Lawyer+Pilot

Wow. I still can't understand people's argument for OC'ing after the software install. The reasoning reads a bit like Dr. Seuss. It's incomprehensible, at best. At worst, it begins to argue against itself.

To the OP: Perhaps you should ask this question elsewhere. Like on Tom's Hardware or Overclocker's Forum where people are...better informed.

OC is something you do ONLY after you have setup and installed everything to perfection.

 

There is no way of knowing if an OC is stable. File corruption is the most common error you can encounter on a computer that is OC'ed above it's limits, and even if you run all kinds of memory and CPU tests, there are countless other issues that can happen from the general increase in bus speed and voltage causing errors on motherboard components. These errors can be almost impossible to identify and can result in all kinds of small instabilities in Windows and installed software.

Manipulating bus speed, voltage, etc. is precisely what leads to the file corruption, which is why you need the overclock to be stable before installing software. Start tinkering with your overclock after you install FSX, and you will see the "issues" you're referring to.

Hi all, I'm new to AVSIM, but not MSFS, so forgive any errors in my forum edicate. :blush:

 

What, I'm facing here is NOT your average frame rate issue. I've read and read and read about people having problems keeping their frame rates above 30, but a huge percent of those are old, outdated forum posts where the user was still using a sub-3GHz CPU and only 2GB of RAM on a not-so-high-perfomance motherboard.

 

I understand FSX is highly CPU intensive, and seems to have a nasty habit of 'ignoring' your video adapter's graphical processing capabilities. I'm estranged that it doesn't call on the processing power of CUDA in nVidia GPUs, since 'traditional' processing is so important to it.

 

Anway, what I'm facing here is an almost definite 14FPS when the G1000 is turned on and the engine is running. I have managed to reduce a few settings here and there and use a frame cap to keep everything at 30FPS (I run everything else at 60FPS), which is absolutely fine for flight simulator use.

 

What is it about the G1000 that pulls the frame down into the teens? I understand it may be a virtual display and all, but my video card is now slouch in that department. Not only am I a flight simulator pilot but also a heavy gamer, where my hardware is put through (what apears to be) much, much higher stresses at the display level.

 

Here's a final breakdown of the issue...

 

Frame rate can be locked at 60FPS, but when the G1000 is turned on it will plummet to 14FPS and begin bobbing between that and about 24FPS unpredictably.

 

Frame rate can be locked at 30FPS, same issue.

 

If the engine is started and the G1000 is switched off, the frame rate will to return to a consistant 30 or 60FPS, whichever it is locked at.

 

I have a few other aircraft featuring the G1000, including Flight1's CT182T. Issues are the same as above.

 

 

SYSTEM

AMD Phenom II 955 OCd to 3.6GHz

Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR3 @ 1.5GHz

WD Black HDD @ 7200 RPM

EVGA GTX560ti 1GB

 

PC has been tuned by yours truly. Runs clean, cool and smooth. B)

A couple of points:

1. You don't have a high-end PC. You're absolutely correct that FSX is CPU intensive. An AMD Phenom isn't going to get you there. Most people would probably consider the i7 Sandy/Ivy Bridge or Haswell to be high-end for FSX. The sooner you can move to Intel, the better.

2. Whether or not you choose to move to Intel, you should consult one of the comprehensive setup guides available on the internet. Word Not Allowed's FSX/P3D hardware and setup guide is terrific. Avsim has it's own "official" guide as well. NickN, a longtime contributor to the community, is in the process of drafting a new guide (he calls it the "Bible"), providing yet another approach. Pick ONE, and follow it to the letter, starting with a clean FSX install--and, preferrably, a clean OS as well. The key here is to pick just one guide, since they offer different (i.e., sometimes incompatible) approaches to increasing performance.

Edit: If you can upgrade your GPU to the GTX680 or 780, that will help as well. Money, money, money...

Not a chance is that right!

 

How would you know whether it was the OC or FSX that caused a crash?

 

Install everything, get it configured and running smoothly, backup the whole thing and then attempt to fry your CPU.....never before!

That is categorically incorrect. You should only install FSX (or any software, for that matter) AFTER you have a clean stable OS. That means overclock stabe, drivers up to date and Windows SP and all updates applied. Once you have that and can pass Prime95, you go ahead and install FSX. If you start to have issues upon installing and configuring FSX, you know the culprit is FSX.

The last thing you want to do is tinker with overclock settings on a system already jammed to the hilt with "optimizations" and software.

Or any other high altitude aircraft has nothing to do with the aircraft themselves, but for me is the terrible flicker I get where clouds meet mountains. I'm on my way right now from PAJN to PANC, and looking down from Fl380 the whole landscape below is just a big flicker fest, again where the clouds meet the mountain bases. I have both Opus and Active Sky 2012. Does anyone have any solutions I might try? I always end up just shelving these great jets in frustration and going back to GA low and slow, but this T7 is so nice I've decided its time to reach out for a possible solution, and see how others cope. Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

Chris

Are you by chance using BP=0 in your fsx.cfg? If so, try scaling back some of your sliders and increasing water to High 2x.

