P3D v4.4 and settings ... and video samples from Beta

[Dirk98 354]

40 minutes ago, zwenna said:

@ShezA: Why do you set internal limiter to 30? How about unlimited?

If your monitor supports 30Hz of course.

[Langyboy63 22]

My monitor is fixed at 60hz, I have been using NVI to set frames to 29.5 and VSYNC at 1/2 refresh.

Havent tried FRL in the sim since 4.4. Does FFTF Dynamic have a preference on this.

Edited December 8, 2018 by Langyboy63
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[ShezA 176]

16 minutes ago, Dirk98 said:

If your monitor supports 30Hz of course.

It does but I don't limit it. I cannot hold 60fps regularly in-sim especially in dense scenery so I decided to go to 30.

[Nyxx 6,993]

Wow, this topic is all over the place.... if there was ever a perfect example of "off topic " this is it.

 

It's so random its funny.

[ShezA 176]

6 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

Wow, this topic is all over the place.... if there was ever a perfect example of "off topic " this is it.

 

It's so random its funny.

I am reporting on the results of the settings Rob suggested to test and some users wanted to report on how it works in practical terms. Not sure why you think this is off topic.

[Langyboy63 22]

it is what happens when you start tweaking, one tweak leads to another etc. etc.

Whats the point of improving textures if your only getting 10FPS, it always about balancing performance v visuals.

You seldom change one thing without the balance being upset. Hence why the conversations moves forward.

[SierraDelta 1,342]

On 12/6/2018 at 7:17 PM, Rob Ainscough said:

.....This thread started to go south when folks brought up completely unrelated settings like TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT and TEXTUREMAXLOAD and then somehow "blurries" got into the discussion and now MaxRegionsPurgePerFrame and POP_FREE_AUTOGEN ... all of which have nothing to do with "reducing" black textures on scenery/AG and loading/unloading of textures.

These values aren't going to help much with products that inject objects or use other methods to load textures, but they should help with standard scenery/AG objects.  Again:

[GRAPHICS]
ENABLE_MEMORY_OPTIMIZATION=0
MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=320000.000000
[SCENERY]
SCENERY_DRAW_DISTANCE=64000.000000  (on upto 128000.000000)

SCENERY_DRAW_DISTANCE is set via the P3D UI (User Interface) in the Graphics options.  This value is the one MOST likely to reduce AG black textures.  The max value that can be set via P3D UI is 64000.000000 via slider (far right setting), if you manually adjust this setting by editing the Prepar3d.cfg and entering a higher value on upto 128000.000000 then you must NOT go into the P3D UI Graphics section and hit OK or else it will overwrite your manual value with whatever the slider is set at (so if the slider is far right it will reset the value back to 64000.000000).

MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE is NOT subject to P3D UI changes and you can manually edit the Prepar3d.cfg to enter just about any value you like (and it will stick) as there is no cap, so values 1000.000000 to 50000000.000000 are valid.

ENABLE_MEMORY_OPTIMIZATION is either OFF (value = 0) or ON (value = 1) ... if you have VRAM to spare, there is no need to attempt any memory optimization so set the value to 0 (zero).

Cheers, Rob.

Rob,

Many thanks for this summary. Playing around with these 3 settings has completely done away with all black building textures and black/silvery AI aircraft at EGLL Pro - brilliant.

Looks like we're back on track, David!

[Nyxx 6,993]

20 minutes ago, ShezA said:

I am reporting on the results of the settings Rob suggested to test and some users wanted to report on how it works in practical terms. Not sure why you think this is off topic.

Just because my post was under your does not mean it was pointed at you. You're on Topic.

You're not sure why I think this has gone off topic Really!

 

BTW for sharpness FXAA=1 is a bad idea.

Edited December 8, 2018 by Nyxx

[Dirk98 354]

33 minutes ago, ShezA said:

It does but I don't limit it. I cannot hold 60fps regularly in-sim especially in dense scenery so I decided to go to 30.

Lol, ShezA, you don't need to hold 60fps if you set your monitor to 30Hz. Just make sure your VSYNC is on in P3D then try slider to Unlimited. You'll see your system will churn out not more than around 30 fps and may well be more fluid.

Edited December 8, 2018 by Dirk98

[Langyboy63 22]

Alternatively if your refresh rate is fixed at 60hz and you cannot force 30hz, is it better to set 1/2 refresh rate in NVI and 30 FPS in sim.

[ShezA 176]

5 minutes ago, Langyboy63 said:

Alternatively if your refresh rate is fixed at 60hz and you cannot force 30hz, is it better to set 1/2 refresh rate in NVI and 30 FPS in sim.

Correct. My monitor can do 30Hz but the mouse and functions start to become sluggish so that is why 30fps and Vsync or half Vsync.

