TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9

BTW, is there a way to see how much VRAM my GPU is currently using?

I have a 6gb titan sc can i use 9?

Does it stop autogen popping

I think 9 might work for you... I can go up to 10. Try it and see. Post a screenshot if you can.

Will try are you getting autogen popping? 

I notice a few loading in at times, but nothing that ruins the immersion for me. Much better than any previous version of P3D/FSX for sure.

Ok

Thank you 

Auto cast draw distance what does specifically do 

And what setting do you have it at?

Curious what the effect of the "high resolution terrain textures" checkbox is vs TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP settings, I just did a series of comparison shots which I have put up as an album here.

The results, as I saw them, were interesting.   Toggling back and forth rapidly between images at full resolution, there was a distinct difference in the appearance at T_S_E=8 between having high resolution terrain textures on or off, along with an increase in VRAM usage (in my setup) from 2GB to 3GB.   However, here's the interesting thing:  there was no apparent difference between T_S_E=8 with high resolution terrain on and T_S_E=9.   In fact, the only time that that checkbox made a difference was at T_S_E=8, and that was just to bring it on par with T_S_E=9.  The next change that made any difference was going up to T_S_E=10.  However, again, at that setting there was no difference between having high resolution terrain on and off.  (The VRAM usage at T_S_E=10 went up to about 4GB).

Check out the album for the actual differences, but in short, from my testing, it looks like you can compare T_S_E settings and high vs standard resolution terrain textures as:   8S < 8H = 9S = 9H < 10S = 10H.

There was a difference of a few FPS between 8S and 10S, but considering the dramatic difference in image quality I'm willing to make that sacrifice.

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

BTW, is there a way to see how much VRAM my GPU is currently using?

Yes, GPU-Z will do the trick.

What does this setting, "TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=" do? What does EXP abbreviation mean? I have a GTX980Ti 6gb card and curious what setting is ideal for it.

How do you edit in V4, I cannot find the configuration folder or text entry.

Darryl

Somewhere in C:\Users\<username>\Appdata\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D V4\Prepar3D.cfg

There's no entry for TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP, it has to be added manually in [TERRAIN]

No you add it to [Terrain]

Aaaand what does that tweak do specifically??

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TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP   Is short for "texture size exponent"    This is the resolution of the per-tile texture.   By default this was 8 with previous versions of Prepar3D,   8 being each terrain tile at 256x256 texture. (2^8 = 256)   

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9     This will use 512 sized textures and will look like you have double your LOD radius, 6 gig of video ram is recommended to use this 

TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=10    This will use 1024 sized textures,   You will need at least 8 gig of video ram to use this 

Both settings will increase loading times 

That's basically all i know about it