fsx-ms Really slow between screens

[turner112 52]

Hi all,

 

Seems FSX is getting slower and slower between loading screens; for example, if I simply want to change aircraft, sometimes the screen is blank for almost a minute.

 

Same thing if I'm changing locations, or weather.

 

Sometimes it takes quite a while to start up; sometimes (often) it hangs when quitting.

 

However, the sim itself is running fine.

 

I have no idea what could be causing this...

 

Any thoughts?

 

thanks,

Andrew

[JSkorna 137]

The more add-ons and planes you add to FSX, the slower it responds.

[Hirdy2013 104]

Yep, spot on.

 

I'm the same. She's full of payware and takes a while to get going.

 

Runs fine though.

 

Hirdy

[neucoas 82]

Also try Defragging

[W2DR 1,860]

Do you have at least 8GB of physical RAM?  Sometimes a shortage of RAM will exhibit the symptoms you're seeing.

 

Doug

[turner112 52]

Hi guys - 

 

16gb ram.... I don't really have too many add-ons; mostly just a few planes and RealityXP stuff.

 

I have Active Sky Next, too.

 

cheers

Andrew

[Angels40 17]

Which OS are you running, Andrew?   If Win10, there are some of us that have been having similar issues to what you have described.

 

Chris

[KSATRoadWarrior 91]

Which OS are you running, Andrew?   If Win10, there are some of us that have been having similar issues to what you have described.

 

Chris

I am on Win 10 and have similiar issues. It seems to have started with Win 10 a couple of weeks ago.

[FreeBird(Josh) 314]

Put this in your fsx cfg under "Main" DisablePreload=1 this should help with the window screens.  Josh

[JSkorna 137]

1. Make sure you are using official Win 10 video drivers. Also AMD drivers are having a hard time with Win 10.

 

2. Disabling Preload will actually slow things down. Please do not do anything with that option. People don't understand what that option is for.

[FreeBird(Josh) 314]

Its always worked for me with the slow screens in the menu. And it doesn't slow things down or cause other problems .  Do what you want there is no harm in trying and see if it works for you. I don't want to get in a pissing match here so this is all I have to say on this matter. Josh

[KSATRoadWarrior 91]

1. Make sure you are using official Win 10 video drivers. Also AMD drivers are having a hard time with Win 10.

 

2. Disabling Preload will actually slow things down. Please do not do anything with that option. People don't understand what that option is for.

Jim,

 

Thanks for that input. I am "slowly" monitoring Win 10 and making single changes and testing closely. I am sure I will figure out what (maybe the latest AMD driver?) is causing the problem.

 

Bob

[turner112 52]

Hi guys-

 

Windows 7.

[JSkorna 137]

Start with a fresh FSX install with no add-ons and you'll see how fast FSX is.

 

Once you start adding things to FSX, then it will start to slow down.

[ryanbatc 12,836]

Is ASN automatically loaded via the xml file?

 

Try disabling if it is