In FS9, when I got too many bluuries, Id simply do a shortcut command for "re-load scenery". This was sometimes quite fast, or a bit slower with complex scenery.BUT, in FSX, where this is really needed, it takes a LONG time, meaning many minutes sometimes. This is a bug>? why so long I suspect that it is because it is loading mesh and scenery for an area way larger than it did for FS9. Im landing in Boston and Im sure on re-load, it is getting data for Montreal too....AND to make things worse, when you step down in levels, like in ***lowering*** the amount of AI, its reloads everything????any suggestions to speed it up?allen

Hi,Move your sliders left a notch or 2.Additional memory helped me a bit.Defrag your FSX HD.Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

Additional memory helped me a lot. Going from 1 to 2G on my AMD rig reduced reload times from over a minute to 5-10 seconds.Gary

yes I have 2G already4 identical 512sbut I may try defraging, again...allen

>Hi,>>Move your sliders left a notch or 2.>>Additional memory helped me a bit.>>Defrag your FSX HD.>>Jim>>http://www.hifisim.com/>Active Sky V6 Development Team >Active Sky V6 Proud Supporter>HiFi Beta Team>Radar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/>AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/>FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/This is in FSX full version:It still takes 3 minutes or more (this time it is more) to re-load scenery.I have 2 Gigs RAM, and X850XT card, P4, 3.2GAll my drives/partitions are cleanly defraged and not overloaded.Did a registry clean too.It just sits there at 82%........I had to shut down FSX, not the first time too.It must be overdoing it, loading useless data about buildings 50 miles away...this is surely a bug that needs fixing as it was a handy way of getting the blurries away for a while at least, in FS9

>It still takes 3 minutes or more (this time it is more) to>re-load scenery.>I have 2 Gigs RAM, and X850XT card, P4, 3.2G>I've noticed it depends on my desktop setup. I get best results running in single monitor mode at about 1360x1024 or less, also the plane used has an impact, simple c172s or the kite works best.I have the same PC setup as you, except I OC to 3.5Ghz.

Next time that happens, try this instead.Hit ESC as if you are quiting the flight. At the confirmation screen, hit ESC again to return to the flight.It has been working for me. YMMV.And, if the textures go blurry too often, try lowering some of the texture related sliders....jim

>In FS9, when I got too many bluuries, Id simply do a shortcut>command for "re-load scenery". This was sometimes quite fast,>or a bit slower with complex scenery.>>BUT, in FSX, where this is really needed, it takes a LONG>time, meaning many minutes sometimes. This is a bug>? why so>long >>allenIn fs9 the "re-load scenery" command can be less than one second if all the scenery has already been loaded. How is this in FSX? So how long is the "re-load scenery" time in FSX if the command is given again immediately after a scenery re-load has been completed?