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Read the documentation, hunted endlessly in the VC and panels looking for something that will turn OFF my co-pilot PFD and the MFD ... but can't.

 

Any hints how this might be achieved?

 

Thanks, Rob.

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I noticed when I brought up the 2D version of the MFD, if I clicked on the circle/mounting screw in the upper left corner, about where a close box would be, it would turn off the VC version. Then when that panel was closed the VC MFD was no longer on. I imagine it's still running under the hood but might be less perf-intensive (guessing that might be the root of your question)?

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I noticed when I brought up the 2D version of the MFD, if I clicked on the circle/mounting screw in the upper left corner, about where a close box would be, it would turn off the VC version.

 

Thank you, I was able to turn off the MFD and the Pilots PFD, but wasn't able to turn OFF the co-pilots PFD ... any hints?  Optimally it would be nice to have the Pilot's PFD only and co-pilots PFD turned off.

 

BTW, there was a significant performance increase (i.e. from 20 fps now over 40 fps) with those MFD and PFD's turned OFF in P3DV2.2.

 

Cheers, Rob.

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The hidden click spot is there on the cp PFD, it just takes some hunting to identify.

 

Ah, found them, all 3 of them ... they are ALL available in VC (don't need to bring up their 2D windows) ... my mouse turns into a hand cursor just below the upper left screw on each PFD/MFD ... better if you zoom in otherwise you make always get the VOL knob.

 

Given that these PFD/MFD's are huge performance killers, it might be a good idea for Carenado to advertise these well "hidden" hot spots for turning them On/Off.

 

Thanks for pointing me in a direction.

 

Cheers, Rob.

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Carenado used to specify this in their manuals (such as in the Cirrus SR22), but I guess it was an oversight this time around.

 

I did look and search, but found nothing.  They even mentioned a G1000_config.xml that I've searched for on all my drives and no such file exists?

 

Anyway, got it working well now in P3DV2.2, turned off AccuFeel.

 

Cheers, Rob.

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The G1000 configuration. Xml is inside the CAB file. I changed the default CDI mode to GPS but then was unable to change out while flying. Be careful.

 

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The performance difference is night and day.  Heck, with all 3 turned off I was getting 40-60 fps across 3 23" monitors and high graphics settings.   Unfortunately, while turning off the co-pilot PFD is no problem, I don't want to be forced to turn off either my PFD, MFD, or both while flying just to get acceptable performance.  Clearly a G1000 representation can be better optimized (I never had these issues in the Mustang).  If Carenado can fix these performance issues with the panels, I would overlook most of the other shortcomings of this plane and gladly fly it.

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Heck, with all 3 turned off I was getting 40-60 fps

 

That's my experience also, hopefully the developer(s) will sort this out for P3DV2.x or work with LM to find a performance solution.

 

FYI, turning On/Off Mipmap VC Panels has no affect on performance sadly (first thing I tried).

 

Cheers, Rob.

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