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Dumonceau
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Ok guys, here is my next question: is there a tweaking guide for CFS available somewhere?
Reason for this is that I have a fairly decent rig, and allthough FPS are pretty high (+/- 150), they are not stable at all, and I sometimes suffer from stutters. Reminds me of FSX really.
IMHO for a game as old as this, this should not be happening on a rig that runs at 5.6 Ghz with two GFX 560ti's in SLI, an SSD and 8 Gb's of RAM!
Cheers,
Dumonceau
Reason for this is that I have a fairly decent rig, and allthough FPS are pretty high (+/- 150), they are not stable at all, and I sometimes suffer from stutters. Reminds me of FSX really.
IMHO for a game as old as this, this should not be happening on a rig that runs at 5.6 Ghz with two GFX 560ti's in SLI, an SSD and 8 Gb's of RAM!
Cheers,
Dumonceau
Hi Dumonceau,
There was one written by Thomas McGuire in 2001, but with modern gaming computers, it has become rather irrelevant. We should be able to maximize all the settings without any trouble. I have a fairly powerful rig as well, but only get half your frame rates and occasionally the picture stutters.
If you go to window mode by hitting the "Alt" key the frame rates can nearly double. I generally don't do this, preferring to have a full screen presentation.
How's your installation coming along - does the landscape look a bit more like Europe?
Kevin
There was one written by Thomas McGuire in 2001, but with modern gaming computers, it has become rather irrelevant. We should be able to maximize all the settings without any trouble. I have a fairly powerful rig as well, but only get half your frame rates and occasionally the picture stutters.
If you go to window mode by hitting the "Alt" key the frame rates can nearly double. I generally don't do this, preferring to have a full screen presentation.
How's your installation coming along - does the landscape look a bit more like Europe?
Kevin
Dumonceau
Banned
Hi Kevin,
Thanks to Rami's installation guide, the installation was a walk in the park. Everything went super smooth. It does look a LOT more like europe, and in the meantime, I've resolved the stuttering a bit by limiting the frames to 70.
But I did see some blurries. Again, with a rig that is several generations ahead of what was needed for CFS2, this seems a bit odd.
But I'm enjoying the tinkering and tweaking, and get to shoot down and blow up stuff in the process. And that was the goal to start with.
I'll post some screenies when I'm happy with the results!
Dumonceau
Blood_Hawk23
Charter Member
You do realise that you have been bitten.
If you fly any of Rami's Missions and Campaigns, He normally uses some of the best Aircraft avalaible.
While your looking for new aircraft, might I suggest looking for a couple things.
-Look for Multi LOD (Levels Of Detail) or Multi-res models when ever you can.
-Careful with FS2004 conversions. They tend to be frame rate killers if used as AI's. most lack the LODs.
-Don't go too crazy on repaints. every texture you add to a model count towards the 100 plane limit. if you must have different skins then make a new aircraft. trust me, you won't regret it.
There is more but for the sake of keeping this short I'll leave it at that for now.
Oh Stock ACs that you might want to keep...
A6M2_ZERO, B24D_LIBERATOR, F4F4_WILDCAT, F4U1A_CORSAIR, N1K2J_GEORGE, P38F_LIGHTNING
I would get the OH versions. If you don't want any stock planes then just remember to replace the sound file for all of your new ones.
Enjoy
If you fly any of Rami's Missions and Campaigns, He normally uses some of the best Aircraft avalaible.
While your looking for new aircraft, might I suggest looking for a couple things.
-Look for Multi LOD (Levels Of Detail) or Multi-res models when ever you can.
-Careful with FS2004 conversions. They tend to be frame rate killers if used as AI's. most lack the LODs.
-Don't go too crazy on repaints. every texture you add to a model count towards the 100 plane limit. if you must have different skins then make a new aircraft. trust me, you won't regret it.
There is more but for the sake of keeping this short I'll leave it at that for now.
Oh Stock ACs that you might want to keep...
A6M2_ZERO, B24D_LIBERATOR, F4F4_WILDCAT, F4U1A_CORSAIR, N1K2J_GEORGE, P38F_LIGHTNING
I would get the OH versions. If you don't want any stock planes then just remember to replace the sound file for all of your new ones.
Enjoy
Reply...
Dumonceau,
You're not going to believe this but sometimes, that "stuttering" can be the result of a bad gauge in a panel. The Fairey Fulmar, DeHavilland Mosquito, and Spitfire V series by Brunosk are notorious for this, but they all have been corrected.
Hi Kevin,
Thanks to Rami's installation guide, the installation was a walk in the park. Everything went super smooth. It does look a LOT more like europe, and in the meantime, I've resolved the stuttering a bit by limiting the frames to 70.
But I did see some blurries. Again, with a rig that is several generations ahead of what was needed for CFS2, this seems a bit odd.
But I'm enjoying the tinkering and tweaking, and get to shoot down and blow up stuff in the process. And that was the goal to start with.
I'll post some screenies when I'm happy with the results!
Dumonceau
Dumonceau,
You're not going to believe this but sometimes, that "stuttering" can be the result of a bad gauge in a panel. The Fairey Fulmar, DeHavilland Mosquito, and Spitfire V series by Brunosk are notorious for this, but they all have been corrected.
Dumonceau
Banned
That I do! From the days that I started out flightsim with CFS1! I'm a long time flightsimmer!
In fact, MS flightsims have gotten me to where I am in real life now. The bloody things take so much tweaking and fiddling that you cannot but get an interest in IT and that is what I do right now.
After a 10 year officer career with the Belgian Para-Commando's, I now work as an IT coordinator for the federal government of my country. All of it thanks to flightsim. It sparked an interest and got me going.
So you could say that I have to thank M$ for their crappy products. They got me frustrated and interested in tweaking and building my own gaming rigs.
Dumonceau
Dumonceau
Banned
Reply for Rami
Rami,
Thanks for the pointer to the gauges. I have yet to look at the coding in the gauges and coding isn't really my thing. I'm actually a strictly system and network guy.
of course, I can always ask one of my coders/programmers to look at the code in them.
I've been comparing the cfs2.cfg and FSX.cfg files and there are actually quite a few similarities. even though the graphics engines differ quite a bit, maybe some of the FS9/FSX tweaks could work for us?
I'll definitely try them out and will come back on that!
Dumonceau
Rami,
Thanks for the pointer to the gauges. I have yet to look at the coding in the gauges and coding isn't really my thing. I'm actually a strictly system and network guy.
of course, I can always ask one of my coders/programmers to look at the code in them.
I've been comparing the cfs2.cfg and FSX.cfg files and there are actually quite a few similarities. even though the graphics engines differ quite a bit, maybe some of the FS9/FSX tweaks could work for us?
I'll definitely try them out and will come back on that!
Dumonceau