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Originally posted by rpowers46

Thanks Nick,1 last question (maybe).What about the scenery complexity slider?I'm not sure I see any difference in scenery as I slide it from dense all the way to right.Does this have a big effect on performance?Also AI traffic.I run commercial at 20% but  don't see difference in framerates if I slide it to maybe 40%.Thanks,Ron

Scenery Complexity at 3/4 or above can strain a system due to the traffic calls... FSX triggers the jetway gate calculations 50-150nm around the aircraft at all airports when the Scenery Complexity slider is at 3/4 or above. Most can run 3/4 to 100% if they keep their traffic low so the answer is do not raise AL traffic or you will see a hard hit
At the same time it depends on the system it can run 3/4 to 100% Complexity and the scene being flown..  I cant make that assesment

Every system I tune gets the same settings 
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=26410&PID=149607#149607

and I back down by order of importance and what I see on the screen

1. AL/GA Traffic: 20-30% for most, better systems up to 59 no more with default AI but never set it to zero or below 20
2. Cars: with UTX v1.3 USA either turn cars OFF IN THE UTX TOOL or set no higher than 5-8% slider in FSX one of the two.
-Without UTX 8-15% max. Ships and boats between 15-25% depending
3. Airport Vehicles: LOW for most, MED for better systems, no higher
4. Autogen   100%- 3/4 to 1/2 no less than 1/2
5. Scenery Complexity 100%- 3/4 1/2 no less than 1/2
6. Thermal effects (set to NONE if stuttering in a thermal)

All other settings remain the same for all systems and use Nhancer for Nvidia cards
http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=27540&PID=156769#156769

As for FSX.cfg edits.. these are the only ones I use:

TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80 I use 70 to 80 depending on the system

WideViewAspect=True Because I use a widescreen monitor

DisablePreload=1 Which disables FSX from loading the default flight when FSX is first launched

Poolsize=70000000 Which is the bufferpool reserved video memory for scenery geometry around the aircraft. 512 cards really cant make much use of it and should never reserve more than 15MB, 640 cards 35MB and 768 cards 70-80MB. Many find leaving this edit out of the config is the best way to run

For visuals I also use the 4 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_ edits we know from FS9 to make airport light more realistic in scale with my resolution and monitor

other than that the FSX.cfg file never gets touched and I only use 1024 textures for ground, clouds, water and sky

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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 12:06pm
	*Originally posted by rpowers46* Thanks Nick,1 last question (maybe).What about the scenery complexity slider?I'm not sure I see any difference in scenery as I slide it from dense all the way to right.Does this have a big effect on performance?Also AI traffic.I run commercial at 20% but don't see difference in framerates if I slide it to maybe 40%.Thanks,Ron Scenery Complexity at 3/4 or above can strain a system due to the traffic calls... FSX triggers the jetway gate calculations 50-150nm around the aircraft at all airports when the Scenery Complexity slider is at 3/4 or above. Most can run 3/4 to 100% if they keep their traffic low so the answer is do not raise AL traffic or you will see a hard hit At the same time it depends on the system it can run 3/4 to 100% Complexity and the scene being flown.. I cant make that assesment Every system I tune gets the same settings http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=26410&PID=149607#149607 and I back down by order of importance and what I see on the screen 1. AL/GA Traffic: 20-30% for most, better systems up to 59 no more with default AI but never set it to zero or below 20 2. Cars: with UTX v1.3 USA either turn cars OFF IN THE UTX TOOL or set no higher than 5-8% slider in FSX one of the two. -Without UTX 8-15% max. Ships and boats between 15-25% depending 3. Airport Vehicles: LOW for most, MED for better systems, no higher 4. Autogen 100%- 3/4 to 1/2 no less than 1/2 5. Scenery Complexity 100%- 3/4 1/2 no less than 1/2 6. Thermal effects (set to NONE if stuttering in a thermal) All other settings remain the same for all systems and use Nhancer for Nvidia cards http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=27540&PID=156769#156769 As for FSX.cfg edits.. these are the only ones I use: TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80 I use 70 to 80 depending on the system WideViewAspect=True Because I use a widescreen monitor DisablePreload=1 Which disables FSX from loading the default flight when FSX is first launched Poolsize=70000000 Which is the bufferpool reserved video memory for scenery geometry around the aircraft. 512 cards really cant make much use of it and should never reserve more than 15MB, 640 cards 35MB and 768 cards 70-80MB. Many find leaving this edit out of the config is the best way to run For visuals I also use the 4 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_ edits we know from FS9 to make airport light more realistic in scale with my resolution and monitor other than that the FSX.cfg file never gets touched and I only use 1024 textures for ground, clouds, water and sky

