Hello There

 

I would like to share my FSX.CFG file, I run MAXed out and locked at 30 fps, so nice, I did lots of trials, tweakings, etc...

 

Please, BACKUP BACKUP BEFORE YOU STUCK UP

 

Back up your fsx.cfg file and use my configuration to test the results,

 

PLEASE, I AM ASSUMING THE FOLLOWING;

 

You have Intel Core i7 => 3.4 Ghz [HyperThreading OFF]

 

VGA with Vram > 1 GB

 

OTHERWISE DO NOT USE my CFG file PLEASE;

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14

[TERRAIN]

// IMAGE_PIXELS_FOR_AUTOGEN_POLYGONS=2048

// MIN_OBJECT_SHADOW_LEVEL=1

SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=10

TEXTURE_FORMAT=7

BATCH_AUTOGEN2=0

// TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=600

// TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=1000

// MIN_DETAIL_TEXTURE_LEVEL=21

// MAX_DETAIL_TEXTURE_LEVEL=15

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=10

LOD_RADIUS=3.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=100

MESH_RESOLUTION=22

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=27

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=4

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

WATER_EFFECTS=6

[bufferPools]

poolsize=14000000

RejectThreshold=0

[FSDREAMTEAM]

AntiPopUp=100

AltitudeCull=1

[GRAPHICS]

ForceWindowedVSync=1

ForceFullScreenVsync=1

HideVolumeShadowErrors=1

// MultiSamplesPerPixel=4

// MultiSampleQuality=0

// DAY_THRESHOLD=65535

// DirtyRegionUpdateLimit=10

// SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=2

// DPUPBUFFERSIZE=0

SHADER_OPTIMIZE=1

SHADER_PARTIAL_PRECISION=1

// STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=2048

ALLOW_SHADER_30=1

HIGHMEMFIX=1

WorkArounds=2

Performance=3

D3D10=0

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024

NUM_LIGHTS=8

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=0

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=0

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

LANDING_LIGHTS=0

AC_SELF_SHADOW=0

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

See_Self=1

Text_Scroll=0

[sOUND]

AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000

PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03}

VoiceDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03}

SOUND=1

SOUND_QUALITY=2

SOUND_LOD=0

UISound=1

AmbientUI=0

SOUND_FADER1=0.500000

SOUND_FADER2=1.000000

SOUND_FADER3=1.000000

SOUND_FADER4=1.000000

AmbientUIMusic=FSX01

[Display]

SoftShadow=0

TextureCache=1

texturethrash=0

ShadowMapQuality=0

ShadowMapingQuality=0

// texturemaxload=12

ForceVCShadowMap=0

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=0.8

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=0.7

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=0.7

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=0.7

ChangeTime=0.000000

TransitionTime=0.000000

ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64

NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64

InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0

InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0

InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255

InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255

InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoBrakesEnable=False

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=False

InfoPauseEnable=False

InfoSlewEnable=False

InfoStallEnable=False

InfoOverspeedEnable=False

BLOOM_EFFECTS=0

SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30

WideViewAspect=True

[Main]

Performance=3

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0

HideInfoText=1

User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter

SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes

SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft

SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles

SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats

SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals

SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc

SimObjectPaths.6=MyTraffic\Aircraft

HideMenuNormal=1

HideMenuFullscreen=1

Maximized=0

Location=637,44,1670,810,\\.\DISPLAY1

DisablePreload=1

[PANELS]

// VIRTUAL_COCKPIT_TEXTURES_SCALE=2.0

IMAGE_QUALITY=1

QUICKTIPS=0

PANEL_OPACITY=100

PANEL_MASKING=1

PANEL_STRETCHING=1

UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0

DEFAULT_VIEW=0

[Weather]

WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

MinGustTime=10

MaxGustTime=500

MinGustRampSpeed=1

MaxGustRampSpeed=200

MinVarTime=5

MaxVarTime=50

MinVarRampSpeed=10

MaxVarRampSpeed=75

TurbulenceScale=1.000000

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com

WeatherServerPort=80

WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0

AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1

DynamicWeather=0

DownloadWindsAloft=0

DisableTurbulence=0

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=5

THERMAL_VISUALS=0

[CONTROLS]

force_master_gain=10000

force_stick_force_enabled=0

force_stick_shaker_enabled=0

force_gear_bump_enabled=0

force_crash_enabled=0

force_ground_bumps_enabled=0

force_master_enabled=0

Controls_Default=Standard

Controls_Current=Standard

KBDAIL=64

KBDELEV=64

KBDRUD=64

[TextInfo.1]

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

AirSpeed=1,5

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

[TextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

LockedFrameRate=1,2

GForce=1,3

FuelPercentage=1,4

[TextInfo.3]

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

AirSpeed=1,5

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

FrameRate=2,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

GForce=2,3

FuelPercentage=2,4

[slewTextInfo.1]

