Hi there,
i fly in MSFS often, but everytime i land, i get a stutter/freeze. First it stutters for a second then when im rolling on the runway it freezes for 2-4 seconds, i tried removing all mods, still there, i tried to work on graphics settings and tried literally EVERYTHING, its still there. What should i do? This happens with any aircraft on any airport. I also tried using devMode, didnt work. I even tried disabling the effects, that also DIDNT work.
Heres a video:
https://streamable.com/1y0e1t
You can see that im stuttering at touchdown and then it freezes for 4 seconds at second 27-30.
Heres my specs:
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Intel i7-9700
1 TB HDD (MSFS is on that)
I don’t know what to do, can anyone help? Thanks!
HDD? Is that a platter drive? If so, I’d wager you are suffering from slow disk transfers during heavy scenery loads (like landing.)
If your motherboard doesn’t support M.2 NVMe drives (which are really fast, and pretty inexpensive) then at least clone your ancient, slow platter drive to a SATA SSD, which are fast enough (and also pretty inexpensive) to reduce the disk I/O bottleneck you are probably experiencing.
Ideally, you want two drives, one for your OS and other programs, and one dedicated to everything sim-related.
Is that the only answer? Probably not. Even those with much more capable systems experience some stutters in complex areas with complex aircraft during landing.
What’s your internet speed?
Is your computer connected to your router via WiFi?
Is it older WiFi technology (i.e. not WiFi 6?) That can hurt performance at times, as the sim tries to load textures from internet servers.
Hello there,
my internet speed is average 142 MBPS, the upload is 90. Ping is 6ms.
Yes it is connected via Router.
I use WiFi 5.
How do i clone my HDD to an SSD?
Is there a fix? My Mobo is MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS MS-7B51.
Try to rename your usercfg.opt to something like 1usercfg.opt
If this is done start msfs and it will create a new usercfg.opt automatically .
With this newly created usercfg.opt, See if the issue persist.
But settings will be at default sim setting so you have to adapt them to what your system can handle
The latest dev talk said memory allocation can cause stutters, often at the end of long flights in high detail.
If you have limited pc memory the problems are worse.
Asobo have rewritten the memory allocation code for 2024 and will port it back to SU15. It is significantly faster now, making the graphics smoother
Agreed. I have MSFS at the moment on a 4 TB HDD. Approaching large airports I always get a slight stutter on approach as the sim loads all the airport scenery, AI / Live traffic, etc. You can see this happening in real time if you have task manager open on the performance tab. You’ll see the disk activity on the HDD at 100%. Better yet is the Disk tab in Resource Monitor. It shows the disk queue length. When it gets above 5, you’ll probably see the stuttering start. You’ll also see exactly what is being read from your HDD in the disk activity pane.
Is there anything in either of these two M2 slots?
As far as I could tell from the manual, you could put this 1TB drive Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD in the M2_2 slot, and clone your platter drive to it.
Then maybe add a 2TB SATA SSD drive Crucial MX500 2TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD in one of the SATA ports (That motherboard has 6 SATA ports - ports 5,6 are disabled when you use M2_2, but you should have plenty. They also make 4TB SATA SSD drives, but obviously they are more expensive.
That would give you a really fast 1TB cloned drive , and a bigger drive that is still WAY faster than your platter drive, for the sim-related stuff.
You can use Macrium Reflect Free to clone your 1TB HDD to the new 1TB M.2 drive.
Great SW to move your C: drive to a new drive. This link is a little long however it worked well for me and will provide all the info needed to get the job done.
Moving your C: drive to a new drive
Edit: I was so impressed with Macrium Reflect SW I bought it and now use it to periodically back up my entire NVMe 4TB drive.
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I also use Macrium Reflect Premium to image all my drives on a differential/incremental daily schedule. Definitely worth paying for.
I’ve lost everything before because I didn’t think it would happen to me. Never again.
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Hmm, i dont want to spend money on those things first. I could potentially clone my HDD to the SSD, but the SSD only has like 200 GB of free storage. My mods in MSFS + MSFS itself are like 300 GB.
I thought you had everything on the 1TB HDD?
Anyway, with Macrium Reflect it is not necessary for the disks to be identical or the even the same size.
So you could clone your HDD to a 2TB SSD (or M.2 NVMe,) then use partition manager software to expand the 1TB partition into the free space.
I use the paid version of MiniTool Partition Wizard, but they have a free version as well.
Good luck.
I have everything on the 1TB HDD, thats right.
So what you are saying is that i can clone my HDD so i have 2TB free storage?
Of course that would be awesome.
Yes. You can clone your HDD to any size drive with Macrium Reflect.
You could, for example, clone it to a 2TB SSD. You would have a 1TB partition on the new drive, and 1TB of unused space. You could then create a second 1TB partition on the new drive, and move the sim and related files to the new partition.
Moving the sim is a whole other topic. There’s some great advice elsewhere on the forum for that process.
Can i also do it with my 200 GB SSD? From 200GB to 1TB? If yes, i will completely reinstall/move the sim there.
I don’t see why not.
But you’re confusing me. You said:
Now you mention a 200GB SSD
I dont really know what all of this means, please just give me a fix for it. it is so fricking annoying. I don’t use the 200GB of space SSD, its unallocated space. As i said, everything is on my 1TB HDD.
And to add , i have like 40gb free storage on my 1 TB HDD. I have 200 GB on the SSD but this wouldnt work.
I believe I have given you a fix. Clone to a new, larger drive.
But it doesnt make sense, i have my HDD which is the biggest, 1TB and my SSD is even smaller, only 200GB,
We started this conversation off with you explaining that your 1TB HDD was indeed a platter drive. I explained that upgrading to a larger NVMe (or at least SSD drive) will help. I gave you links to the tools I use to clone and partition drives.
I don’t know what else you want from me.
Okay. I don’t want to be rude. Did i mention that i dont want to spend some money on SSDs? I thought you could clone it just like that.