Simviation Forum - Disableing scenery areas

Jan 6^th, 2012 at 8:20pm

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Would it be a good idea to disable certain senery areas depending on where I am flying, Like say I am flying in hwaiiai, could I disable the "Africa, Asia, and Europe" Meshes to increase fps Huh

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Reply #1 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 9:05pm

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I've also wondered this mainly because I wondered why even have the option to disable an area if it doesn't really do anything.

Although I imagine the answer would be no it doesn't increase fps.

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Reply #2 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 9:18pm

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I have multiple Scenery.cfg files that I load based on where I wish to fly. I have several folders in the
same directory named for the areas...Hawaii, USA, Europe, Oz, ALL. The trimmed down scenery.cfg
files are kept in their respective folders. To change, I simply COPY the desired cfg file into the
Documents and Settings\<user>\Application\Microsoft\FSX folder (up one level from where the
"storage folders" are located).

This saves quite a bit of time when FSX loads, depending on how many addon scenery areas you have.
I also deselect the default areas that are outside the area I am flying. Those 4-digit areas, 0407, 0306, etc.

The SDK has a map showing which of those files cover a given area.

I started doing this a long time ago when I was seeing FSX loading scenery half-way around the world from
where I was flying, using FileMon.

In any case, it is easy to do and even if you load FSX and forget to set the scenery.cfg file you want, simply
COPY the file you want, overwriting the current one, go to the dropdown menu in flight and select World, Scenery Library, and just click "OK". FSX will rebuild the svenery based on the new file.

Paul

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Reply #3 - Jan 6^th, 2012 at 10:56pm

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One small problem, I don't have the SDK Undecided

Could you email it to me

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Reply #4 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 4:17pm

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SkyHawk00 wrote on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 10:56pm:

One small problem, I don't have the SDK Undecided

Could you email it to me

No, sorry. The SDK is part of the Deluxe or Acceleration packs and must match the version of
FSX that you have.

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Reply #5 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 4:53pm

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Oh well, Guess I got to buy acceleration Undecided

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Reply #6 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 9:33pm

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I've also wondered this mainly because I wondered why even have the option to disable an area if it doesn't really do anything.

Although I imagine the answer would be no it doesn't increase fps.

But it would decrease load times, I imagine.

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Reply #7 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 10:40pm

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Gypsy_Baron wrote on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 9:18pm:

I also deselect the default areas that are outside the area I am flying. Those 4-digit areas, 0407, 0306, etc.

The SDK has a map showing which of those files cover a given area.

Where in the SDK can one find that map?

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Reply #8 - Jan 7^th, 2012 at 10:43pm

Dave71k Ex Member

That seems like a lot of effort to save on initial sim/session load up.

If it changed in game load speeds for blurries etc freeing up CPU power for FPS then that would be well worth doing

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Reply #9 - Jan 8^th, 2012 at 2:20am

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FoxThree wrote on Jan 7^th, 2012 at 10:40pm:

Gypsy_Baron wrote on Jan 6^th, 2012 at 9:18pm:

I also deselect the default areas that are outside the area I am flying. Those 4-digit areas, 0407, 0306, etc.

The SDK has a map showing which of those files cover a given area.

Where in the SDK can one find that map?

It is in the Terrain SDK section, Terrain and Scenery heading, about 1/3rd of the way down the page.
The Base File Information section.

You can't miss it. Red squares with 0 to 11 across the top and 0 to 7 down the side.

Paul

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