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Further to discussion of the concept demonstration version of the MSFS2020_AutoFPS starting here, the app has now matured to a point to where I am happy to formally release it. You can download the latest version of MSFS2020_AutoFPS here. In summary, this free utility is a new development that is a simplification of, and a slightly different concept to, DynamicLOD_ResetEdition. It aims to improve MSFS performance and smoothness by automatically changing the two settings that impact MSFS performance the most, namely TLOD and cloud quality settings, based on the current AGL and with an easy to use GUI. It provides features such as: Automatically adjusts TLOD to achieve a user-defined target FPS band based on pre or user-defined maximum and minimum TLODs, TLOD minimum on ground/landing option, which prioritises TLOD over FPS during these flight phases and also averts exacerbating existing texture tearing issues with DX12, Cloud quality decrease option for when FPS can't be achieved at the lowest desired TLOD, Automatic pause when MSFS loses focus option, particularly useful if using FG due to varying FPS when MSFS gains or loses focus, Automatic FPS settling timer on MSFS graphics mode and focus changes to allow FPS to stabilise before being acted upon, Simultaneous PC, FG and VR mode compatibilty including correct FG FPS display and separate FPS targets for each mode, A greatly simplified GUI option that uses pre-defined settings for an automated experience suited to most user scenarios, and Auto restoration of original settings changed by the utility. Important: This utility directly accesses active MSFS memory locations while MSFS is running to read and set TLOD and cloud quality settings on the fly at a maximum rate of one read and, if required, change per setting per second. The utility will first verify that the MSFS memory locations being used are still valid and if not, likely because of an MSFS version change, will attempt to find where they have been relocated. If it does find the new memory locations and they pass validation tests, the utility will update itself automatically and will function as normal. If it can't find or validate MSFS memory locations at any time when starting up, the utility will self-restrict to read only mode to prevent the utility making changes to unknown MSFS memory locations. As such, I believe the app to be robust in its interaction with validated MSFS memory locations and to be responsible in disabling itself if it can't guarantee that. Nonetheless, this utility is offered as is and no responsibility will be taken for unintended negative side effects. Use at your own risk! More information, including instructions on how to install, update, uninstall and configure the various options in the app, can be found in the readme file located here. I hope that the app proves useful in getting the most out of your MSFS 2020 experience. I welcome any feedback you have on this app and will do my best to fix any bugs or issues that are identified..

So now we'll set off from KLGA in our nice new Hercules. Oh what fun I'm having <grin> There she is, waiting patiently Starting up Moving out and away! Weather clearing as we move off north up the Hudson And on the western side of the river, just below the nose, is Nyack. A fine place to visit, and probably to live, too, with a really attractive arty enclave of shops and such down towards the river. I remember several very good secondhand-book shops there, where I picked up quite a few little gems on my two or three visits. I seem to remember that maybe the Prudential has (had?) a big data centre outside town? So there you go. Quite possibly more than you ever wanted to know about KLGA and my book-buying habits. Hope you enjoyed the trip.

Second set of my tour around MK Studios' KLGA. Just been out to Citi Field, and now heading back across the water to the airport Back to the terminal we left at the end of the first set Manhattan in the distance Back inside the terminal complex now and we'll work our way round to finish at the Tower One of the upper level lounges access to that upper level lounge And although you probably won't see it without a monster screen, in the distance awaits our Herc, and that's where we'll be in the next and final post in this set

