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Pete (pdegraff) First Officer
Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 124 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:19 am

Can anyone tell me if there is or isn't a way to increase the size of the "Coordinate and Frame Rate" lines in the upper left of the FSX display? (The info you get when you press "Shift+Z".)

Some of you know that I'm not as young as most here are. I have trouble reading (quickly) those lines of red letters and numbers. They were larger in FS9.

Respectfully,
Pete

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oldsamer First Officer
Joined: Jan 31, 2007 Posts: 307 Location: El Paso TX
Answered
Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:20 pm

If you reduce graphic resolution say from 1680x1150 to 800x600 it seemly expands the character size.

I've been experimenting with reduced resolution because my 21" LCD is failing above 1200x. And I can increase sliders or achive higher FPS at lower resolutions.

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Pete (pdegraff) First Officer
Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 124 Location: Connecticut, USA
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:03 pm

THANK YOU, oldsamer!

I should have thought of that ... but, I also had reservations about how the display would look. I was running at 1680 X 1050. You gave me the courage to try a lower setting.

I have an Acer 22" monitor so I tried 800 X 600 but FSX then told me I had to use a higher resolution - so, I went to 1280 X 768. The display is easier to read (ALL of it!) and I don't seem to have lost too much in the way of detail. In fact I even advanced some of the sliders. In particular I moved the global texture resolution from very low to very high. Now on "average" scenery I'm getting around 10-16 fps which isn't bad for my rig. I haven't tried a complex airport yet but I seldom fly into those anyway.

Thanks again!
Pete 😀

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