Simviation Forum - How can i get FS2004 to run even better?

Jun 17^th, 2007 at 3:53pm

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Hey guys and pilots

I got my FS2004 working on ultra high graphics and everything on full, i get the occasional lag, but how can i get my game to run even better? Huh

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Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:28pm

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http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=FSX;action=display;num=116...

These are Nick N's tips and other stuff. They will help a lot in the performance.

Lock FPS around 20-25. There is almost no such thing as 100+ FPS in FS.

If you want eye candy with ok performance (15+ FPS) max everything out in the Display setting. Don't check shadows on ground objects. Put in the weather tab at sight distance to be the lowest. The cloud draw at 40mi or the least. 3D cloud percent at 100. Detailed clouds at medium or high.

In your hardware don't check Anti Aliasing. It has been known to reduce performance. Set filtering to trilinear. Global texture size to high or maximum. Mip mapping to 4.

Set you AA to 4x and Anisotropic filtering to 4x. Close all unused programs.

These are the basic settings I use on my FS9. I get about 15 to around 24 FPS. Experiment with the settings on your graphics card and the sim itself.

I am still improveing my own sim just to tell you. Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 1:02pm

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Nintendo rules wrote on Jun 17^th, 2007 at 3:53pm:

Hey guys and pilots

I got my FS2004 working on ultra high graphics and everything on full, i get the occasional lag, but how can i get my game to run even better? Huh

Quite frankly lagging is due to the amount of RAM you got, more RAM less lagg and the faster you'r computer will run, less RAM the slower you get the idea.

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Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 2:34pm

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Woo! Now it runs ultra smooth, no lag at all Cool

I won ultimate traffic on ebay for £2.56, will this effect frame rates?

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Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 4:19pm

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Well more traffic will affect FPS. Wink

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Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 4:24pm

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a1 wrote on Jun 18^th, 2007 at 4:19pm:

Well more traffic will affect FPS. Wink

A lot or just a bit?

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Reply #6 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 4:32pm

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Well a lot if you are at an airport with around 80 planes in front of you. Roll Eyes

Slightly less if you are in the sky. I am talking about 100% traffic here. Wink

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Reply #7 - Jun 19^th, 2007 at 1:28am

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If you have lots of AI traffic and get stutters... try lowering TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT= in your fs9.cfg. Ultimate traffic also does increase the load on your computer significantly. I would run it a max of 70% on your computer.

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Reply #8 - Jun 19^th, 2007 at 6:39pm

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I see you've learned a lot in a relatively short time A1! We've taught you well my your aprentice Wink

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Reply #9 - Jun 19^th, 2007 at 7:11pm

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Yes I have learned a lot here. Now just to get to the more complex and frustrating system stuff in my head. Grin

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Reply #10 - Jul 4^th, 2007 at 3:12pm

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Ahh script kiddies gotta ~~love~~ hate em. Check out Project Redneck, my most complex system enhancement ever! Grin

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Reply #11 - Jul 6^th, 2007 at 8:46am

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Nintendo rules wrote on Jun 17^th, 2007 at 3:53pm:

....... but how can i get my game to run even better? Huh

Well....... see this thread.......

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1182817726

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Reply #12 - Sep 3^rd, 2007 at 10:01am

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Nintendo rules wrote on Jun 18^th, 2007 at 2:34pm:

Woo! Now it runs ultra smooth, no lag at all Cool

I won ultimate traffic on ebay for £2.56, will this effect frame rates?

Well that would definitely not have been my first choice on traffic, it probably would have been my 6th or 7th considering that there is freeware out there that delivers more traffic flying realistic routes with only the most detailed and frame friendly models. Its free, and its called ProjectAI.

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Reply #13 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 3:39am

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N2744X wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2007 at 10:01am:

the most detailed and frame friendly models. Its free, and its called ProjectAI.

PAI are known for having models that are not very good. If you want a nice freeware package get WoAI Wink

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