Hi Guys,

don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I use a HOTAS Warthog joystick/throttle combination along with a set of Saitek rudder pedals for my flying.

I managed to find a FSX profile config that I use which is awesome as it has thrust reverse etc.... but I do not know how I can set the switch's on the throttle to match up with FSX functions, like fuel on, start, A/P, APU etc...

Does anyone know where I can fin a good FSX config or real easy step by step instructions on how to set up.

The other prob I am having is how to get the view panning to work on the switch under the trim top hat on the joystick.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

 

Cheers

Phil

Easiest way is to register FSUIPC (if you don't already have it) and configure the buttons/switches through there. Of course, that costs a little extra money, but I have everything on my Warthog configured that way (throttles including reverse, all axes, buttons, etc.), and she is working flawlessly.

People these days are generally dumb. It's a real shame so many of them vote.

This video makes the point pretty clearly. The good stuff starts at 2:00.

Simply classic.

Hi.

 

SierraHotel, are you a journalist for the Daily Mail?

 

verbatim:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432847/Both-pilots-asleep-cockpit-packed-plane-dont-worry-autopilot.html

 

Cheers,

D

Fair point. The OP should be careful of that little thing called "copyright infringement." The risk may be low, but Avsim would also be well advised to either delete the post or have the OP provide the appropriate attribution.

Damn lawyers.

United flight pilot suffers fatal heart attack on Seattle-bound flight; plane makes emergency landing

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/27/united-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-pilot-has-heart-attack/

Not that it matters, but the airline is quoted in the article as saying that the crew member was NOT the captain. Rather, they said that it was a crewmember "serving the 737." That suggests that it might not have even been one of the pilots.

What major bugs are you referring to?

I have not stated any specific "issues" let alone overstating one.

Please not that the OP asked for "your constructive comments". You have added nothing of any value to this extremely interesting and constructive forum.

Have a good evening sir.

You're right, I didn't mention much, except to say that the issues have been minor (i.e., you're exaggerating) and that, most importantly, your silly thread got locked the last time you posted it. Nice try stirring the pot again.

The least you could do is not copy and paste your old post. Either you're lazy or a troll. Or both perhaps.

Hope all are doing there best to enjoy their new PMDG T7 experience.

However,... It's impossible to notice on this forum that the majority of post are due to problems that ones are having with there new and cherished PMDG T7.

Is this ONLY due to the fact that it is new to our SIM pilots? or that there is a "teething period" for PMDG?

I would be interested in your constructive comments.

As always.

Best regards.

Wasn't your last thread (which, I have to say, looked identical to this) get locked?

Anyway, you're dramatically overstating the issues with this aircraft. If you want to see what a failed release looks like, take a look at Total War: Rome 2.

Search the forum. The painter, an Avsim member, posted a link here the other day.

I haven't seen any reason to update beyond 314.22. If it ain't broke...

Hi all,

 

Flies great but I have a problem slowing her down after passing T/D.

The 777 seems not to slow down enough and as a result I am at a much higher speed when reaching finals.

 

I know this a slippery plane. I use speed brakes, enter desired speeds into FMS but I just can't get it right.

 

Any others having the same problem?

 

 

Thanks,

Christos

Number 1 rule: Stay waaaaaay ahead of this airplane.

Number 2 rule: Don't rely on VNAV to manage your altitude AND your speed. In the terminal environment I almost always intervene with a reduced speed and then just dance on the speedbrakes to keep a descent rate of descent.

*The other thing to remember is that the 777 will often put itself above path while descending (keeping it comfortable for passengers while the pilot wonders what the heck is taking so long). If you're busy trying to get back on path while continuing to slow down, you're going to have issues. Just get used to it and start managing your speed earlier in the approach.

A clunky piece of eye candy, IMHO.

Where is your 777 now? What livery are you using? I just finished my first flight (VVDN-VHHH) using the Fedex 777F without the Panda. On my next flight I may fly the Panda version.

C:\Flight Simulator X\simobjects\airplanes

The liveries are there as well.

Anyone other than yours truly fatigued by the over dominance of PMDG T7 traffic crowding the list of Recent Forum Topics here? Topics about other subject matter are getting washed away in the deluge. Seems way too saturated for a an industry wide flight simulation site. Does PMDG not have their own web site with forums for all of this?

I hear ya. The 777 is what's trending at the moment, so I get it.

But some of these threads are pretty darn hoakey:

Where is Your 777 Now?

First Flight

Etc., etc.

I especially liked the talk about doing a delivery flight to the airline's hub. That's cute.

I think I may start another thread now:

"What are you wearing when you fly the PMDG 777?"

I'm not a betting man, but I'd be willing to bet that there at least a few people who wear airline uniforms, complete with name badges, when they fly this bird. That reminds me, I need to go iron my shirt. I'm flying tonight, and I have a 5pm preflight.

Geez, how many of these threads did you create?

