Performance deterioration....

[Bilbosmeggins 217]

Had a flight earlier, in the PA28, from Oxford to Southend. At least that was the plan. In reality, I was unable to complete it as performance got so bad. As I approached London the sim started doing the micro-pause thing. Then it steadily got worse until it was pausing about every half a second. The thing is, I was probably a good 15 miles away from London, so it’s not like I could pin the blame on photogrammetry or anything. These pauses weren’t the usual jitters, but a proper stopping of the scenery. It felt like I should be repeatedly banging my nose on the windscreen as it jolted to a halt.

I haven’t made any changes to the settings, I don’t try to push crazy-high settings either. And with a 3090, and a 5950x I’m about as high-specced as I can be.  Full spec in my signature.  Is this just the way of things or is there a fix?

[JimBrown 596]

Check Windows update, make sure it is up to date. If there is an optional update for KB001391, install it.

...jim

 

[af1134 9]

Hello,

Try this : 

 

[Bilbosmeggins 217]

Thanks Jim. So it’s Windows that is the culprit then?

[af1134 9]

And for info a lot of simmers are like you : https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/stutter-and-stop-at-10fps-introduced-with-world-update-3-still-there-with-1-14-6-0/376094

[Bilbosmeggins 217]

Thanks both. I’ve just downloaded the Windows update. I’ll give it a trial now 🙂

[JimBrown 596]

15 minutes ago, Bilbosmeggins said:

Thanks Jim. So it’s Windows that is the culprit then?

It's a possible culprit. Not saying it will fix things for sure, but it is somewhere to start.

...jim

 

[Bilbosmeggins 217]

Every little helps 😉

[Noel 4,487]

When did this update appear?  I've not been prompted to do an update for at least a week it seems.  Nevermind, I think I'm set up to not hear about them until well after they arrive.

Edited May 1, 2021 by Noel

[Bilbosmeggins 217]

Cure or coincidence? Not sure, but I just re-enacted the problem flight, after applying the update, and it ran as smooth as butter, right down to landing at Southend. Hopefully, it’s a cure until the next update screws everything up again. Anyway, much obliged to you both 🙂

Edited May 1, 2021 by Bilbosmeggins
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[Bilbosmeggins 217]

12 minutes ago, Noel said:

When did this update appear?  I've not been prompted to do an update for at least a week it seems.  Nevermind, I think I'm set up to not hear about them until well after they arrive.

I just watched that linked video, and applied the update manually. I think it was billed as a “performance update” or similar.

[Bobsk8 12,582]

I got that update back at the end of February, so if you keep your PC up to date, you probably already have it. 

[Noel 4,487]

Yep, I did.