Better Performance and Higher FPS: AI Texture Optimizer for MSFS 2020

[@MathijsKok]

The resolution of a texture has no relation to your screen resolution. Texture resolution is measured in pixels per surface, so using a 2k display does not mean you can't see a 8K texture. It's just a completely different measurement. This tool just reduces the resolution, so you will see less details close up and get some performance in exchange. HOWEVER, if the modeler is using the latest tools and thus a rough base texture plus decals for the details, this tool will do nothing good. It will help with less advanced aircraft (FSLTL for example). But again, at the cost of details.

[@IslandSimPilot]

Thanks for the knowledge, Mathijs!!!

[@Comedy3610]

It seems that this may be the main use case. I've heard that it helps with performance when there's traffic specifically at a busy airport on vatsim.

[@pilotguy27]

To be honest, the biggest performance hit with FSLTL is not the aircraft, but the injector program itself. It suffers from tremendous memory leaks. When you lose performance, just close the injector and resart it and you will see your performance improve. I have been testing out Beyond ATC with the traffic injection, and I can say that the perfomance is greatly enhanced over FSLTL and AIG. Just remember that BATC uses whatever aircraft liveries you have installed (FSLTL, AIG, FS Traffic) for the aircraft models. I fly only in VR, and I can tell you that I can acheive 40 to 45 fps in most areas with BATC injecting and directing traffic. For VR, that is incredible FPS. I do have a beefy system (5800x3d, RTX 3080 Super). As I have said before in other posts, MSFS is very CPU and GPU intensive and is not highly optimized. It has been this way since the very first Microsoft Flight Simulator. The only way to improve performance is to get the right CPU/GPU combo and be very judicious with your settings. All this program is doing is dialing back your setting in a different manner for you. Just my opinion.....................

[@unclealig]

You finally have a new mic? Sounds way better than the old one

[@enriquebisetti9563]

Trying this NOW. Thank you Cap!!! Cheers from Perú, South America!

[@Nufsed007]

Thank you for this, I processed my AI Traffic (FSLTL) first and it worked like a dream. I am now halfway through my Community folder which is over 300 gig. I''ll let you know how it goes.

[@robomatt101]

I run an older PC with a RTX2080. My PC is locked at 30pfs with heavy traffic pretty much everywhere except the busiest airports. Inibuilds LAX with over 100 injected FSLTL traffic the fames will steady at about 22-24 fps avg and in some cases will momentarily dip below 20fps which is almost unplayable. When I used the texture optimizer for just the FSLTL traffic, I got about a 4fps gain (24-28fps avg) This may not seem as much but it is a HUGE difference in a lower end PC. in exchange the FSLTL liveries look the same from about 30ft away, but you can tell the difference if you drone up close to one of liveries. In all honesty, I think it was a good trade off! Thanks!

[@IslandSimPilot]

That's fantastic, and that's exactly the thing, it's not about huge gains but about making it playable in more situations. Great to hear!

[@30DegreesBank]

Can I ask you for your VRAM on your RTX2080? Guys, I have AMD RYzen 9, 32 RAM, RTX 3080 with 8 GB VRAM, on Airports like Manchester, Newark, LAX, Nice, in VATSIM and sometimes alone, I get 14-12 fps. It is unplayable. THe new Frankfurt, which I waited for so long, gives me tops 12 fps. Last night I tried this method. In 2048 Resolution, it made the files from 4,2 GB to 8,2 GB, which totally didn't make sense. I reconverted it to 1024 and it is 4,3 GB. I am actually thinking that the Aerosoft textures for EDDF are less than 1024 res, this is why the Texture Optimizer is enlarging the airport size instead of descresing it. And my FPS is a steady 10-12 there. Now I hear you have RTX2080 and getting much better performance. WHat am I doing wrong in the Sim overall? I am using Addons Linker, activating only the airports I need, the livery I need, what the heck is wrong with my setup then?

[@robomatt101]

@@30DegreesBank My 2080 has 8Gbs of VRAM. There's a lot of optimization I have done over the last year to get the FPS that I have. the biggest help was changing my texture resolution to MEDUIM instead of high or ultra in the MSFS graphic settings. this allow me a lot of headroom to bump up other settings. I also use Process Lasso to optimize the sim. (mostly to separate and allocate specific core affinities to different background apps that run along with MSFS. mostly to keep the main thread core freed up as much as possible. I would check GPU load to see if your utilizing most of your GPU and to see if you VRAM is being overloaded. turning down texture resolution should help with VRAM. Also I would make sure you're not doubling up on custom scenery where the stock airport scenery is actually being rendered under you custom scenery. that will definitely tank fps. there are many other things that maybe causing your issues but I can't think of any more atm, but for sure you should be getting better performance than me ideally.

