Perhaps I'm just overlooking this but if it's there I can't find the option.

In the 14 months or so I have been using MSFS I have been flying only low and slow in GA aircraft and been using P3D for my heavy metal stuff. This has meant that I have pretty much been running everything on ULTRA with a pretty high TLOD and have never needed to change these settings. The thing is, now I have the PMDG 737 in MSFS I have decided it's time to dump P3D for good. It's gone but this means that when I fly the 737 I need to drop some of those settings to keep things running at the high frame rate I have become accustomed to and to keep that frame rate in the free-sync range of my monitor at demanding airports.

So this leads me to my question. Is there a way to have separate graphics profiles as is possible with the controller profiles? Because at the moment I am having to change the settings when I switch between GA and airliners and this means I'm having to refer to screenshots I have taken of the settings of each class and this seems rather inefficiant and silly to me.

 

 

17 minutes ago, Jazz said:

Perhaps I'm just overlooking this but if it's there I can't find the option.

Thanks for posting. I've been wondering about this as well. 

Currently, multiple graphics profiles are not available within the sim itself. But, with a bit of work, it is possible to do it outside the sim.

1. First, you need to know where the file "UserCfg.opt" is located. For Steam, it is here: "%appdata%\Microsoft Flight Simulator". For MSStore, it should be a similar path.
2. In that folder, create a folder for each graphics profile you wish to have. Say, "LowAndSlow" and "HighAndFast" for example.
3. Start MSFS and configure the graphics for the first profile. Exit MSFS when done.
4. Copy "UserCfg.opt" to the folder you created for that profile.
5. Start MSFS and configure the graphics for the next profile. Exit MSFS when done.
6. Copy "UserCfg.opt" to the folder you created for that profile.
7. Repeat as needed.

Now that you have all the graphics profiles you want, before you start MSFS copy the "UserCfg.opt" you want to use for that flight file from the appropriate profile folder to the normal folder, overwriting the existing file.

If, in the future, you make a change to the graphics setting, don't forget to copy the changed "UserCfg.opt" file to the appropriate profile folder once you exit MSFS.

...jim

 

7 minutes ago, JimBrown said:

Currently, multiple graphics profiles are not available within the sim itself. But, with a bit of work, it is possible to do it outside the sim.

1. First, you need to know where the file "UserCfg.opt" is located. For Steam, it is here: "%appdata%\Microsoft Flight Simulator". For MSStore, it should be a similar path.
2. In that folder, create a folder for each graphics profile you wish to have. Say, "LowAndSlow" and "HighAndFast" for example.
3. Start MSFS and configure the graphics for the first profile. Exit MSFS when done.
4. Copy "UserCfg.opt" to the folder you created for that profile.
5. Start MSFS and configure the graphics for the next profile. Exit MSFS when done.
6. Copy "UserCfg.opt" to the folder you created for that profile.
7. Repeat as needed.

Now that you have all the graphics profiles you want, before you start MSFS copy the "UserCfg.opt" you want to use for that flight file from the appropriate profile folder to the normal folder, overwriting the existing file.

If, in the future, you make a change to the graphics setting, don't forget to copy the changed "UserCfg.opt" file to the appropriate profile folder once you exit MSFS.

...jim

 

I was rather hoping to avoid the old way of doing things.

This method could be, at least, semi-automated with a program such as Addon Organizer that would allow you to selectively start programs (such as batch files) to copy the .opt files in and out.

Definitely sounds like something needing a solution.

Edited December 27, 20223 yr by hs118

I have made a setup that enables me to select the graphics settings that suits the kind of flying i´m going to perform.

I can select between VR, VR with DLSS, 2D DX11 and 2D with DX12.

I simply run a Batch file that asks me to select which setup I prefer.

 

To do this I have done the following:

 

I have a subfolder called: "\Options_toggle\" within: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\

This folder contains saved graphics settings configs (saved and renamed "UserCfg.opt" files).

These UserCfg.opt files are renamed:

UserCfg_2D.opt

UserCfg_2D_DX12.opt

UserCfg_VR.opt

UserCfg_VR_DLSS.opt

 

Then I have made a Batch file called "MSFS_VR_2D_Toggle.bat". The Batch file is also in the ...\LocalCache\ folder.

I have "send" a shortcut to my Desktop of this Batch file - You can add it´s own Icon if You like.

(A batch file can be made with Windows Notepad - just save it as . bat instead of .txt).

 

Batch file content (Simply copy belwo content and paste into Notepad and save as MSFS_VR_2D_Toggle.bat:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO 1.MSFS VR Mode
ECHO 2.MSFS VR Mode DLSS
ECHO 3.MSFS 2D Mode
ECHO 4.MSFS 2D Mode DX12

ECHO.