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

AirSpeed=1,5

[slewTextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

LockedFrameRate=1,2

[slewTextInfo.3]

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

AirSpeed=1,5

FrameRate=2,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

[DynamicHeadMovement]

LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000

LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000

RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000

YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000

RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000

MaxHeadAngle=5.000000

MaxHeadOffset=0.300000

HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000

[VirtualCopilot]

VirtualCopilotActive=0

[uSERINTERFACE]

PageID=1

SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=1

PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0

PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1

SITUATION=FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM

Map_Orientation=2

OpenATCOnCreate=0

ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1

SelectAircraftManufacturer=All

SelectAircraftPublisher=All

SelectAircraftType=All

[ATC]

ShowATCText=0

COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF

COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6

COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B

COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00

COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840

AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=0

UsePilotVoice=0

PilotVoice=131072

[PointOfInterestSystem]

CycleSetting=0

[sCENERY]

GenericBuildingObject=1

// MissingLibraryAlert=1

// ShowMissingTextureAlert=1

MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=4

debug=1

ObjectsToBatchPerFrame=0

SmallPartRejectRadius=16.0

LENSFLARE=1

SunGlare=1

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

[TrafficManager]

AirlineDensity=0

GADensity=0

FreewayDensity=38

ShipsAndFerriesDensity=0

LeisureBoatsDensity=0

IFROnly=0

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=0

[AContain]

ShowLabels=0

ShowUserLabel=1

ShowLabelManufacturer=1

ShowLabelModel=1

ShowLabelTailNumber=1

ShowLabelDistance=1

ShowLabelAltitude=1

ShowLabelAirline=0

ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0

ShowLabelFlightPlan=0

ShowLabelContainerId=0

ShowLabelAirspeed=0

ShowLabelHeading=0

LabelDelay=5000

LabelColor=FFFF0000

[iNTERNATIONAL]

ASLAT=2

ASLON=0

MEASURE=0

[REALISM]

PFactor=0.000000

Torque=0.000000

GyroEffect=0.000000

CrashTolerance=0.000000

General=0.000000

UnlimitedFuel=True

TrueAirspeed=False

AutoCoord=True

RealMixture=False

StressDamage=False

GEffect=False

ManualLights=False

GyroDrift=False

CrashWithDyn=False

CrashDetection=False

AutoTrim=False

[sIM]

SYSCLOCK=0

[sTARTUP]

DEMO=0

SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1

STARTUP_DEMO=

LoadWindow=1

[FACILITIES]

COUNTRY=

STATE=

CITY=

GTL_BUTTON=1252

[Misc]

Com_Rate=7

[FlightPlanMap]

LineWidth=2

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

show_waypoints=1

show_airways=1

show_markers=1

show_volume_boundaries=1

show_ac_twr=1

[MAPVIEW_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

show_flight_history=1

[MULTIPLAYER]

condAccoutPassword=0

VoiceVolume=2.000000

 

Balance the sliders after you use mine,TEST and report back,

 

My SPECS are;

 

ASUS Maximus p68-Z

Corei7 3.4 Ghz

ATI 7970 3GB

 

My VGA settings are

 

my settngs are;

 

Antil-Alias is = Override Application settings (8X)

SuperSample AA

TripleBuffering is OFF

VSync = off unless the application specifies

Texture Filtering Quality= Performance

Tesselation=Off

Anisotropic= Use Application Settings

 

I set AF to Trilinear inside FSX.

 

Thank you

Whenever you post a CFG for people to test, would be a good idea to also post what settings you are using in NV inspector.

 

Otherwise, how can anyone compare. A lot of users are using Word Not Allowed's guide, and makes a lot of your tweaks in your cfg redundant. Also some a pre SP2, so will have little effect. But good luck to you.

Whenever you post a CFG for people to test, would be a good idea to also post what settings you are using in NV inspector.

 

Otherwise, how can anyone compare. A lot of users are using Word Not Allowed's guide, and makes a lot of your tweaks in your cfg redundant. Also some a pre SP2, so will have little effect. But good luck to you.

 

Hi

 

I do not Have Nvidia, I have ATI 7970 3GB

 

 

 

my settngs are;

 

Antil-Alias is = Override Application settings (8X)

SuperSample AA

TripleBuffering is OFF

VSync = off unless the application specifies

Texture Filtering Quality= Performance

Tesselation=Off

Anisotropic= Use Application Settings

 

I set AF to Trilinear inside FSX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks

Ok, maybe you should have posted that instead of PowerFull VGA with Vram > 1 GB, to avoid confusion.

Ok, maybe you should have posted that instead of PowerFull VGA with Vram > 1 GB, to avoid confusion.

 

I modified, thank you

No problem, glad it works for you. Enjoy.

