strange problem with tutorial

[conura 45]

Hey all,

 

When I fly the tutorial into EHAM from EGKK I get extreme FPS lag as I finish crossing the north sea and am looking out over a region of rivers. I usually get a consistent 30fps, dropping to 26 a busy airports, but this brings me down to 13....This doesnt happen anywhere else!

 

Any ideas?

 

Specs

core i5 760 @3.5ghz

4gb ddr3 ram

gtx 560ti

[Tabs 2,790]

Are you using REX wave animation textures? Some of them are known to cause huge FPS issues like that. I use the one called "Use This!" and it doesn't seem to have that problem.

[conura 45]

Hi Tabs, yes I am! I'll try that :)

 

Sorry Tabs, how do I change that? I have the rex theme bit open but cannot locate animations for waves!

[Mean Aerodynamic Chord 269]

Sorry Tabs, how do I change that? I have the rex theme bit open but cannot locate animations for waves!

 

Use This is a good wave theme. To change it, click on Theme Creation at the top, then on Wave Animation.

[conura 45]

Hey guys, still having this problem. It's when I fly in from the sea paralel with the airport, when looking toward the airport I get severe fps slow down. Most likely it's an fsx quirk however whilst learning I usually always fly by hand or with standard autopilot. Never with the fmc/ advanced routes and calculations. Any chance the descent calculations are causing the lag? I can't test elsewhere as I'm not yet good enough with the fmc lol....not a major issue but would love to understand what causes this.

 

Thanks

[Tabs 2,790]

Change the water setting in FSX to one of the 1.x options (this completely disables all that wave animation stuff) and see if it goes away - if it does, you'll know it's that.

 

The descent calculations aren't causing it - everyone who flies that flight gets the same calculations... I definitely don't see it myself.

[conura 45]

And sorry, my cpu is actually 3.8ghz and I have mytraffic 2010 at 3 percent so I see other planes but aren't overloaded with them! Thanks

 

Wow fast reply tabs - I am relieved it isn't the descent calculations - Schipol I can live without, NGX I can't! :)

[conura 45]

Yup it was the water! Down to 1xhigh and it's all smooth. A shame it doesn't look great now!