You might want to change the quality of trees and grass for some route. This is done by changing the values of the first two lines of the Engine.ini file:
foliage.LODDistanceScale=x (default=1, this engine.ini=4)
grass.densityScale=y (default=1, this engine.ini=5, a lot of grass=8)
E.g. for Clinchfield you may want to change foliage.LODDistanceScale to 25 or higher to get rid of the ugly trees in the distance, but to compensate for any fps loss, you should then use lower grass.densityScale like 1.
When the updated KRE engine package will make its debut is currently unclear. Triple Eight confirmed that the change will only be made when the required parts are available for all KRE engines in the field.
Four opportunities for course adjustments were planned into the schedule before launch. Today's, the second, used only the trajectory-correction engines. Each engine produces about 18 newtons (4 pounds) of thrust. The first course adjustment, on Aug. 27, doubled as a test of the six main engines, which produce nearly eight times as much thrust. Those main engines will have the big job of slowing the spacecraft enough to be captured into orbit when it reaches Mars. The next scheduled trajectory adjustment, on Feb. 1, 2006, and another one 10 days before arrival will be used, if necessary, for fine tuning, said JPL's Allen Halsell, the mission's deputy navigation chief.
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