[@30DegreesBank]

@@robomatt101 i really keep the texture res at High, I will attempt a Medium setting this evening, thanks! As far as VRAM utilization - it is at 99,9 %. The whole 8 GB are in use at those Airports, which immediately causes drop in fps. Thank you for the tips. I never heard of Process Lasso, I will research what it does. Thanks again!

[@NicolajFlies]

I really hope 2024 will be optimized and working without all of these tweaks. I’ve had to give up on 2020 and delete it.

[@imacmill]

Give up? Really? Are you running on a 486 PC from the 90s?

[@Fran_Caboy]

I have an i5 8400 and RTX 2060 6gb and the 2020 goes beautifu at 1080p

[@NicolajFlies]

@@Fran_Caboy - may I ask what size monitor you’re using? 😌

[@Fran_Caboy]

@@NicolajFlies MONITOR LG LED IPS 24MS500-B 23.5 1920 X 1080 100HZ 2 HDMI.... Also, I'm using lossless scaling and the simulation is going at 50-60 fps all the time. My monitor is 100HZ but for me 60fps is enough due to my hardware limitations. Witohut lossless sclaing i have between 25 and 40 fps in high settings

[@NicolajFlies]

@@Fran_Caboy - thanks. Appreciate that.

[@_PSantos]

Thank you.... thank you....... and thank you! I´m still in the middle of it (30%) and I feel I´ve lost a lot of weight already....! Thank you!

[@richardwarcup2432]

Hi thanks for this video been on a lower end system i can now use beyond ATC with traffic injection without loosing lots of frames 😀

[@Izmael1310]

4:19 that Kaspersky message LOL.

[@IslandSimPilot]

I know :)

[@cptairwolf]

This is probably overkill. All of the textures in the sim are already DDS files which means internally they store several resolutions of the same texture. So if your struggling to run the sim with high quality textures just lower your settings.

[@yuenbarnby8228]

Trying this out now captain

[@kelvinTran55]

IT LOOKS SO COMPLICATED. I WILL TRY TO WAIT 24. I AM ADDICTED

[@WnDTech]

If you use addon linker you don't need to rename anything, just disable the other one and you can switch between them to compare without moving folders. much easier

[@IslandSimPilot]

Very good point, I do this myself.

[@rahulk5039]

I have been using this since sim update 15 and helps a lot with stutters on the final approach with heavy AI traffic at the destination airport.

[@IslandSimPilot]

That's great to hear!

[@augustomartins9516]

Here we go again... Thx cap

[@JaimeCCS]

I ran the process for the AIG traffic and I got an opposite result; the original folder was 70 GB and the opimized 78 GB. The time processing was 2:49 hr. My system is a Ryzen 9 7950 X3D, 64 GB RAM, and RTX4090.

[@martinlukas3945]

Thanks alot, great! But i really wonder, why this whole package is so HUGE? More than 1GB just the installation? I hope this program doesnt do anything else, i dont want.

[@JaimeCCS]

Thx Cap. I have a question, this process must be done every time we update the AIG models and liveries?

[@michelvelez9259]

I discovered that the tool also upscaled all the textures that was 256x256 512x512 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 would be great if it only downscales the 8k 4k textures..

[@77Danny]

Will this have any effect on AIG OCI or will this work with AIG OCI?

[@mikecoffee100]

my FPS and Textures are fineeeee but thank you for another awesome video

[@dwayneearle8787]

I assume this should positively effect VR as well?

[@jamesm568]

I usually just turn everything up and then slide that rendering over to 6K on a 4K monitor.

[@jaroslawpiwar5811]

Does it work in VR mode?

[@stephendwyer6926]

Thank you! 37.8GB to 13.7GB.

[@IslandSimPilot]

Same as me pretty much!

[@Hypnotoast]

@@IslandSimPilot I think we all use the same FSLTL folder. Mine has exactlyy 12427 liveries, just exactly the number you got in the video!

