Well, I second that, first off how do you know that "many" have no problems and "few" have problems? When someone has a problem with new software the tendency is to delete it and try something else, if the majority do have problems but never complain about it how would you know?
As for programming, back in 1985 I had a Tandy 1000TX, 16mhz 80286 processor with 640k RAM. There were flight simulators but no train simulators back in those days, so I attempted to make my own train simulator. I'm a poor excuse for a programmer, so it ran like a shagged moose, with the animation more of a slide show than any kind of video. A few years later I bought a new Dell 80486, 66mhz processor, 4 megabytes RAM. Without going into the pipelines and whatnot differences, the new system had 4.125 times speed and 5.6 times the memory (by comparison my current computer is 180 times the speed and has 3,276 times the memory of that old Tandy 1000TX). So I dusted off that old VB trainsim project, NOW it runs fast and the animation is smooth as silk on the 486!
Does that mean my programming is better and the code is now the best it can be? No, it merely proved that even with clumsy coding if you throw enough horsepower at it the flaws won't matter. Same thing here, the code could be improved to run better and smoother on a midrange machine, but the guys with the super fast Alienware machines wouldn't notice much, if any, difference.
As for programming, back in 1985 I had a Tandy 1000TX, 16mhz 80286 processor with 640k RAM. There were flight simulators but no train simulators back in those days, so I attempted to make my own train simulator. I'm a poor excuse for a programmer, so it ran like a shagged moose, with the animation more of a slide show than any kind of video. A few years later I bought a new Dell 80486, 66mhz processor, 4 megabytes RAM. Without going into the pipelines and whatnot differences, the new system had 4.125 times speed and 5.6 times the memory (by comparison my current computer is 180 times the speed and has 3,276 times the memory of that old Tandy 1000TX). So I dusted off that old VB trainsim project, NOW it runs fast and the animation is smooth as silk on the 486!
Does that mean my programming is better and the code is now the best it can be? No, it merely proved that even with clumsy coding if you throw enough horsepower at it the flaws won't matter. Same thing here, the code could be improved to run better and smoother on a midrange machine, but the guys with the super fast Alienware machines wouldn't notice much, if any, difference.
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This issue that I am describing is a built in software problem with the drawdistance as it is indentical on all computers, super fast or medium speed computers. The Trs2010 Get button is a new issue that Trs2006 does not have. Just for fun I installed this Trs2010 on many different computers for testing Draw Distance and is still very poor, same exact distance drop outs. At least as a single programer you can fix your problems. When many programers are involved it is a rough go at getting together and solving the problems that come up. From what you said, you are a great programer and that I respect. I am no where near that good. But I do love building Computers and troubleshooting as a hobby and a living
