FSX tweaks and thoughts

[Airliner]

I got confused which threads I had what going on in so, here's yet another!

I did the TTools test and it would not decompile the trafficdemo.bgl file. But, it WAS in the right place.

Afcad was useless because I couldn't find any bgls to open and it locks on FS9.

However, I DID find the deal with the graphics. Basically, I went in and set up everything AS IF it were FS9. This meant removing the
ground and sea traffic, reducing the water textures to 2x min (still nice, just no reflections). Also, I pulled the terrain mesh to 38 and
textures to 1m. With this, I was able to bring complexity up to Dense and autogen to normal and still got 30 FPS. Setting ALL scenery
sliders to full right then produced 25 FPS, while turning ground traffic to 25% (all) held around 15-18, still manageable. This was with
cloud draw distance at minimum and detail radius at medium. The water textures between 2x min and 2x max make a huge difference,
both in frame rates and in visual stimulation. Anyway, this was a way to set details to around what FS9 has and get the same
frame rates. Makes sense, as FS9 doesn't have that kind of detail in the water AND doesn't add all those ground vehicles.

I'm still guessing that a faster processor is in my system's future, to handle the higher level detail. The graphics card is more than
enough.

I still can't find the right thing to change to "1" to see the co-pilot. There's a line called "VirtualCoPilot" I think, in the FSX.cfg file but, it was
already set to 1.

Did the CRJ approach mission. That would be nice if ALL free flights were like that - co-pilot handled radios; co-pilot called out landing
checklist (didn't look for me to respond, set and check everything, though). Oh yeah, I finally got the welcome on touchdown. Again, must
be the missions but, I hope they have ore detail in the standard flights.

I wonder, though, if the gated airports are such a big deal in the promos, why they didn't give us a demo airport with gates (meaning,
jetways, etc.). Oh well, October will come soon enough.

[walterp]

Thanks for those tweaks.
I might try it again using your advice and see if it improves my slide show.
I still think micro$oft had messed up big time with this demo and would have been better off not releasing it (please dont shout at me)

[Airliner]

(please dont shout at me)

I posted something similar somewhere else and agree. I think they thought they'd try something new and it may well backfire on
them. Of course, any true FS fan WILL get it when it comes out. I vowed never to get FS9 - until I saw some of the images. SOLD!
DOH!

[QF6024]

Anyone have trouble with the elevator trim ? Very unresponsive played with sensitivities and null zone top null avail

[alphaone]

My elevator trim works perfectly. I have it set to one of the spin wheels on my X52.

[Airliner]

Oh man! I WISH I could map it to the mousewheel! Right now, it's on two buttons on the top of the stick - not exactly an accurate feel. I
also once tried mapping it to the Nostromo SpeedPad wheel control - didn't work. Grr. I suppose I could just get another throttle control
and put it there.

[Airliner]

Okay, I keep losing track of where I post stuff on this thing!

Anyway, I re-mapped the TTools traffic file I made for TNCM to a C172 and dragged it over to the demo and they work fine - call for
clearance, taxi to runway, etc. Nice! Alphaone was right about the jets needing the puchback call ability. Hopefully it's a minor tweak in
the aircraft.cfg file - I'll have to go digging!

Also, I downloaded a 3rd party scenery for TNCM, for FS9 and dumped it in - IT WORKS! Nice! Well, it did kill my frame rates and the
textures and excluding were all fouled up - kept turning black, disappearing, etc. But, when stable, the scenery was right on - save for the
ground traffic driving through the fences!

Finally, I pulled an IFDG A320 into it and made a quick and dirty Thumbnail.jpg for it and it now shows up on the aircraft page and in-
game. The panel gave me some grief as some guages were for FS98 and they will NOT carry over.

Ain't testin' fun?

[slashed2]

Another tip is to not use the 2x. water textures if you want better looking terrain. This will evidently be fixed in the final version. I tried it and
noticed a slight difference in the terrain resolution.

Ian.