P3D V5.4 is available

[IanHarrison 522]

Not done a flight yet but on the ground, I got a tiny increase in FPS of 2 FPS. No other improvement visible to my eye.

[Luis Hernandez 570]

10 hours ago, Joseph29 said:

Just finished updating to P3D v5.4. Everything went smoothly and so far everything I tested worked fine.

Thanks, Joseph. Did you see any improvement regarding default airport parking positions? There's nothing in the changelog about this. Since I fly the FSL planes, I can't yet update.

Edited May 24, 2023 by Luis Hernandez

[Joseph29 225]

27 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Thanks, Joseph. Did you see any improvement regarding default airport parking positions? There's nothing in the changelog about this. Since I fly the FSL planes, I can't yet update.

I didn't go to any default airports, just addons.

[Christopher Low 5,353]

Performance improvements does not necessarily mean an increase in framerates. It could mean more consistent performance with fewer stutters, and in my experience with P3D, that is far more important than framerate boosts.

[Luke 782]

1 minute ago, Christopher Low said:

Performance improvements does not necessarily mean an increase in framerates. It could mean more consistent performance with fewer stutters, and in my experience with P3D, that is far more important than framerate boosts.

Absolutely this. I would happily take a 5% framerate decrease to get rid of freezes and stutters.

Cheers!

[IanHarrison 522]

57 minutes ago, Luke said:

Absolutely this. I would happily take a 5% framerate decrease to get rid of freezes and stutters.

Cheers!

Agree. I have yet to find time to do a long flight but if it has those qualities, it will be worth it. (Although, to be honest, they don't worry me that much, I have accepted them as part of the package.)

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by IanHarrison

[yvesamuel 17]

Hi all,

Just landed in KIAD coming from EGKK with an AS330.

My conclusions :

- less VRAM usage

- more stability

- some stuters remain, but before I head a little stop on arriving near KIAD, now, it is so short that I just see it quickly

- My processor  (13900KF) becomes warmer

I'll continue testing and tell you what I find.
Good evening from ELLX
Yves

[CptBlackadder 0]

Stutters and sudden short freezes are the concern. Even with high FPS you can still experience these irritating glitches, hopefully they have gone some way to ironing these out. Good work LM when some are doubting your investment in our platform. 😁

Edited May 24, 2023 by CptBlackadder

[G-RFRY 1,710]

3 minutes ago, CptBlackadder said:

Good work LM when some are doubting your investmen

They are investing in their own Platform that`s used to support their product real aircraft for their customers. We just hitch a ride of our choosing and get the benefits. If you were not a flight simmer you would never know it existed.

[level7 171]

Blackbox711 was streaming P3D V5.4 with the PMDG 747-8F and bombed twice... can see he was running ActiveSky and ChasePlane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2gg1gy0Lz8

[Ray Proudfoot 8,950]

43 minutes ago, CptBlackadder said:

Stutters and sudden short freezes are the concern.

Those are indicative of settings being too high for the hardware. Given you’re still on v4 you haven’t experienced the improvements v5.3 brought. With my 30Hz monitor running in 4K the vast majority of my flights have no stutters.

Once your CPU Core 0 hits 100% stutters are inevitable. The secret is no adjust settings to avoid that happening but it’s not easy.

[Aviator Dan 0]

Yes P3Dv5.5 is here, it has been some time I did a up grade. How do I just up grade the Client? I have read the Installation Directions, just a little confused this is what happens when you start getting old. LOL.

[Christopher Low 5,353]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Those are indicative of settings being too high for the hardware. Given you’re still on v4 you haven’t experienced the improvements v5.3 brought. With my 30Hz monitor running in 4K the vast majority of my flights have no stutters.

Once your CPU Core 0 hits 100% stutters are inevitable. The secret is no adjust settings to avoid that happening but it’s not easy.

I have tested this with P3Dv4.5HF2, and I get similar stutters in certain areas whether Scenery Complexity and Autogen Density are high or low. I think something else is at work. Something that is much more difficult to pin down.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,950]

15 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

I have tested this with P3Dv4.5HF2, and I get similar stutters in certain areas whether Scenery Complexity and Autogen Density are high or low. I think something else is at work. Something that is much more difficult to pin down.

I had it in v3.4. Just the way the processes are handled by the CPU. V5.3 brought great improvements.

[cowpatz 243]

2 hours ago, Aviator Dan said:

Yes P3Dv5.5 is here, it has been some time I did a up grade. How do I just up grade the Client? I have read the Installation Directions, just a little confused this is what happens when you start getting old. LOL.

The same process for V5