install oddities

[Broadside uda Barn 0]

I havent played in a couple of days, but I had loaded the c and d mini patches, and the new trackIR 5 software (had the 5 beta loaded before).

 

I tried to play tonight, but it gave me an error when starting OFF,and another error when going to field, which booted me back to the main OFF screen. Couldnt get into the game (CFS3) for some reason, and OFF was behaving oddly, with some screens not showing, and the error messages etc.

 

I thought about threatening to never buy phase 5 and phase 6, and to turn OBD's beer skunky, but then I decided just to reinstall as this is part of pc gaming.

 

Here's where it gets wierd:

uninstall using OFF option

manually delete files from windows explorer, so there's no OFF stuff on the HD (except in the reg. somewhere I'm sure)

Reinstall OFF

Load 1.32 super patch (and by super patch, I means it's SUPER, and EXCELLENT too!)

Load 1.32d mini patch

 

prepare to reload graphics settings, rudders, etc etc.

 

However, all of my graphics settings were the same, except for a couple of minor adjustments in the parameter editor overrides, texture info, texture limits, etc

My conf. was exactly the same as before the install (which I assume is because it's saved somewhere in my documents/settings/....

 

But the graphics settings being "mostly" the same, is wierd, it should all have been erased, or at the least been the same, as I did erase everything, except registry entries.

 

So after this interesting episode, I've decided to teach OBD a lesson and buy phase 5 and phase 6, addons, expansions, and purchase another copy for a friend. So there OBD! That'll teach you to make a quality product of excellent proportions that is fun and interesting! Hah!

 

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Edited August 16, 2009 by Broadside uda Barn

[Check Six 2]

So, you think that everyone MIGHT benefit from a fresh uninstall/install then superpatch, then 1.32d mini patch? I have checked both of Homeboy's threads showing his settings for NVidia and OFF, and have followed them (to a large extent, leaving a few things that I find useful [at present such as the warnings]).

 

I'm still struggling for frame rate, despite my computer being more than adequate.

 

At the moment, I just have one pilot, Lt Test Pilot, so I got no problem with uninstall if it will help. I know you don't know my system BuB, and of course I wouldn't blame you if it doesn't improve my rate, but it seemed to me you are saying that you can't explain it, but a fresh install without the a, b, and c patches SEEMED to improve your rate. It also seemed that your graphics settings stayed intact...so it's not that a fresh install meant you were back to default graphics settings, and that is what caused an apparent improvement.

 

Intriguing. I think Homeboy may have said something similar in another thread.

 

Anyone have any ideas on this?

[Broadside uda Barn 0]

I dont know that it improved my fps rate.

I had to reset the few settings that were different from HB's recommendations (in CFS3).

 

As I postd in another thread, tho, things appear clearer and more vibrant since the reinstall and just the super and miniD patches. This is very subjective though....but it was enough of a change for me to go "wow", when I first saw it, so I'm sure something changed.

 

I'd say if you dont care about your pilot (I lost a pilot with 47 missions....bummer), then why not try it?

 

Also, as to FPS, I'm in the same boat. I should be getting MASSIVELY better FPS. However, the difference between 30-40 and 60+ is really not that much. If you're getting 30-40, I recommend turning off or just ignoring Fraps.

 

A few things that might help:

I turned down my scenery settings and terrain settings on 3, all else is on 5. that helped the FPS a lot.

I have surmised that a 64 bit OS is going to give you better FPS. I dont have win 7 yet, but will when it is released for a couple of months (so they can iron out the initial kinks). I posted also a few days ago about a program that disables unneeded programs on flight sim startup....didnt get much feedback on that, but most other simmers on other forums say they get 15 more FPS because of this...

 

Also, I'm not sure about clouds. Some say it eats FPS and the difference is not noticeable between lvl 5 and lvl 1. I dont know that that's true. it's worthy of it's own thread I think, cause I want good clouds to dive into and look at, but I want smooth fps as well.

 

And, I have my nvidia control settings set pretty high (highest settings actually), as it doesnt seem to make ANY difference if I put the settings lower. These 260-275-285 GTX cards are built to run, so lowering settings doesnt really help. There's not enough conjecture on this either. It's also worthy of it's own post so we can get everyone talking about it.

 

HTH mate.