**** Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Thread ****

[Participant]

I love this game but struggling with my X52 HOTAS; just seems to be off quite consistently veering off to the right; I've checked everything but think I'll need to accelerate getting it swapped.
I knew there was a couple of dodgy selections on the hat switch on the stick but able to work around for now (and I don't want to be without!)

CPU overclocked? My Logitech yoke was veering to the right and it turned out to be the result of too high an overclock. Only other symptom was an occasional BSOD when I plugged it in. Once I dialled that back slightly, the calibration was perfect.

Not sure if it's a common way for FS to react to overclocks but worth mentioning anyway.

 

[chrismscotland]

CPU overclocked? My Logitech yoke was veering to the right and it turned out to be the result of too high an overclock. Only other symptom was an occasional BSOD when I plugged it in. Once I dialled that back slightly, the calibration was perfect.

Not sure if it's a common way for FS to react to overclocks but worth mentioning anyway.

Thanks for mentioning! Not overclocked mine to be honest (yet anyway!)

 

[robfosters]

On my Logitech stick, there was a little thumb button on top that allowed me to freely look around the cockpit and external view in FSX.

Is this available in 2020?

 

[chrismscotland]

On my Logitech stick, there was a little thumb button on top that allowed me to freely look around the cockpit and external view in FSX.

Is this available in 2020?

On the X52 there is a "mouse" thumb stick which lets you move the view around; not sure if thats what you would be looking for?

 

[robfosters]

On the X52 there is a "mouse" thumb stick which lets you move the view around; not sure if thats what you would be looking for?

Yeah, I think it’s called a hat switch, but it just snaps to certain views and doesn’t let you look freely around.

 

[robfosters]

JayzTwoCents did a decent video about Flight Sim settings and what can be reduced with minimal visual penalty.

However the 3080 should do mid 30s FPS with everything on ultra 4K and 1:1 resolution.

Personally I'm on an overclocked 3070 and run most things at 4K ultra but with things like bloom and DoF disabled, 1:1 resolution scaling, and detail settings for scenery and objects reduced from 200 to 150.

I’m only on 1440p. Still seems to dip badly at times with everything maxed

 

[chrismscotland]

Yeah, I think it’s called a hat switch, but it just snaps to certain views and doesn’t let you look freely around.

I've got the X52 setup with the hat-switch on the throttle controlling Views; Left Toggles Between Internal and External and Right toggles "Free Mode" once I'm in that I can use the little mouse thumbstick to pan and rotate and I can use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

Swapping this for the Warhog HOTAS tomorrow so need to see how I can map controls on that!

 

[mid_gen]

Well, got my soldering iron today and properly wired up some controls. I now have everything working, rotary encoders -> arduino -> mobiflight -> FSUIPC -> MSFS, and the panel. I just need to design the panel to put it all in.

I was considering a G1000 replica, but dual rotary encoders are expensive, and I'm not bothered about the COM inputs and stuff. I'll design a custom panel with all the controls I use, and get a 3D printer to print it.

 

[Brazo]

I’m only on 1440p. Still seems to dip badly at times with everything maxed

It can be quite cpu limited, relies on 1-2 fast threads.

 

[robfosters]

It can be quite cpu limited, relies on 1-2 fast threads.

Using a 3900X

 

[Brazo]

Using a 3900X

Same here and it’s not quite good enough! Even a 5800x won’t get you 60fps (at times)

 

[robfosters]

Same here and it’s not quite good enough! Even a 5800x won’t get you 60fps (at times)

All we can hope is that DX12 and resizable BAR on Nvidia cards helps out a fair bit.

 

[Ur round next]

Just heads up that there does appear to be stock of the more popular HOTAS/Joystick options appearing; must have been a shipment received somewhere - decided to "upgrade" to the Warthog HOTAS and send the X52 back

You will love the Warthog thats what im using Pricey but worth it

 

[Brazo]

All we can hope is that DX12 and resizable BAR on Nvidia cards helps out a fair bit.

Aye. I did consider a 5800x for this game but couldn’t bring myself to do it for one game only. I used the money to buy the Thrustmaster airbus joystick instead!

 

[robfosters]

Where do you guys get your route planners and ILS charts from?

 

[chrismscotland]

Same here and it’s not quite good enough! Even a 5800x won’t get you 60fps (at times)

What do you think would yield a bigger performance boost; swapping a 3700X for a 5900X or a 3080 for a 3090?.....

 

[ghutchison14078]

Where do you guys get your route planners and ILS charts from?

Route planner = Simbrief

Charts = google the airports ICAO charts i.e "EGLL charts" for Heathrow for example, then save to a folder for keeps.

 

[ghutchison14078]

What do you think would yield a bigger performance boost; swapping a 3700X for a 5900X or a 3080 for a 3090?.....

MSFS in its current state, you probably wouldn't see much of an improvement in performance "upgrading" either of those components.

 

[ghutchison14078]

FYI: next sim update (the UK scenery update) is delayed 1 week until 2nd Feb

https://fselite.net/news/microsoft-...rodynamics-series-uk-update-delayed-and-more/

 

[turbot1984]

What do you think would yield a bigger performance boost; swapping a 3700X for a 5900X or a 3080 for a 3090?.....

heres cpu bench but 1080p?