fsx-ms High end PC, how ever Blurry Textures FSX

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

Hello guys,

 

Well, just what you see in the tittle.

 

These are my specs:

 

Mobo: MSI Z97 Gaming 7

RAM: GSkill RipJaws 16Gb @1886Mhz

CPU: Intel I7-4790K @4.4Ghz (No Overclock)

Cooling: Cooler Master Nepton 280L

GPU: MSI GTX970 Gaming 4Gb

 

Now the question is: Why in the world do I get blurry ground textures in FSX?

 

I configure the FSX just like the FTX Global manual  says, how ever I get blurry textures some times in from of my plane and some times iven Below the plane itself.

 

Has anyone had this problem? How can I resolve it and get (As I expected when I bought the computer) excelent graffics for the FSX?

 

Thank you very much for any help you can provide me with.

 

Regards.

 

PD: The frame Rate is great, only the ground textures are giving me probems.

 

 

 

 

[magnetite 38]

If you're running FSX on a hard drive, it could probably use some defragging. That's usually what might cause blurry textures.

 

Your profile doesn't list what kind of drive you use, but the faster it is, the less blurries you should have.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

If you pause the sim,  do the textures clear up?

 

What speed are you flying at?   what LOD settings are you using?

 

Even with a fast system, it is possible to overload FSX,  and blurry textures are a sign of that..

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

It is a Western Digital hard drive (No SDD) I re-used from my old PC, I have actually been thinking about buying a SSD, now; if I run FSX in the SSD and Windows in the normal hard drive, would that affect FSX performance? I would say no but not really sure.

The LOD slidebar in FSX is set to max, and in the FSX.CFG file is set to 6.500000. (I followed Kostas's tweaking guide) but it did not really fix the issue.

 

Thank you very much for your quick response.

 

Best Regards from Colombia.

[magnetite 38]

Should be okay. The only thing that FSX would use from the hard drive would be the CFG file and scenery indexes. Everything else will be read from the SSD.

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

Good, so, any ideas on how to fux the problem at least for the moment...??

 

Thank un advance!

Good, so, any ideas on how to fix the problem at least for the moment...??

 

Thank un advance!

Good, so, any ideas on how to fix the problem at least for the moment...??

 

Thank un advance!

Sorry about the duplicated reply, it's my cellphone's fault.

[Donald Traill 8]

All I can say is that I have the same problem. When I pause and refresh scenery it gets clear but not always for long.

 

Donald

[AnkH 2,233]

Blurries are in most cases related to a badly tweaked FSX.cfg, where frame-limit-settings, bufferpools, LOD_RADIUS and FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION simply do not work together. For example: if you use a very low FFTF value (such as 0.10) along with a high LOD_RADIUS value, you will run into blurries really soon. If you then even run unlimited FPS in your FSX, you get blurries right away... So, as long as you do not post your FSX.cfg here, nobody can help you.

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

Ok, here it is.

 

My FSX.CFG File.

 

[bufferPools]

RejectThreshold=131072

 

[VirtualCopilot]

VirtualCopilotActive=0

 

[sOUND]

AmbientUI=0

AmbientUIMusicVolume=-6.000000

PrimaryDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03}

SOUND=1

SOUND_LOD=1

SOUND_QUALITY=2

UISound=1

VoiceDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03}

 

[slewTextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

 

[AContain]

LabelColor=FFFF0000

LabelDelay=1000

ShowLabelAirline=0

ShowLabelAirlineAndFlightNumber=0

ShowLabelAirspeed=0

ShowLabelAltitude=1

ShowLabelContainerId=0

ShowLabelDistance=1

ShowLabelFlightPlan=0

ShowLabelHeading=0

ShowLabelManufacturer=1

ShowLabelModel=1

ShowLabelTailNumber=0

ShowLabels=0

ShowUserLabel=0

 

[TextInfo.1]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[ATC]

AutoOpenAirTrafficWindow=1

COMM_MSG_AI_ATC_COLOR=FFFF7840

COMM_MSG_ATC_AI_COLOR=FF00FF00

COMM_MSG_ATC_USER_COLOR=FFB6FFB6

COMM_MSG_NONE_COLOR=FFFFFFFF

COMM_MSG_USER_ATC_COLOR=FFFFD21B

PilotVoice=0

ShowATCText=1

UsePilotVoice=1

 

[AccelerationPack]

