Wilhelm Prytz

Will check with new client!

Yes, it's true that my specs are a bit low. But it did run fine before, so there must be something else.

Hello, I made a topic about the same issue for quite some time ago, suggested fixes didn't solve the problem. Haven't been using the sim since then, since it's practicly unusable with the low FPS. Trying again in case someone has been experiencing this lately, or in case there are any new ideas. My FPS during cold and dark, in any study-level aircraft, such as the NGXu, at a performance-demanding airport is averaging 40FPS. The scenario is as follows: Im in cold and dark. I start up the plane according to company SOP, as soon as the engine becomes "Avail" the FPS drops immediatly from 40 to 14-16FPS. Didn't ahve this problem before, it just appeared. By engine becoming available, i mean when the AVAIL light illuminates on the upper ECAM display in all A3XX, and in the boeings, such as the NGXu, when the start switches jump back from GND to OFF. I use the FSL a320, PMDG NGXu, PMDG 747 400-8. QW787. MJC q400. The problem exists in all aircrafts. Im using P3d V5.1 My specs are low/mid tier, I've a; I5-8400, not overclocked or anything 8GB RAM GTX 1070 8GB, sim installed on HDD, doesn't make any difference for me, have tried both SSD and HDD, didnt solve it. I've quite low settings; FXAA: oFf AA: 2x MSAA TF: Ani 4X TR: medium Vsync: Off T FPS : unlimited Motion blur : on Variable refresh rate, Wide view Aspect ratio, Mipmap VC:; Off Scenery&terrain sliders etc set to low/med end. No reflections EA on. Thanks for any replies, suggestions and fixes. Wilhelm Prytz

Problem solved!! When I set the fps limiter slider within P3d to unlimited, it was 144 before, the problem dissapeared. Thanks for your help, and for the fast replies!

No it doesnt use any smoke effects. Sorry if it's a dumb question, but what is transparency AA? Can't find a setting named like that. I've: FXAA: Off AA: 2x MSAA TF: Anisotropic 2x TR: Medium - 1024x1024. Vsync:ON Triple Buffering: On Graphic settings are all medium/normal

its turned off yes

Thanks, will give it a try!

No, it seems as it’s only happening with add on aircrafts. I’ve tried seeing if I’ve have the same problem with the AC11, but couldn’t notice any drop. Maybe, since it’s not such an advanced aircraft the difference isn’t as noticeable, but it’s much more obvious with the large data-demanding add on aircrafts. wilhelm

Sure, but I had it running well with EA turned on before the reinstall, and I'd like to keep on using it. Do you mean I should stop using EA completely, because that might increase my framerate but it's not a fix to my problem.

I didn't copy any configuration file, I meant that I used my old graphic and lightning settings. But I will try regenerate my cfg and see if it helps, thanks.

Thanks, that's what my .cfg had before. Despite that being my Prepar3d.cfg I still have this fps drop problem. Do you have any other ideas? Here's my Prepar3d.Cfg incase it helps troubleshooting. 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Yeah I saw that one, I'm just to dumb to understand it 🙃. Have been reading through it for the last hour, nothing makes sense:-)

Hi ray, thanks once again for a fast reply. I tried setting my affinity mask to 88, but the sim keeps reseting it to 63. I suppose it's because 88 maybee doesn't work with my processor. I've a 6 core I5 8400 , no HT, do you know how I can look it up, or do you perhaps know what the affinitymask should be set to? Wilhelm

Hello, I recently finished a full sim reinstall, and It's all up and running now. I've tried copying my exact settings and tweaks so that everything would be as before the reinstall, however I've noticed one great difference. Now, after the reinstall, I've been getting enormous FPS drops as soon as my engines have been started up. As soon as they stabilize, My FPS drops from a stable 30-35 to 10-12. As soon as I cut the fuel flow to the engines, my fps jumps back tp 30-35. I never experienced this "drop" before, and I'm therefore wondering if there might be an effect setting or anything like that causing it, which I might have missed. I have this problem with all addon aircrafts that I've so far reinstalled, which are the PMDG 737, the 747, and the FSL320. The fps drop is significant and superannoying.. Im running the latest P3d version, V5.3. My specs are not the greatest, but i've never had an FPS issue before. Intel I5 8400 GTX1070 8GB 8gb RAM nothing is overclocked. Any ideas? Wilhelm

Ok, I guess the only thing left is to do a fresh reinstall and keeping my fingers crossed it works. I will let you know as sson as its done if its working or not, Thanks for the help!