Regarding the Graphics Settings of my two computers in the last Post, some friends asked what the specifications of my two PCs are and questioned if it is justified to compare them side by side since there aren’t much too difference in the comparison chart shown in the post.
Yes, interestingly, except a few items I set higher than the other, most of the settings between the two PCs are identical, even their looks under my desk.
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Perhaps you have encountered similar situations before: the performance of the simulator deterioriates as time goes by. In the end, you’ll have to tune it again. I just did about a week ago.
Followings are what I set at present:
| nVidia Drivers | Reinstalled – As Clean GeForce Experience – Removed |
| nVidia Settings | Power Management Mode – Prefer Maximum Performance Others – Default |
| Windows Settings | Game Mode – ON Xbox Game Bar & Captures – OFF Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling – OFF |
| CPU Priority | FlightSimulator.exe – High via Prio (Post 714) |
And the Graphics Settings in MSFS for my two computers: Continue reading
Found this video on Youtube and followed what he suggested on recalibrating my Rudder Peddles and Yoke even though they are not from Redbird — my Yoke is from VRInsight and Rudder from Saitek.
The result was surprisingly good. Not sure if it is Continue reading
Probably you have heard many suggestions saying that by increasing the CPU priority of a flight simulator from Normal to High, the program will run more efficently and stably. I found it’s true on P3D and MSFS in my case.
Instead of manually changing the CPU priority to High everytime when MSFS starts, I am using the following simple app to help save my preferences for good.
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It is quite annoying when the custom cameras I created for full forward view (see my Post 638 and 697) are reverted back to their defaults after MSFS 2020 or the addon aircraft themselves updated.
Therefore I created a small utility called MSFS_Camera_Restore to help put my custom cameras back quickly in case such situations happen.
The objective of the utility is straightforward and requires no learning curve. And it has virtually no limit to the number of cameras to be added. Moreover, the original camera will be backed up prior to its adding to the utility, too.
For those Continue reading
The Engine Cluster for the Just Flight PA28R has just been released. Individual 
versions for the Arrow III and Turbo Arrow III/V are included.
Current users of my Arrow III Gauges are entitled for an Introductory discount.
Information has been sent to all users. Contact me if you don’t get the email.
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The original layouts I developed for the Carenado M20R Ovation Engine Gauges were based on a stack usage, allowing one to be placed on top of the other. However, from time to time, I couldn’t help thinking the single-row design on the M20R is nice too.
So here comes the extension set using the single-row design at last. 
In addition, animation for the Continue reading
Following the RMI update released last week, the ALT, ATT, HSI and VSI of the default B58 (not the Carenado version) in FSX/P3D have also been updated to version R4r04, allowing users to install them into MSFS environment as well.
Similarly, except the new installer, functions of the gauges remain the same. Continue reading
One thing that frustrated me for quite some time was the RealSimGear Device Interface wouldn’t load up with MSFS automatically.
After the Interface was installed, I moved the whole package out from the MSFS\Community folder to the \Addons\Utility\RealSimGear folder on the same drive in my system, so that it could be activated via MSFS Addon Linkers.
Then I edited the Path of the Device Interface Module accordingly in the exe.xml file as follows:
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>RealSimGear Add-on</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Path>F:\Addons\Utility\RealSimGear\bin\RealSimGear.exe</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
The path was correctly pointing to the RealSimGear.exe but the Device Interface simply wouldn’t load with MSFS.
I had been scratching my head for quite some time why the setting wouldn’t work until today Continue reading
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