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rpowers46 Senior Member Joined: 02 November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 229	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 4:48pm
	Nick,Thanks.What and where are the "4 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_ edits we know from FS9 "?I have 28" monitor and 1920X1200 res.Also I have 8800GT /512 video and my Buffer Pool is set at 5,000,000.I have no idea why it is that value.Thanks again,Ron
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rpowers46 Senior Member Joined: 02 November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 229	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 4:52pm
	Sorry,forgot 1 other thing.In my main FSX folder I have 2 folders for fsx cfg. FSX.cfg and fsx.cfg.text.Do I make changes in both ?thanks for your patience.Ron
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 11:14pm
	Bufferpools set to 5000000 is doing nothing. Default is 4000000 with no bufferpool entry in the config. Either raise it to 10000000 or completely remove it if you do not notice any gain. It only helps with smoothness in turns when flying low over urban and flying low in bush over large amounts of autogen trees [Main] DisablePreload=1 [Display] WideViewAspect=True //If widescreen monitor in use otherwise False TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=80 //Most will use 70 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.2 //adjust values to suit your scale RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.2 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.2 RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.0 [BUFFERPOOLS] Poolsize=70000000 // 10000000 - 15000000 for 512MB cards, 35000000 for 640MB cards, 70000000 for 768MB cards and up. Most will not have that edit in the file. The FSX.cfg file is NOT located in the main Flight Simulator X directory The FSX config is located in XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR ACCOUNT NAME\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX requires hidden files and folders be DISABLED to locate it Only the FSX.cfg file need be edited

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rpowers46 Senior Member Joined: 02 November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 229	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 11:26pm
	Sorry,I know where fsx.cfg is.Don't know why I said that.Brain fart.Thanks again for the patience.Ron
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 10 December 2008 at 11:35pm
	*Originally posted by McCrash* Awesome! [IMG]smileys/smiley32.gif" align="middle" /> When will this be available? Before Christmas

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McCrash Senior Member Joined: 22 March 2003 Location: United States Posts: 427	Posted: 11 December 2008 at 7:15am
	*Originally posted by NickN* *Originally posted by McCrash* Awesome! [IMG]smileys/smiley32.gif" align="middle" /> When will this be available? Before Christmas Hot dogs!
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rpowers46 Senior Member Joined: 02 November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 229	Posted: 11 December 2008 at 8:47pm
	Nick,You are "THE MAN".I followed all instructions and advice from above.Then I did your 1 month and 3 month maintenance.I am now running autogen and scenery complexity at max in rural areas and it is SMOOTH.Cut autogen back a little in big cities and is good.Cutting the road traffic back to 8% using UTX makes the traffic look a lot better.I like getting the autogen bldgs back.Thanks again for your patience and help.Ron
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 11 December 2008 at 11:27pm
	*Originally posted by rpowers46* Nick,You are "THE MAN".I followed all instructions and advice from above.Then I did your 1 month and 3 month maintenance.I am now running autogen and scenery complexity at max in rural areas and it is SMOOTH.Cut autogen back a little in big cities and is good.Cutting the road traffic back to 8% using UTX makes the traffic look a lot better.I like getting the autogen bldgs back.Thanks again for your patience and help.Ron Its all about knowing how to set up correctly.. from Windows setup to the use of the RIGHT defrag solution and use it the RIGHT way and then setting up FSX correctly to take full advantage of the priority system Most dont and sit there and swear they know better or listen to internet myths. Enjoy

