rate issue?  As I said, the frame rate doesn't change and in fact, it improves, but the scenery still gradually goes away.

[donkei]

Try searching these boards using the keywords haze or fog and you'll turn up more answers than you know what to do with! But things do seem to be significantly improved in more recent upgrades.

Happy reading,

Cheers,

Keith  ;)

[cockroach]

Got a problem.  Running a G4 Mac using OSX.2. 384MB Ram, 350 MHz clock speed. When I start up X-P, for example at San Berdoo Intl., my plane is sitting on the runway and you can see the mountains in the distance (very sharly at a Frame Rate around 12.5).  Then as you sit there over a few seconds you can watch the mountains fade out only to be replaced by dreaded haze.  The frame rate even goes up to around 18-20.  What the heck is going on?