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I agree it looks green to me too. But there was also one other poster who already said it looked fine (not green) to them. That is the problem with trying to decipher someone else's computer display "problem" from a screencap posted in a forum post. Any kind of "change these settings on your computer" from just looking at the posted screencap is just a guess.
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He posted a picture of what HE sees while sitting in front of HIS monitor. What anybody HERE sees is dependent on THEIR monitor settings while sitting in front of THEIR monitor while browsing the forum. That concept is lost on way too many people in "graphics posting" forums who end up saying things like, "Your image needs more\less contrast, brightness, red, green, blue, (insert whatever OTHER monitor or Nvidia graphics adjustment you could make). The concept is also unknown by anybody who posts something like, "Hey! I just found the PERFECT graphics settings for the flight sim. Use these!", because those settings will most likely produce a DIFFERENT image on someone else's computer\monitor. Just sayin' 😉
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I'm late to this thread (been out of town away from computer yesterday and most of today), but I have to chuckle at the YouTube "Official Trailer" video in the first post. Having lived here in Las Vegas since 2003, I'm gonna risk the ire of some folks by pointed out a couple "Huh?" things about it. For instance: 1. There is no such thing as the "Hoover Bridge". Many people also refer to it as the "Hoover Dam Bridge", which is also incorrect. What it did was replace the need to drive over the top of Hoover Dam, which was a pain in the *ss and total bottleneck, as passing over the 2-lane dam was the only route from Las Vegas to Kingman, AZ before the new bridge spanning the canyon was finished. The official name of it is the "Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge" Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge - Wikipedia . If you call it the "Hoover Bridge" to a local here, they're just gonna laugh their *ss off at you. There's a Hoover Dam, but no Hoover Bridge. 2. "Las Vegas Lake". No, no, no! There is no such thing. The video shows "Lake Las Vegas" (also called "Lake Las Vegas Resort"), which is the name of the COMMUNITY that the "water" there is a part of. But the "water" is actually a RESERVOIR. Lake Las Vegas - Wikipedia . The overall community is considered a RESORT area, but there are individual homes, condos, etc that are privately owned. But if you have to ask how much it costs to buy one, you can't afford it to begin with. 😉 Anyhow...no such thing as a "Las Vegas Lake". Yeah, I'm nit-picking. But the above info is for anybody who may not know the things "listed" in the video are incorrect names of them. But if you want to use those names, that's OK. I'll still "They're tourists, aren't they?!" laugh at you (but in a nice way). (Yes, I'm laughing at you, Asobo, for not doing your own homework about what is in an "Official Trailer"...GASP!) 😁 Other than the above, the scenery looks OK. But I'm also deleting the Asobo Strip part of the download and keeping my Fly Tampa Las Vegas strip buildings active. They just look a whole lot better (and accurate to the real buildings) to me.
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252 Mbps too slow for MSFS2020?
FalconAF replied to brucewtb's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
It's not just you. The same thing happened to me. I've never had to reinstall any of my previous 3 MSFS2020 products since installing them over 4 years ago. And they had always been available on my Microsoft Store page for downloads. But not now. When I went to do a reinstall now my Microsoft Store page showed only ONE of my 3 products as "owned" and regardless of which product I selected I would get "pushed" to the Xbox page from the Store page. There I showed all 3 products but I only had to download and install ONE of them to get all 3 of them installed because 2 of them were listed as "bundles" of either the first 2, or all 3 of, the products. And they all seemed to insist on also installing the "Digital Ownership" version (?) in its own separate folder too. That was totally confusing after never having to download any of the 3 products separately from the MS Store for almost 4 years. It looks like everything MSFS2020 on the MS Store will now involuntarily "push" you to the Xbox site to get any of you products now. And the "push" seems to be designed to get you to sign up for the monthly Xbox subscription to even use MSFS2020 if you are on a PC. At least that's what happened to me. Sounds like the same things may have been happening to you. -
