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+1. Whatever it'll cost, it'll still be cheaper than building a real B737 cockpit. I'll get one of these when they release consumer version. Having said that, nothing can be comparable to having those cool B737 cockpits.

I've tried Oculus with several games. I think it'll be great to use it for combat flight simulators (like in the video below). For fsx and p3d, I still prefer real buttons and sticks (full cockpit if possible). https://youtu.be/75f12kDE2Pk

When I get rid of nvidia inspector it becomes Commodore 64. Yes, I can keep 60 fps most of the time without nvidia inspector but I don't want to fly with those ugly jaggies and shimmers. How are we going to get a decent AA without nvidia inspector?

I can't fly with clouds either. Whether it's ASN or Opus, it doesn't matter. Opus is a bit better but it becomes slideshow anyway. Say I am flying above vast wilderness of Alaska, when I activate weather engine and if it's a bad weather, my fps dips to 8-9 fps from 60 fps. I can't even fly on Alaska, can't imagine how I can fly through cities. I have gtx680 and I know it's a mediocre card, but it shouldn't be that bad even with this card. I am not using NI, so it's not heavy SGSS settings causing this. I have only one monitor (32 inch TV with a 1080p resolution) and I am using lowest possible resolution of clouds from Rex. Big mystery.

It'll change all default trees but you need to have ftx global at least.

I don't know about programming but if you think how long it took LM to release p3d v2.0 after the release of p3d v1.4, it makes sense to assume it'll take another 3 years at least.

How come there's no stuttering in this kid's video using gtx960 and there's always some stuttering in Rob's videos using Titan? Is it because of the recording software? I don't understand.

I guess I'll also stick with v2.4 for a long time. It's working great now. In fact, I decided to install all my remaining fsx addons that I haven't installed yet. I have tons of fsx addons I want to use in p3d. I don't know you guys, but I don't like LM is changing main structure of sim which can cause troubles with legacy fsx addons. If there'll be a 64 bit brand new p3d someday, I'll throw all legacy addons to garbage can. But, until that time I don't want to have troubles for the sake of minor improvement.

Does FTFF=0.01 tweak work in 2.5? My fps almost doubled with it in 2.4.

Well, I think that's the reason. Higher fps close to 60, my p3d is becoming smoother. Occasionally, I manage to keep 60 fps for a while, then it's super smooth. One solution would be getting a monitor with a 30fps native refresh rate. Like those 4K monitors. But, I am sure that option won't work for me. My gpu can't carry 4K resolution and maintain 30 fps.

+1

###### will attack me again but I have to say this, p3d = stuttering fsx + shadows. Nothing more, nothing less. Unless you can keep 60fps all the time (which is impossible), there'll be stutters no matter what you do or what you install. So, give up either shadows or smoothness. Personally, I like those shadows so I'll keep p3d. My pc is double boot of Win7 and Win8. I am keeping both sims in my pc under different os.

Hi Marc, I also get OOMs when I am flying over Orbx England. I am suspecting this is not a coincidence and something wrong with Orbx England.

I don't care why 2.5 released as a full reinstall. And honestly, I don't want to understand rationale behind it. Do you understand why every software you have is getting updated? I am an end-user not a programmer or technician. If you're reinstalling every other program you possess from scratch when update is needed, then I have nothing say to you. All I am saying is they should implement auto-update feature. This goes for Orbx too.

No, it worked at step 4 which is a clean install of 2.5 as you said. It didn't work after I copy/pasted files from old install. I am not blaming you bakayoyo. Thanks for tips, it was worth trying. Sim installation is just too complex. Too many addons already. I was anticipating that it wouldn't be so easy. I had 140 gb of p3d installation (which might be still small compared to yours though). I am going to stick with 2.4. I still don't understand why we should bothering reinstall even patching this godforsaken software. It's 2015 man. People have invented a stuff called auto-update decades ago. All in all, I hope Dovetail somehow can implement shadows into fsx;se. The moment they achieve that I am done with this p3d nonsense.

Just in case if anyone wants to know, this method didn't work. P3d doesn't even start. Fortunately, I took a full system backup with Acronis before trying this, I can go back to v2.4 in 30 minutes.

True. But, it's not just a regular update. With 2.5 LM is changing basic structure. So, it'll take time for developers to modify their addons for new structure. I guess 2.6 update will be lot easier. I could skip this one and wait until 2.6 like I skipped 2.3 and jumped from 2.2 to 2.4.

+1. And there's no guarantee that LM won't release another patch near future. I might have to wait until 2.6.

Here you go, sweetfx off and on,

I am using sweetfx. I like this setting, it matches with my monitor. It may be a bit cartoonish, I don't deny that. But, I can change it quickly whenever I want, even during flight.

Snow in fs9 looks miles better than fsx.

This is fs9 with Evo and UT Europe. My night flights never looked better than this with fsx. Here you go with another shot. Just above historical peninsula of Istanbul. Since, Istanbul is not that bright at night, this is pretty real actually. Now, day shots above Japanese rural area. Obviously you can't compare this with something like Orbx region but you have to admit this doesn't look bad.

Not completely but much better than previous condition.

This is working. Amazing.

More monitor means higher resolution. Yes, basically you'll loose fps if you increase resolution. I gave it up triple monitor setup and bought big lcd tv for p3d. It was cheaper than upgrading cpu, gpu etc.