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Affinity Mask - FPS boost

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35 minutes ago, Chapstick said:

Oh god. Please don't tell me affinity mask tweaks are still going to be a thing in MSFS...

As soon as I saw the thread title, said "here we go again...."

Please, for the love of god, do not try to run this sim using default settings! Aviation simulation is not a game - setup and tweaking is serious business.

This is the guide that I used to set up MSFS.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND DO NOT SKIP ANY STEPS!!!

https://www.simforums.com/forums/the-fsx-computer-system-the-bible-by-nickn_topic46211.html
 

YOU SKIPPED SOME OF THE STEPS, DIDN’T YOU?? NOW YOU WILL NEED TO GO BACK TO THE START AND BEGIN AGAIN.

This link covers the basic initial setup and tweaking, which should only take a number of hours. After this, you will be ready to test-boot the sim and try out the menus.

As my next post, I will cover mid-level tweaking, which you should complete before embarking on your first MSFS flight. 

Good luck!

Oz

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12 minutes ago, NightOfDreams said:

As soon as I saw the thread title, said "here we go again...."

Same, feel like I’ve just woke up and it’s 2002  all over again!

14 minutes ago, Carts85 said:

Same, feel like I’ve just woke up and it’s 2002  all over again!

LMAO or is this Back To the Future 2020 edition 🙂

I spent 2 days fiddling to try and get decent performance in anything other than the 152 and now I am currently enroute to LEIB at 36,000 over the stunning Andorra mountains ..... In the FF A320, X-Plane 11 with Ortho4XP @ solid 60FPS.

Joking aside I love sightseeing in the 152 and get pretty decent results but anything serious seems to be a disaster

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1 minute ago, Richdem said:

LMAO or is this Back To the Future 2020 edition 🙂

I spent 2 days fiddling to try and get decent performance in anything other than the 152 and now I am currently enroute to LEIB at 36,000 over the stunning Andorra mountains ..... In the FF A320, X-Plane 11 @ solid 60FPS.

Joking aside I love sightseeing in the 152 and get pretty decent results but anything serious seems to be a disaster

Lol... Yeah I’m finding myself still tweaking slightly to find that sweet spot. As with you there’s a considerable difference on the frames when switching to glass especially the big birds. Give it time brother, 6 months from now will be sipping Pino calades on approach to KLAX with 60fps 😄

2002 ? Reminds me 1985. Nancy Reagan's campaign against addiction . Just Say No ! 

Dominique

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2 minutes ago, Carts85 said:

Lol... Yeah I’m finding myself still tweaking slightly to find that sweet spot. As with you there’s a considerable difference on the frames when switching to glass especially the big birds. Give it time brother, 6 months from now will be sipping Pino calades on approach to KLAX with 60fps 😄

For sure,

I cannot believe the damning comments all over this forum. I got the X-Box Game Pass, paid $1.13 CDN and if it really isn't ready for prime time then I'll cancel my subscription at the end of the month. I do love my FF A320, FF 757 & 737X and for now will continue to fly them but I tell you buzzing around my "Hood" in the 152 is friggin awesome !

 

Richard

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If I have to do all that god word not allowed tweaking again, I'll definitely stick to p3d. 

FS2020 is not worth spending time to tweak when majority of the issues can't be solved through config file entries. 

Alvin Lee / WSSS 

Absurd, leave the MSFS 2020 files alone.

Guillaume

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1 hour ago, OzWhitey said:

As my next post, I will cover mid-level tweaking, which you should complete before embarking on your first MSFS flight. 

Good luck!

Looking forward to the next installment of your MSFS tweaking guide Rob. 😁Until this arrives, I am pretty much grounded based on your advice.

I am specifically interested in knowing how to get the most out of my Intel 2600K CPU so i can run all sliders to the right in MSFS. Perhaps there's some critical setting I can tweak in the fsx.cfg file? Recommendation welcome.

 

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