Thanks a lot

A very interesting post however there are a lot of lines of code that are not usually refered to or understood by many of us that do tweaking. I noticed that your LOD_Radius=3.5 so you must not be interested in visual sharpness, default is 4.5 and I use LOD_Radius=6.5. It would be helpful for those of us that would like to try some of your settings to explain what each setting actually does and why.. I also have the same computer specs as yours except for an nVidia card. I know it would be a lot of work to explain every unusual setting but it would be extreemly helpful. My FSX.cfg is also highly modified and all sliders maxed with 30fps 99% of the time. If requested I could post my cfg for comparison. It is quite smaller in size and I wonder of the size of the cfg actually causes an increased load on the sim. Norm

A very interesting post however there are a lot of lines of code that are not usually refered to or understood by many of us that do tweaking. I noticed that your LOD_Radius=3.5 so you must not be interested in visual sharpness, default is 4.5 and I use LOD_Radius=6.5. It would be helpful for those of us that would like to try some of your settings to explain what each setting actually does and why.. I also have the same computer specs as yours except for an nVidia card. I know it would be a lot of work to explain every unusual setting but it would be extreemly helpful. My FSX.cfg is also highly modified and all sliders maxed with 30fps 99% of the time. If requested I could post my cfg for comparison. It is quite smaller in size and I wonder of the size of the cfg actually causes an increased load on the sim. Norm

 

Hi

 

Pleas point out which setting in my CFG contents that you feel new or unusual,

 

I investigated the files main.dll // g2d.dll // g3d.dll and terrain.dll and exrtracted the tweaks from there and tried different values until I got nice performance,

 

there are some strange tweaks I found out, for instance, (workarounds), (performance), they go under graphics I guess,

 

something that really amazed me was RejectThreshold=0, it gives me quite a bit nice boost in fps when I am in VC mode,

 

I found out as well that STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=1024 causes frame drops in VC mode

 

I found out that

MIN_DETAIL_TEXTURE_LEVEL=15

MAX_DETAIL_TEXTURE_LEVEL=21

 

causes blurries, even if you swap the values as above there, blurries remain, So I disabled them by putting // ahead

 

I found out as well in combination with my current settings, putting poolsize=0 causes Big Big blurries, No benefit

 

No problem if you could post your CFG contents WTHOUT THE [TRUSTED] SECTION

Below is my FSX.CFG and a list of the items in your file that I don't understand or have heard about before. Thanks, Norm

SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=10

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=10

TEXTURE_FORMAT=7

BATCH_AUTOGEN2=0

HideVolumeShadowErrors=1

SHADER_OPTIMIZE=1

SHADER_PARTIAL_PRECISION=1

WorkArounds=2

Performance=3

SoftShadow=0

TextureCache=1

texturethrash=0

ShadowMapQuality=0

ShadowMapingQuality=0

This is enough to keep us busy for now but there are more further down in your cfg. Others may be more familiar with some of these but I have never seen them refered to before. Thanks for the effort as even this much was time consuming for me. Norm

 

 

In my system this fsx.cfg gives me great visuals and frame rates with no CTD's.

I have very sharp textures and terrain for long distances on a Samsung 42" TV/Monitor

I also find that you have your landing lights turned off, aircraft reflections turned off, and aircraft shadows turned off and probably others I have not read yet.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

My FSX.CFG

// Modified by Norm on May 13, 2012

 

[Main]

DisablePreload=1

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.1 // Default =0.33

HideMenuFullscreen=1

HideMenuNormal=1

Location=0,392,1920,1084,\\.\DISPLAY1

Maximized=1

SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes

SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft

SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles

SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats

SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals

SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc

User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter

ProcSpeed=14767

PerfBucket=7

 

[Display]

ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64

ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

BLOOM_EFFECTS=0

ChangeTime=4.000000

InfoBrakesEnable=True

InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255

InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255

InfoOverspeedEnable=False

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=False

InfoPauseEnable=True

InfoSlewEnable=True

InfoStallEnable=False

InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0

InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0

NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64

NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.2

SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40

TextureMaxLoad=30

TransitionTime=4.000000

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30

WideViewAspect=True

ForceFullScreenVSync=0

ForceVSync=0

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14 //12

 

[GRAPHICS]

AC_SELF_SHADOW=0

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

ALLOW_SHADER_30=1

STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=1024 // Valid values are 5-1024

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

D3D10=0

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

ForceFullScreenVSync=0

ForceWindowedVSync=0

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

HIGHMEMFIX=1

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

NUM_LIGHTS=8

See_Self=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

Text_Scroll=0

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672

 

[bufferPools]

UsePools=0 // Setting this to 1 will turn the BufferPools ON (stability), setting it to 0

disables them (Performance).

