rlwicker1967

I am playing CFS2 right now.

I am really beside myself now. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update was pushed to my computer and now, I've got frame rates in the Low Single Digits! I was running in the Mid 30's before. Jane's WWII Fighters still has great frame rates though so, I don't know what they could've done to cause this. I sure hope AU didn't mess up everybody.

Never changing to Windows 10 is a very good idea. The reason I went with PC instead of Mac years ago was the availability of many Flight Sims on the platform. I started flying simulators back in 1982 with 'Jumbo Jet Pilot' on the Atari 800. I made the decision to go with PC in 1992 while I was in Flight School. At that time, there was a version of MS Flight Simulator available on the Mac (MS Flight Simulator 4.0) and I had heard MS was not going to provide a version for the Mac anymore.

Well, after trying to figure out how to get the WOV working under Windows 10, I've found a new love for Combat Flight Simulator 2. The planes aren't as fast but, the hardware requirements aren't as high. I fly the Corsair and I am in the process of re-engineering the flight model to match the technical papers. One of the problems I've always had with CFS2 is the lack of performance of the major player in the sim, the F4U. Obviously, many designers have a problem modeling this aircraft as I've seen other simmers complaining about the same thing across many different sims. In CFS2, I could never get the Corsair up to the service ceiling. I've solved that problem.

Well, I've had no luck with this issue at all. I've even tried installing a dedicated video card from Nvidia (GForce 7) to no avail. It honestly seems as if this update has basically raised the hardware requirements for the game. That really sucks. I did get my Combat Flight Simulator 2 working though. I really miss flying the jets. I'm afraid to buy the newer versions of the TW sims for fear of them not working.

I have been into aircraft recognition since I was about 8 years old. I could recite all of the specs from Jane's Planes like a good preacher recites the Bible. I could even identify civilian airliners by sound and by light signature at night. I even memorized the flight schedules of many airlines and the kids on my street would say "Hey Robby, what kind of plane is that and what time is it?" I'd look up and say, "That's a delta L-1011 on a Thursday scheduled out of Atlanta through Dallas so...it's about 1910 hrs and they are scheduled to arrive in San Diego at 1920 hrs." (Now, if it was Wednesday, it would be a DC-8 61 coming out of Jacksonville for a 1945 hrs arrival in San Diego.) Yet, I have NEVER heard of or seen the Ye-8! I guess it goes to show that no one knows everything. Politics. I think they could've had both of them and we may not have needed the F-35.

Well, I still haven't solved the problem but, I have found the problem for me at least. I have the Intel G45 integrated video which I am supposed to be able to dedicate up to 256MB from the available 1759MB total video memory. For some reason I'm now not able to get past 128MB dedicated and I'm also showing 0MB System Video Memory. I think if I figure that out, I will have the problem solved. I will check back once I (Hopefully) fix it.

Well, I have re-installed WOV with no change in the slow frame rates. Now my troubleshooting will focus on the DirectX stuff. That's the only thing I can think of that would change and not roll back with a re-install. I'll see.

Just an update: I've discovered I get acceptable frame rates in F11 view without the object in closeup. As soon as I zoom in on the aircraft or whatever,m the rates drop significantly. Now, the most disturbing thing I've discovered comes from the Installed Programs window. The "Installed On" date of most of my user installed programs is "09/23/2016". This is all kinds of messed up because I've had most of my programs installed for at least 2 years. This appears to me like all of those programs were re-installed by the upgrade. It looks like I will have to re-install so, VAdm Robert "Robot" Wicker is going to have a big demotion.

Well, I rolled back to before the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and still have problems with the frame rates. Now it's been upgraded again to the 1607. I've since tried re-running the 2008 Patch to no avail. One interesting issue I've observed is the extremely heavy Disk usage of 99% after the update. This happened for both the Primary and my WD My Book which I've disconnected. I don't know why the system would be trying to access the My Book so much. If I find a solution, I will post it here.

Yeah, I just did a restore back to before the Anniversary Update. I discovered it wasn't just the WOV, it was the entire system slowed to a crawl. I was surprised Jane's WWII Fighters even ran with no problem. Thanks for the comebacks! I had just started flying on Hard Fuel and actually finishing missions. Great!

Well, they did it with the B-52s but, I still would think the air frames would need to be new components. IIRC, Sukhoi did a reboot of the Flanker. I wonder what the Navy is thinking.

That is pretty cool. I thought it was 65 million not 165 million.

He was Great in "Grand Prix" as Pete Aron.

That depends. What altitude are you flying? There are 2 things you have to do as you increase altitude. Lean out and reduce the prop speed (More Bite) which will actually increase the manifold pressure.