ControlsFirstRun=0

HomePageFirstRun=0

[CONTROLS]

Controls_Current=Standard

Controls_Default=Standard

KBDAIL=64

KBDELEV=64

KBDRUD=64

force_crash_enabled=1

force_gear_bump_enabled=1

force_ground_bumps_enabled=1

force_master_gain=10000

force_stick_force_enabled=1

force_stick_shaker_enabled=1

 

[iNTERNATIONAL]

ASLAT=2

ASLON=1

MEASURE=0

 

[FACILITIES]

CITY=

COUNTRY=

GTL_BUTTON=1434

STATE=

[TextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

FuelPercentage=2,4

GForce=2,3

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6

 

[PointOfInterestSystem]

CycleSetting=0

 

[GRAPHICS]

AC_SELF_SHADOW=1

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

ALLOW_SHADER_30=1

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

D3D10=0

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

ForceFullScreenVSync=1

ForceWindowedVSync=1

GROUND_SHADOWS=1

HIGHMEMFIX=1

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

NUM_LIGHTS=8

See_Self=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

Text_Scroll=0

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672

 

[TrafficManager]

AIRPORT_SCENERY_DENSITY=0

AirlineDensity=0

FreewayDensity=20

GADensity=0

IFROnly=0

LeisureBoatsDensity=40

ShipsAndFerriesDensity=40

 

[DynamicHeadMovement]

HeadMoveTimeConstant=1.000000

LonAccelOnHeadLon=-0.020000

LonAccelOnHeadPitch=-0.010000

MaxHeadAngle=5.000000

MaxHeadOffset=0.300000

RollAccelOnHeadLat=0.010000

RollAccelOnHeadRoll=0.100000

YawAccelOnHeadLat=-0.100000

 

[REALISM]

AllowEngineDamage=False

AutoCoord=False

AutoTrim=False

CrashDetection=False

CrashTolerance=1.000000

CrashWithDyn=False

GEffect=True

General=1.000000

GyroDrift=False

GyroEffect=1.000000

ManualLights=False

PFactor=0.000000

RealMixture=True

StressDamage=False

Torque=1.000000

TrueAirspeed=False

UnlimitedFuel=False

 

[Weather]

AdjustForMagVarInDialog=1

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

CLOUD_DRAW_DISTANCE=7

DETAILED_CLOUDS=1

DisableTurbulence=0

DownloadWindsAloft=0

DynamicWeather=0

MaxGustRampSpeed=200

MaxGustTime=500

MaxVarRampSpeed=75

MaxVarTime=50

MinGustRampSpeed=1

MinGustTime=10

MinVarRampSpeed=10

MinVarTime=5

THERMAL_VISUALS=0

TurbulenceScale=1.000000

WeatherGraphDataInDialog=0

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com

WeatherServerPort=80

WindshieldPrecipitationEffects=1

 

[Misc]

Com_Rate=7

 

[Main]

FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.15

HideMenuFullscreen=1

HideMenuNormal=0

Location=440,130,1480,908,\\.\DISPLAY1

Maximized=2

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=SimObjects\IVAO_MTL

User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter

ProcSpeed=10016

PerfBucket=7

 

[TextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

FuelPercentage=1,4

GForce=1,3

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[uSERINTERFACE]

Map_Orientation=2

OpenATCOnCreate=0

PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=0

PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1

PageID=1

SHOW_MISSION_CAPTIONS=0

SITUATION=FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM

SelectAircraftManufacturer=All

SelectAircraftPublisher=RealAir

SelectAircraftType=All

ShowAllACPaintSchemes=1

DisplayFuelAsWeight=0

 

[sIM]

SYSCLOCK=1

 

[Display]

ActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=0,28,140,64

ActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

BLOOM_EFFECTS=0

ChangeTime=4.000000

InfoBrakesEnable=True

InfoLowerLeftBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerLeftTextColor=255,255,255

InfoLowerRightBackGroundColor=255,0,0,128

InfoLowerRightTextColor=255,255,255

InfoOverspeedEnable=True

InfoParkingBrakesEnable=True

InfoPauseEnable=True

InfoSlewEnable=True

InfoStallEnable=True

InfoUpperRightBackGroundColor=0,0,0,0

InfoUpperRightTextColor=255,0,0

NonActiveWindowTitleBackGroundColor=24,33,87,64

NonActiveWindowTitleTextColor=255,255,255

SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=40

TextureMaxLoad=12

TransitionTime=4.000000

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0

WideViewAspect=True

 

