QUICKEN IT! GOT 5008 DOWNLOADS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR ME!
THANK YOU, EVERY 5008 PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOADED MY FIRST EDITION.
INCLUDED FILES:
QUICKEN IT! 2.TXT---THIS DOCUMENT
FREEWARE---FUN AND USEFUL FREEWARE FILES
FILE_ID.DIZ---DESCRIPTION OF THIS FILE FOR THE INTERNET
QUICKENIT!.BMP---TITLE PICTURE FOR QUICKEN IT! 2
NOW, TO THE POINT.
FS2000 IS NOT BRILLIANT, IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN I COULD DO BY FAR, INFACT IF I DID MAKE IT I'D BE OVER THE MOON! BUT IT HAS MANY PROBLEMS LIKE, IN-DETAILED AIRPORTS, BIZZAR GOINGS ON DURING THE USE OF 'REAL-WEATHER', STUTTERING AND BASICLY, LOT'S OF STUFF.
BUT I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT PERFORMANCE IS THE BIGGY!
WITHOUT PERFORMANCE IT ISN'T FLYING. MAYBE THE GRAPHICS CAN BE GREAT, DETAILED PANELS INSTALLED, BRILLIANT SCENERY, WHICH IS ALL FINE AND DANDY UNTIL YOU START TO MOVE!
HERE IS... QUICKEN IT! 2:
TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE:
1.REDUCE VISIBILITY
THIS IS SIMPLE TO DO AS ALL IT TAKES IS A QUICK TRIP TO THE 'WEATHER' SCREEN. THEN SCROLL THE VISIBILITY TO WHAT EVER YOU WANT EXEPT UNLIMITED! I'VE SET MY 'UNLIMITED VISIBILITY' TO 60 KM. WHICH IS TO MUCH. I TEND TO FLY IN 20 KM. BUT AGAIN SET THIS TO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
2.CHECK YOUR SCENERY
MAYBE YOU'RE SCENERY IS TOO COMPLEX, DO YOU HAVE LOTS OF BUILDINGS OF THE MANOUVERING AREA (APRON, TAXIWAYS, GATES...)?
IF SO THIS IS ONE POINT TO SORT OUT. TOO MANY BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE SCENERY, CAUSES PROCCESER STRAIN! TRY TO FIND A SIMPLIER SET OF SCENERY FOR THAT LOCATION OR AIRPORT.
3.TRY FSUIPC
FSUIPC.DLL IS A VERY GOOD FREEWARE UTILITY FOR FS2000. IN THIS UTILITY, YOU CAN ADJUST THINGS LIKE CLOUD THICKNESS AND TOGGLE TAXI WIND ON/OFF.
ALSO, IT FIXES PROBLEMS LIKE AS SOON AS YOU COME OUT OF CLOUDS, THE VISIBILITY SHIFTS BACK TO UNLIMITED AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN SOLVED. THEREFORE MAKEING FS RUN SMOOTHER WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH CLOUDS.
4.RAM
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARED THIS A MILLION TIMES: "GET MORE RAM". WELL IT WORKS, AS THE MORE RAM (RANDOM ACESS MEMORY) YOU HAVE, THE FASTER YOUR COMPUTER CAN THINK. THEN AGAIN, MANY OF US DON'T WANT THE HASSLE OF INSTALLING RAM OR BUYING IT, SO THEREFOREMORE RAM IS NOT REQUIRED!
5.GROUND TEXTURE
FLIGHT SIM'S GROUND TEXTURE IS GOOD BUT FRAME RATE HOGGING!
IF YOU REDUCE THE 'TERRAIN MESH COMPLEXITY' SLIDERALONGWITH 'TERRAIN DETAIL DISTANCE' YOU SHOULD GET A SMOOTHER SIM.
6.WATCH OUT FOR PANELS
GAUGES ON PANELS CAN EITHER HELP OR BE ENIMIES WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE. AS COMPLEX GAUGES, ARE LITTLE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS BUZZING AWAY IN THE BACKGROUND OF FLIGHT SIM. THEREFORE GIVING YOU'RE PC MORE TO DO, REDUCING FRAME RATES.
7.CLEAN YOU'RE PC (BEFORE)
BEFORE INSTALLING FS2000, RUN THE 'SCAN DISK' UTILITY ON WINDOWS TO FIND AND CORRECT ANY BUGS THAT MAY BEGIN TO CHOMP AWAY AS FSIM.
8.CLEAN YOU'RE PC (AFTER)
AFTER INSTALLING FSIM, RUN THE DISK DEFRAGMENTER ON WINDOWS TO GET EVERY THING UP TO DATE AND IN PLACE.
9.WATCH YOU'RE WINDOWS (1)
FSIM, RUNS IN A WINDOW, SO DO ALL PANELS AND VIEWS. MAYBE USING FULL SCREEN MODE, MIGHT GIVE YOU THOSE EXTRA FRAMERATES.
10.WATCH YOU'RE WINDOWS (2)
PANELS ARE ALSO INDIVIDUAL WINDOWS, YOU MAY SLIGHTLY IMPROVE FRAMERATES (FROM NOW ON I'LL CALL THESE FR'S) IF YOU DON'T USE PANELS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE VIEWS TO FORM A SINGLEPANEL(EG. 757 DELUXE WHICH HAS TWO PANELS ONE FOR GAUGES AND ONE FOR THE BACKGROUND OF THE MAIN PANEL INSTED OF BEING SO MUCH SIMPLER AND HAVING ONE PANEL) THEN THIS MAY BOOST FR'S.