Got this to replace my original FeelThere version. This version is quite magnificent, for my tastes. Beautifully modelled and nicely detailed, it really does create the vibe of a newly built/refurbished set of buildings. You can almost smell the paint drying. And the surrounding setting is quite splendid as well. I have a very full set of addons for the whole NYC-Long Island area (airports, bridges, DD's city, and other bits and pieces) and this is a very welcome addition to that environment. With the whole lot enabled and a heli or similar it all makes for a very realistic tour. Given my taste for ground level details, I spent several hours just droning around this airport taking snaps, and then took a brief flight out from it in the C-130 Hercules. I shall post two sets of sightseeing pix, and the third will have the flight out pix. Weather set to a bit murky, to add atmosphere, and all pix 4k and best viewed full screen as usual. Oh, and AIG Traffic in use to add a bit of life. Enjoy or ignore, according to taste! The approach to departures What I love about a well modelled airport is that it can capture the mundanity of air travel. Or at least that's how I see it. I'm sure if you don't fly / haven't flown much, then airports and flying are still wonderfully exciting things, but I burnt out my own excitement centres after nearly a couple of decades of business (but cattle class) travel. So my memories of it all are a mixture of wonder and wondering when the hull we're going to finally get to take off. And the airports themselves hold that same sort of mixed memory. Fond memories of some places and occasions countered by the memories of (not) sleeping on a bench overnight due to being snowed in at Glasgow, or sitting in a lounge for almost 13 hours at Copenhagen waiting for my flight home, for example. Which is why I bother taking shots like this - and this - This airport is populated, and with reasonable looking pixel people, which is nice. Never used KLGA myself, so no idea how busy it gets, but I suspect busier than shown here, although perhaps this is because it's relatively newly re-opened? Normally, I would say this all looks a bit new and shiny, but I guess in this case, that's pretty accurate and rather well done I like the setting here as well. Don't know enough about the topography here to know if this is considered part of the East River or Long Island Sound, but we will explore it a little bit shortly getting a bit busier in here now If you look closely (and same with lots of the pixel folk in this airport) it would appear that a lightning fast phone snatcher is at work at KLGA! Looking out from the end of this terminal And now, via the magic of pixel power, out in to that view and off to explore the waterside a little For me, the idea of just sitting in the front of your big tube and concentrating on landing the thing here seems an enormous waste of time. There's this whole fascinating world down here that is much more interesting than all those buttons and dials. But each to his/her own. I'm just very grateful that I can do this now. Been a long time coming, but now it's here - wow! Citi Field - what I believe was previously, or, I guess, simply occupies the same site as, Shea Stadium ("yeah, yeah, yeah!") We'll stop this first part here. Next part will head back across the river to explore the airport some more, and then we'll actually take a flight out from there in part three.

Just encountered this on my last flight, don't think I've seen it before. As you can see in the video, the artifact does not seem to be related to frame generation. Does anybody know what the cause might be? Graphics settings: SU15 beta | 4K 3820x2160 | DX12 FG | DLSS+DLAA | DLSS 3.7 in preset F | Ultra with shadows 6K | FPS RTSS-locked at 63 in front edge sync Hardware: 12900KF @ 5.1GHz | RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR5

So, I've been enthusing about the C-130 recently, and I thought I'd take it for a trip to the Scillies to see how it fitted in there, but following some other posts about the C-130 and it's inability to open it's ramp in flight compared to the Transall, I found myself wondering if the C-17 could fly with its ramp down (it can), one thing led to another and I found myself doing a trip from Exeter EGTE down to St Mary's EGHE in the C-17 instead of the C-130. This is all what feels like "my" territory, being Torquay based, and I do know quite a lot of it quite well in real life. And it is all well served in MSFS, especially with all my little extras added on. This set is focussed on the arrival at EGHE though. I recorded the whole flight and will go back and grab some more pix of the rest of the flight, as there's some lovely scenery in this part of the world and both the C-17 and C-130 (and no doubt the Transall) look pretty good flying over it. But I had wanted to see if EGHE could cope with these two monsters. The C-17 is certainly a biggie but supposedly has good STOL capability so I was hopeful. As I have said many times, I'm in no way a serious piloty simmer, so things like this are all a bit hit and miss for me. It's all hand flown, and I will happily admit that I have been known to cheat a bit for the purposes of a good screenie and occasionally will fall back on tricks like slew mode or slowing the sim right down, but I was determined to do this for "real". Took me five attempts, but I did manage an unfaked natural landing in the end (and I grabbed a video to prove it!), and to my surprise the C-17 didn't even actually need the entire length of the runway 27 (but only just). I have both Superspud's and RealVFR's Scilly Isles scenery, and this set is actually using the RealVFR version, as I usually use Superspud's version but wanted to see what this looked like. All in all I prefer Superspud's and that is what I'll use for the next flight in the C-130. So grab some popcorn, settle back and watch a rather unusual arrival on the (for this flight, appropriately named) Scilly Isles. No idea if any of my settings (flaps, speed etc) would be appropriate in real life, but after a few attempts I ended up coming in with all flaps and speed brakes on early at around 120 kts at this point. Seemed to work and that's all I care about Nice day for it. You can't see them in this shot but there were huge flocks of seagulls circling the end of the runway, just to add to the fun Nice bit of a slope here to help drag down some of the arrival speed And if you look real close you'll see that I don't think there was a single inch of runway unused (all accidental of course, I wouldn't dream of claiming any precision on this) She came to a full stop just befor the turn off But I wasn't sure about making the turn without taking the roof off the terminal! Taller than I thought so was way above the terminal roof and made the turn quite happily Not much room for anyone else though Great fun, and highly recommended!