CHOICE /C 1234 /M "Enter your choice:"

:: Note - list ERRORLEVELS in decreasing order
IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO 2D_DX12
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO 2D_DX11
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO VR_DLSS
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO VR_DX11

:2D_DX12
ECHO MSFS 2D Mode DX12
Echo f | xcopy /s /f /y "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Options_toggle\UserCfg_2D_DX12.opt" "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt" 
ECHO ************************
ECHO * MSFS 2D DX12 Mode Selected *
ECHO ************************
GOTO End

:2D_DX11
ECHO MSFS 2D Mode
Echo f | xcopy /s /f /y "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Options_toggle\UserCfg_2D.opt" "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt" 
ECHO ************************
ECHO * MSFS 2D Mode Selected *
ECHO ************************
GOTO End

:VR_DLSS
ECHO DCS MSFS VR Mode DLSS
Echo f | xcopy /s /f /y "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Options_toggle\UserCfg_VR_DLSS.opt" "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt" 
ECHO ************************
ECHO * MSFS VR DLSS Mode Selected *
ECHO ************************
GOTO End

:VR_DX11
ECHO DCS MSFS VR Mode
Echo f | xcopy /s /f /y "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Options_toggle\UserCfg_VR.opt" "C:\Users\wotha\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\UserCfg.opt" 
ECHO ************************
ECHO * MSFS VR Mode Selected *
ECHO ************************
GOTO End

:END

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That is great work. Awesome.

When so much can be done creating multiple profiles for controllers, you wonder whether the same could easily be done for settings.

This is typically one of the important updates that should be addressed by Asobo IMO, rather than concentrating on so much of their eye candy releases that they seem so concerned about. Along with that, why not have profiles that change with the aircraft you fly, rather than having to access the controls panel every time you change a plane and start reselecting the different profiles for the different controllers.

 

1 hour ago, SierraHotel said:

 

I had a quick scan through but I'm not quite sure what that has to do with the thread subject, buddy.

Edited December 28, 20223 yr by Jazz

5 hours ago, Rockliffe said:

This is typically one of the important updates that should be addressed by Asobo IMO, rather than concentrating on so much of their eye candy releases that they seem so concerned about. Along with that, why not have profiles that change with the aircraft you fly, rather than having to access the controls panel every time you change a plane and start reselecting the different profiles for the different controllers.

I agree...

 

There should bve an option in MSFS graphics section to save and load profiles, just like we could in FSX/P3D.

My solution above is only a stopgap solution.

It is also important to know that any subsequent changes has to be copied over to the saved .opt files, otherwise they ar overwritten the next time You select a profile.

7 minutes ago, Noel said:

Amazing.

What is really "AVSIM amazing" is folks jumping into threads with nothing to contribute.

1 minute ago, Noel said:

Amazing.  I don't have any need for graphics profiles I run the identical profile (absolute max everything) for all flights except for one variable and I don't change it often either, which is Terrain LOD.  I also have perfectly fluid animation w/ nary a stutter anywhere and I only fly PMDG 738, AS CRJ, B78X HD.  I also can't understand why people need 'addon linker' I just keep them all where they belong and it all works perfectly.  I think people came from a past where all this sort of stuff was required, but I don't see it now and I'm very happy with that!  Apparently others aren't...

What a strange post. You don't need it because you only fly heavy metal. If I only flew airliners I wouldn't want to swap profiles either just like I have not for the last year whilst only flying GA. But I want the same performance and frame rates in the PMDG 737 as I get in the 414 Chancellor. Anything below 50 FPS on the ground is unacceptable to me especially when taxiing. The days of putting up with 30 are over as far as I'm concerned.  The only way to do that is to make concessions in settings and that would be far easier if I could just have profiles.

 

As for addon linker, the point of it is to make things easier. I don't want 100 airports and other addons installed all at the same time. When flying I want the airports I'm flying into. When flying GA I want things like "We Love VFR" and the power lines and solar farms mods etc. I don't want all that installed and dragging down performance when I'm flying tubeliners. Addon linker makes it "one click easy" to uninstall an add-on. Only having what you need installed when flying reduces conflicts and other irritations and certainly helps performance and load times.

 

You don't see the point because you use the sim differently.

4 minutes ago, Jazz said:

What a strange post. You don't need it because you only fly heavy metal. If I only flew airliners I wouldn't want to swap profiles either just like I have not for the last year whilst only flying GA. But I want the same performance and frame rates in the PMDG 737 as I get in the 414 Chancellor. Anything below 50 FPS on the ground is unacceptable to me especially when taxiing. The days of putting up with 30 are over as far as I'm concerned.  The only way to do that is to make concessions in settings and that would be far easier if I could just have profiles.

My guess is you don't realize this because you've never seen it but the key to ultra-smooth animation does not depend on fast frame rates--the much more effective approach is to achieve near zero frame time variance.  In fact, were you to witness this with a framerate of say 33, you would prefer it to 50.  Few understand this but it's true, and counterintuitive until you've seen it yourself.  I guarantee you would be baffled by how good 33 is on the ground, during taxi, or anything.  I have virtually zero stutters anywhere, liquid smooth animation everywhere and in any plane.

12 minutes ago, Jazz said:

You don't see the point because you use the sim differently.

That's right, I have no need for it.  I start the sim once, if it takes a little longer to load everything, this does not matter to me.  I have perfect performance everywhere now and even on final approach into the most complex terminals nary a hitch, ever now.  Pure Nirvana