VRAM with the new FSLabs Sharklets

[SquadronLeader 61]

Wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this scenario. 

I have a Nvidia 1080 card, and when the new FSLabs sharklets arrived this week, I loaded the A320 at EGPH gate 12 into P3D V5.1. The vram indicator (using shift Z) suggested that I was using 6.0 of the available 6.8 - so right at the edge. Then, I got a message saying that I did not have enough vram, and did I want to ignore, close or try again. I tried again, and when it opened up my vram indicator showed usage of 3.9  of the now available 7.1.

My graphic settings are medium, and I did not knowingly change anything - so any thoughts as to where all this extra vram came from?

 

[roesti 71]

21 minutes ago, SquadronLeader said:

so any thoughts as to where all this extra vram came from?

Yes. AFAIK Prepar3D automatically lowers the settings if you use the "Try Again" button, like disabling Enhanced Athmospherics (if u were using it).

Some of them like "COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD" (gauges look very blurry if set to 0, which usually happens after this dialog) can only be reverted back directly in the Prepar3D.cfg and not via the settings interface in P3D. So if you don't have any backup of your Prepar3D.cfg and don't like to fiddle around in it, you should consider to delete it and let P3D create a fresh one after starting again. Be aware that you have to adjust your graphics settings again, but at least you get the default settings back.

Edited May 15, 2021 by roesti

[SquadronLeader 61]

Many thanks roesti

[vincentrouleau 71]

For me , it looks like both a32x NonSL&SL cause my upper VRAM limit to go more easily form 7.1 to 6.6-6.8. not always , but more then before. I did get dgi hung errors at my usual load positions that before. So i feel there is a change.

Edited May 15, 2021 by vincentrouleau