Hi Guys and Gals.
I've had this problem with both FS9 and FSX and have tried changing the "TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT" in the FSX.cfg from the default value of 40 to anything upto 400 with no change. The autogen still pops into view. It's most noticeable at lower altitudes and when on approach.
I would appreciate any help as it's very annoying.
My system specs are below.

Zaphod

The autogen in FSX appears late, there's nothing you can do about it.
It's less noticable with a dense autogen, but noticable nevertheless.
What values did you assign to the autogen tweaks in the FSX.cfg ?

Daube wrote on Mar 8^th, 2012 at 9:00am:

The only settings I changed were in "TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT" and I tried 150 , 250, and 400.
My autogen is set to dense.

Zaphod

You asked for it!
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Cheers.
Zaphod

OK it was a problem with my copy-paste from the forum.

Let's do that manually.
Just add or modify the following lines:

In the [MAIN] section, just add the line
DisablePreload=1
This will disable the initial loading of the scenery prior to reaching the menu.

In the [TERRAIN] section, just add these two lines:
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=2000
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=300
I have altered the values once more. The above advise is still valid: please try to set the autogen slider to the max or one crank below the max.

Modify the FPS target in FSX to 30.

Modify the Texture_Bandwith_Mult to 400 or 600, and modify the texturemaxload (not the texture_max_load) to 9 or 6. Just test both.

For the Vsync, let's just let it as it is.

The fewer trees is normal, since I have lowered the maximum number of them to 2000.
By default, it's 4500 per cell
However, letting it to default AND increasing the autogen density can have catastropic effects on the performance. If you limit the trees to 2000, then you can afford to raise the autogen density to the max or one crank below, without killing the performance.

With this technique, the area close to you will look more dense than in FSX with no autogen tweak and a lower autogen density slider.

Thanks for all your efforts guys.
I guess I'll have to live with the Popping scenery. I have tried all of the recommendations with little, if any effect.
Perhaps if I fly in Fog all the time I won't see the scenery Popping? Doesn't sound like much fun though

Thanks.
Zaphod.

Hi Fozz..
With my alcohol ravaged eyeballs I need all the distance I can get
But seriously, I seem to recall gave you me the same bit of advice when I was having problems in FS9. I'll try it in FSX and try not to bump into too many things.

Cheers.

Zaphod (whose eyeballs could do with a service)