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Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by EGLD

Jetways ruined completely. For the 3rd party native msfs 2024 airports even (Not sure about those included in msfs). You can't connect jetway to a plane anymore. If you request boarding using default ATC jetway doesn't want to connect. F bus appearing only. Looks like mademoiselle confuses gates and ramps.

38 minutes ago, Eef said:

Does anyone know what these new entries in the UserCFG.opt are?

🧠 What Does  POMMaxDist Do?
•     It controls the maximum distance from the camera at which the POM effect is rendered.
•     A higher value means the effect is visible farther away, improving visual fidelity at long distances.
•     A lower value limits the effect to nearby terrain, which can boost performance.
✅ Valid Settings
•     The setting is found in the  file under the terrain section.
•     Common values observed:
•      10.000000 – conservative, performance-friendly
•      20.000000 – default or balanced
•     Higher values (e.g., ) may be possible but could impact frame rates depending on your hardware.

 

🧠 What Does POMSubsplitsMaxDist  Do?
•     It defines the maximum distance at which subsplits of the POM effect are rendered.
•     Subsplits are finer layers of detail within the POM system—think of them as micro-adjustments that make terrain textures look even more three-dimensional.
•     A higher value means these subtle depth effects are visible farther away, enhancing realism.
•     A lower value restricts subsplit rendering to nearby terrain, improving performance.
✅ Valid Settings
From community findings and default configs:
•     Typical values range from 7.500000 to 10.000000
•     You can experiment with values like:
•      5.000000 – performance-focused
•      7.500000 – balanced (often default)
•      10.00000 – high fidelity

 

I use MSFS2024 Editor from rksoftware together with MS Copilot to give me the details about any UserCfg parameter.

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by Cap737Delta

And what is POM? 🤔

The Good;
VR performance is smooth, previously it was a laggy mess when turning my head but it's back to 2020 standards with this update. So far no single digit FPS on take off/landing, but only managed a quick couple of flights.

The Bad;
Weird shadow bug in right eye, other reports of right/left eye issues so it seems somethings broken.

The Ugly;
The mouse doesn't work in VR #FacePalm can't really do much so will have to park the beta until this obvious issue is fixed.

31 minutes ago, Vitold69 said:

Jetways ruined completely. For the 3rd party native msfs 2024 airports even (Not sure about those included in msfs). You can't connect jetway to a plane anymore. If you request boarding using default ATC jetway doesn't want to connect. F bus appearing only. Looks like mademoiselle confuses gates and ramps.

Enjoy SU3 while it lasts. I’m hoping we have at least a couple more months of this sim. 

Does the iFly MAX 8 work with SU4?

At least there is huge progress on multiplayer stuff.

 

Multiplayer

• Fixed logo on player’s plane not being duplicated in multiplayer
• Fixed multiplayer plane movement when the pilot is in Photo Mode.
• Fix visual and audio fx not properly replicated in multiplayer for hot air balloon.

 

They'll probably get the model matching sorted as well. 👍

Hey. Performance is better (Fenix so far) but even though I set my monitor hz to 80....the fps counter in the sim goes way beyond that. Didn't do this before. I usually FPS cap in the sim but when I do its very jittery and looks like vsync and gsync are allowing a lot tearing. 

Ah. Solved it. 

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by Sonosusto

Looks like I might have to revert back to SU3, as my "go to" aircraft, the FFX CitationX, is unflyable in SU4 beta.  It would be really great if Asobo would allow 3rd party developers (PDMG, FFX, A2A, etc) to have access to new versions of the sim before they are released to the public.

15 minutes ago, PlumCrazy said:

before they are released to the public.

It. Is. A. BETA.

31 minutes ago, PlumCrazy said:

It would be really great if Asobo would allow 3rd party developers (PDMG, FFX, A2A, etc) to have access to new versions of the sim before they are released to the public.

That's what the beta is for?

1 hour ago, SN737 said:

Does the iFly MAX 8 work with SU4?

I can't load the plane even. Sim hangs during loading

Edited September 9, 2025Sep 9 by Vitold69

this swapfile in the fps counter is the windows swapfile?

 

I'm happy to see so many fixes don't get me wrong.  But it seems like asobo never works with the biggest payware developers in advance.  It seems like each and every release they are caught by surprise.  That's kind of frustrating.