RejectThreshold=102400

Poolsize=2097152

 

[TERRAIN]

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=6000

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=6000

LOD_RADIUS=6.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=100

MESH_RESOLUTION=23

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

WATER_EFFECTS=6

//SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2

 

[MAPVIEW_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

show_flight_history=1

 

[VirtualCopilot]

VirtualCopilotActive=0

 

[sOUND]

AmbientUI=0

AmbientUIMusic=TopGun

AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000

PrimaryDevice={EC5F6430-5BA6-44DC-9EF7-1EE880EF8C76}

SOUND=1

SOUND_FADER1=1.000000

SOUND_FADER2=1.000000

SOUND_FADER3=1.000000

SOUND_FADER4=1.000000

SOUND_LOD=1

SOUND_QUALITY=2

UISound=1

VoiceDevice={1A35DD23-97EE-421A-8D2B-8E359933CC48}

 

[slewTextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

 

[AContain]

LabelColor=FFFF0000

LabelDelay=4000

ShowLabelAirline=1

ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0

ShowLabelAirspeed=1

ShowLabelAltitude=1

ShowLabelContainerId=0

ShowLabelDistance=1

ShowLabelFlightPlan=1

ShowLabelHeading=1

ShowLabelManufacturer=1

ShowLabelModel=1

ShowLabelTailNumber=0

ShowLabels=0

ShowUserLabel=0

 

[TextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[ATC]

AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=0

COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840

COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00

COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6

COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF

COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B

PilotVoice=0

ShowATCText=1

UsePilotVoice=1

 

[AccelerationPack]

ControlsFirstRun=0

HomePageFirstRun=0

 

[iNTERNATIONAL]

ASLAT=2

ASLON=1

MEASURE=0

 

[CONTROLS]

Controls_Current=Standard

Controls_Default=Standard

KBDAIL=64

KBDELEV=64

KBDRUD=64

//force_master_gain=10000

//force_stick_force_enabled=0

//force_stick_shaker_enabled=0

//force_gear_bump_enabled=0

//force_crash_enabled=0

//force_ground_bumps_enabled=0

//force_master_enabled=0

 

[FACILITIES]

CITY=

COUNTRY=

GTL_BUTTON=1232

STATE=

 

[TextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

FuelPercentage=2,4

GForce=2,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[PointOfInterestSystem]

CycleSetting=2

 

[TrafficManager]

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=5

AirlineDensity=80

FreewayDensity=20

GADensity=50

LeisureBoatsDensity=20

ShipsAndFerriesDensity=20

IFROnly=50

 

[DynamicHeadMovement]

HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000

LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.010000

LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.005000

MaxHeadAngle=2.500000

MaxHeadOffset=0.150000

RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.005000

RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.050000

YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.050000

 

[REALISM]

AllowEngineDamage=False

AutoCoord=True

AutoTrim=False

CrashDetection=False

CrashTolerance=0.500000

CrashWithDyn=False

GEffect=False

General=0.500000

GyroDrift=False

GyroEffect=0.500000

ManualLights=True

PFactor=0.000000

RealMixture=True

StressDamage=False

Torque=0.000000

TrueAirspeed=False

UnlimitedFuel=False

 

[Weather]

AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

DisableTurbulence=0

DownloadWindsAloft=0

DynamicWeather=0

MaxGustRampSpeed=200

MaxGustTime=500

MaxVarRampSpeed=75

MaxVarTime=50

MinGustRampSpeed=1

MinGustTime=10

MinVarRampSpeed=10

MinVarTime=5

THERMAL_VISUALS=0

TurbulenceScale=0.900000

WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com

WeatherServerPort=80

WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

 

[RWW_WEATHER_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=0

SHOW_VORS=0

SHOW_NDBS=0

SHOW_APPROACHES=0

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=0

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

 

[Misc]

Com_Rate=9

 

[TextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

FuelPercentage=1,4

GForce=1,3

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[uSERINTERFACE]

DisplayFuelAsWeight=1

Map_Orientation=2

OpenATCOnCreate=0

PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=1

PROMPT_ON_EXIT=0

PageID=1

SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=1

SITUATION=C:\Users\Norm\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\King Air at Friday Harbor

SelectAircraftManufacturer=All

SelectAircraftPublisher=All

SelectAircraftType=All

ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1

 

[sIM]

SYSCLOCK=0

TowPlaneClimbPitch=-7

TowPlaneMinTurnAltitude=2500

TowPlaneTitle=Cessna Skyhawk 172SP Paint4

TowPlaneTurnDeltaHeading=180

TowPlaneTurnFrequency=120

 

[slewTextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

 

[PANELS]

VIRTUAL_COCKPIT_TEXTURES_SCALE=2.0

DEFAULT_VIEW=0

IMAGE_QUALITY=1

PANEL_MASKING=1

PANEL_OPACITY=100

PANEL_STRETCHING=1

QUICKTIPS=0

UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0

 

[sTARTUP]

DEMO=0

LoadWindow=1

SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1

STARTUP_DEMO=0

 

[slewTextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[sCENERY]

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

LENSFLARE=0

//MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3

//MissingLibraryAlert=1

//ShowMissingTextureAlert=1

//ShowTriggers=1

//SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0

 

