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  2. Posted

    Hi,

    I've done a fresh install of my Sim today, and after installing Chaseplane through Orbx, I can't get my Presets back. Is there a way that I could get them off the OldProp Cloud please? I was really happy with them as they were and I'd gutted I couldn't get them back.

    Can someone help me please?

    Chris

  3. Posted

    To stop the crashes to desktop, press the Left Square Bracket key (Underneath the + and - keys) to open a second cockpit view window. Shrink it down as small as it will go and move it to the bottom left of your screen. I don’t even notice it, and I’ve never had a crash since. Doesn’t affect my FPS either. Obviously a proper fix would be good, but until then, this works. 

  4. Posted

    24 minutes ago, FalconAF said:

    Your friend didn't have HIS hardware configured correctly.  Period. The hardware and software is not set up properly in both previous posts/cases above.  

    I've said it before and I'll say it again.  If anybody is ever going to be visiting Las Vegas, if you want to, send me a PM and I'll be glad to bring you to my house and show you how to do it.  No magic involved.  But if ANYBODY is using a 40" or larger UHD 4K TV with a 1080 GPU (or better) and has unclear text or graphics while sitting even 3 feet away from it, they simply don't have the hardware configured correctly.

    And we WILL record the entire session with my GoPro video cameras so nobody can say ""He's lying". 

    People are entitled to their own opinions.  But not their own facts.  Visiting a friend who doesn't know what they are doing and seeing the results of that are not "evidence" that the hardware won't perform correctly.

    Just a stab in the dark, but I don’t think many people will be taking you up on that offer...

  6. Posted · Edited by chris512

    1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

    @chris512, Things are much better these days with regard to displays. There is an alternative to monitors but only for those who have the space! Sadly I don't but I have no regrets over my choice. 3840*2160 on a 32" will always be sharper than on a larger one. It's all down to pixels per inch. :smile:

    That Alienware's 120Hz option is one you could never use in P3D. I'm currently running my monitor at 60Hz but will probably drop to 30Hz when I add an Ai package. I'll never be able to sustain 60fps around airports so there's no need to aim for it. 30 will ease the load on the CPU and allow more time for loading of textures.

    And if you don't already have v4.4 get it asap. The workload is spread across all cpu cores now and performance has never been better.

    ClearType doesn't exist as far as I can see. What I do like is how W10 scales the display. I was concerned about the size of text and dialogue boxes but it scales mine at 150% making everything very readable. W7 doesn't do it nearly as good so that's one thing 10 is good at.

    The Alienware does have G-Sync though. I did have a G-Sync screen before I sent it back for a fault, and the difference it made was dramatic. 

    I’ve  just thought I might drag my 4K tv from the lounge upstairs and see how it performs, that way I can at least see if my system will cope with the extra pixel count. 

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  7. Posted

    12 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

    Chris,

    You can use a TV as a monitor but you need to chose carefully. See my earlier post about the importance of Chroma 4:4:4. If the TV supports it it should be fine. If it doesn't then text in Windows Explorer for example will be affected and won't be as easy to read as a TV that does support 4:4:4.

    A monitor with a 1440 resolution is only 30% sharper than 1920*1080. I found gauges not significantly sharper. But in UHD - 3840*2160 - it's 4 times as sharp as 1920*1080 but you do need a more powerful graphics card. 1080 Ti for example.

    Thanks Ray, I’ve been doing some reading today on this. I looked into it ages ago and remember the expert advice being that text in Windows could be blurry. There seems to be a lot more info available now than a few years ago. The Chrona 4:4:4 being the bit that is important for the sharp text. So thanks for confirming that. 

    I have a 1080Ti so that’s good. I think in P3D 60Hz on the panel should be enough. The Alienware screen I was looking at is 120Hz with G-Sync. The G-Sync on my last screen improved things no end in smoothness, but it bumps the prices up way too high. 

    I do find this Forum in general to be a bit hostile at times, as is shown in the response to me on this thread earlier. I remember you be being really helpful and nice a while ago regarding FS Labs Concorde flight plans. So thanks for chiming n here too.