[JOBSCHEDULER]

AffinityMask=84

 

[slewTextInfo.3]

AirSpeed=1,5

Altitude=1,3

FrameRate=2,1

Heading=1,4

Latitude=1,1

LockedFrameRate=2,2

Longitude=1,2

 

[PANELS]

DEFAULT_VIEW=0

IMAGE_QUALITY=1

PANEL_MASKING=1

PANEL_OPACITY=100

PANEL_STRETCHING=1

QUICKTIPS=1

UNITS_OF_MEASURE=0

 

[sTARTUP]

DEMO=0

LoadWindow=1

SHOW_OPENING_SCREEN=1

STARTUP_DEMO=0

[slewTextInfo.2]

FrameRate=1,1

LockedFrameRate=1,2

 

[TERRAIN]

AUTOGEN_DENSITY=3

DETAIL_TEXTURE=1

LOD_RADIUS=6.500000

MESH_COMPLEXITY=75

MESH_RESOLUTION=20

SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=2

TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=25

WATER_EFFECTS=7

 

[sCENERY]

DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1

IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=4

LENSFLARE=1

MAX_ASYNC_BATCHING_JOBS=3

SmallPartRejectRadius=4.0

 

[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.0]

Mode=1024x768x32

 

[FlightPlanMap]

LineWidth=2

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=1

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

show_waypoints=1

show_airways=1

show_markers=1

show_volume_boundaries=1

show_ac_twr=1

[MAPVIEW_MAP]

SHOW_AIRPORTS=1

SHOW_VORS=1

SHOW_NDBS=1

SHOW_APPROACHES=1

SHOW_INTERSECTIONS=0

SHOW_VICTOR=0

SHOW_JET=0

SHOW_AIRSPACE=1

SHOW_FLIGHTPLAN=1

SHOW_WEATHERSTATIONS=1

SHOW_WEATHERSYSTEMS=1

SHOW_DATATAGS=1

SHOW_TERRAIN=1

show_flight_history=1

[MULTIPLAYER]

condAccoutPassword=0

 

Thank you very much.

[FreeBird(Josh) 314]

It looks to me that your resolution isn't set right it should be 1920 x 1080, also I would dump most of your tweak's as your system doesn't need them. Turn down your textures to 2048 and also your scenery slider to one notch back from right. What inspector settings are you using ? I got the same system as you and my performance is stellar.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

FFTF=0.15... maybe too low.. try 0.20 or 0.33

 

Also try without the Affinity mask as a test.

[AnkH 2,233]

With your GTX 970, you should be better off using

 

[bufferPools]

UsePools=0

 

Then, I would strongly recommend to turn down your car traffic from 20 to 5, it is a performance killer:

 

[TrafficManager]

FreewayDensity=5

 

What you can also try, is an increased texture bandwith value, FSX:SE for example uses "160":

 

[Display]

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=160

 

And finally, your FSX.cfg shows EXACTLY what I was guessing in my last post: it seems that your settings regarding bufferpools, FFTF, LOD_RADIUS, TextureMaxLoad and framerate limits are completely mistweaked. So, I try to help here, but you need some adjustments done on your own:

 

[Display]

TextureMaxLoad=36

 

Try this. If this does not help along with the other tweaks (FFTF=0.15, no bufferpools), delete TextureMaxLoad, or try other values (can't remember the default value there)

 

[Display]

UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=33

 

I strongly suggest to use a frame limiter, as the blurries are usually a sing of overloading your system and limiting FPS allows to use the spare resources for other tasks, like loading of textures.

 

Finally, you have to set up your nVidia inspector correctly and accordingly to your FSX.cfg (anti-aliasing, framerate limits). For this, you will find plenty of information on the net...

[Ecosse_821 24]

Thanks to the posters in this thread. 

 

I have been having the same issue since I had to rebuild my FSX.cfg file.  I've tried most of the suggestions here, and I think the blurred textures in front of the aircraft are clear now.

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

Ok, I will give it a try onece I get back from work...

 

Thank you very much...

[BrittoAviationLover 0]

hey long time... I created a fresh fsx.cfg file for FSX and these tweaks really did the job... Thank you so much guys for your valuable help...

 

Regards.