Hi

 

I boarded the dx10 ship some days ago and I'm quite happy so far. Many Thanks to Steve and Paul and all the others in this forum who made it such easy to use and enjoy fsx now in dx10 mode. I actually needed about one hour to get it to run. Bush flying with Carenado's C172 or C208 in ORBX-FTX areas/airports is simply great now.

 

Some smaller issues I have:

 

Even with constant 30 fps I get those micro stutters every 5-10 sec. Is there a solution?

 

When ac self shadow are enabled, I get those jagged shadow lines in VC. I guess this is a known AA bug and the only solution is to leave ac self shadows off. Right?

 

Is there anything what can be done against lights dimming on and off at night?

 

Water reflections of ships and boats look strange (blinking/shimmering) (water setting at 5)

 

The water reflection of stars at night looks also strange. Is there a way to reduce this effect?

 

 

Cheers,

 

Harry

Post your fsx.cfg here, Harry. You should have nothing but smooth sailing with that beast.

When ac self shadow are enabled, I get those jagged shadow lines in VC. I guess this is a known AA bug and the only solution is to leave ac self shadows off. Right?

 

You do have AA enabled in FSX don't you? I saw those jagged shadow lines too until I enabled AA and AF inside FSX. In any case you're in good hands with Paul (and I will be checking your config out too). I recently went astray and did not fully copy the settings others had made here (and is now posted in the pinned HowTo document). I was having some really ugly VC's. I then pulled down the latest settings and I was totally in shock! They worked for me. LOL. I have to agree with you though that the VC shadows are not as 'neat' as the DX10 shadows on the outside of the aircraft and on the wings but they are better.

 

Best regards,

jim

Paul, Jim

 

thanks for your kind answers. Find my fsx.cfg below. I also used NI settings as suggested.

 

kind regards

 

Harry

 

my fsx cfg (most relevant entries)

 

[GRAPHICS]

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024

NUM_LIGHTS=8

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

AC_SELF_SHADOW=1

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

See_Self=1

Text_Scroll=1

HIGHMEMFIX=1

MultiSamplesPerPixel=4 // Must have for good AA

MultiSampleQuality=8 // Can be 4 for better performance.

D3D10=1

 

[Display]

ChangeTime=4.000000

TransitionTime=4.000000

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=True

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True

InfoPauseEnable=True

InfoSlewEnable=True

InfoStallEnable=True

InfoOverspeedEnable=True

BLOOM_EFFECTS=0

SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30

WideViewAspect=True

 

[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.0]

Mode=1024x768x32

Anisotropic=1

AntiAlias=1

 

[Main]

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

ProcSpeed=19997

PerfBucket=7

HideMenuNormal=0

HideMenuFullscreen=1

Maximized=1

Location=440,151,1480,929,\\.\DISPLAY4

DisablePreload=1

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.15

 

[sCENERY]

LENSFLARE=0

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5

 

[TrafficManager]

AirlineDensity=20

GADensity=20

FreewayDensity=8

ShipsAndFerriesDensity=30

LeisureBoatsDensity=30

IFROnly=0

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=1

 

[TERRAIN]

LOD_RADIUS=4.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=100

MESH_RESOLUTION=23

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=29

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=4

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

WATER_EFFECTS=5

 

[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=2

DownloadWindsAloft=0

DisableTurbulence=0

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=3

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

THERMAL_VISUALS=0

 

[sOUND]

AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000

PrimaryDevice={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

VoiceDevice={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

SOUND=1

SOUND_QUALITY=2

SOUND_LOD=0

UISound=1

AmbientUI=1

Here you go, Harry: Hope this one helps. The changes are taken from my very best cfg, and gives me 29.9 - 30 under almost any load.

For NI - I'm using NI Bumpy's "Bioshok" version here..

..and giving these results here.. These pics were taken Sept 9, so they're quite old, and were done checking weather and cloud. Ignore the SEA at the end, as there's no AI.

"Here you go, Harry: Hope this one helps. The changes are taken from my very best cfg, and gives me 29.9 - 30 under almost any load."

 

Thank you Paul. But I could not find any changes regarding the fsx.cfg. I'm also using the NI Bioshock version from verybumpy, but will check this again more carefully.

 

cheers,

 

Harry

I DIDN'T ATTACH THE FSX.CFG!!! HOW STOOOPID CAN I GET!!

 

I just got back from town and just read the posts.... Duh!! I'm sorry Harry! All I put were the Inspector settings..

 

(Note - this is only a partial cfg)

 

 

 

 

:sorry:

Thank you very much Paul this is very kind. I will report back tomorrow how it works. Currently I'm moving the whole FSX/P3D partition (>400G) to a new HDD cause my current one is getting too small. Together with defragmentation this needs really some time (8 h meanwhile...) :Waiting:

 

Cheers,

 

 

Harry

Good luck with the move, Harry!

 

pj

Curious of the OP ever got rid of his DX10 stutter? I too am finding good frame rates but hitching or stuttering going on.

Curious of the OP ever got rid of his DX10 stutter? I too am finding good frame rates but hitching or stuttering going on.

 

I still have some stutters. But it seems that it also depends from the area in which I fly. I am using dx10 mode only when flying in FTX NA in a carenado c208 or 172. Some areas are more stuttery other are less. Scagit Rgl/Anacortes and Hervey are worst other are much better. Maybe to reduce settings would help, but I don't like to play with settings during a flight,

 

Cheers

 

Harry