P3DV4 no Tweaks? maybe not..

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

I have been reading that V4 does not need any tweaks, but runs great out of the box..

To my surprise, I found this entry in the Prepar3D.cfg file:

MAX_VC_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=1024

That is while I have 2048 selected for texture resolution in the sim.

Changing this to

MAX_VC_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=2048

gives me crisper textures in the cockpit...  Hmmmm

4770K@4.1, GTX770.

 

[newtie 533]

I'll take a look at this when I get home....

Cheers,
Mark

[Ron Attwood 3,464]

I don't even have MAX_VC_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION in my .cfg

[Chocorua 112]

Not in mine either: what section would/should this be under?

 

[Amon1973 1,421]

It's under [PANELS] for me.

[Chocorua 112]

3 minutes ago, eaim said:

It's under [PANELS] for me.

OK thanks, it was there...was looking in Graphics or Display. Duh...

[Ron Attwood 3,464]

Oops! Yep. 1024 for me. I'll have to have a look at 2048.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

Found on the web..

Prepar3D v3.4 Hotfix 2

Fixes and Improvements.......

Support for Virtual Cockpit textures above 1024 resolution (MAX_VC_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION in Prepar3D.cfg)

[spearmint_flyer 579]

Ultra high definition textures in a VC. Maybe I should break out my skills and remap some of these bad boys in 2048, I wonder if 4096 will work as well. 

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

Many addon airplanes have 2048 or 4096 bit textures for the VC.

[Jim Young 2,356]

It's not new.  Has been around since at least v3.4 - https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/504308-effect-of-max_vc_texture_resolution-setting-on-p3dcfg/

Best regards,

Jim

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

2 minutes ago, Jim Young said:

It's not new. 

Not new, maybe (see above).. but well hidden..

[GSalden 4,656]

Tomorrow I am going to test with Lower shadow Texture values. That worked in P3Dv3. With an OC up to 25% more fps

With P3Dv4 :

Opaque shadow value is default 2046

Translucent shadow value is default 512

 

 

[Ron Attwood 3,464]

I changed mine to 2048 and damn me if it's not much nicer! Well done Sherlock.

[Jim Young 2,356]

44 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Not new, maybe (see above).. but well hidden..

Yes, I agree.  Wonder why this is not a checkmark in the P3D Settings page and, well, hidden?

Best regards,

Jim