X4 Ray Tracing - Optimal CPU

[marty]

Hi Max

Where I notice the increased speed on a daily basis is moving around elevations and cross sections which now move instantly without the lag which has always been there.

Your time of around 4x for a raytrace seems ok at that small scale but increase image size and/or resolution and a 30 minute job for me bexomes 2 hours for you. I cannot accurately measure a final image with shadows for the test view as it is too fast - somewhere between 1 and 3 seconds.

Of course the next version of Chief will use more resourses and we will be back to the beginning!