[FlightPlanMap]

LineWidth=2

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

show_ac_twr=1

show_airways=1

show_markers=1

show_volume_boundaries=1

show_waypoints=1

 

[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 .0]

Mode=1920x1080x32

Anisotropic=1

 

[MULTIPLAYER]

AccountLogin=0

condAccoutPassword=0

AccoutPassword="(null)"

LanUsername="fisheye"

VoiceVolume=2.000000

IP1=24

IP2=25

IP3=212

IP4=99

Below is my FSX.CFG and a list of the items in your file that I don't understand or have heard about before. Thanks, Norm

SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=10

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=10

TEXTURE_FORMAT=7

BATCH_AUTOGEN2=0

HideVolumeShadowErrors=1

SHADER_OPTIMIZE=1

SHADER_PARTIAL_PRECISION=1

WorkArounds=2

Performance=3

SoftShadow=0

TextureCache=1

texturethrash=0

ShadowMapQuality=0

ShadowMapingQuality=0

This is enough to keep us busy for now but there are more further down in your cfg. Others may be more familiar with some of these but I have never seen them refered to before. Thanks for the effort as even this much was time consuming for me. Norm

 

 

In my system this fsx.cfg gives me great visuals and frame rates with no CTD's.

I have very sharp textures and terrain for long distances on a Samsung 42" TV/Monitor

I also find that you have your landing lights turned off, aircraft reflections turned off, and aircraft shadows turned off and probably others I have not read yet.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

My FSX.CFG

// Modified by Norm on May 13, 2012

 

[Main]

DisablePreload=1

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.1 // Default =0.33

HideMenuFullscreen=1

HideMenuNormal=1

Location=0,392,1920,1084,\\.\DISPLAY1

Maximized=1

SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes

SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft

SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles

SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats

SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals

SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc

User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter

ProcSpeed=14767

PerfBucket=7

 

[Display]

ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64

ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

BLOOM_EFFECTS=0

ChangeTime=4.000000

InfoBrakesEnable=True

InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255

InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255

InfoOverspeedEnable=False

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=False

InfoPauseEnable=True

InfoSlewEnable=True

InfoStallEnable=False

InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0

InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0

NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64

NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.2

RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.2

SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40

TextureMaxLoad=30

TransitionTime=4.000000

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30

WideViewAspect=True

ForceFullScreenVSync=0

ForceVSync=0

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14 //12

 

[GRAPHICS]

AC_SELF_SHADOW=0

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

ALLOW_SHADER_30=1

STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=1024 // Valid values are 5-1024

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

D3D10=0

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

ForceFullScreenVSync=0

ForceWindowedVSync=0

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

HIGHMEMFIX=1

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

NUM_LIGHTS=8

See_Self=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

Text_Scroll=0

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672

 

[bufferPools]

UsePools=0 // Setting this to 1 will turn the BufferPools ON (stability), setting it to 0

disables them (Performance).

RejectThreshold=102400

Poolsize=2097152

 

[TERRAIN]

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=6000

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=6000

LOD_RADIUS=6.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=100

MESH_RESOLUTION=23

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

WATER_EFFECTS=6

//SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2

 

[MAPVIEW_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

show_flight_history=1

 

[VirtualCopilot]

VirtualCopilotActive=0

 

[sOUND]

AmbientUI=0

AmbientUIMusic=TopGun

AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000

PrimaryDevice={EC5F6430-5BA6-44DC-9EF7-1EE880EF8C76}

SOUND=1

SOUND_FADER1=1.000000

SOUND_FADER2=1.000000

SOUND_FADER3=1.000000

SOUND_FADER4=1.000000

SOUND_LOD=1

SOUND_QUALITY=2

UISound=1

VoiceDevice={1A35DD23-97EE-421A-8D2B-8E359933CC48}

 

[slewTextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

 

[AContain]

LabelColor=FFFF0000

LabelDelay=4000

ShowLabelAirline=1

ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0

ShowLabelAirspeed=1

ShowLabelAltitude=1

ShowLabelContainerId=0

ShowLabelDistance=1

ShowLabelFlightPlan=1

ShowLabelHeading=1

ShowLabelManufacturer=1

ShowLabelModel=1

ShowLabelTailNumber=0

ShowLabels=0

ShowUserLabel=0

 

[TextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[ATC]

AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=0

COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840

COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00

COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6

COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF

COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B

PilotVoice=0

ShowATCText=1

UsePilotVoice=1

 

[AccelerationPack]

ControlsFirstRun=0

HomePageFirstRun=0

 

[iNTERNATIONAL]

ASLAT=2

ASLON=1

MEASURE=0

 

[CONTROLS]

