Any time I fly around Paris my FPS tanks big time (to 2 or 3 FPS). I notice when i turn the ATC to 0% my FPS climbs, the problem is this is the only area where my FPS drops like this. I can fly anywhere else in the world and my FPS does not vary that much. Is this a problem with just Paris?

What kind of/amount of traffic do you have for the Paris area? Sounds like you might be trying to use a very complex aircraft for AI use or you just have too much.Ryan-Flightpro08 :-cool VATSIM Pilot/ControllerZLA ARTCC Senior Controller (C-3)SAN TRACON Lead [link:www.taxiwaysigns.com|Taxiwaysigns.com] Scenery Designer-----------------------------My "Home Made" System Specs:Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz ProcessorTurbo Gamer ATX Mid-Tower with 420W Power SupplyEPoX 4G4A Motherboard with Intel 845G ChipsetVisiontek XTASY GeForce4 128MB Ti4600 (Det 30.30 Drivers)512MB PC2100 DDR RAM40GB Matrox 7200RPM Hard DriveWindows XP Home Edition SP1*No CPU or GPU Overclocking*3dMark2001SE Score: 11298-----------------------------Click [link:ftp.avsim.com/library/esearch.php?DLID=&Name=&FileName=&Author=Ryan+Fretwell&CatID=Root]Here to Download my New American Eagle POSKY CRJ-200!

I've read a lot of complains about Paris where FPS drops to 1 or 2 so i guess it's a bug in FS itself, got to live with it I guess. I have the same problem.

There is a problem in Northern France which is fixed by one of the options in FSUIPC - check the readme file. Something to do with a cloud turbulence bug in FS. It is apparent in the supplied European Airline Pilot scenario London-Paris flight so I'm surprised it wasn't picked up before release.

>There is a problem in Northern France which is fixed by one >of the options in FSUIPC - check the readme file. Something >to do with a cloud turbulence bug in FS. >>It is apparent in the supplied European Airline Pilot >scenario London-Paris flight so I'm surprised it wasn't >picked up before release. Yup, thats where I first noticed it. It does not happen anywhere else either. In fact in the same scenario when you leave Heathrow there is ALOT more traffic (the sky is plugged with planes!) and my FPS does not even vary. As soon as you make your visual approach to Paris is when it happens.Thanks for the confirmation!

Another thing worth trying in areas like Paris is to free off as much system resource for FS2002 as you can before loading FS.I use EndItAll and find it makes quite a big difference to performance in 'problem' areas like this, but little or no difference for general flying, even with complex cockpits like DF737.Noticeable improvement in the Charles de Gaulle area though.Toni.