A new FSX stability hotfix

[MindYerBeak 73]

I just read about this "new" stability hotfix.If you try it report back please.

 

link:

 

http://www.enigmasim.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1065

[alpha117 73]

This is what it adds to your cfg file

 

[bufferPools]

UsePools=0

[GRAPHICS]

STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=2147483647

HIGHMEMFIX=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096

TextureMaxLoad=30

[DISPLAY]

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400

[BimmerCop 332]

In before the avalanche of critics! LOL

 

Gonna give it a ride and see how it performs... Thanks for sharing...

[alpha117 73]

Please have a look at the Word Not Allowed's Guide, if you are not sure what these do

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/370594-read-before-posting-software-hardware-guide-for-fsx/

[1st fltsimguy 466]

I have never heard of this before.

 

STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=2147483647

 

What the heck does this do?

 

All the rest are known tweaks.

[Guest]

It's a bit odd to 'release' a 'hotfix' which is nothing else but a bunch of known tweaks, isn't it...? Besides, TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400...? I think most cfg-guru's will agree that number is way too high! They simply should have linked to Word Not Allowed's guide. :wink:

 

BTW Afaik the STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD tweak doesn't do much: I can't remember anyone using that and getting a clear difference in performance. It's an odd and rather random mix of tweaks, that hotfix.

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

I think it's just a collection of tweaks for those who don't use a tweaked cfg.

 

But that TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400 is totaly wrong.

[TheBFG 1]

I think it's just a collection of tweaks for those who don't use a tweaked cfg.

 

But that TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400 is totaly wrong.

 

Yeah that sounds a bit... unlikely.

 

But I've seen stranger things.

[Kosta 122]

TBM 400

 

And man, again a "patch" that doesn't cover water 2.x high but using bp=0, or using it with any hardware, or with too slow GPU vs fast CPU... Nothing about that mentioned there.

 

Let's observe the problem-cases starting to flow in...

[1st fltsimguy 466]

Yup this just seems to be weird.

[TheBFG 1]

TBM 400

 

And man, again a "patch" that doesn't cover water 2.x high but using bp=0, or using it with any hardware, or with too slow GPU vs fast CPU... Nothing about that mentioned there.

 

The fact that I completely understand everything you're talking about makes me realise how much I've learnt from you (and others). Thanks once again :)

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

TBM 400

 

And man, again a "patch" that doesn't cover water 2.x high but using bp=0, or using it with any hardware, or with too slow GPU vs fast CPU... Nothing about that mentioned there.

 

Let's observe the problem-cases starting to flow in...

 

I already know that you need to use High 2.x water with UsePools=0, but I'm wondering, why that?

[Kaly 22]

but I'm wondering, why that?

 

It seems to negate the artifacts that may occur when using BP=0

[DShimoda 0]

Why would anyone in their "right FSX mind" run 2 extra shader passes with water set to high, just to get rid of flashes and glitches from BP=0, when you can get even better performance by doing like Nick:

 

http://www.simforums.com/forums/different-scenarios-different-settings-thats-how_topic41798.html

 

Yep, I know, he´s maybe outdated with all the new stuff around, and he´s grumpy and arrogant, an old, maybe, I guess, not really hip, right??

[Kaly 22]

Why would anyone in their "right FSX mind" run 2 extra shader passes with water set to high, just to get rid of flashes and glitches from BP=0, when you can get even better performance by doing like Nick:

 

That is a fair statement,however the performance enhancement with the (BP tweak=0), has proven to be an outastanding tweak for many users,including me.