#FLIGHTGEAR 3.4 SCENERY NOT DOWNLOADING WINDOWS 7#

#FLIGHTGEAR 3.4 SCENERY NOT DOWNLOADING WINDOWS 7#

Disable Optimus/Hybrid Graphics: Most notebooks that run Windows 7 have the so called Optimus Technology (NVidia) or Hybrid Graphics technology (ATI) onboard.Adjust these settings to maximal power while running FlightGear. Maximize power performance settings: If you're running a laptop, chances are your system defaults to a power-saving mode, even with the laptop plugged in.Have as little programs running as possible. Background programs: Check that your operating system is not cluttered by unnecessary programs running in the background.The problem though is that with a large screen you might want to use higher resolution, but that will affect performance (and so will color-depth). Video screen: Actually, this does not affect performance.With integrated video cards it's also often possible to specify the amount of system memory to be shared and used as video RAM (VRAM). Two of these cards are Intel HD graphics 30. Integrated video cards: These are probably in the above list, but sometimes you can play with them, reducing 'eye candy'.Problematic video cards: There is a list of Problematic Video Cards.The idea is always the same: change options one at a time (you can do that also in-sim) and tune them to suit your needs. If you feel like fiddling with configuration files, command line options and such, you can ease the process and make it more thorough by using the minimal startup profile that is used for troubleshooting crashes. Minimal startup profile as a faster alternative everything worked, until you have fiddled with some particular options and broke it.) We know it's boring, but this is the only way to try to fix these issues. The list order is reasoned, so try to follow it, unless you know what you're doing (e.g.

Also, make your experiments in a fixed environment, like always starting with the same aircraft on the same runway. Most important, you'll have to check them singularly, otherwise you'll never be sure if one of the factors is more determinant than others. So, to find out what you can give up for less stuttering, more regular FPS, or what's killing the framerate, or what could be causing certain artifacts, you'll have to check each of them. Each of them affect performance, but it's not the same for everyone. You'll see the number at the bottom right of the screen.īelow, you'll find a list of performance factors. This is typically 60 FPS, but some monitors support speeds as high as 120 FPS.ĭuring the simulation, open the View > View Options menu and toggle Show frame rate. It makes no sense to exceed the refresh rate of your monitor. A much more decent value is 30 FPS, also to face better possible stuttering. Under this value, things get very choppy and especially flying VFR will be more difficult. It's easier to tell you what you should aim at: at least 20 FPS (frames per second). Performance in FlightGear What can I aim at? 3.4.1 Performance and the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL).3.3 Some more details on the inner workings.1.4 Minimal startup profile as a faster alternative.

Flightgear 3.4 scenery not downloading