Controls_Current=Standard

Controls_Default=Standard

KBDAIL=64

KBDELEV=64

KBDRUD=64

//force_master_gain=10000

//force_stick_force_enabled=0

//force_stick_shaker_enabled=0

//force_gear_bump_enabled=0

//force_crash_enabled=0

//force_ground_bumps_enabled=0

//force_master_enabled=0

 

[FACILITIES]

CITY=

COUNTRY=

GTL_BUTTON=1232

STATE=

 

[TextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

FuelPercentage=2,4

GForce=2,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[PointOfInterestSystem]

CycleSetting=2

 

[TrafficManager]

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=5

AirlineDensity=80

FreewayDensity=20

GADensity=50

LeisureBoatsDensity=20

ShipsAndFerriesDensity=20

IFROnly=50

 

[DynamicHeadMovement]

HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000

LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.010000

LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.005000

MaxHeadAngle=2.500000

MaxHeadOffset=0.150000

RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.005000

RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.050000

YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.050000

 

[REALISM]

AllowEngineDamage=False

AutoCoord=True

AutoTrim=False

CrashDetection=False

CrashTolerance=0.500000

CrashWithDyn=False

GEffect=False

General=0.500000

GyroDrift=False

GyroEffect=0.500000

ManualLights=True

PFactor=0.000000

RealMixture=True

StressDamage=False

Torque=0.000000

TrueAirspeed=False

UnlimitedFuel=False

 

[Weather]

AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

DisableTurbulence=0

DownloadWindsAloft=0

DynamicWeather=0

MaxGustRampSpeed=200

MaxGustTime=500

MaxVarRampSpeed=75

MaxVarTime=50

MinGustRampSpeed=1

MinGustTime=10

MinVarRampSpeed=10

MinVarTime=5

THERMAL_VISUALS=0

TurbulenceScale=0.900000

WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com

WeatherServerPort=80

WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

 

[RWW_WEATHER_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=0

SHOW_VORS=0

SHOW_NDBS=0

SHOW_APPROACHES=0

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=0

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

 

[Misc]

Com_Rate=9

 

[TextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

FuelPercentage=1,4

GForce=1,3

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[uSERINTERFACE]

DisplayFuelAsWeight=1

Map_Orientation=2

OpenATCOnCreate=0

PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=1

PROMPT_ON_EXIT=0

PageID=1

SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=1

SITUATION=C:\Users\Norm\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\King Air at Friday Harbor

SelectAircraftManufacturer=All

SelectAircraftPublisher=All

SelectAircraftType=All

ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1

 

[sIM]

SYSCLOCK=0

TowPlaneClimbPitch=-7

TowPlaneMinTurnAltitude=2500

TowPlaneTitle=Cessna Skyhawk 172SP Paint4

TowPlaneTurnDeltaHeading=180

TowPlaneTurnFrequency=120

 

[slewTextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

 

[PANELS]

VIRTUAL_COCKPIT_TEXTURES_SCALE=2.0

DEFAULT_VIEW=0

IMAGE_QUALITY=1

PANEL_MASKING=1

PANEL_OPACITY=100

PANEL_STRETCHING=1

QUICKTIPS=0

UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0

 

[sTARTUP]

DEMO=0

LoadWindow=1

SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1

STARTUP_DEMO=0

 

[slewTextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[sCENERY]

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

LENSFLARE=0

//MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3

//MissingLibraryAlert=1

//ShowMissingTextureAlert=1

//ShowTriggers=1

//SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0

 

[FlightPlanMap]

LineWidth=2

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

show_ac_twr=1

show_airways=1

show_markers=1

show_volume_boundaries=1

show_waypoints=1

 

[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 .0]

Mode=1920x1080x32

Anisotropic=1

 

[MULTIPLAYER]

AccountLogin=0

condAccoutPassword=0

AccoutPassword="(null)"

LanUsername="fisheye"

VoiceVolume=2.000000

IP1=24

IP2=25

IP3=212

IP4=99

 

Hello

 

Some of my enteries are already in your CFG file, such as Swap_Wait_timeout

 

it seems you need to read about ******* Altuve (Forum name is "Bojote"), this guy is a scientist, he is the onw who found out all the tweaks you are wondering about except few of them I added myself,

 

I will post for you all the links that talks about each one individually,

 

SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT

 

Expaination from Bojote:

This value is the number of frames that the above process will have to wait before 'asuming' a particular tile has been already loaded into VIDEO MEMORY.If SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT is too high, then FIBER_FRAME_FRACTION (no matter if it is set to 0.99) will have to wait X number of frames (the SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT value) before ATTEMPING to read a tile/texture from VIDEO MEMORY

 

link

http://forum.avsim.n...x-experimental/

 

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=10

Again this tweak was discovered by ******* Altuve (Bojote);

I can't find the link, however the default value in fsx is = 8, it increases the texture overall quality

 

TEXTURE_FORMAT=7

Default value is 7 in fsx anyway, no idea what it does, again Bojote tweak

 

BATCH_AUTOGEN2=0

Bojote tweak, it is used with DX10 but useless according to Bojote, no benefit, so I set it t zero

 

HideVolumeShadowErrors=1

This very tweak I extracted it from one of the Dll files mentioned earlier, it serves minimizing ntdll.dll CTD when the graphics card renders shadows in fsx.

