Successful Tweaks of FSX.cft AFTER SP1 Has Been Installed

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Tom (cthiggin)

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Joined: Apr 15, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Montgomery, AL

Asked Mon May 28, 2007 6:32 am

Hello Fellow Simmers -
We have have read Phil's tweaks - other forum tweaks - of "their" FSX.cfg tweaks after installing SP1 -

I really need to know - Installed TileProxy, and uninstalled - it was supposed to revert to the "previous" FSX.cfg that I had - WELL, or course, it didn't. - I deleted my tileproxy altered FSX.cfg and let FSX install a new one - WELL, of course, I lost "my" tweaks and the "base" FSX.cfg has really put my simming experience into the ground.
Would you folks be so kind as to List what a "good" "tweaked" SP1 FSX.cfg should look like.

Sorry for the bother, but I was doing very well and should have left enough alone - pushed the envelope with the TileProxy program - crashed and burned -
Thanks in advance,
cthiggin

Answer 1 · Mon May 28, 2007 7:48 am

GoodisonBlue

First Officer

Joined: Nov 07, 2006 Posts: 318 Location: Liverpool, England

Answered Mon May 28, 2007 7:48 am

I found adding the line about mipmaps or whatever they are called to the graphics section really helped my performance and improved blurries

I'm now getting a consistant 30fps in everywhere but the busiest airports.

Answer 2 · Mon May 28, 2007 4:00 pm

doogle

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Answered Mon May 28, 2007 4:00 pm

TWEAKED FSX.CFG:

[JOBSCHEDULER]
;Dual Core Only
AffinityMask=3
[BufferPools]
PoolSize=5000000
[Main]
DisablePreload=1
[DISPLAY.Device.xxx.0]
MipBias=6
[Display]
TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=200
[TERRAIN]
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_TREES_PER_CELL=2000
TERRAIN_MAX_AUTOGEN_BUILDINGS_PER_CELL=2000

Answer 3 · Mon May 28, 2007 4:40 pm

Michaelvg1

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Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 162

Answered Mon May 28, 2007 4:40 pm

Can you explain the MipMap tweak?
Thanks

Answer 4 · Mon May 28, 2007 5:15 pm

Michaelvg1

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Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 162

Answered Mon May 28, 2007 5:15 pm

This Job Schedule Tweak?
Do you just ass the whole thing at the end of the cfg file.

Answer 5 · Mon May 28, 2007 5:58 pm

RadarMan

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Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17928 Location: U.S.A

Answered Mon May 28, 2007 5:58 pm

Michaelvg1 wrote:

Can you explain the MipMap tweak?
Thanks

See if this helps.

http://www.flightsimulationforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1091

Radar

Answer 6 · Mon May 28, 2007 6:03 pm

GoodisonBlue

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Joined: Nov 07, 2006 Posts: 318 Location: Liverpool, England

Answered Mon May 28, 2007 6:03 pm

Mip bias sorry, that was off the top of my head

Answer 7 · Thu May 31, 2007 1:01 am

doogle

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Answered Thu May 31, 2007 1:01 am

MipBias controls the detail of distant textures. It's much better to configure this option in your video control panel. You can add any of the above tweaks anywhere in your FSX.CFG.

Answer 8 · Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:06 pm

Michaelvg1

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Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 162

Answered Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:06 pm

Didn't Phil say that the Job Shedule tweak is worthless because his code in SP1 is set up for dual core?

What does it do anyway?

Answer 9 · Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:43 pm

doogle

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Answered Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:43 pm

Michaelvg1 wrote:

Didn't Phil say that the Job Shedule tweak is worthless because his code in SP1 is set up for dual core?

What does it do anyway?

the AffinityMask=3 is only effective in SP1, AFAIK.

Answer 10 · Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:50 pm

doogle

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Answered Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:50 pm

from phil's blogg:

[JOBSCHEDULER]
AffinityMask=n

n = number of cores scheduled
1 = 1 core
3 = 2 cores
7 = 3 cores
15 = 4 cores

I should think FSX is able to detect and use the cores appropriate for the cpu so I don't know how effective this tweak really is.

Answer 11 · Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:18 pm

Michaelvg1

First Officer

Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 162

Answered Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:18 pm

AFIAK?

Answer 12 · Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:40 pm

doogle

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Answered Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:40 pm

😂 i take it you are not familiar with web initialism:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/AFAIK

Answer 13 · Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:35 am

Michaelvg1

First Officer

Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 162

Answered Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:35 am

OK. So Phil says SP1 takes full use of both of my cores. Do I still need the code he is suggesting... Affinity....
When I go into the Task manager and check they both are checked.

Answer 14 · Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:20 pm

JLangevin

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Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 435

Answered Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:20 pm

They were both checked BEFORE SP1 also... i added this line to my SP1 install before I used the sim after SP1 install... when I removed it, I noticed an FPS drop.

How effective it is? I do not really know. When I get home, I will do some experimenting and see what happens.

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