level135 0 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I just bought this tremendous plane yesterday I flew with her all the evening, everything was ok. and today when I am in the cockpit I get only 10 fps and it's nearly impossible to handle it. when i'm in external view, I get 24 fps. Yesterday i didn't have this problème, and I didn't change my setting. do you have an idea of what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted March 14, 2008 Aerosoft Share Posted March 14, 2008 I just bought this tremendous plane yesterday I flew with her all the evening, everything was ok. and today when I am in the cockpit I get only 10 fps and it's nearly impossible to handle it. when i'm in external view, I get 24 fps. Yesterday i didn't have this problème, and I didn't change my setting. do you have an idea of what happens is that in FSX or FS2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 in FSX SP2 Win XP SP2 I don't have such a problem with the Twin otter regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted March 15, 2008 Aerosoft Share Posted March 15, 2008 in FSX SP2 Win XP SP2 I don't have such a problem with the Twin otter regards Mmmm.... I would expect the VC to a bit slower as many gauges have to be updated, but a drop of 60% in framerate would only be understandable with very low scenery settings. Could you give me some idea in your hardware and your scenery settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 Hello Mathis, My computer Windows XP pro SP2 DX 9.0c Intel Core2 duo E6600 Oc to 2.8GHz NVIDIA 8800 GTS (640Mo) 4 GO DDR2 800 OCZ 5-5-5-15 EIZO 19" 1280*1024 setting 1280x1024x32 24 fps Global text res very high Plane very high but ground shadows not selected scenery : detail level max complexity 78 mesh to 38 meters texture to 1 meter water to low 2.x auto gen to extremely dense and dense special effect to midle meteo real traffic 20 % - 30 % - airport traffic to midle raod trafic to 10% ship 40 % boats 40 % With this setting i get 24 fps over seattle with the Twin Otter in VC and even with the cheyenne the first time I flew her, but now when I am in VC with the cheyenne only i get between 5 to 10 FPS I tried to uninstal and reinstal her but no changes I don't understand what heppend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 I forgot to say sound blaster XIFI Xtreme I use to fly with the saitek Hotas and Pedestal and trackIR4, and there are many addons on my FSX among them several France VFR scenery Orbix FTX scenery south australia X graphic Etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Frosty 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Did you restart your PC after you installed? If not, It is a good idea to because it increases framerates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisager 16 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have a system with similar specs - one thing I found was that setting frame rates to "unlimited" gave much better performance overall. Previously I had frame rates capped at 20 FPS, assuming that this would leave some system resources for AI traffic, scenery updates and the like, but the reverse turned out to be true. I think there possibly is a bug in the FPS limiting algorithm in FSX. Or perhaps this is specific to Vista (or to my system). I seem to remember that not using "plane casts shadows on itself" is another way to increase system performance. Of course, this doesn't explain why you had a sudden drop in FPS - did you fly in the same part of the world with the same weather and light conditions? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigilius 1 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have the same problem; external view 20 fps with no problem at all, inside VC 8 FPS :shock: I have no problem at all with other planes also with sliders at maximum, only Cheyenne and DO27 (a little less) give me this drop of frame in VC. My PC hates Digital Aviation addons? :cry: I'll test with unlimited frame and no casting shadow :? E6700 2 GB 8800 GTS FSX SP2 XP SP2 with all updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 I guess i tried about everything to get back the frame rate i've lost. it's not like if I'd low FPS each time I flew the cheyenne. During the five first hours I flew her, everything was going well. effectively the DO27 is also an FPS killer, but I get 20 FPs with her in the same setting, and over the same landscape, for now the wonderful FTX scenery, Tasmania and South Australia. But thank's for all your suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigilius 1 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I've solve to delete FSX.cfg and then let FSX to rebuilt him; I don't know why, I have no modification at all in last 3 months, but now it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 thank's for that, I gonna try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
level135 0 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 yessss, I get 40 FPS now, much better. The problem realy came from FSX.cfg !!! But I don't know why. thank's for your help I gonna spent 5 weeks in Italy ans Sicily in april, to discover your beautiful country, Vigilius best regards Ciao buonasera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigilius 1 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 yessss, I get 40 FPS now, much better. The problem realy came from FSX.cfg !!! But I don't know why. thank's for your help I gonna spent 5 weeks in Italy ans Sicily in april, to discover your beautiful country, Vigilius best regards Ciao buonasera You'll see that Sicily is wonderfull! I live in the North (Bergamo LIME near Milan) and I have seen only 2 times, the last in 2006, but it's always fantastic! (Etna volcan is a masterpiece of nature). But all Italy is beautifull :wink: About FSX it seems that sometime the FSX.cfg corrup itself and I don't know why, but often deletes it solve the problem :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross1562 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hi, I wouldnt mind doing this to see if it makes a difference to my system. Can you talk me through how you delete FSX.cfg and let FSX create a new one? Will this lose my logbook or any other data? regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian S. 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 It's easy. All you have to do is find the fsx.cfg file (it will be in a different spot in XP than in Vista, so just use "find" if you don't know where it is). Once you've found the file, delete it. The next time you start FSX, it will automatically build a new one. If you're nervous about doing this, just make a backup of the original instead of deleting it (rename it something like Backup_FSX.cfg). You will lose your saved default flight, FSX graphics and sound settings, and custom key controls (they're all easy to put back). You will also lose any changes or modifications you've previously made to the .cfg, too, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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