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P3Dv5 Config Tweaks?

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On 4/25/2020 at 4:39 PM, D-man said:

[TERRAIN]

 

TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=6000 (FPS increase of 10-12)

What is the default value in v5? Do you see a big difference in amount of trees when using this tweak? 10-12 FPS is quiet remarkable if the trade-off in visuals is not too big...

Greetings, Chris

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1 hour ago, AnkH said:

What is the default value in v5? Do you see a big difference in amount of trees when using this tweak? 10-12 FPS is quiet remarkable if the trade-off in visuals is not too big...

Maybe someone does but I don't know what the default is because TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=6000 is a new line you need to add.

As with any config tweak.. your mileage may vary.

Give it try.. test it out and see if it's of any use to you.

Cheers,
D-Man

 

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2 hours ago, AnkH said:

What is the default value in v5? Do you see a big difference in amount of trees when using this tweak? 10-12 FPS is quiet remarkable if the trade-off in visuals is not too big...

Wait a minute I thought v5 brought on double the performance of v4.5, so why the heck do you need to see a big difference from reducing tree object counts?  Old hardware maybe?

Noel

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8 hours ago, D-man said:

Give it try.. test it out and see if it's of any use to you.

I will. If I remember correctly, this was a "tweak" from back in FSX times when people desperately tried to increase the amount of autogen trees in FSX (where the default value was much lower). This tweak was already questioned back then, as the autogen amount seems to be controlled not by this entry but by something else, but I do not remember anymore.

6 hours ago, Noel said:

Wait a minute I thought v5 brought on double the performance of v4.5, so why the heck do you need to see a big difference from reducing tree object counts?  Old hardware maybe?

Double performance? Where? I see max. 20% more performance (which is super nice already), never ever double. Maybe double if I compare my fully loaded v4.5 to an almost addon-empty v5.

Besides, why you call it "reducing tree object counts"? Do you know the default number?

Honestly, this smells like placebo to me, but I will for sure test this in a region with lots of trees to see if it actually works and if it actually changes anything in the amount of trees.

Greetings, Chris

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On 4/24/2020 at 1:22 PM, FreeBird(Josh) said:

DAY_THRESHOLD=48000
NIGHT_THRESHOLD=8000

What exactly does this do?

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On 4/24/2020 at 1:22 PM, FreeBird(Josh) said:

MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=32000.000000

What does the number 32000 indicate?

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5 hours ago, captain420 said:

What does the number 32000 indicate?

Read this post a lot of good info in there. I actually use 16000.000000   that means it will hold the texture for 16 miles. This tweak is used to eliminate seeing black airport textures when looking back at it. This does use up Vram.  Josh

 

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5 hours ago, captain420 said:

What exactly does this do?

Turns the lights on earlier and turns them off later.

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8 hours ago, AnkH said:

Double performance? Where? I see max. 20% more performance (which is super nice already), never ever double. Maybe double if I compare my fully loaded v4.5 to an almost addon-empty v5.

My bad I misinterpreted someone's comment who is arguably THE local resource on P3D and MSFS, and when I read it my brain interjected P3D 4.5 instead of MSFS which is what he was referring to, "V5 currently performs better than MSFS by about 2X (in terms of FPS and object density)". 

Noel

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On 4/25/2020 at 3:39 PM, D-man said:

Greetings all,

Big thanks to everyone who's contributed!
Here's the Config tweaks I've installed and tested to be the most beneficial in my system with P3Dv5:

[GRAPHICS]
MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=32000.000000
DAY_THRESHOLD=48000
NIGHT_THRESHOLD=8000

[DISPLAY]
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=180
RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=0.30
RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=0.50
RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=0.15
RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=0.30

[MAIN]
FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.1

[TERRAIN]
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=6000 (FPS increase of 10-12)

Thanks once more!
Cheers,

D-Man

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On 4/24/2020 at 2:37 PM, Quasimodo said:

Oh they are there alright! 😁

hahahaha, I was going to say: "Ron, don't turn your face away." 

where is the P3Dv5 .cfg file to edit all these tweaks?  can't find it.....

 

Thanks!!

[GENERAL]

CTD=0

44 minutes ago, fltsimguy said:

where is the P3Dv5 .cfg file to edit all these tweaks?  can't find it.....

 

Thanks!!

It will be in c:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\Prepar3D.cfg

 

Rhett

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On 5/9/2020 at 3:48 AM, fluffyflops said:

MAX_TEXTURE_REQUEST_DISTANCE=32000.000000

This is usually 320000.000000 according to Rob A IIRC.

Vic

 

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