5 hours ago, AnkH said:

Completely disagree. While back in FSX days you werent able to avoid those things even with the currently best hardware due to its limitations (e.g. 32bit code), nowadays it seems more of an issue that people forgot that there is something called "settings" in the menue and that you have to put those settings according to the hardware you use. Nowadays, if not all settings can be put on "everything ultra max super duper", the game is "unfinished piece of garbage" (not only in the simming world, you can see that discussion for almost every game). Example: I have a 4090 with 24GB VRAM, yet I use "only" the setting "high" vor texture quality. Why? Because "high" is sufficient and it results in a nice overhead of free VRAM even in the heaviest scenarios (at around 20GB there). And personally, I do not see that much of a difference compared to "ultra", even on my 32" 4K monitor. Same goes for TLOD: I use AutoFPS to dynamically adjust the TLOD. No need for TLOD=400 when sitting on a huge airport at the gate. Also the built in dynamic setting does a good job in adjusting TLOD dynamically. But you have to use it... You have to adjust the settings to the hardware.

And you have to accept that even with a 5070Ti with 16GB VRAM, you are NOT running the sim on the current best hardware available, even if this statement hurts because of the sheer amount of dollar such a GPU costs...

Or in short: if you put those settings right and according to what your hardware is capable of (not: what you wish it should be capable of...), MSFS2024 runs perfectly smooth on almost every machine. If you have time and energy left for some tweaking, you can even make the sim run better (e.g. AutoFPS, dynamic setting). There is absolutely NO need to fiddle around with files comparable to the fibre factor stuff in FSX days.

ive turned the rebar off again,. looks like my settings changed somewhere along the lines. That rebar is off now for good

22 hours ago, Maxis said:

This guy and his videos ...

Please follow what works for your specific setup. Test with both on and off. Decide what are showstoppers for you and go from there. One guy and his experience does not translate into an automatic benefit for your own experience.

Over the years of testing both MSFS2020 and 2024 on my own rig there was no perf or visual difference that i could observe. With 2024 on my Rig the tangible difference is the freeing up of 600-800mb of VRAM on my memory limited card. For him to recommend for me to accept visual texture deterioration and lock up that 6 to 800mb of VRAM again for no performance benefit (On my rig) plus the additional cost of turning down my texture settings or lod is absurd. If turning it on is to fix popping then i guess popping has never been my showstopper. Low rez textures and bad LOD draw distance on the other hand make me not want to fly at all.

you clearly don't like youtube, someone keeps hitting my channel by claiming avsim won't allow "spamming via youtube links". yet here is Islandsim pilot video posting... and you're complaining.

5 minutes ago, JETPETER300 said:

you clearly don't like youtube, someone keeps hitting my channel by claiming avsim won't allow "spamming via youtube links". yet here is Islandsim pilot video posting... and you're complaining.

I clearly don't like youtube ? That's a strange conclusion to make isn't it?

Not sure if you noticed. The substance of my post is addressing the points made by the youtuber in his video about REBAR .. Who has a history of making performance related videos without acknowledging that everyone's platforms are different and every end user has different pain points and therefore the best approach is to test and let the end user decide what works for them. I can give you that the youtuber is well meaning but analytical people want a little more on the bone when suggestions are made rather than taking any random suggestion thrown out and running with it without evidence. Thats what my post is addressing and nothing else regarding youtube.

I would also highly suggest to you to stick to the topic at hand (The rebar topic) before drawing conclusions about what avsim forum members like and don't like .. because frankly me liking youtube or not was not expressed in any previous post here on avsim and has absolutely nothing to do with me addressing the rebar topic that everyone else here is discussing. I honestly am confused as to how you arrived at the conclusion that i hated you tube or islansimpilot for that matter from reading my singular post in the topic thread.

Edited yesterday at 06:19 PM1 day by Maxis