Hi simmers 😃 A deeper look at the CS Herk C-130.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Only one today, but i like it - on Aerosofts Oslo Gardermoon ( ENGM ) with a good working GSX profile.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

xMETAR Full (by spectrun). The Real Time Weather System for MSFS. xMETAR Full (by spectrun) allows obtaining Real Weather within the MSFS using updated information of the current location of the aircraft. This information is applied immediately every few seconds without having to stop the flight. Modifying clouds, wind, temperature and weather conditions such as rain, snow. Among other features,.. Continually adding improvements and features Nice, cheap and easy to use😀 Official Site: xMETAR (by spectrun)

This is about the closest you'll get to me flying an airlner in the sim hehe. I've been known to fly an actual airline once in a blue moon. I also don't like the typical big airport to big airport so I'm doing a private BBJ flight from Rockford IL to Queens (LaGuardia) NY. The route is KRFD ETG MIP4 KLGA at FL410 - did about 440 KTAS with a nice tailwind nearing 500 knots. Hope you enjoy these fancy schmancy "airliner-ish" shots 🙂 Parked at the SW corner we'll load via the stairs Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Up and away leaving this predominantly cargo hub Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr This is KRFD by Xwind Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr View of Lake Michigan and the Windy City in the distance Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Climbing into the upper flight levels as we pass the Orchard Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Climbing through opposite direction traffic... can be a difficult part of the ATC job... as closure rates are upwards of 15 miles a minute Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Detroit on the left, Toledo on the right Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Cleveland OH and Burke Lakefront CLE/BKL Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I really like this pic approaching the Allegheny Mountains - I'm a bit north of that so in the areas of Altoona, Phillipsburg, Harrisburg PA etc Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Turning on the STAR as we continue descent - I always wonder where everyone else is going... Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We're pretty high but we'll be able to make it down for those New York approach controllers.... flying the RNAV Z 04 at LGA Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Hand flying past Downtown Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Midtown and Uptown Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A few of them rearing to go Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Welcome to LGA Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-26 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr American was kind enough to let us disembark here 🙂 Untitled-28 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Hi simmers 😃 ..as it was in the good old FSX days ?? We will see what the future says, perhaps all the aircraft that CS have now provided for the MSFS in the form of good exterior models will now gradually be joined by the matching good cockpits - that would be great ! If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

We're back to your regularly scheduled program with a gorgeous flight from Sutton on Rogue (0OR8 new from Orbx), a private strip with lovely surrounds, to the far southwest corner of Oregon at Brookings (KBOK). Bullfrogsim has done a stunning freeware rendition I hope everyone will pick up: https://flightsim.to/file/73283/kbok-brookings-state-airport Drone view reveals all - Sutton is a 2500 x 75 ft grass strip situated just north of Medford Rogue Valley (nearest large airport KMFR) Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Basically one direction for takeoffs and one for landing with the grading... Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr We'll head west to the Pacific Shoreline... Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr PNW people have all the views... Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Skirting the MFR class Delta Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Leaving the Rogue Valley behind Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Initially I planned 6500 for cruise but I was getting tossed around like a rag doll. Climbed to 8500 and the ride was almost smooth.... Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I swear I'm not following the magenta this time haha Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The flight is only around 70 miles or so... we'll begin descent Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr View of Crescent City, CA (KCEC) in the distance Untitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr One can drive the Pacific Coast Highway (hwy 101) for beautiful views of the ragged cliffs and rock outcroppings along the shoreline Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Airport in sight as I enter the downwind Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-17 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A little high and hot as usual Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr But there's plenty of runway (2901 x 60 ft)... and we've parked and are ready to grab that 100 dollar hamburger! Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr (Some bonus "drone" views of the field... airport is also served by an RNAV approach with circling mins) Untitled-21a by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Brookings, OR, population near seven thousand, is a lovely place on the Oregon coast! I hope you all can visit! Untitled-24 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Hi simmers 😃 Some snaps from a livery i like pritty much on this A300-600P.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