252 Mbps too slow for MSFS2020?
FalconAF replied to brucewtb's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
Well, something has changed, because I also had my original core install files on my (PC) C: drive and the rest of it in a D:\MSFS2020 folder, where there was always ONLY a Community and Official folder like you say it should work. But after uninstalling and getting FORCED (this time?) to use the Xbox App to reinstall everything, when I got to the point of telling it where to put the D:\ MSFS2020 stuff, the ONLY choice it gave me was to use a default "D:\XBOX GAMES" folder, or create another folder myself. So I created the D:\MSFS2020 folder, and the darned installation then created TWO SUBFOLDERS in it...one named "Microsoft Flight Simulator" with ONE subfolder named "Content"... and another named "Microsoft Flight Simulator Digital Ownership" with a bunch of cryptic other stuff in it. I didn't ask for any "Digital Ownership", have no desire to use the "Pay Per Month" Xbox wallet drainer fee, and as a PC user would really just like to be able to download the installation file(s) myself and put them where I want them without jumping through all these hoops. For this re-install the Microsoft Store FORCED me to do the install using the Xbox App, as opposed to when the initial install several years ago (and all previous updates since then) were available as separate downloads from within the Microsoft Store itself. I have no idea what the heck is going on with it now, as this CORE re-install ALSO got put on my D;\ drive buried in a new "WpSystem.......Local Cache\Packages\Community (and) Official..." folders THERE. And it appears all my current World Update re-installs are beings added to that "Original" folder location now (along with I'm assuming everything else I continue to download from Content Manager will too). This whole process is just silly. And with all the "server problems" lately, and the "push" now to get even the MSFS2020 users to "join" the "monthly convenience fee" for Xbox "gaming" now, it would not surprise me to see MSFS2024 become a "pay per month for server use subscription" thing. Seriously...how could a company sell a one-time fee for a program that MUST use server downloads every time the user uses the program, and NOT expect "server bandwidth problems" if the program sells enough to overload the server capabilities for an extended time period of like the 4 years we've all been already doing it? We PC users are "locked in" to using servers that are also supplying Xbox users now for all their OTHER games too. There's no such thing as a free lunch for us unless MS out of the goodness of their hearts says, "Yeah, we'll invest a ton of money to upgrade our server capability just to keep the "free" FS PC server users happy." Yeah, I'm not very optimistic about any of this right now. 😇 -
252 Mbps too slow for MSFS2020?
FalconAF replied to brucewtb's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
Exact same thing happened to me a couple hours ago. Everything I tried to "fix" it failed. Xbox nor MS Store would let me re-install anything, so I gave up and uninstalled everything (only thing it WOULD let me do), cleaned up all scavenger leftover folders and files, and I'm currently 100 GB into download of 134 GB. But I'm pretty sure that's gonna be just the first of many more LONG downloads because the download speed sucks right now too. -
MSFS 2020 Auto FPS App v0.4.2
FalconAF replied to Reset XPDR's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
Well, I'm a bit confused now too. The screencaps show the new settings being used with the VFR mode selected. Are these new options ONLY for the VFR mode? Or are they for IFR mode too? Do they only benefit the VFR mode? Would I possibly want to use them in IFR mode? Neither the above posts nor the readme explain that.- 545 replies
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FalconAF replied to Reset XPDR's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
But this is one of the "variables" issues that @Restore simply won't be able to make a "one size fits all" app for to make everybody happy. I could (and do on several occasions just for fun) hop in the F18 Hornet (or the F22 Raptor freeware from Top Mach Studio) and go "VFR Ground Hugging" at Mach 1 with my hair on fire. Through places like the Grand Canyon, the Swiss Alps (it's fun buzzing LOWI at 100 AGL and 700kts), or even the Mt Everest areas (the Lukla airport canyon area, etc). Obviously these would be VFR flights and could (would) have a constantly changing AGL value for the airplane. Which would send the AutoFPS app into spasms if I used unrealistic TLOD values for the hardware I was using. Heck, even over a flat desert terrain with no OLOD objects to display, at Mach 1 at 100 ft AGL the "terrain" being displayed can get "blurry" simply because the sim may not be able to keep up loading it in front of you fast enough anymore, regardless of the TLOD setting. So what does "really pushing the limits" mean in our cases? Would you be pushing them more than me? Or vice-versa? All I'm saying is that anybody could find a way to "break the app" if they tried hard enough. But that would not be a "negative" against what the app can really do for most people's flying experiences when used the way it was intended by @Reset. I honestly don't think @Reset intended his VFR mode to be "very low altitudes" at 365 knots (or Mach 1 either). If I'm wrong about that, I'll stand corrected. (PS - Testing positive for COVID sucks. And I can't tase my hot wings anymore for now 🥺)- 545 replies
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Night performance in general
FalconAF replied to Michael Moe's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
OK. No, I'm not trolling. But Michael, your original post did contain two different questions. You said that yourself again only a few posts above: "Anyway this was about night performance in general and settings effecting that the most." You also said you were seeking solutions for a "Low end PC". Many different people have tested AutoFPS to achieve FS performance improvements using many different computer configurations. Some are using a regular monitor, some are using VR headsets, and all the different configurations of these things effect the results. I offered a possible solution for you, because although I first tested it on my more "state of the art" computer, out of curiosity I also tested it on my old 1080Ti GPU computer too. It works fine in achieving what you are trying to do. When configured properly it will stop trying to render graphics that you really don't need during night flying scenarios and will increase the graphics that would enhance your night flying experience. So I'll quit posting to this thread from now on. Have a good day and enjoy your simming. -
Night performance in general
FalconAF replied to Michael Moe's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