11.CHECK PANELS
PANELS LIKE THE DEFAULT 777 AND 737 PANELS, MAY HAVE 'UPPER'VIEWS WITH START SWITCHES AND LIGHTS ON. THESE UPPER VIEWS HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON FR'S. TO GET RID OF THEM, SIMPLEY EDIT THE 'MAIN.BMP' FILE LOCATED INSIDE THE FS2000->B777-> PANEL FOLDER. EDIT THE FILE BY SELECTING THE COLOUR BLACK (THIS MEANS ABSOLUTE SUPER PURE JET BLACK, RGB 000,000,000) AND PAINTING OVERTHE UPPER VIEW. (THIS IS THE PART IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PANEL).
12.GET A GOOD 3D ACCELERATOR CARD
3D CARDS MANAGE CONVERTING 2D IMAGES IN FS2000'S 3D WORLD INSTEAD OF THE PROCCESOR, AND SO, GIVING THE COMPUTER LESS THINGS TO DO INCREASING FR'S.
13.INTERIOR VIEWS
WE ALL LOVE THOSE COCKPIT VIEWS. WHEN YOU LOOK OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOWS, YOU SEE A GREAT PICTURE OF THE COCKPIT YOU'RE IN. BEING ABLE TO SEE THE FIRST OFFICER'S (CO-PILOT'S)PANEL, HAS IT'S DISADVANTAGES. YOU MAY NOTICE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TO THE SIDES, THE FR'S ARE VERY BAD. WITHOUT THE SIDE VIEWS, IT GET'S RID OF THOSE LONG WAITS FOR THE VIEW TO LOAD (UNREALISTIC) AND SHOULD IMPROVE FR'S TO THE SIDES.
14.DYNAMIC SCENERY
DYNAMIC SCENERY IS SOAKING UP FR'S SO TURN IT OFF.
15.FSTRAFFIC STATICS
TRY TO AVOID STATIC SCENERY FROM FSTRAFFIC AS THIS IS JUST AS BAD FOR FR'S AS DYNAMIC SCENERY.
TO TURN THEM OF, GO INTO THE FSTRAFFIC->PREFRENCES->STATIC SCENERY.
16.FASTER PROCESSOR
THE FASTER THE BETTER, THOUGH IF UPGRADING FROM A 300MhZ PROCESSER TO A 600MhZ, YOU WILL NOT GET EXACTELY TWICE AS MANY FR'S. STILL WITHOUT PERFORMANCE, FSIM IS NOT WORTH USING. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU ARE A SPECTATOR AND LIKE TO WATCH FSTRAFFIC TRACKS INSTEAD OF FLYING THEN THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
17.CHANGE RESOULTION
IN FULL SCREEN MODE, RESOLUTION IS A BIG THING. LOW RESOLUTION (640 X 480) GIVES BETTER FR'S BUT MORE GRAPHICS QUILITY. WHEN HIGH RESOLUTION (1024 X 768) GIVES GREAT QUALITY BUT SLOWER A SLOWER FLIGHT SIM.
18.MONITOR FRAME RATES
TO CHECK YOUR FR'S PRESS SHIFT+Z TWICE (ONCE GIVES YOU YOUR CURRENT POSITION). THIS BRINGS UP A DISPLAY AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN SHOWING YOUR CURRENT FR'S.
19.TRY FSASSIST
FSASSIST IS FROM THE SAME DEVELOPERS AS FSTRAFFIC, LAGO.
THIS UTILITY CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS SHAREWARE FROM THE LAGO SITE. www.lago.co.uk (OR SOMETHING SIMILAR). FSASSIST MONITORS YOUR FRAME RATES AND CHANGES YOUR DISPLAY OPTIONS ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM FRAME RATE YOU WANT OR THE HIGHEST FRAME RATE. IF FOR EXAMPLE YOU TYPE IN A MINIMUM OF 8 FRAME RATES, AND A MAXIMUM OF 15, THEN IF YOUR FR DROPS BELOW 8, DISPLAY QUALITY WILL DECREACE. IF IT GOES HIGHER THAN 15 FR'S, IT WILL INCREASE. THIS WILL GIVEYOU YOUR OWN PERFECT BALANCEBETWEEN QUALITY AND PERFORMACE FOR YOUR MACHINE.
20.CLOSE OTHER APPLICATIONS
DURING YOUR FLIGHT YOU WON'T REALLYBE USING VIRUS CHECKERS OR WORD DOCUMENTS. SO CLOSE THEM DOWN BY PRESSING CONTROL+ALT+DELETE !!ONCE!!. IF YOU PRESS IT TWICE, YOUR COMPUTER WILL IMEDIATELY RESTART WITHOUT SAVING ANYTHING.
IN THE BOX YOU WILL SEE A FEW NAMES OF PROGRAMS. DOUBLE CLICK ON ANY OF THESE EXEPT SYSTRAY AND EXPLORER.
CONCLUSION
THE WAY YOU USE FSIM, IS TOTALY UP TO YOU. BUT WETHER YOU FLY AROUND IN THE BELL HELICOPTER READING BILLBOARDS AND CHECKING OUT THE TOP OF SCYSCRAPERS IN DETAIL, OR PREFER TO HAVE THEIR SIMS, SMOOTH AND REALISTIC. EITHER WAY, PERFORMANCE IS REQUIRED. YOU CANNOT FLY IN LOW FRAME RATES, AN APPROACH IS HOPELES WITHOUT ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE. THIS IS WHY I WROTE THIS.
THANK YOU.
DAVID CHAPMAN
chtchp@netscape.net
UK: 22\05\2001
USA: 5\22\2001
