Improvements in V4.3

[Frequent_Flyer 1]

In general, were there any significant performance improvements in V4.3?

[Mitch24 194]

Nah

[CFIJose 5,485]

41 minutes ago, Frequent_Flyer said:

In general, were there any significant performance improvements in V4.3?

For me, absolutely! I now have a smoother sim and better fps with DL enabled.

Give it a try. Only you can judge for yourself. Some simmers saw an improvement while some did not.

[Midnight Music 252]

There are a lot of subtle but welcome improvements. For instance, I am pleased that the ATC grey out bug is gone. The severe ditch in the middle of Cyprus is fixed. I notice subtle improvement differences in aircraft loading. There are many others, chime in everyone.

[Swe_Richard 1,172]

Yeah, I would like to know this as well as it would bum me out to no end if I upgraded my fully functional 4.1 to something maybe even less functional. Not to mention the risk of just messing something up in the process and not having the time to fix it (two small Imps, eerrr kids, to play with you know..).

 

 

 

[GCBraun 2,392]

If you use VR, for sure.

[Michael Moe 495]

DL on aircraft improved. Now its possible to at least fly at night with landing lights. I do still disable this for scenerys. 

Also the dreaded addons using the ctrl button is fixed (GSX ctrl +F12) 

Seems smoother as well but that is totally subjective 

Thanks Michael Moe 

[mpw8679 428]

ATC window bug fixed and much improved dynamic lighting performance for me.

[nealmac 260]

Those of you who have experienced significant performance improvements, have you done a client update, or did you bite the bullet and do a full install?

[Midnight Music 252]

For me the full install worked best, because there are fixes in all areas. However, you can just do the client. Doing the whole thing just completely refreshes everything and gives you the chance to get more selective adding back outside stuff. I always feel it renews the sim.

[ms2 184]

The lost of some tools make me koming back in 4.2 because the improvement is less in 4.3.

All is stable now in mine 4.2 then waiting all patches ready before reinstall the 4.3

[johannoli4 3]

I am currently downloading Version 4.3 and I am relieved to read that the  ATC grey out bug is gone. I did not know that this issue existed, and assumed that my installation of Prepar3d V4.2 was broken with regard to the ATC window. Thank you all for making me aware of V4.3 being available. I assumed I would receive an e-mail from Lockheed Martin advising of any upgrades. It definitely pays to visit the Avsim Forums on a regular basis.

[Bob Scott 7,721]

The phantom keypresses from previously-pressed keys in Simconnect windows are fixed, which was a real PIA when using Radar Contact, GSX etc.

A bit of a bump in night performance with dynamic lighting.

The old FSX CaptainSim C-130 is now a P3Dv4 default aircraft.

I replaced the client and content.

Regards

[Guest]

Those of you who experienced performance and visual improvement, did you do an objective tested side by side comparison with clearly defined datum or is it just your subjective opinion that V4.3 has self-evident performance and visual improvement over V4.2?

I've tested V4.3 against V4.2 on my system as per above and found no self-evident performance and visual improvement over V4.2. However there are welcome improvements in V4.3 over 4.2 and since it is very easy to upgrade I would recommend it.

And if you haven't already done so why not take the opportunity to make your own objective comparison on your own system. It's easy!

First update your system to the latest Nvidia driver and set NCP to prefer max performance. Then just make a short flight and record it using the sims built in recorder. Play it back without moving the point of view and make a video of it using shadowplay showing the FPS counter. Make a copy of your .cfg

Then update to V4.3 using the client, content and scenery files exactly as LM instructions. Follow Poppets guide to put your ORBX scenery in order:

 Delete your shaders and make sure your .cfg is identical to the backup you made of the 4.2 .cfg

Launch the sim and play back the recording you made in 4.2 a couple of time to rebuild to the shaders. Restart the sim then play back the recording and again without moving the point of view make a video of the recording with shadowplay. Move the shadowplay FPS counter to the opposite corner so that when you play back the videos side by side its easy to see any variance.

You can use VLC to play the videos side by side so you can make a direct comparison between V4.2 and v4.3

To synchronize the videos us the play/pause button rapidly on the video that ahead until the one behind catches up. You should be able to synchronize to within at most a half second.

You can even make a video of the side by side playbacks and share your results if you care too.

It's a simple process and if you upgrade without doing it one of two things could happen. Either you will see no improvement and wonder why others did and think that perhaps your system is inadequate or that there is something wrong with you. In either case you will be in the dark. Or you will just find yourself seeing what perhaps is not there and sing along with the chorus. In this case you are in the dark too.

If you make an objective comparison you can make an objective decision an to which version you prefer. And believe me switching between V4.2 and version V.3 or visa versa takes 15mins once you are practiced at it. That;s a small price to pay for not having to take someone else word for it.

[mpw8679 428]

Double post

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by mpw8679