Just a Little Trip...from Corona, CA to Winslow, AZ. Hopefully, you enjoyed these images, your commentary is greatly appreciated...Darryl

Got an email announcing the new Aerosoft Lukla, and went to check out the default version as I know it's one of MS' hand crafted airports. The Aerosoft version looks very much like just a few minor animations added on to the default, so for now I'll stick with the default. Probably not for ever - I'm a sucker for the likes of a few cattle wandering around the perimeter etc - but I'll probably wait for a sale. Meanwhile, here's some shots as a sort of balance for my recent KNQX post! Parked up in the Cockspur Phenom (another sale item recently). No idea if this would be a feasible aircraft for this place, and frankly my dear, I don't give a dumb. Weather not looking good, but makes for some fine views. Definitely a candidate for the "beam me up" approach. It's be great to beam in for maybe 10 minutes or so, just to experience the place, but actually travelling there? Gotta be crazy. These buildings and this weather make me think of a really depressing 1950s school environment here in the UK. Sort of like a mountainous version of Southend. Great to be able to see this sort of thing in the sim though. The wonders of MSFS again. And the view looking back down from those hills And this looks like a grey mess, but if you look on a big screen the light on those distant peaks is rather magnificent (IMO) The beginnings of a break in the weather in the distance Any sign of a frozen Julie Andrews? Hey, if it keeps improving I might be able to get out of here Not generally a fan of mountains (same with islands), but trying to spend more time exploring such places. In both cases, I enjoy them more up close, like in this set.

Hi simmers 😃 Yesteray i did a longhaul from PANC to Seoul RKSI what took 8h 20m of flightime. The flight was beautiful with no problems with the inibuild A300-600 V.1.1.1 - just to say.. But before i had to do first some Aircraft Maintenance for this flight. Worker on the APU.. After all the work was finished the EFB shows this, i did Tires, Brakes, APU, Engines, the hydraulics were not necessary at this time.. Goeing out of PANC.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers 😉

An expensive week. Wasn't expecting this, but had to get it - been missing this in MSFS. Bit overpriced for what it is, but nicely done. Looks great and flies ok for a klutz like me. Single livery only, with a threat of livery packs to come via the Marketplace, but hopefully there'll be some on .to as well. Somebody mentioned the sound in another thread. I normally have the sound turned down quite low, but I turned it up to check this out, and although I have no idea of what it should sound like, it seems very quiet to me. I have a vague memory of somebody doing a sound pack for this back in the P3D version, but I could be mistaken. So, great to see a halfway decent version again, even if it is a bit pricey. Happy to have it, myself. A few quick shots, down from Orlando to Palm Beach Intl No documentation either. CS forum says something along the lines of it being a very accurate model so go and grab a manual for the real plane! Or to paraphrase - "we can't be *rsed to write one". Not a big deal for me as a committed non-pilot, the checklisty/pad thingy works fine for the basic animations I want and the essential controls seem ok. CS seem to be producing some ok stuff of late, even if they are still apparently focussed on charging a fair bit. I also bought their KC-46 a few weeks back on the Marketplace, and I may yet grab their KC-77 tanker/freighter from there as well. Won't suit everybody, but if you just want a basically flyable and well modelled Herc, it's pretty good / ok / a rip off (delete according to your own CS bias or otherwise)

Flying from KOCF to KTPA in the FSW C414. OCF has a nice little freeware option available at the usual spot. TPA is by Verticalsim. Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr N110VE is a new livery from FSW. I recently gave it a big overhaul though with fresh paint/polish and some better metal qualities. I think it's one of the very best liveries for the 414: https://flightsim.to/file/70895/n110ve-clean-and-polished Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The turbocharged 414 is a relatively nice performer even on this humid Florida day Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr It's a short hop to TPA to drop off some passengers Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr While fully pressurized, we'll be cruising at 8000 for this flight Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Brooksville KBKV Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Picking up the localizer for RY 19R Untitled-11 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr My home state of MN is commonly referred to as the Land of 10,000 Lakes... but Florida has quite a few of its own Untitled-13 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Raymond James Stadium (Tampa Bay Bucs) Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-18 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Long taxi to Sheltair Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Was just on this road returning my rental a few weeks ago Untitled-22 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-23 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Nice to park to plane in the shade Untitled-25 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Hi all, found some nice and detailed scenery for the little archipel Helgoland in the northern sea. Scenery is by superspud, can be downloaded from flightsim.to. There are 2 islands, one is Düne with the airport EDXH and the other Helgoland where the village is on. Thank you very much for viewing! Cheers Andreas