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rpowers46 Senior Member Joined: 02 November 2004 Location: United States Posts: 229	Posted: 11 December 2008 at 11:46pm
	Nick.Thanks.Ron
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jordanal Senior Member Joined: 03 September 2006 Posts: 102	Posted: 12 December 2008 at 9:53am
	Just want to say "Thanks" to Nick and Anthony for such a thoughtful Christmas gift. I look forward to installing these textures upon my return from a business trip back out to L.A. next week. I hope you and your families have a wonderful Holiday Season as well. Cheers!
	Al Jordan\|KCHS FSXsp2: i7-920@4.0GHz (XPx64)/Asus P6T-D-v2/Mush DDR3-1600/GTX285/XFi-XtremeGamer/3Ware-9650se WinXPx64 Rap; FSX Raid0-VRap x2) FSX-Client: E8500 (Vista-x64)/Asus P5E3-D/2x2GB
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 6:25am
	We are getting close to finishing the patch. Its very possible it may be posted next weekend. We are still tweaking and making changes however it is progressing very well and we dont see it being much longer. The robust coloring and defined rooftops along with the enhanced night lighting works awesome with GEXn USA/Canada/Alaska and complements the GEX night world by adding in the missing elements the default autogen textures leave out. This is a stunning addition with GEXn EU but even if you do not have any GEX product it adds a great touch to the FSX default textures Here are some more images I took after the last build DO NOTE: The very tall skyscrapers (center city Seattle) in the first 3 images are enhanced however they are not part of this patch. The job of upgrading the major city metro skyscrapers and the landmarks is a massive undertaking since there are thousands of textures which would need to be reviewed and changed. This patch will include all the auto-generated buildings (houses, office, stores, and highrise surrounding those major metro buildings but will not include the custom center-city buildings or major landmarks These shots include GEXn USA, UTX USA and SceneryTech Landclass however all the UTX night lighting features are disabled and not in use Note to Lance... this time you got Seattle, Portland and SoCal instead of a PC-12

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truck911 Senior Member Joined: 24 October 2008 Posts: 155	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 8:58am
	Nick and Anthony, thank you for the wonderful thought and very generous offer. You owe us nothing and yet in usual style continue to support and reward the members of the community. I wish you and everyone a Merry Christmas and all the very best in the New-Year.
	Regards, Gary
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bushpilot New Member Joined: 13 May 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 17	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 2:55pm
	Looking great! I think I will be doing a lot of low and slow night time flying after that patch
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meshman Certified Professional Joined: 06 April 2005 Location: United States Posts: 843	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 3:00pm
	*Originally posted by NickN* Note to Lance... this time you got Seattle, Portland and SoCal instead of a PC-12 So I'm scrolling through the pictures... Thinking "there's that cruddy default plane again..." Looking forward to the release!
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FalconAF Senior Member Joined: 20 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 237	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 6:07pm
	*Originally posted by meshman* *Originally posted by NickN* Note to Lance... this time you got Seattle, Portland and SoCal instead of a PC-12 So I'm scrolling through the pictures... Thinking "there's that cruddy default plane again..." Heck, as long as Nick keeps turning out scenery like in the pics, as far as I'm concerned he can post pics of himself flying a broomstick and wearing a pointy black hat. Or even that "Flying Pig" from FS9. Works for me! Rick
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 8:44pm
	*Originally posted by FalconAF* *Originally posted by meshman* *Originally posted by NickN* Note to Lance... this time you got Seattle, Portland and SoCal instead of a PC-12 So I'm scrolling through the pictures... Thinking "there's that cruddy default plane again..." Heck, as long as Nick keeps turning out scenery like in the pics, as far as I'm concerned he can post pics of himself flying a broomstick and wearing a pointy black hat. Or even that "Flying Pig" from FS9. Works for me! Rick Hmmmmmm First Hedi with a feather, then Samantha on a broomstick in 'garb' appearing with farm animals oh... wait,.. your from Vegas, nevermind. I was worried something abnormal was going on for a moment

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FalconAF Senior Member Joined: 20 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 237	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 9:28pm
	Hey! Leave me alone! Get back to work on GEXn EU. And on second thought...maybe you shouldn't use a broomstick in your flying picture posts. I don't think they come with autopilots, and I'd hate to see you... Rick
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 14 December 2008 at 9:43pm
	*Originally posted by FalconAF* Hey! Leave me alone! Get back to work on GEXn EU. And on second thought...maybe you shouldn't use a broomstick in your flying picture posts. I don't think they come with autopilots, and I'd hate to see you... Rick

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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 17 December 2008 at 12:28am
	OK Eveyone.. Testing is complete on the patch. We are wrapping up instructions and the upload package for the sim library systems It should be posted within the next 48 hours

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flyinjoe Senior Member Joined: 20 November 2007 Posts: 155	Posted: 17 December 2008 at 5:07pm
	These shots include GEXn USA, UTX USA and SceneryTech Landclass however all the UTX night lighting features are disabled and not in use I always wondered why my night flights never looked like your preview shot night flights. I never knew I had to disable the night light features in UTX. Glad I stumbled across this thread.
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OpaJu New Member Joined: 02 June 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 32	Posted: 18 December 2008 at 4:31am
	Hey Guys! Thanks a lot for this beautyful Gift! Y downloadet it just in this Moment. Merry Christmas from Martin
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NickN Certified Professional Joined: 21 November 2007 Posts: 5242	Posted: 23 December 2008 at 7:50pm
	Thanks Martin and a very Merry Christmas to you as well!

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