VAS issue when Paused

[jrsantos 0]

I tried doing a search and couldn't find anything, so I'll ask here.

 

in my PMDG 777 or 747, while the sim is running not paused my VAS is steady, with maybe a slight increase loading some terrain.  But if I set the pause at TOD, after a while my VAS will get to 96% and sometimes will OOM on me and CTD.  Has anyone else experienced this issue?  How can VAS increase when the sim is paused and not loading anything?

[ffantasy67 51]

Nvidia GTX 10XX user? If so, welcome to the club!

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/507342-which-nividia-driver-has-no-memory-leak/

Happy flying,

 

[WebMaximus 372]

Yep, try to downgrade your Nvidia drivers to 376.33 or earlier and/or downgrade P3D to 3.3.5 or even better 3.2 and I think your VAS issue will be gone.

[jrsantos 0]

I did downgrade my driver to 372.90 which is a version I never had an issue with.  I also blocked any auto updates of the driver from Win 10 in the group edit config, so i know the drivers aren't auto updating.  It is frustrating that when it's not paused my VAS doesnt creep up, it stays steady, maybe goes up 300-400 MB for a 5-8 hour flight, but when its paused for an hour it OOMs on me.  I just don't get it.

[WebMaximus 372]

Probably not much of a comfort but you're certainly not the only one in here fighting VAS issues...

Let's hope we'll all have a permanent solution in a not too distant future!

[Chock 17,769]

There is a patch for both FSX and P3D you can apply, which completely resolves VAS issues, it's called Flight Simulator 95 lol.

[kurtb 121]

[fluffyflops 1,847]

Are you using fsrealtime? 

[ZKOKQ 984]

25 minutes ago, tooting said:

Are you using fsrealtime? 

Is that a VAS eater Pete ? Been using it for a few years now. If it is, i will give it the elbow.

[fluffyflops 1,847]

12 minutes ago, Travelling_Wilbury said:

Is that a VAS eater Pete ? Been using it for a few years now. If it is, i will give it the elbow.

Me and 2 mates have found it can be more in the Summer when it's ➕ 1 zulu time.  It took a while to suss it out but on my rig in the Summer it sinks vas.  Who knows why

[ZKOKQ 984]

Yeah, weird. Will check it out. I will compare using both hemisphere's.

[michelh 43]

I got fed up with all these issues of lag and oom. I have invested hundreds of dollars in aircrafts, sceneries  and utilities both in FSX and P3D. So now I have switch to X-plane 11 and I do not regret it . The graphics are better out of the box and I have no issues. Until P3d or FSX come with a 64bit I am not going back.

Edited April 7, 2017 by michelh

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

I agree. What's the point of all the addon goodness in P3d, if one is constantly worrying  about a surreptitious OOM? It's like driving an unreliable, old car to get to an important appointment.

[WebMaximus 372]

My suggestion for anyone with VAS issues that you haven't been able to solve using other methods is to downgrade to (or even better perform a clean installation) of P3Dv3.2.3.16769.

If that won't solve your VAS issues you're running unrealistically high settings either in P3D or some of your add-ons.

[jrsantos 0]

I am running FSRealTime, but I don't have it set to autoupdate.  You still think that could be doing something?  Also, I never had this problem until about a month ago, and I paused the sim a lot before then.  But yea, it's whatever, i have autosave going so I just lose a few minutes to reload the sim.  Hopefully that 64 bit p3d is right around the corner but who knows