Hi everybody,

 

’m going to post this question in a number of different forums because I have become so frustrated with the problem that I want to get a broad range of feedback from different sources and different people who may know something about this issue.

By the way, that was a bad idea and probably has a lot to do with the relative lack of responses. There's no way of knowing what other people have already said without looking at your multiple threads.

Forget all the other snake-oil tweaks out there - did you add the critical HIGHMEMFIX=1 to a vanilla fsx.cfg file?

 

 

To the OP: Follow one of the setup guides available (Word Not Allowed's or NickN's) to the letter. And I mean TO THE LETTER. If you can, start with a fresh FSX install, and, at the bare minimum, a clean FSX.cfg. When you have a stable setup, memory issues can be addressed through adjustment of your sliders. The tweak you want to be particularly careful of, however, is LOD. A lot of people are cranking this up to 6.5. That's a 44% increase over default and is a common culprit in OOM issues.

Dear Fellow 777/200LR Captains,

 

I took my baby to a weighbridge today to find out the "exact" wheight for calculations and CDU imputs. Here are the results:

 

DOW 344.224 lbs

ZFW max. 460.924 lbs

Max Taxi max. 768.000 lbs (FCOMv1 Chapter L.10.2, Page 181)

MTOW max. 766.000 lbs (FCOMv1 Chapter L.10.2, Page 181)

Max Landing max. 492.000 lbs (FCOMv1 Chapter L.10.2, Page 181)

 

Fuel: max. 320.825 lbs

1AUX installed max. 333.424 lbs

3AUX installed max. 358.508 lbs

 

(DOW does not change with different installed options)

 

Bulk Cargo max. input 13.500 lbs warning at 8.999 lbs

FWD Cargo max. input 99.999 lbs warning at 67.499 lbs

AFT Cargo max. input 73.500 lbs warning at 48.999 lbs

 

Passenger: each 195 lbs (does not matter which category)

 

I hope to have helped some colegues with this info, which is useful for Addons like PFPX, TOPCAT, FSC and I'm shure a whole bunch of others.

This is very useful. Thanks! Now I can stop using the ZFW workaround in the FMS.

Why is PMDG using 195 lbs for passengers in the 777 and 185 lbs for pax in the NGX?

 

You can setup a airplane profile in PFPX but the pax weights are set in the options menu of the application itself. I know you can set a ZFW in the airplane and still match the weights given in PFPX, but why add 10 lbs?

 

 

It's quite simple. Rich people travel abroad more often than poor people. While abroad, rich people sit around and do nothing while eating yummy food. Hence rich people are fatter than poor people and, because they travel abroad more often, Boeing has assumed that 777 passengers will on average be fatter than 737 passengers. It's in the FCOM somewhere.

So it's always "your airplane," eh? B)

I wish. It's too much fun to share with others, but sometimes you have to play nice--you know, in the interest of preserving good CRM. Lol

In any case, still not a substitute for learning the systems - Brian is right that we're talking about two different challenges, systems knowledge vs. authentic CRM.

Exactomundo. And I think you're right. I doubt many of us would enjoy "handling the radios."

"You have the controls" is something you'll never hear in my cockpit. Haha

Couldn't disagree more. FS2Crew is replicating the operation of the aircraft as it would be in real life. Neither 737s nor 777s are flown single pilot :wink: ....... FS2Crew simulates actual Boeing/Airbus FCOM to give a wholly realistic set of flows. It's just so not a crutch nor an enabler of inproficiency.

 

I just cannot understand why you'd reach such a conclusion, certainly if you've used FS2Crew you'd know how far off that supposition is.

 

FS2Crew fundamentally shifts the simulated experience from one of unrealistic single pilot usage, to realistic line pilot operation.

 

Conversely AoA videos simply educate against that baseline unrealistic proposition of flying a 400 seat airliner as single pilot.

Had you bothered to read the rest of my post, you would have seen the part where I said exactly what you're saying. That neither the 737 nor the 777 are single pilot aircraft, and that FS2Crew does a fantastic job of simulating an actual operational experience. I thought I was stating the obvious when I said it the first time. You've reinforced the obvious but managed to miss my point completely.

The problem is that many of us (myself included) will jump to FS2Crew the moment it is released because we just can't control ourselves. We want our experience to be as real as it gets, and FS2Crew hits the nail on the head. Unfortunately, if the FS2Crew module happens to be released before you've had the chance to work through the FCOMs and/or comprehensive training such as that provided by AoA, you end up short cutting the training process.

And you couldn't be farther from the truth regarding the AoA training philosphy. The intent isn't to give you the illusion that these aircraft are piloted by lone airmen. The intent is to teach you the roles and responsibilities of BOTH the captain and first officer. That's exactly what you do in type training. The FTD and full motion sessions in type training involve you flying as part of a crew, but you alternate roles so that you can learn the functions of BOTH the right and left seat. That's what AoA is recreating. Installing FS2Crew before you learn how to perform the functions of a captain and first officer is like having your type rating instructor fly with you and functioning as the FO on ALL of your training flights. That doesn't happen for a reason.