For those of you experiencing stuttering and large FPS changes during high(er) altitude cruise flight, I have to ask a question. Are you switching back and forth between cockpit view and an external view a lot? That can cause swings in FPS due to the changing rendering requirements of the 2 different views that need to be displayed on your monitor (interior Cockpit View vs an Exterior Camera View). Also, simply panning the scene can do the same thing, especially in a full exterior view. With a very high TLOD setting trying to display an full outside view, just panning the outside view can cause your computer to have to load and display new data that wasn't already in your computer's memory (this is a common problem for older less robust computers running ANY graphics intensive software). So if your chosen values are set too high (or just "incorrectly") in EITHER or BOTH MSFS and the AutoFPS GUI window, that can make AutoFPS have to keep adjusting TLOD, OLOD, and even the Clouds quality constantly. If that happens AutoFPS won't be able to compensate for it and provide a "steady chosen FPS" result. Your chosen FPS rate may be unobtainable, with your TLOD, OLOD, and Clouds values making CONSTANT swings up and down by AutoFPS trying to maintain a steady FPS it can't achieve. But that would NOT be because of any flaw in the app itself. Folks, the bottom line in ANYTHING in this type of scenario is that if the MAJORITY of the people say something is working right, and a small MINORITY of the people are saying no it doesn't, the usual finding is that the minority is doing it wrong somehow. -
Night performance in general
FalconAF replied to Michael Moe's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
IF that was true for EVERY user of MSFS2020 or the AutoFPS, then EVERYBODY would be reporting it. But that simply isn't the case and NEVER has been. Yes, there are isolated times when the MS servers may get overcrowded, etc, or there are "network problems", but EVEN THEN not EVERY user around the entire world experiences the things you are describing. Time and time again, the real problem with MS Flight Simulators "running poorly" over the entire history of the products has been the USER using improper or unrealistic settings in the simulator or "utilities" for their own computer's capabilities (and failure to do routine maintenance of those computers to prevent bloated computers from causing the sim to run poorly). What no one wants to "talk about" over and over again is complaints from users that it's the SIM or an APPS fault, only for other people to discover the users REAL problem was being created by themself in the way they use the sim or apps (or take care of their own computer). The AutoFPS app WORKS. Even Asobo recognizes that in the official MSFS2020 forum (not openly, but they have stated that the results that something LIKE AutoFPS produces ARE beneficial in using the simulator). It's the same darn thing Asobo INCLUDED in the XBOX version of MSFS2020...the user just can't ACCESS it in XBOX to make manual adjustments with it, which was probably intentional so Asobo wouldn't get swamped with complaints about the XBOX MSFS2020 "running poorly" because the XBOX user screwed up the settings themself. And for the same reason, IF Asobo ever included a similar AutoFPS capability in this or a future PC version of Flight Simulator, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was a simple "One Button Click to turn On or Off" (as Asobo themself described how easy it would be to include it in the PC version), so the user COULDN'T change the individual settings of it. Heck, too many users screw up their FS already by using the Graphics sliders in unrealistic and improper settings for their own computers. Asobo wouldn't want their forums filled with complaints about the sim "not running correctly" because the USER used wrong settings for any similar AutoFPS capability. So "One Button...On or Off"...would be the SMART thing for them to include. Heck, even then they wouldn't take away the slider settings in the Graphics section of the sim, so users could STILL screw it up themselves any time they wanted. -
MSFS - the significance of TLOD
FalconAF replied to Cpt_Piett's topic in The AVSIM Screen Shots Forum
This is exactly the type of "documentation" I was referring about when I was discussing "Teach from the Known to the Unknown" in the AutoFPS thread. First, your narrative explanation defines what the acronyms on the GUI mean relative to the actual settings in the MSFS Graphics settings sliders, then there are actual example pictures from the sim that show how and when to use them (and the results) for different flying scenarios and the "wants" the user wants to achieve at the time. If you could make the post above into a PDF document someone could download, I'm sure it would be very beneficial for many, many new (and even current) users of the application. Maybe even get @Reset to link the PDF as an additional recommended download to enhance the Readme file download information. Great explanations! 👍 -
MSFS 2020 Auto FPS App v0.4.2
FalconAF replied to Reset XPDR's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
Now THAT'S just BEYOND tyrannical. Somebody should spank you.- 545 replies
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FalconAF replied to Michael Moe's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
I recall seeing a post not long ago about other people having bandwidth problems recently in European areas and actually getting the "Bandwidth Too Low" message and getting disconnected from the MS servers. If there are server fluctuations that bad AutoFPS WOULD be jumping through hoops trying to establish a baseline FPS value. I had it happen to me once yesterday but I was flying in the U.S. area at the time. But I still maintained a steady 30 FPS while AutoFPS just readjusted my TLOD and OLOD settings on the fly. So getting disconnected from the MSFS server may have something to do with your flight and FPS instability. The sudden FSLTL injections might do it also if they increased the processing and rendering requirements that quickly. You would get an initial FPS drop that would (probably?) stay low until a lot of those FSLTL AI's got out of required processing range. You could ask the developer in the other thread. He's still requesting and answering any questions/reports of "strange" stuff that may be happening with the new final version. -
Night performance in general
FalconAF replied to Michael Moe's topic in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024)
I just saw you posted in the app's thread you completed the flight and the app worked fine. Did your 60 to 20 to 60 FPS variations resolve themselves? It shouldn't be doing that if you have the right values input to the app's GUI boxes. That large of "gap" between your FPS means something is wrong with your settings. Were you using the "Auto Target FPS" mode, or the "Use Expert Options" mode?