Hi Andreas,yup, it sure is annoying if people don't "perform" the way one wants them to ...:-outta Cheers, Holger

I don't think it is a case of "aren't really interested", since for xample, if you look at all the work done by scenery designers in coaxing out the finer details of of that specialty (and the same can be said for aircraft modelers, guage designers, and flight dynamics developers). It just seems in the case of these display parameters, we've hit a wall on some of them. We know in general what they are doing, but can't pinpoint the exact cause/effect. It doesn't help when things seem system dependent. It's like no two people can agree on the effect of changing graphics drivers.scott s..

>Thank you for the answers so far.>>I didn't expect that so many others would like more precise>informations as well.>>My impression in general (by posting questions in various>forums) is that many simmers aren't really interested in the>backgrounds of more complex things, they're happy if a>pre-defined solution is delivered without asking for the why>and what (e.g. they replace some cfg file with another that>gives the desired result, but they don't even think about>looking at what has changed and why the changes were made, let>alone what the parameters stand for where the changes were>applied).>>That's why I seldom get satisfying answers on the various>forums, 'cause nobody really cares, so nobody really knows and>simply cannot give an answer.>>The meaning of the terrain parameters seems to be hidden in>the dark to a great extent, and since MS didn't deliver a>description (is there a description of fs9.cfg at all?) I>guess they're the only ones who can answer correctly.>>AndreasI'm sure your disdain for all the hours and sweat put into providing assistance for fellow simmers and your disregard for the innumerable discussions that have taken place will not have gone unnoticed. While there are some parameters within F9.cfg that are less well understood, it doesn't appear to be the case with those you have asked about here which are readily and clearly explicable to ANYONE that wants to hear.As has been explained by people I regard as `expert` the problem is not that the definitive nature of the settings is not understood, but rather the impact of those settings is system-specific.If you want more information than is being provided here, then you really are on your own. But we all look forward to your `definitive` explanations when you have them.Allcott