arvidlille

Hi fellow simmers! I`m bringing this thread up again, due to a solution i found regarding my FPS drop when moving the mouse around. Installed another 2Gb of memory and (belive it or not) kicked out XP and tried Vista (clean with deactivation of lot of processes). Works like a dream now :(

hello,Many questions and answers here .. and I have one (question) more :)Do you have this problem from the first run of FS2004 (and so it's the first time you used FS2004) or FS2004 was running well .. and suddenly the mouse prob appears ?If the prob suddenly appears .. you must try to remind wich modification(s) was made to your sim or OS.Hope it's help.Regards.Gus.

Do you have mouse shadows enabled? (Control Panel - Mice - enable/disable pointer shadows). If you do, try switching them off and then go back into FS. Can cause a problem on my Nvidia card, and not just with FS9 - happened with Remote Desktop too.Leo

Yea, I've tried many things now too. I just believe it's part of the sim. Something about the cursor moving in the 3D environment puts a strain on the system, I guess it's understandable. If anyone figures out a work around better then putting a small 2-d window in the corner let me know.

Arvid, are you using the X52 by any chance? Although I have tried this with the X52 disconnected...but maybe its a driver conflict.Zach, are you using nhancer? Any particular settings through that?Have you noticed anything similar in any others games or just fs9? (FSX?)Edit : I've tried an old P/S mouse..same thing.A quick 'fix' i figured out now is open up a 2d panel...make it as small as possible, drag it over to the top corner and leave your mouse there when not in use...opening up the atc window no longer causes fps drops and the fps comes back quicker when the mouse is moved.Is there any way to decrease the amount of time it takes the mouse to disappear? That would make this problem much better.

Man, all this time I've tried to figure out when my FPS keeps dropping at strange times when normally my fps is quite high (50s like yours). After I read your post, I tried it...same thing happens! Please share your trouble shooting and discovers here as soon as you get them..I will do the same. Also, if anyone else has any insight, due share. fyi my system is..E8500 at 3.7512Mb 8800gts (updated drivers)2 gigs memoryXP ProG5 wired USB optical mousex52 Saitek HOTASHope we can find a reason for this.To update..the same FPS drop occurs when closing the ATC window, regardless if the mouse cursor is visible or not...in the particular case i tested (DreamFleet Baron at MYNN add-on senery), normal fps unlocked was 52-60, when either closing the ATC window or making the mouse visible, fps drops to 40-41 for a few seconds after closing ATC window or until mouse disappears. All of this is in VC

Hey Arvid...don't know if this will help but what mouse are you using? If it's a Microsoft mouse, then there's a good chance that you have a program running in the background that you might not need. Microsoft installs a mouse manager program named iPoint.exe for their mouse and if you're using one of their keyboards, they install a keyboard manager program named iType.exe.I used both of these programs for about 1 minute to configure what I needed and then never used them again. So instead of having them run in the background wasting CPU cycles, I removed them. I haven't experienced any ill effects from this and it's been a few years. The one thing that you won't get without the management programs loaded is the amount of battery life you have left in the devices. So if you don't run them and say your mouse stops working...don't think it's broken, just replace the batteries :)You might also check the other programs and services that you have running in the background and remove any of them that aren't needed. There's a pretty straight forward utility named msconfig.exe which will show you the services and applications you have running on your system. Take a look and maybe you'll see something that you know you're either not using or simply don't need. So do a little system house keeping and see if that helps.Mark

You say you unplugged your wireless keyboard and mouse. Did you shut down PC before pluggin in corded mouse? Or at least do a PC restart? The mouse is an OS problem, and not a FS9 problem. And after changing drivers you SHOULD do a restart of PC. FS9 just tries to work with what your OS 'hands in' for a mouse (cursor and all). Simple maybe? But hard to find 'root' cause. I myself would shut down PC. Resart PC. Shut down PC (again). Then plug in mouse (even if it's USP type). Then see if Win's automatically installs XP (or Vista) drivers (ie: 'found new hardware'). You might hear a 'bong' sound. I also NEVER use drivers from the Mouse CD as they are not (usually) as 'up to date' as the mouse drivers included with OS. If THEY (OS) don't work, then I visit mouse site and download latest, but I never had to do that with USP mice (meeces?). Just some thoughts (2 cents worth).Chuck BNapamule

Have you updated your video drivers? And why don't you try deleting fs9.cfg so FS makes a new one just after updating drivers? Maybe your problem arises only with demanding aircraft as the PMDG ones, because the default ones do not demand so much computer resources. Hope this helps.Best regards from Colombia,Luis Miguel

Hi all!I`ve got a really strange problem with my sim. I have a dedicated flightsim PC with XP on C-disk and FS2004 on D-disk with a lot of addons. In addition I have a Acronis image of that setup on an external disk (just in case scr.. up). I fly around with very high and smooth FPS (50-60) with slider locked at unlimited. I also do regular defrag using UD 2008.The problem I have is when I move the mouse (cursor comes visible) in 3d cockpit, the FPS drops and stutter occurs while the cursor is visible. When i dont touch it, it stays normal high and smooth. It occurs only in 3d cockpit with aircraft like wilco 737, pmdg 737 and 747. Not on small aircrafts or default ones. I is quite annoying.Regarding troubleshooting, I have disconnected my cordless mouse and keyboard. Tried with a cord mouse (after cleaned up the drivers), but with same annoying stutter when moving the mouse in 3d cockpit. Also I have tried the mouse options in the control panel, but with same result.Anyone who have the slightest clue what can cause this? A r v i dMy setup is:CPU - E6850 3,8 GHz (OC)GPU - XFX 8800GTXMem - 4 Gb (3,25 utilized)OS disk - 75 Gb raptorFS disk - 150 Gb spinpoint

Hi there!Got a smooth FS9 sim with lot of addons, and everything is performing very well except this:When using CH Pro pedals for braking i get some 5-8 sec of stuttering. When releasing the brakes its getting back to normal again. The sim is running very smooth with 40-60 FPS, but when using the brakes its is getting down to 20-30, but its the stuttering which is quite irritiating. Anybody who knows what can cause this?A r v i d

Well, like it or not! Whatever this DX10-###### is, it did 1 ting for me: Fs9 boost big time. Try it yourself, or just forget about it Arvid

Well, I couldnt help it. Since I got all my FS9 stuff on a complete image file (after years with lessons learned), I decided to give it a shot (based on a thread in Flightsim.no regarding DX10). I have a pretty good setup with FS9 on its own XP-computer with tons of addons, and had 40-50 fps when lined up at Oslo Airport with Wilco 737 (3d cockpit/track IR and a good portion of AI). After DX10 installation I have 60-70 FPS at the same spot (panning around with track IR smoothly as well). I couldnt belive my eyes. After a couple of days now I have been testing this with all my addons and I am not able to find any flaws what so ever! :( Arvid

Use "Filemon" and see what the computer are doing when the frames are dropping. Could be very useful to determine what is going on during the frame-drop periodes.A r v i d