Lagging Issue

[Sean Findlay 1165616]

This is probably discussed already numerous times, but here goes:

On Vatsim, when I am on approach into a busy field/ busy night (like KDEN or LAX, etc) and there are a dozen aircraft preparing for dep, I get a whole lot of lag on final (slow down). I have cable Broadband (very fast), running Vista 32bit dual proc. (nothing else running), and usually no isses during moderate to light days, except when lots of traffic on the ground. If you have some tweeks I havent tried, I would appreciate them (tweeked FSInn settings a little i.e. peer to peer off, visible planes down to 5 and lowered some other options in FS). Would be nice to actually land problem free into busy airports instead of crossing fingers and hoping my wheels find the strip. All suggestions appreciated.

 

Thanks and see ya up there!

 

Sean

[Randy Tyndall 1087023]

Sean,

 

It's probably a combination of many different variables so, as you probably already know, there is no one definitive setting.

 

For instance, I can fly the PMDG 737NG for FS9 in and out of Denver all day long with zero lag regardless of the number of planes on the ground.

 

Fly into JFK in the same weather conditions and every time a pilot logs in (AAA123 has joined your session, etc) my system will freeze for about 3 or 4 seconds.

 

Fly into Houston Hobby (KHOU - a freeware addon scenery) with absolutely no one within 60 miles of me and I still get lag, sometimes to the point that I can walk out and have a smoke as I wait for FS9 to catch up.

 

It's all related to settings, aircraft, scenery, weather, number of other virtual pilots in the area, ping rate of server you connected to, etc, etc.

 

One thing I have tried that seems to help is a game boosting program...little reluctant to name a specific one here so no one thinks I'm "endorsing" a product...that shuts down unnecessary applications on your computer so you have more "resource" for FS9 and your add-ons to access. Just google "game boosting programs" and I'm sure a ton of apps will pop up.

 

Cheers

[Sean Findlay 1165616]

Thanks Randy. Your response was right on the money. Since I have had the very same things happen to me, the "it depends" answer appears to be the correct answer. I will try your suggestions.

 

Sean

[Kyle Ramsey 810181]

Reducing your viz range can help a lot too. Do you really need to see aircraft 40 nm away while on final? The system has to render and update each one every few seconds.

[Sean Findlay 1165616]

I believe I lowered that as much as possible within FS settings (FS9), as well as in my FSInn. You are correct.

 

Thanks

[Brian Fuller 973577]

Someone can chime in, but I don't think Server Ping would affect this at all, this, to me, would appear to be all server side client performance. I would [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume that the Server only keeps track of who is where and nothing more. It shouldn't hold or push any type of livery or something big. I would guess you just get their CID, code of their aircraft, and their position. This should not affect anyone in any way unless that information was seriously delayed for whatever reason.

[Luke Kolin]

Reducing your viz range can help a lot too. Do you really need to see aircraft 40 nm away while on final? The system has to render and update each one every few seconds.

 

FS9 won't render MP traffic more than 10 miles away IIRC.

 

Cheers!

 

Luke

[Erhan Atesoglu 1050499]

The most important thing is to have models that use less that 50 polygons when you are far away and more when you are closer. If the models don't scale LOD you are going to have trouble. But setting the visual range should help at least in FSInn because you end up using less threads.