2 hours ago, ErichB said:

Doesn't sound like anyone on this thread is getting the degradation in fps issue.

I don't make flights that long. 🙂
Pretty stable here too but since I'm messing around with more add-ons, I get more stutters.
I suspect GAIST and FSLTL are the culprit but have yet to find out.

Edited December 10, 20223 yr by bvdboomen

It's certainly amazing, 20 or so flights in the fenix with no issues. Some fps drops on longer flights but think this is traffic related.

9 hours ago, Noel said:

  I tried the follow-me car initially but it's a bit tedious for me. 

I hated the darn thing at first. What fixed it for me was disabling the option for it to "flee" for safety reasons, and increasing the speed of the car to 16 mph.

When the car was too slow, I kept running over it in the turns when it slowed down and I was trying to use the speed of the car to dictate the speed of the airplane. At 16 mph, the car takes off pretty quickly as soon as I start to move the airplane and it puts some distance between us before the plane gets up to 16 mph or above. I can just taxi the airplane, and the car for the most part leads the way with a decent distance between us. It doesn't feel obtrusive any more.

17 hours ago, Dillon said:

tracking down/re-downloading every add-on I bought in the store will be a pain. 😕

Check that Content Manager page closely. There should be a checkbox that allows you to see only those packages that are "NOT INSTALLED". That tells you exactly which freeware/payware packages are available to you that haven't been downloaded to your installation.

Also, I agree completely with those above who suggest that we minimize the use of non-core options, including ATC, GSX, etc. They might seem great, but everything we add can have undesirable interactions with everything else that we add to the software mix. My list of "gotta haves" has shrunk considerably since installing MSFS. I far prefer flying to fussing, and make decisions regarding add-ons accordingly. BTW, with regard to ATC, if you want the real thing, use one of the online services. Everything else is just a pale imitation. 

1 hour ago, jrw4 said:

Check that Content Manager page closely. There should be a checkbox that allows you to see only those packages that are "NOT INSTALLED". That tells you exactly which freeware/payware packages are available to you that haven't been downloaded to your installation.

Also, I agree completely with those above who suggest that we minimize the use of non-core options, including ATC, GSX, etc. They might seem great, but everything we add can have undesirable interactions with everything else that we add to the software mix. My list of "gotta haves" has shrunk considerably since installing MSFS. I far prefer flying to fussing, and make decisions regarding add-ons accordingly. BTW, with regard to ATC, if you want the real thing, use one of the online services. Everything else is just a pale imitation. 

I think if the add ons are well tested, they cause few problems if any. Here is what I use on every flight

1 Avliasoft EFB

2 PF3 ATC

3 FSRealistuic

4 SmartCars from my VA

5 Landing Rate monitor.

6 On Line Traffic

2 hours ago, MDFlier said:

I hated the darn thing at first. What fixed it for me was disabling the option for it to "flee" for safety reasons, and increasing the speed of the car to 16 mph.

When the car was too slow, I kept running over it in the turns when it slowed down and I was trying to use the speed of the car to dictate the speed of the airplane. At 16 mph, the car takes off pretty quickly as soon as I start to move the airplane and it puts some distance between us before the plane gets up to 16 mph or above. I can just taxi the airplane, and the car for the most part leads the way with a decent distance between us. It doesn't feel obtrusive any more.

Since I use ATC, and it directs me to a gate, I'm ok w/ the blue ribbon--since they added the ability to toggle off and on w/ a button/key press I just use it to be sure in on the correct taxiway then will toggle off, so really have no need for the follow-me car.  And frankly, have a follow-me car at every airport is about as realistic as....the blue taxi ribbon 😐   But thanks for the tip if my attitude changes I will give that a try.  I think the taxiribbon is something that could be done so much better, more subtle or something.  Someone made a replacement for it but I didn't like it any more than the oem one.

7 minutes ago, Noel said:

Since I use ATC, and it directs me to a gate, I'm ok w/ the blue ribbon--since they added the ability to toggle off and on w/ a button/key press I just use it to be sure in on the correct taxiway then will toggle off, so really have no need for the follow-me car.  And frankly, have a follow-me car at every airport is about as realistic as....the blue taxi ribbon 😐   But thanks for the tip if my attitude changes I will give that a try.  I think the taxiribbon is something that could be done so much better, more subtle or something.  Someone made a replacement for it but I didn't like it any more than the oem one.

My ATC program gives me aural instructions from the ramp to the active runway, so I don't have to use a ribbon, which to me really knocks the immersion down. 

I have the same opinion, it simply doesn't crash. Fenix A320, PMDG738 and IniBuilds A310 are my workhorses and "they just do it". Superb experience.

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

if the add ons are well tested, they cause few problems if any.

I think you're right, but therein lies the problem. It has become virtually impossible to test the interactions between every possible add-on and every other possible add-on, along with the interactions of those two add-ons with a third, etc. And then include all of the custom airports.....

Captain Obvious signing off for now. Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend.

The Sim has nearly always been stable for me over the last couple of years.

The only exception was from saved flights and then only a 50% fail and CTD. As there are other (live  weather) issues with saving flights I don't use them now anyway.

I don't tend to do long flights, VFR for an hour max with live traffic. The sim seems solid, with no CTDs under these conditions.

So as far as sim stability goes then yes, brilliant for me.........Just don't get me started on other issues🤣

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

My ATC program gives me aural instructions from the ramp to the active runway, so I don't have to use a ribbon, which to me really knocks the immersion down. 

That's nice but as I say I only use the ribbon for hints along the way and that is to active runway or arrival gate.  If I come to a fork in taxiways I'll toggle on briefly and back off so for an entire taxi it's only on a very small percentage of the time.   I use GSX and depend upon ATC to tell me which gate to arrive to, and they tell GSX which one it is, and it all works.   I have no problems with immersion with this method, probably because there is no question I'm using a simulator 😉

Edited December 10, 20223 yr by Noel

6 minutes ago, Noel said:

That's nice but as I say I only use the ribbon for hints along the way and that is to active runway or arrival gate.  If I come to a fork in taxiways I'll toggle on briefly and back off so for an entire taxi it's only on a very small percentage of the time.   I use GSX and depend upon ATC to tell me which gate to arrive to, and they tell GSX which one it is, and it all works.   I have no problems with immersion with this method, probably because there is no question I'm using a simulator 😉

Noel,

I like the idea of a one button toggle for the taxi ribbons.  How do I set that up?

Roy

14 minutes ago, Roy Warren said:

Noel,

I like the idea of a one button toggle for the taxi ribbons.  How do I set that up?

Roy

Enter "taxi" in the searchbox under controls setup and it will show up, and you can put any keybind you want there... very convinient:)

Though I wish they made the taxi ribbons a little less intrusive. But its okay, I do the same as Noel and just toggle it quicly to get an idea where to go and quickly turn it off again.

Edited December 10, 20223 yr by Kaboki

18 minutes ago, Kaboki said:

Though I wish they made the taxi ribbons a little less intrusive.

Several options here:  https://flightsim.to/discover/TAXI RIBBON

I'm going to try the first one listed w/ the most endorsements and see how it looks.

Cheers!

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

My ATC program gives me aural instructions from the ramp to the active runway, so I don't have to use a ribbon, which to me really knocks the immersion down. 

The default ATC also gives aural instructions from the ramp to the active runway or from the runway to the gate. You don't have to use the ribbon.