iniBuilds A330 Performance significantly differs between configurations

Sim Update 2 Beta | MSFS 2024 Install, Performance & Graphics
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
When loading the iniBuilds A330 in a regular or VIP passenger configuration “A330-2/300 (VIP) (GE/RR)” there is a very big performance loss when compared to the freight version. On the Display FPS this is attributed to MainThread and manipulators in the debug window.

Did you experience this issue before you joined the Beta?
No, before joining the beta performance was equivalent regardless of the selected version

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

  1. Load into any airport with any freight configurations of the iniBuilds A330
  2. Register FPS
  3. End Flight
  4. Load into the same scenario (airport, weather, time of day) with a regular or VIP passenger configuration of the iniBuilds a330
  5. Notice the much the lower FPS value
  6. End Flight (this is causing the program to freeze and can only be closed by terminating the process)

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:
Not relevant

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
I’m using Developer mode to observe performance metrics and FPS count

[PC Only] Many issues may be due to an outdated graphics card. Please state your Graphics Card Driver Manufacturer (NVIDIA, Intel, AMD) and Version:
NVIDIA GTX1070
Version: 572.70

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
CPU: Intel i7-4770K
Memory: 32GB DDR3-1866MHz

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• Very interesting find. I just tested this, and it’s true. For the longest time, I thought my PC couldn’t handle the a330 or more complex airliners, and as it turns out, I can run 55 fps on it with FSR3 while I struggle to get 30 with stutters in the passenger variants. I think this issue also transferred to the A321LR as I seem to have the same performance issues with it.

As an extra, the A330 freezes the sim every time I end my flights, no matter what variant. It does this with a clean community folder, a clean cache, and streamed packages folder

On one hand, I’m glad to see that the sim can be optimized enough so my computer can run such an aircraft with good fps, but it is concerning that the optimization is not consistent across variants. Makes you wonder what’s going on in the background. LOD or texture loading issues maybe? Or is it something with WASM and systems optimization?

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Did some extra testing, and the A320 neo also runs pretty well even in New York, which is somewhere I couldn’t fly before.

So far, with regards to IniBuilds planes in the sim:

  • A320neo, A330 Freighter: these work perfectly, and performance is smoothest it’s ever been for me.

  • A330 pax and VIP, a321LR: These have a large impact of performance about half the frames and lots of stutter (A330 freezes sim in all variants upon exit)

  • A400 runs in between performance-wise, although it has some stutters here and there, but it’s more flyable than the 330 and 321. (Freezes sim on flight ending)

-A310 became completely unflyable. Its stuttering and frames are barely getting past 10 for me. I find this concerning, as the plane worked great in SU1

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Pax version of the A330 has a full cabin simulated. Probably they have to do some more LOD refinement. On the payware A350 i have massive stutter(panning camera around the cockpit can be smooth as a feather to a few second slideshow) with the cabin version which is non existent on the non cabin version.

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Alright someone please confirm, but with the latest patch, all but the 321 are getting better performance now. Whatever WASM/LOD fixes were done definitely helped. Also, no more crashes on flight end

Edit: Given that the latest patch dealt with LOD/WASM fixes, I decided to clear my streamed packages folder and remembered that inibuilds sometimes suggests to clear the WASM folder to allow them to be recompiled, and oh boy, what a pleasant surprise, all of my airbuses are performing way better than before.

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