Shadows in fsx are known to be somewhat buggy, so turning them off would reduce the load on both CPU and GPU, devoting the rendering efforts to more important jobs

 

SHADER_OPTIMIZE=1

SHADER_PARTIAL_PRECISION=1

This is Bojote's Tweak, they exsist in one of the Dll files, but hidden in the CFG file, they serve fixing occational graphics corruptions when it is rendered by graphics card.

 

WorkArounds=2

Performance=3

Those tweaks are mine and they are u nnder investigations to see what they are and what they do and what are the default values.

 

SoftShadow=0

My Tweak, I found it the same way Bojote finds the tweaks, it turns off softshadows in fsx, some hidden tweak that does not exist in fsx.

 

TextureCache=1

Under experiementing, No idea

 

texturethrash=0 (I think it should be set to 1),(experiementing is required), this goes under graphics and texturecache goes under display section (sorry for duplication in my cfg), I find setting texturethrash to 1 is more fps effective...

 

By Definition;

The texel values that are used by a graphics processing chip need to be stored in the memory "closest" to the chip, to ensure optimal performance - in order of preference, the locations should be the texture cache first, then the texture buffer, then the AGP aperture and finally the system memory.

Texture thrashing occurs when the required texels are not in the nearest source, resulting in wasted time while the data is copied across. Thrashing between the cache and buffer occurs quite frequently but given the high performance of the memory system found on most graphics adapters today, the problem is an acceptable one. Thrashing between the buffer and aperture/system memory is far more significant, as the bandwidth of the AGP bus is far less than even the weakest of graphics cards.

Texture thrashing will also occur if there is insufficient local memory for the texture buffer, causing some texture maps to be stored in the aperture or system memory. If they are ever required, then the rendering process must wait until they have been copied across.

 

hope this helps

 

ShadowMapQuality=0

ShadowMapingQuality=0

From microsoft; This from the ESP SDK info (http://msdn.microsof...y/cc526948.aspx), down the page in "Configuration Settings" paragraph:"ShadowMappingQuality (set to 0=off, 1=Low, 2=High, 3=Auto - the default is "Auto"). The "Low" setting for the shadow mapping refers to the shadow mapping filter present in the RTM version of ESP. The "High" setting refers to a newer, higher-quality shadow mapping filter. By default, the higher-quality filter is applied if the Graphics slider in the Settings dialog is set to High or Ultra High. Use this configuration setting to override the default behavior."I'm assuming this is the same functionality described by Phil toyler (one of MS FSX engineering team) for FSX.

Sometimes I am amazed on how much flightsimmers go through to make FSX run at its best on their machines and I guess I fit that catagory myself. I have to commend you for all the digging and studying that you must have done through the years to accumulate all of this information. Thank you for the explanations on the lines of code I referred to in my last. As far as the SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT line, I was only referring to the number you used not the line itself. I would like to see an in flight screen shot of the results of your efforts unless you are only interested, as our SimFlite President is, in cockpit performance and not eye candy. Most of my tweaking is for the latter and I fly on the outside of the aircraft about fifty percent of the time to view the ORBX scenery and aircraft. Therefore I prefer the settings in my FSX.CFG that gives me that kind of stimulation. Lord knows at almost seventy four years I need all of the stimulation possible. Our Flight Simulation group called SimFlite is the largest flight simulation group in Southern California. I have been, by default, awarded the position of tweaking many members FSX to get things sorted out and smoothed up to their liking and on some older machines that is quite a challenge. That means that everyone has different goals in enjoying their computer flight time and that has been relayed to me many times in the last twenty years plus since BAO was bought out by Microsoft. All that being said I think what it all boils down to is owner preferences. You enjoy tweaking and testing I assume which I have done myself for months on end with some good results and a lot of backslides with having to start over again. I think we all appreciate your contributions to the hobby and hope you keep up the good work and continue to update us on the positive results from your efforts. Yours Truly, fisheye

 

PS If I can figure out how to attach a .jpg here I will send a screenshot.

Hello corei7. I just saw this thread, and while you see like a new guy here, I do appreciate your effort. However...

 

RejectThreshold=0

 

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0

 

(and probably some others like low LOD_RADIUS...)

 

Running RT=0 makes no sense. Means all data is sent to GPU directly - I believe the same effect as BP=0, which would also render Poolsize ineffective.

 

FFTF=0 - a big no! Whenever your FPS run lower than what is locked, 30 in your case, especially flying into a heavier airport with an NGX or any aircraft with heavy cockpit, you will start losing autogen, get blurry textures etc.

