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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | P3Dv4 micro pauses
DVA11704
Captain, B777-200

Joined on August 20 2013
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club

North Las Vegas, NV

770 legs, 3,557.4 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
769 legs, 3,554.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 11 2020 13:33 ET by Ryan Dewey
Hello all. So I have my P3Dv4 running pretty smoothly...no microstutters at all. This is a result of just pretty much adjusting the settings in P3D and in the Nvidia control panel. I do notice however that P3D occasionally pauses (for maybe a half of a second). When I say "occasionally', I mean on average about every minute or so. I timed the occurrences and they are random and not rhythmic. This also seems to happen with the same frequency regardless of altitude, speed, or weather.

My computer specs: I7 9700k (no o/c), 2080 Super (no o/c), 32 GB of RAM, z370 mobo, and Windows 10 Home. For addons I typically use Orbx, Active Sky for P3d, and of course, DVA's ACARS. I only fly using PMDG, Leonardo, Tfdi, and Aerosoft payware, and it happens to all of them equally.

My adjustment of the settings seem to have little effect on this issue, no matter how conservative I run P3D. I know I'm kind of splitting hairs here given the fact that this isn't exactly a game killer at once a minute, but does anybody have any thoughts? I suspect this is just the way P3D is.

Ryan Dewey

Captain, B777-200
DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
2,005 legs, 8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on October 11 2020 13:49 ET by Luke Kolin
If you log automatic flight saving in ACARS, my guess is that the pauses will match the autosave interval. You'll need to exclude P3D from your anti-virus.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA11704
Captain, B777-200

Joined on August 20 2013
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club

North Las Vegas, NV

770 legs, 3,557.4 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
769 legs, 3,554.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 11 2020 14:51 ET by Ryan Dewey
I'm going to figure out how to do that for Webroot. I typically disable Webroot before flight, which isn't optimal. Also, isn't the autosave interval fixed? I.E. every 90 seconds, 120 seconds or whatever the interval is.

Ryan Dewey

Captain, B777-200
DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
2,005 legs, 8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on October 11 2020 16:32 ET by Luke Kolin
It's all configurable in the settings.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA11704
Captain, B777-200

Joined on August 20 2013
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club

North Las Vegas, NV

770 legs, 3,557.4 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
769 legs, 3,554.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 16 2020 23:22 ET by Ryan Dewey
Luke I think you were right. My sim seems to be smoother now. Thank you!

Ryan Dewey

Captain, B777-200
DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century

"Chris, NOT in Seattle"
Northeastern United States

2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs, 3,252.2 hours online
2,243 legs, 5,407.0 hours ACARS
4 legs, 6.0 hours event
2 legs dispatched, 19.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on October 17 2020 07:50 ET by Chris Frasure
I can confirm Ryan. Same issue I had. I always turn off any and all flight saving in ACARS. With my add-ons it doesn't help with a sim crash anyway.
CF
DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,347 legs, 9,466.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
2,005 legs, 8,259.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,383 legs, 9,600.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on October 17 2020 10:09 ET by Luke Kolin
Chris Frasure wrote:

I always turn off any and all flight saving in ACARS. With my add-ons it doesn't help with a sim crash anyway.


Which add-ons are you using? I've yet to encounter one that doesn't work with auto-save.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA10856
Captain, B737-800

Joined on July 03 2012
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club

Fort Myers, FL

1,540 legs, 2,225.9 hours
1,539 legs, 2,221.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 17 2020 11:55 ET by Bob Getterz
Keep in mind if you have auto save enabled in FSUIPC the same pause may happen.


DVA11704
Captain, B777-200

Joined on August 20 2013
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Seven Century Club

North Las Vegas, NV

770 legs, 3,557.4 hours
1 legs, 2.2 hours online
769 legs, 3,554.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 17 2020 16:59 ET by Ryan Dewey
I've never messed with FSUIPC for anything. I know it installed when I installed ACARS, so maybe it's worth a look at least. I did take off a few hours ago from RJAA in my PMDG 748, in heavy cloud cover/rain, and it was like watching a movie it was so smooth. I am grateful for your insight Luke!

Ryan Dewey

Captain, B777-200
DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
E-MAIL

Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century

"Chris, NOT in Seattle"
Northeastern United States

2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs, 3,252.2 hours online
2,243 legs, 5,407.0 hours ACARS
4 legs, 6.0 hours event
2 legs dispatched, 19.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on October 20 2020 10:34 ET by Chris Frasure
Luke Kolin wrote:

Chris Frasure wrote:

I always turn off any and all flight saving in ACARS. With my add-ons it doesn't help with a sim crash anyway.


Which add-ons are you using? I've yet to encounter one that doesn't work with auto-save.

Cheers!



I've had no luck recovering with the FSLabs.
CF
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