Car traffic causing graphic glitches

[Paul J 349]

I wouldn't be too sure of that, Jim! I'm just playing, as I don't understand what each tweak actually does, so testing a particular tweak is still only done by guess and by golly. DX9 responded to almost any tweak, by adding this, or that, and DX10 doesn't seem to. There's not a whole lot of difference between the default settings (like yours) with HIGHMEMFIX and FFTF - and a config with the whole enchilada, - I'll call it the "HD" setting for want of a better name.

 

I think these changes are necessary to support HD flying.

 

BufferPools=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=>80

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=<0.15

MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3

WATER_EFFECTS=5 // 4 or 5

 

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=907 // my personal preference - may reduce load

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=1376 // // my personal preference - may reduce load

 

These are the only changes in my cfg as of yesterday, and did allow for these HD numbers below around Seattle:-

 

 

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

AC_SELF_SHADOW=1

BLOOM_EFFECTS=1

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=90

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.1

 

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=7

 

LENSFLARE=1

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

 

AirlineDensity=35

GADensity=35

FreewayDensity=35

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=1

 

LOD_RADIUS=4.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=100

MESH_RESOLUTION=23

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=4

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

WATER_EFFECTS=5

 

Mode=3840x1024x32

Anisotropic=1

AntiAlias=1

 

STATE=Washington

CITY=Seattle

 

 

Seattle area - 1WA6... 27 mins.

KTTD - KPDX ....12 mins., per link - https://www.dropbox....ebse/poajKLG0VI

 

Hope you can use this info.

 

Cheers,

 

pj

[Jim Young 2,356]

Paul, I would take a rest. It gets overwhelming and frustrating sometimes and there's no reason to rush to find that 'holy grail'. I wish I could help but overwhelmed myself taking on the job as a moderator. I think what you have found so far is great and sufficient for now. If you are interested to see what all those fsx 'tweaks' mean, here's one excellent guide I found - http://www.strikingsoftware.com/forum/index.php?topic=614.0;wap2. You can find more by simply Googling what do all the tweaks in fsx.cfg mean. Thanks from me for all of your hard work! I know others appreciate it too. Take a few days vacation.

 

Best regards,

Jim

[Paul J 349]

Yaah - there's no holy grail.. darned pity. Thanks for the vacation recommendation, Jim! But - I'm retired!! What am I gonna dooo!

 

Re the link to the "Truth about Tweaks" - thanks, but no thanks, Jim - it's too dated. Anything older than about 7 months old is suspect. That was somewhere about the rate in IT, whether Windows Server, IBM, Oracle/Sun, HP, Cisco, Intel - all moving forward at a rate that is very difficult to keep up with, even in the industry, where courses are mandatory - if you want to keep ahead and keep your job!

 

Anyway - I just downloaded DXtory - video-making software - I'm going to see what a mess I can make of my pc!!!

 

:LMAO:

[VeryBumpy 272]

I never played much of default DX10 so I wonder if this car glitch is introduced due to the new shaders or was it always there in DX10 from the get go. I'm guessing this issue is a new shader thing can can't be tweeked out but needs to be programmed out.

[Paul J 349]

Did you do a DX9 test with those same settings, Bump?