 

There are some new lines in your fsx.cfg I never heard about, and would like to know where you picked them.

 

Be aware that posting such threads can be highly misleading.

 

I suggest you read my guide and see what you can make of it - it has had a great deal of positive feedback and many simmers are running the config without slightest trouble.

Hello corei7. I just saw this thread, and while you see like a new guy here, I do appreciate your effort. However...

 

RejectThreshold=0

 

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0

 

(and probably some others like low LOD_RADIUS...)

 

Running RT=0 makes no sense. Means all data is sent to GPU directly - I believe the same effect as BP=0, which would also render Poolsize ineffective.

 

FFTF=0 - a big no! Whenever your FPS run lower than what is locked, 30 in your case, especially flying into a heavier airport with an NGX or any aircraft with heavy cockpit, you will start losing autogen, get blurry textures etc.

 

There are some new lines in your fsx.cfg I never heard about, and would like to know where you picked them.

 

Be aware that posting such threads can be highly misleading.

 

I suggest you read my guide and see what you can make of it - it has had a great deal of positive feedback and many simmers are running the config without slightest trouble.

 

Hi Word Not Allowed

 

you have to know first that I am one of your big fans, chanting your name "Word Not Allowed.. Word Not Allowed .. Word Not Allowed"

 

Regarding RT=0,

 

Let us talk only about VC mode

I tried different values suggested long back in the forum, however, when you start recording with fraps, a big drop in frame rates does happen (about 10 fps loss, remain 20), but if I use RT=0 and not any other value, the frame rates drops to 26.9 according to fsx, so thinking this through, my sliders are the same, no other value has been touched or changed, only RejectThreshold,

So taking this as experiement, I believe this is the best for my new ATI 7970 3GB Card, it might not work for other people, experiements are needed to prove.

 

Regarding FFTF=0, I experiement and found that either 0 or 0.1 is the best value (unless you are using tileproxy of course), I have no blurries, my frame rates are quite well locked at 30.

I think there is a relationship between MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=4 and FFTF

 

Any value for the batching jobs that is less than 3, it induces frame rates drop... ALL my experiements and tweaks above seems to be a cure for fixing the fps locking function in FSX, as you are aware, fs9 works better than fsx in terms of internally locking the fps. The compilation of tweaks I reached as of today kills this problem in fsx as per my experiement.

 

I will point out in which files I extracted the tweaks individually;

 

SoftShadow-->g2d.dll

TextureThrash-->g2d.dll

TextureCache-->g2d.dll

 

the Mysterius reads (Workarounds) and (performance) are located in g2d.dll exactly next to HIGHMEMFIX in the same line inside g2d.dll , I think we need to look into this a bit deeper.

 

I hope my explaination makes sense, it would be greatly appreciated if you could try my settings after backing up yours

Sometimes I am amazed on how much flightsimmers go through to make FSX run at its best on their machines and I guess I fit that catagory myself. I have to commend you for all the digging and studying that you must have done through the years to accumulate all of this information. Thank you for the explanations on the lines of code I referred to in my last. As far as the SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT line, I was only referring to the number you used not the line itself. I would like to see an in flight screen shot of the results of your efforts unless you are only interested, as our SimFlite President is, in cockpit performance and not eye candy. Most of my tweaking is for the latter and I fly on the outside of the aircraft about fifty percent of the time to view the ORBX scenery and aircraft. Therefore I prefer the settings in my FSX.CFG that gives me that kind of stimulation. Lord knows at almost seventy four years I need all of the stimulation possible. Our Flight Simulation group called SimFlite is the largest flight simulation group in Southern California. I have been, by default, awarded the position of tweaking many members FSX to get things sorted out and smoothed up to their liking and on some older machines that is quite a challenge. That means that everyone has different goals in enjoying their computer flight time and that has been relayed to me many times in the last twenty years plus since BAO was bought out by Microsoft. All that being said I think what it all boils down to is owner preferences. You enjoy tweaking and testing I assume which I have done myself for months on end with some good results and a lot of backslides with having to start over again. I think we all appreciate your contributions to the hobby and hope you keep up the good work and continue to update us on the positive results from your efforts. Yours Truly, fisheye

 

PS If I can figure out how to attach a .jpg here I will send a screenshot.

 

Excellent and Thanks a lot Mr. fisheye,

 

I appreciation your kind words as well, You are 100% correct, everyone enjoys and works to find out what suites him better, PC SPECS differs from one to another, but I pointed out that those tweaks needs a High END Computer

 

Regarding SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=10, I found out this values is the best suites me to avoid white square flashes over terrain because it does not wait for enough number of frames to assume the tile as been loaded in the video memory, so after many experiements, 10 seems the suitable value for me in all cases.

 

my specifications are ;

 

ASUS Maximus Z68

Corei7 2600K 3.4 Ghz

ATI 7970 3GB (Sapphire)

 

This is a screenshot as requested