Night Time Performance:-(

[Dougal 165]

I've been very happy with my sim performance recently, especially after updating to v4.2

HOWEVER, for the 1st time in ages, I tried a night flight, and the performance drops through the floor:-(

If flying the NGX or something similar, my frames can even drop into single figures, making it simply unusable. Even with dynamic lighting off!

Anyone else getting this with 4.2?

[JoeFackel 760]

without your in-sim settings all we can do is looking into the crystal ball.

At least your gfx card doesn't fit to your other sys specs.

[ryanbatc 12,855]

Dynamic lighting on?  That can be brutal 

[lownslo 592]

Helps when I run lower display settings at night... specifically AA.

Greg

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20 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Dynamic lighting on?

 

1 hour ago, Dougal said:

with dynamic lighting off

[ryanbatc 12,855]

4 minutes ago, Rafal said:

 

Lol swear I did not see that at first 

[Dougal 165]

It seems not to matter what my P3D settings are, the percentage of performance hit is always huge:-(

I have UTX lighting.  Will try uninstalling UTX to see if that makes a difference. Although even VC cockpit lighting seems to have a big impact.

[JoeFackel 760]

Again: without detailed infos about your settings there is NO helpful support possible!

[Dougal 165]

26 minutes ago, JoeFackel said:

Again: without detailed infos about your settings there is NO helpful support possible!

Incorrect!

I'll rephrase my post...

Does anyone else notice a very large decrease in performance in P3Dv4.2 when flying at night, compared to daylight flying, REGARDLESS of settings used used (apart from dynamic lighting which is off on all counts)

[swiesma 625]

Nope

[Dougal 165]

1 hour ago, swiesma said:

Nope

ok thanks

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2 hours ago, Dougal said:

Does anyone else notice a very large decrease in performance in P3Dv4.2 when flying at night, compared to daylight flying

I would say it depends on the airports used, especially with dynamic lighting on. The general scenery (ground textures, landclass, vector, sky, clouds, etc) make no detectable difference for me.
As for airports, it varies. I don't fly at night very often but, coincidentally, I did a flight last night at a medium size addon airport I know very well and I saw no difference in performance even though my dynamic lighting is always on (which suggests it might even be better than daytime with it being off). I don't use P3D's HDR though if it matters. But there are some airports, especally huge, where having tones of lights does take its toll. But it is still acceptable for me to leave the dynamic lighting on since where it is well made (and you know the names that do it right) it adds soooo much immersion after sunset.