Official Discussion: Hotfix 1.18.15.0

[JamAir421]

@SoiledTea1116

Hi JamAir421,

On my case I prefer to have the FPS limited by the driver settings then by the MSFS software. It’s one less thing that MSFS has to worry about

What I gain is resourcing availability, meaning that my RTX 3070 will be around 75% CPU due to the fact that those 30FPS are rendered inside its GPU performance. Normally the GPU % will fluctuate between 75% and 90% to have a constant 30 FPS rate which is great since it leaves GPU resources for other things if necessary.

If you tend to care about the FPS smoothness then this is how I made it.

Logically if I unlock this FPS limit, then I’ll get 40, 50 FPS but then the GPU % is always at 100%, more risky to have CTDs I guess.

Hope it helps.

Very much appreciated SoildTea1116. Just tried it out and even with my lowly 2070 Super and Ryzen 5 3800 it made a world of difference.

My card was always maxed out unlimited. With this I barley hear the fans running, did not check the usage but just from sound alone it is a lot less. And no matter the weather setting or time of day it stays at a constant 35 (have card setting at 45).

Going to install a Ryzen 9 5950 tomorrow. That’s the plan anyway.

Again, thank you very much.

[abuelo007X]

FPS reduction over time

After 6.5+ hours of flight I noticed the redction while being close to land. I recorded the after land FPS at parking and went back to main menu returned to the same location and went back to the normal FPS in high-end configuration The video showing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wo8zbDyBpA

The FPS reduction after some our of flights is still happening in HotFix2

[MichaMMA]

@savormix

I did get a CTD on grammar.pggmod

in case you remember the location, please report here: 100% reproducible CTD at specific coordinates for months [grammar.pggmod]

[DensestSnail693]

I’ve noticed more trees and I’m not sure I like it.

[Irish32644]

I do not have it installed at all.

[ShellShock520]

I had a windows bug that changed my cpu power setting to non amd performance (windows performance) everytime it switched it would ctd or shutdown completely. Deleted windows power plans except for amd plans in the cmd as admin. And swear on my house, haven’t had a crash since.

[GhostlyFrend]

Nope. They fixed that what was necessary and within range of a few days to get as many people flying again.
Sorry that they did not fix your ‘specific’ issue…

[JohnBrace]

On Xbox series x at Luton airport all buildings appear flat. Not tried other airports but first airport I landed at and ground buildings no height and flat.

[sneaky74]

This hotfix is a mixed bag for me. Some observations…

• Performance is good.
• LOD radius seems reduced even from SU5 patch.
• I’m having issues with autogen, there seems to be a lack of it entirely in some areas and very often just doing a short 10-minute flight exposes areas where there should be autogen.
• I’m sure some of the photogrammetry areas had replaced tree models, this seems to have been regressed, at least around London, this causes more pop-ins effects to occur.
• Building models (observed in London) have some strange lighting reflections (overexposed/strobing) which make the scenery almost unbearable to look at.

[Splash3990]

I can’t play nor upgrade from 1.18.14.0 in Microsoft Store, what’s happening here?

I tried solutions here: Game will not update hotfix 2 - #5 by Overk1ll62278

but it didn’t work. I would like to play in something I paid for.

[NineMile1]

Did not know Hotfix 1.18.15.0 was available? Last info was possible 3 working days. That would have made it possible Wednesday next week?
OK I downloaded it under one MB of download from the store. I also had to download Garmin G1000 NXI inside the game. Which aircraft is working with the NXI?
1.The good news is no CTD.
2. Very little popping of scenery even when panning around.
3. It is flyable
Items not working correctly.

1. Screen still to bright. I turn it down using Nvidia control Panel but after the flight I have to adjust again for other programs.
2. Scenery quality is still worse then before.
   
   
   
   Why is my CPU memory only using 4.9GB of memory out of 32GB?
   Why is my GPU memory only using 3.1GB of memory out of 8GB?
   Hoping that the slider you are talking about will allow me to use all of my memory?
3. Confusing instructions?
   Remove your A320?
   Clean your community folder? I would like to know what add on packages are working?
   Navigraph charts, navigraph navdata, Working Title aircraft CJ4 and Working Title A320
   or will they in the future?
   Bing Data online with 400Mbps internet.
   Sill only getting 50Kbps to 80Kbps download from the servers?
   This all started after update 5.

[JayLoC06]

You mean a lot of other people specific issue which wasn’t an issue before SU5 with their lack of testing or lack of caring for the product.

[DriiftForce]

Never had an issue before su5 and now I cannot even use the game. Waiting on a reply from Steam to get a full refund on a game that no longer works but because I have 200+ hrs in the sim I feel they won’t let me return it and will have a $120 sim and all my content as a total waste of money. This really really sucks..

[JoeAir]

looks for me as if your bing data are off- you fly offline ?

[WoodyPikaboo]

This was about system ram not GPU memory. He was trying to explain that xbox use ddr6 ram which is way more effective than PC systems ddr4 ram. Maybe he should´ve explained it in other ways, but to me it is quite clear what he wrote…

[Ffowcs]

I think that Russian

[BrandonShaul]

Hey guys. Please help. Im trying to fly the Cessna 172 with the G1000 system. I have a question with autopilot. I have a flight plan made on world map, but when I turn on autopilot and turn on NAV mode, the plane doesn’t fly into the direction that is in the flight plan. The flight plan’s line is neon green color, not magenta, I dont know why. Do you know what am I doing wrong?
VS and everything else just doing fine, but the NAV mode not..

[RovingRoo]

I agree, which I why Kayembee370’s point is a valid one and taking a break is the way to go. MSFS is the first flight sim I’ve ever owned and I wanted to do it right. So I invested a lot of money (for me that is - for others these costs might be trivial) in the deluxe edition. I then spent more money on a thrustmaster joystick and throttle. And it was all worth it because the game was mesmerising, beautiful and utterly addictive. I was loving the journey from cessnas to turboprops and I was just getting to grips with the CJ4. But that all changed with SU5 and subsequent hotfixes. Now attempting to play the sim feels like I’ve wasted a huge chunk of money. And that’s not an enjoyable feeling. So I will take a break, hide the thrustmaster kit out of sight and return in a month or two when, hopefully, the sim is playable again.

[StarlessLion50]

Yeah, I didn’t want to write a long post about the differences between GDDR6 and DDR4 and the large amount of memory bandwidth Series X (and PS5 for that matter) has. Plenty of info available on the internet for those who are interested in finding out more.

[BrandonShaul]

How can I change the nav mode from VOR1 to ENR in the G1000?