1 fps on ground with FS9

[Guest]

Hello guys,I have a really big problem. When I land an aircraft (Lear 45, 747, 777) fps drop to 1 - 2 from around 20 - 25 fps. It doesn't matter where it touch down. I can do a low overfly and get the 20 - 25 fps but as soon as my wheels touch down it is finish. I use a 2 GHz P4, Win XP, 512 MB RAM and FS9. I never had this problem in FS2002.Any help is GREATLY appreciated because FS9 is so great but this little thing makes it nearly unusable.Greetings,Christopher

[peppy197]

Do I read from your list of specs that you do not have a video card?

[Guest]

hehe, yeap! That might be the reason I only get 1 fps. ;-)I use a nVidia GeForce 4 Ti4600. Sorry for not mentioning.

[Guest CargoMun]

Have you tried pausing the game when it happens and leaving for like 20 seconds then see what happens when pressing p again?Otherwise my only guess would be some error in an effect file i.e. smoke from touching down maybe...

[Guest GamePlayer]

Turn off Autogen and see if that fixes it. Or you can change the autogen setting to a different setting and then change it back to what it was when you had the 1-2 fps and see if your frame rate goes up. I had to turn off Autogen because it would eventually slow down my system too much unless I go back to the menu and reload the autogen. Also you can trying lowering the 3D-Cloud Percentage or use plain clouds. It might be your sound card.

[Guest Calb]

I had the same thing happen but only once just as I touched down with the (default) DC-3.My card is a ASUS V8200 (Ti200) with 44.03 drivers.All I did was restart FS9 and the problem has not re-occured with the DC-3 or any other aircraft in 5 or 6 hours of flying.Cal

[Guest]

Chris,I had exactly the same problems until a few weeks ago when I posted the same question, someone, can't remember who now, suggested that if I had a force feedback joystick to disable force feedback. I have the old m/s sidewinder ff pro and when I disabled the forces everything was perfect, no drop in frame rates on touchdown whatsoever. If you are using a similar joystick try it.Good luck,Pete