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  8. Posted · Edited by chris512

    You can stop the view change crash by opening a new 2D view window and shrinking it down to be really small. Then just put it on your 2nd screen or behind your main window for P3D. 

    It worked for me. I heard it from a streamer who had success with it too. 

  11. Posted

    On 11/18/2018 at 11:22 AM, ttbq1 said:

    Well,  I just made the jump from 6700k @ 4.6ghz to 9700k @ TBD.

    also upgrade the memory from 3000 and CL15 to 3600 and CL16.

    one more week to be delivered, Doha is a long way I know.

    I will share my experience and let you know. 

    I’d like to hear about that. I have an i5 7600K, which isn’t far off that. I’m thinking of upgrading, so I look forward to your report. 

  12. Posted

    I found this thread in my hunt for a new setup for my sim. I’m on an i5 7600k with a 1080Ti at the moment. I’m thinking of buying the 9900k with a Z370 Aorus Pro Motherboard. 

    Do you guys think it’s a wise choice? It’s hard to tell reading all of these tests and results. Even after all these years trying to master it, I still find getting an ESP based sim to run a major challenge!

  14. Posted

    With Afterburner I get the change in G-Sync with the Mouse Movement also. It'd be good to find out if this all happens with the Pro version of P3D v4.2. I'm on the Academic version, and I've read on several sites that the Watermark in the top right is put there by a second transparent window. I wonder if that might be causing it?

  15. Posted

    6 minutes ago, LB777 said:

    Alright mea culpa... I've tried capping my framerate with DxTory and I do have the exact same issue.

    There's something seriously weird going on there. If I cap the framerate using the P3D limiter (say to 40fps), it works as long as I don't move my mouse. As soon as I move it the monitor refresh rate jumps back to around 60-80Hz (which seems to be the framerate I would have if fps were not capped). It does this regardless of whether Chaseplane runs or not.

    If you have it I guess you could try limiting your fps with MSI Afterburner (or any other software you know that can do it). Can't really offer more help I'm afraid 😕

    I'll have a go with MSI Afterburner then. Thanks.

  16. Posted

    19 hours ago, LB777 said:

    Is it also doing it if you put your sim in windowed mode?

    I don't seem to be having the problem...

    Yeah it still does it in Windowed mode. I would expect to see that to be honest. As far as I know, P3D Fullscreen is just Borderless Windowed mode anyway, not true Fullscreen.

  17. Posted

    17 hours ago, dmarques69 said:

    I dont have that problem also, dont understant why do you lock your frames with G-sync.

    If I don't lock my frames, P3D is working much harder to produce frames I don't need. 40fps with G-Sync is a great experience, I lock the frames and give the CPU more overhead to process other things like complicated systems on the FS Labs for example.

  19. Posted

    Hi,

    I have my frames for P3D locked at 40fps with Dxtory. When I open P3D and turn on the Frame Monitor for P3D and open the G-Sync COunter on my monitor, I can see tey are both displaying 40fps.

    When I then start Chaseplane, my P3D monitor stays displaying 40fps, but the monitor G-Sync counter goes up to 80fps.

    Does anyone have any idea why? My sim is so much better with G-Sync working correctly.

  21. Posted

    Is anyone here using a 4K screen with G-Sync to play P3D v4? I'm trying to decide between a 4K or a 1440p G-Sync screen. The 4K is limited to 60fps, and the 1440p goes up to 165fps but I don't know if that's an issue. I get a stagger on my screen when I pan around the cockpit in heavy add on airports and I'm led to believe that G-Sync will help with this. I have an i5 7600K running at 4.8ghz and a GTX 1080Ti, so plenty of horse power. I get good frame rates most of the time, I'm just trying to get that smooth feeling when panning the mouse around...

    If anyone has any experience it'd be great to hear about it...

  23. Posted

    40 minutes ago, ooxteme said:

    have you tried disabling the call outs through  the NGX setting? 

    That would kind of work. They're the ones that I want though. It's the other call outs that I want to get rid of. I have no idea where they're coming from!

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