Classic British Flight Sim

DavidK

You can save different display profiles in FSX so you can have settings optimised for different areas. In game select Options->Settings->Save to save the current settings and then Options->Settings->Load to select the appropriate profile depending on where you are. I believe X is the first version of FS to have this feature.

I don't know of any way to get FSX to automagically select a profile depending on where you are, I think there may be some issues as if you choose a higher detail level setting it has to load in extra textures etc. which would create a noticeable pause anyway.

Paul K wrote:Quote: If you have FSX SP2 or Acceleration installed, you may have solid windows when in the virtual cockpit when it is raining with many addon aircraft. This update repairs FSX so that you can have transparent windows again.

Reading that, the fix stops the windows from turning opaque when its raining on certain add-on aircraft...it doesn't add the rain effects on the windows. Or does it ?

I tried the fix a little earlier on, switching FSX's weather to Grey and Rainy, but no streaks of rain etc appeared on the cockpit window while I flew a circuit around Gatwick. So, I guess this fix does only reach as far as opaque windows. However, although I've yet to see this problem, it's useful to have something ready for it if / when it arrives.

SkippyBing wrote:You can save different display profiles in FSX so you can have settings optimised for different areas. In game select Options->Settings->Save to save the current settings and then Options->Settings->Load to select the appropriate profile depending on where you are. I believe X is the first version of FS to have this feature.

I don't know of any way to get FSX to automagically select a profile depending on where you are, I think there may be some issues as if you choose a higher detail level setting it has to load in extra textures etc. which would create a noticeable pause anyway.

That's a workaround I hadn't considered -- thanks for the idea -- but, yes, it would be manual and the frame rate may still become noticeably clunky. I'll give it a try and see if I think it's worth it. If this behaviour could be made automatic, I suppose subtle decreases then increases in the the detail/traffic levels would need to occur in order to minimise any jumps in frame rate, but this would make the system more complicated and they may still be too obvious.

David K