hi all,

While this is not a strictly PMDG related question ultimately all i fly is to the PMDG 737 and soon the 777. I just started using P3d 3.5 v3 and so far all is good  (REX4 and Active Sky nex are the only adds on i have)  and and I was hoping to get some suggestions for the software settings. I know that depends on the system (Intel 3.6Ghz, 16Gb Ram and Nvidia 760Ti here) and I need to try what works best for me but, still, i was hoping for some do's and don'ts you may recommend? would you let the system chose the best settings or would you set the sliders as per FSX to begin with? basically any hint is greatly appreciated (keeping in mind that PMDG airplanes is what i fly).

thanks

 

 

 

Hello,

 

to start at the same level as with FSX is a good start.

 

Be careful with scenery or ground shadows and shadow quality and do not beginn to tweak your P3D.cfg, you don't need it!

I believe upon Prepar3D install it will present its best guess for settings which may get you into the ball park.

 

Over time I gradually kept bumping everything up, and subsequently saw frame rates go down.   A couple of weeks ago I decided to concentrate my flying during night-time hours (in the sim) and slammed every slider as far to the left as it would go (low settings).  Getting 30 FPS again felt really good and needless to say I was greasing every landing like a pro.  I did have to relent on the texture slider, the 3D cockpit looks blurry at the lowest settings.

 

When I return to day-time flying I'm going to gradually start increasing each of the sliders individually, taking notes on where the biggest impacts are on frame rate.  As stated above, shadows take their toll, so will "ultra" water.   I have ASN with REX4 Soft Clouds and flying in dense cloud conditions, as well as having multiple cloud layers is brutal. 

 

Mark Trainer

the avsim p3d guide, link on the right of every page - David Lee

I must say that this P3d is for now quite nice. Smooth running and I do like a lot the shadows in the cockpit. Also i like the colors of the overall environment, more subtle, perhaps i would say bleached, definitely more realistic as when i seat by the widow side in real airliner

I must say that this P3d is for now quite nice. Smooth running and I do like a lot the shadows in the cockpit. Also i like the colors of the overall environment, more subtle, perhaps i would say bleached, definitely more realistic as when i seat by the widow side in real airliner

 

Agreed, and for airliner flying the water can be dumbed down to spare FPS.

Agreed, and for airliner flying the water can be dumbed down to spare FPS.

What setting do you have for water? REX manual recommends ULTRA...but you saying that flying an airliner at such high altitude there is no need for such detail?

Adjust the settings as you wish which would be a compromise and visual quality depending on your system. If you want an ultra-realistic environment, you will have a hit on frame rates. If you don't care much about the visuals and care about performance, then you're better off reducing your settings in the simulator a bit. 

And the higher water setting really hurts your VAS numbers, at least it does for me on FSX Steam and I am sure P3D too is even more so because the water is more detailed. - David Lee