[Langyboy63 22]

I will have a play , just using the sim and then NVI, see if I notice any difference.

 

[Skywolf 992]

On 12/6/2018 at 1:17 PM, Rob Ainscough said:

Howard, I think anything I say at this point may just confuse more (I've provided as much detail as I can earlier in this thread) ... like I suggested above, experiment and see what does or doesn't work.  I must admit, I'm not sure why there is a "barrier" to experimenting with these values?  Am I missing something, no harm will come to your system regardless of what value you enter.

This thread started to go south when folks brought up completely unrelated settings like TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT and TEXTUREMAXLOAD and then somehow "blurries" got into the discussion and now MaxRegionsPurgePerFrame and POP_FREE_AUTOGEN ... all of which have nothing to do with "reducing" black textures on scenery/AG and loading/unloading of textures.

These values aren't going to help much with products that inject objects or use other methods to load textures, but they should help with standard scenery/AG objects.  Again:

[GRAPHICS]
ENABLE_MEMORY_OPTIMIZATION=0
MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=320000.000000
[SCENERY]
SCENERY_DRAW_DISTANCE=64000.000000  (on upto 128000.000000)

SCENERY_DRAW_DISTANCE is set via the P3D UI (User Interface) in the Graphics options.  This value is the one MOST likely to reduce AG black textures.  The max value that can be set via P3D UI is 64000.000000 via slider (far right setting), if you manually adjust this setting by editing the Prepar3d.cfg and entering a higher value on upto 128000.000000 then you must NOT go into the P3D UI Graphics section and hit OK or else it will overwrite your manual value with whatever the slider is set at (so if the slider is far right it will reset the value back to 64000.000000).

 MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE is NOT subject to P3D UI changes and you can manually edit the Prepar3d.cfg to enter just about any value you like (and it will stick) as there is no cap, so values 1000.000000 to 50000000.000000 are valid.

 ENABLE_MEMORY_OPTIMIZATION is either OFF (value = 0) or ON (value = 1) ... if you have VRAM to spare, there is no need to attempt any memory optimization so set the value to 0 (zero).

Cheers, Rob.

 

finally thank you for the clear explanation.

 

[LarsA 90]

17 hours ago, ShezA said:

So after a lot of testing of the options from Rob and this thread here is what my setup has emerged for the stated parameters (may not be what works for you of course).

[GRAPHICS]
ENABLE_MEMORY_OPTIMIZAT ION=0
RS_MIN_OBJECT_PIXEL_RADIUS=1.000000
MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=320000.000000
SHADER_CACHE_VERSION=1
 

[DISPLAY]
UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=30
MaintainSystemCopyOfDeviceTextures=0 
TEXTURE_FILTERING=16
MSAA=2
SSAA=0
VSYNC=1
FXAA=1
TRIPLE_BUFFER=1
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=30

[SCENERY]

AUTOGEN_DRAW_DISTANCE=18000.000000
AUTOGEN_TREE_DRAW_DISTANCE_PERCENT=0.900000
AUTOGEN_TREE_MIN_DISTANCE_TO_LOD=2500.000000
MaxRegionsPurgePerFrame=16
POP_FREE_AUTOGEN=1
AUTOGEN_BATCH_LOD=2
IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=4
AUTOGEN_VEGETATION_TYPE=0
SCENERY_DRAW_DISTANCE=64000.000000

[MAIN]
FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.20

[TERRAIN]
UseGlobalTerrainView=True
SWAP_WAIT_TIMEOUT=30
TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=9 or 10 (For some odd reason I did not see much difference here)

This has turned out to be the best setup for a balance between sharpness and performance.

I have gone back to the internal limiter to 30 as it appears to be better now than the previous inspector limited 29.5. Vsync/TB are on. My 4K monitor means even MSAA=2 is enough.

Thanks so much for posting these settings, Shez!

I updated to 4.4 a few days ago (only the client) and suffered from missing autogen and blurry textures. I tried a lot of settings, but yours are brilliant! No more problems with my system (3930K, NVidia 1070). The only difference is that I have to use "unlimited frames" for better performance.
Best regards from Curacao!

Lars 

Edited December 9, 2018 by LarsA

[Shinx13 1]

Anyone experiencing issues with stutter or small freeze when moving the camera using ChasePlane?

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Maximized=1
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SAVE_AND_LOAD_PANEL_STATE=0
MAX_VC_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION=4096
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KBDRUD=64
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Heading=1,4
AirSpeed=1,5
WindDirectionAndSpeed=1,6
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FrameRate=1,1
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Latitude=1,1
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Altitude=1,3
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Latitude=1,1
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Altitude=1,3
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Mode=2560x1440x32
[DISPLAY.Device.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.0.1]
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