Optimizing FS

• First of all : Launch your disk defragmenter ! This will allow your system to load the textures more efficiently, especially if you are using photorealistic sceneries.

• For the big machine power users, you can set your “TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL” to 21 (instead of 19) in fs9.cfg. This setting will make the ground topography, coasts and islands more precise.

• If you install a scenery like FlightZones and you already have roads and rivers adds-on for those areas installed on your system, you must be aware that these could dig ‘trenches’ in the Mesh, under the photoscenery. If this happens, you can adjust the settings of your terrain.cfg file (in your main Flight Simulator folder).

  Search for the following lines in the beginning of terrain.cfg file:

  //Stream Lines
  [Texture.1024] // stream lines / unknown / perennial
  Type=1
  Size=4
  ExcludeAutogen=1
  MaskClassMap=3
  Textures=RiverSU.bmp
  offset=-10

  [Texture.1025] // stream lines / unknown / non-perennial
  Type=1
  Size=4
  ExcludeAutogen=1
  MaskClassMap=3
  Textures=RiverSU.bmp
  offset=-10

  To prevent this problem, change the offset value to offset=0 . This is a global setting for Flight Simulator. For the roads, the default value is offset=flat. You can also change this value to offset=0 in order to avoid conflicts between the roads and the mesh.

  This problem will not occur if you are using standard Flight Simulator roads and rivers.

• For an optimized display of your sceneries, we suggest to try the following settings adjustments in the fs9.cfg file (this file is usually under \Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9). Before any modifications to your fs9.cfg, make sure you made a backup copy of the original file.

  [GRAPHICS]
  FULL_SCREEN=1
  PERFORMANCE_MODE=0
  DEF_PERF_MODE=6
  TEXT_SCROLL=1
  AUTO_LOD=0
  DETAIL_TEXTURE=2
  WATER_EFFECTS=0
  TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_MAP=1
  TERRAIN_USE_VECTOR_OBJECTS=0
  EFFECTS_QUALITY=2
  GROUND_SHADOWS=0
  SMOOTH_VIEW=1
  IMAGE_SMOOTHING=1
  TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=1024
  COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1
  AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1
  LANDING_LIGHTS=1
  IMAGE_QUALITY=0
  TEXTURE_BLDG=1
  TEXTURE_GND=1
  TEXTURE_WATER=1
  AIRCRAFT_TEXTURE=2
  SEE_SELF=1
  TEXTURE_QUALITY=3
  LOD_TARGET_FPS=30
  NUM_LIGHTS=8

  [TERRAIN]
  TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000
  TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000
  TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000
  TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21
  TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8
  TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5
  TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1
  TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=0
  TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9
  TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.5
  TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=5