[@sharonballario7967]

it won't open the addon folder, it give me access denied

[@Izmael1310]

I appreciate the work you put into videos like this one, but frankly without the fps test before/after it has almost no value. I dont think that loading lower textures means more fps. Lower textures are less demanding on your GPU VRAM (usually 8 12 or 16 gb) and that is hugely influenced by the resolution you use for gaming (4K monitor 2k monitor FHD monitor). If I use 4K livery I can tell the difference in quality pretty easily even on 2k monitor I play. I dont use 8K livery just because I do have only 8gb of vram on my GPU and at large airports it runs like 90-95%, but when I tried it I had same fps with 8k livery and 4k livery and also some "medium quality" livery (author did not specify what resolution it is) my guess is 2k because it was roughly 50% size of the 4K pack. So in my opinion this wont help with fps (in my case texture resolution doesnt do anything), but it frees up vram on your gpu which can be benefitial in heavy areas, because when you reach 100% gpu and also vram usage you are going to get really bad stutters.

[@Patrick_AV]

Really curious if someone gains some fps. Dont believe it will help. Only if you run out for vram.

[@josephgreen4217]

I did try this for trafic. When i tried to run this along beyond atc there was no trafic so i uninstalled it all

[@rogermorered]

Isn't it easier with xnView MP ? This can batch convert Resolution too.

[@captain6198]

I think this would be only good for saving some free space.

[@77flyer]

Thanks for the video but I created a curiosity now, so for example when I download a livery for the fenix, some will have two folders, one says american 4k and the other one american 8k, I have a 3440x1440 34 inches monitor, which one should I download? And I will notice the difference? Thanks in advance

[@IslandSimPilot]

I would personally download the 4k resolution.

[@77flyer]

@@IslandSimPilot thanks so no difference with the 8k i assume in my monitor?

[@sheepdogproductions1272]

Hey man, I have a problem with the frame gen mod DLSS tweaks edition, when I turn it on the screen flickers and shakes anytime I move the screen around, I have a i7 processor and a rtx 3060 laptop GPU, 16gb of ram. It also does it in th3 main menu as well. Any idea on how to fix?

[@cdnrod]

I have the same problem ( I think) quite often. What I do is I pause the sim, go to game settings and lower the resolution, save, go back to the sim, then I confirm the shaking has stopped and its all smooth again. Then I go back into settings and restore the resolution to my higher preferred settings, return to the sim and it remains smooth. Don't know why this works but it does ( at least for me)

[@sheepdogproductions1272]

@@cdnrod yeah like i'll be in the global map and when I turn the globe to select and airport all the text and pictures in the corner start moving like out of place and stuff. What resolution do you change it to?

[@cdnrod]

@@sheepdogproductions1272 I haven’t experienced any shaking until I actually start up the flight sitting on the runway. I’ve been experimenting lately, but shaking happens almost every time and doing what I said previously fixes it every time. the last flight I did I was 2560×1440 it was doing the shaky thing so I reduced it to 19 20 x 1200 it was all smooth so then went back returned to 2560×1440 and it was all good and smooth for the entire flight. I’ve done at 3840×2160 down 3413×1920 and back again and that worked as well. I have i7 intel, rtx 2070 super.

[@ManielJackiel]

This is too much work 😂 I guess I’m lucky and fortunate to have a rig that handles all 4k and 8ks res just fine.

[@DominicanRat83]

I think I’m gonna have to upgrade my gpu in order to run 2024 at max settings, cause I currently have a 3060Ti, I know this won’t cut it for me

[@IslandSimPilot]

I think 2024 is going to be easier on the GPU than this sim actually.

[@terblanchejordaan3822]

Be careful with editing Airports because this tool wil change even 512 and 1024 textures to 2048 therefore increasing the disk space and will have the opposite effect.

[@dmajestic80]

This is actually a great point. I wonder if the code is intuitive enough to know that its function is to downgrade only?

[@tvrubenjo4010]

Just run msfs vanilla as you can. With the settings that are intended for your pc. All these tools make everything complicated and half of them don't work properly or cause issues or aren't compatible with each other..

[@Hypnotoast]

that would take away half the fun. Not everybody here is just for the flying but also for the constant tinkering to squeeze in just 1 more fps, me included!

[@bakzetary3145]

LOL, what a waste more and more programs just to get a few FPS........

[@IslandSimPilot]

To each their own, but this can be the difference between stutters on final and no stutters on final. All depends on your rig and what kind of flying you're doing, but to me it's worth it.