I was the victim of 8 minute freezes for a few years. I installed the Affinity Mask fix in the .cfg file of fsx, and have had no freezes for about 4 months.

Like everything else, nothing works for everybody, but this trick has solved the problem for me.

Hi folks,

 

Like many of you, i too am victim to the 8 minute freeze. However, I really don't see the solution that would fix the problem. That is to say, I read the post and each post addresses the issue but they don't reveal the solution. If they did, I probably missed it from all that reading. I'm running the following:

 

Win 7, 64-bit i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40, 8 gigs memory

graphics = ATI AMD Radeon HD 6450

Vatsim (regardless if I'm connectedor not, freeze still occurs)

Activesky Evolution

Wilco Airbus Evolution series

 

My opinion is that using this type of PC, I shouldn't be experiencing any freeze, right? Nevertheless I could be wrong. thanks for the help

 

brgds

Set your AffinityMask to 14 in the FSX.cfg file. That'll help. It did for me.

 

 

Set your AffinityMask to 14 in the FSX.cfg file. That'll help. It did for me.

 

what is the correct way of writing that line? could your copy and paste that part in this post for me? thnks

For Multiple Core support in FSX, add the following command line in fsx.CFG file. The setting is not shown by default.

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=n

 

Choice of <n> as follows:

 

For 2-core 4-thread CPU

15=1111 = ALL 4 cores

14=1110 = last 3 cores (cores read from back to front)

7=0111 = first 3 cores

3=0011 = first 2 cores

1=0001 = first core

 

For 4-core 8-thread CPU

255=11111111 = ALL 8 cores

254=11111110 = last 7 cores

252=11111100 = last 6 cores

127=01111111 = first 7 cores

63=00111111 = first 6 cores

 

For 6-core 12-thread CPU

4095=111111111111 = ALL 12 cores

4094=111111111110 = last 11 cores

4092=111111111100 = last 10 cores

 

Other core settings could be calculated from corresponding binary numbers to decimal numbers as shown above. There is no need to use additional software such as Multicore Environment to achieve what is needed.

For Multiple Core support in FSX, add the following command line in fsx.CFG file. The setting is not shown by default.

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=n

 

Choice of <n> as follows:

 

For 2-core 4-thread CPU

15=1111 = ALL 4 cores

14=1110 = last 3 cores (cores read from back to front)

7=0111 = first 3 cores

3=0011 = first 2 cores

1=0001 = first core

 

For 4-core 8-thread CPU

255=11111111 = ALL 8 cores

254=11111110 = last 7 cores

252=11111100 = last 6 cores

127=01111111 = first 7 cores

63=00111111 = first 6 cores

 

For 6-core 12-thread CPU

4095=111111111111 = ALL 12 cores

4094=111111111110 = last 11 cores

4092=111111111100 = last 10 cores

 

Other core settings could be calculated from corresponding binary numbers to decimal numbers as shown above. There is no need to use additional software such as Multicore Environment to achieve what is needed.

so I would put it like this?

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

n=14

 

I'm also confused with:

For 2-core 4-thread CPU

For 4-core 8-thread CPU

For 6-core 12-thread CPU

 

is this to suggest the number or memory things I have? cuz I have 8gigs memory.

This is how you write it. At the top of the FSX.cfg

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14

 

You have to look up what kind of CPU you have. I have a 4-core CPU with 8 threads. 8 has nothing to do with the memory. Once you know what kind of CPU you have, you'll know what number to set as AffinityMask.

This is how you write it. At the top of the FSX.cfg

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=14

 

You have to look up what kind of CPU you have. I have a 4-core CPU with 8 threads. 8 has nothing to do with the memory. Once you know what kind of CPU you have, you'll know what number to set as AffinityMask.

cool thanks for clarifying.

Did ASN ever release a hot fix for the issue as stated early in this thread?

I would be interested too as this has struck me for the first time tonight, I did a flight without using ASN and everything ran fine.