Hi Terry, here's some pix of the interior for you. Had to use the drone camera to get in there, but I will experiment with camera settings next time. Looks ok to me, but you'd know how realistic it is, I guess. Couldn't find any way to open any of the doors/hatches etc apart from the EFB. There is a "ramp open" button in the cockpit (second picture) but it's not clickable. None of the handles on the ramp or parachute doors seem functional either. So pretty much a "look - don't touch" kind of thing. Again, that's fine with me, but you may feel different. No options for any cargo or paratroopers as far as I can see either. Anyway, some pix for you ramp button in middle on right (Location is AYTI, Tapini)

Hi simmers 😃 Waiting for my approval to start at KLAX.. If you want to see the shots in the best resolution then please click on the picture !! cheers😉

First of three posts from an exploration around Sydney. YRAY is the Sydney Seaplanes package from Pyramid8Studios via Orbx, plus FlyTampa's YSSY and Orbx's Sydney cityscape. ALtogether they make up a pretty impressive environment. Unfortunately, a lot of the MS/Asobo PG around here is pretty poor, or at least it was today. I still never know if particular areas are just badly done or if it's just that the servers are having a bad day/hour/week or whatever. I spent the whole afternoon just pootling around, took literally hundreds of shots, but I've pulled out a few to share. Basic trip starts at the Sydney Seaplanes setup, which is very nicely done. Lots of animations and detail, and just my kind of thing. Then off to the harbour, and a tour round the Luna Park, which is also upgraded with the YRAY package. Again, some nice detail and animations but unfortunately backdropped by some of the worst PG I've ever seen in the sim. Impossible to get the sort of images I wanted without showing masses of truly awful c*ap in the background. Then off around Sydney itself, again, the modelled stuff in the Orbx package is ok but some of the PG doesn't bear close inspection, and then on to YSSY. By this time the sun is going down and the lights coming on. So at that point, once it was dark, I took a quick drone visit back to YRAY and the harbour to grab some night time shots. So spread over three posts, but hopefully some of you will enjoy the trip. I certainly did, and will be back there in a boat at some point. Anyway, starting at YRAY - Looks like a nice place to chill with a cold one (or two) I'll spare you any more shots of the crowd, so let's head off Didn't actually spot any sharks around here, but there is one later . . . Head under the bridge, and parked in front of the worst PG you'll ever see, is Luna Park amusment park I have a real soft spot for this sort of place, and the tackier the better. All down to being raised as a kid in Southend-on-Sea (a complete misnomer as it's actually on the mouth of the Thames, one of the grubbiest, muddiest, most industrialised (back then) and polluted rivers in the UK) where candy floss is considered a gourmet delight. So now, let's head off to the big city! One for any sports fans. Nice touch here is the changing display on the big screen in the cricket ground And to finish part one, off to YSSY

Saw that EDNY was added as a hand-crafted airport and went to take a look. Grabbed the DO-31 but haven't read the manual yet and the buttons I had mapped for the Harrier and Osprey don't seem to work for it so I'll need to actually read the thing before I can do VTOL. But other than that a hot-start works fine for now. The airport and its surrounds look pretty good to me. Lots of the sort of detail I like. I'll shut up now and just post the pix. Suspect there'll be some good exploring to be done with this update. And the DO-31 will be fun once I've got my controls mapped.

Just in time for the weekend, we are happy to inform you that the v1.1 update for the PILOT'S Boeing B-314 is now available. There has been an extensive overhaul of the VC textures, as per the feedback we received. We have also changed and greatly improved how the flying boat now handles on water, here is short video to illustrate this: A special thanks to Stearman948713 for his tweaking of some of the contact points! I'll leave you with a few screenshots showing the new VC textures. Jerome

Couldn't resist this one. FTE's new Tornado, out and about over Germany. Chunky, but good looking to my eyes. Got the same sort of feel as the F-15.