Steve Hunnisett

Hi Cameron- thanks for your reply. I do understand what you're saying and it may seem absurd but the frame rate monitor doesn't lie! I've been in the coastal region in Mozambique on the sim for a week or so now- there's no add-on scenery and the first version of the PT 19 works much better than the update, even with the sparse default scenery in the region. I still have the download zip file for the first version of PT19- would this simply download the upgraded model? Cheers Steve

Hi. I it possible to 'return' to a previous version of an aircraft? I have found that the latest version of the BN22 and the PT19 worked better on my machine than the latest model- on both aircraft the frame rates have decreased markedly. The BN22 used to give me 30fps (with open GL)- now I get about 21 fps on my mac (with metal); the PT19 could achieve 21-23 fps but the update now only delivers about 15fps, even at very low graphics settings with 418mb of textures loaded. At least I could use the older versions!

Thanks again- appreciate your guidance. Having little scenery for reference (I'm 'flying' in Africa at the moment on XP) seems to help sharpen my Ded. Reckoning Navigation- when I get in a real plane I'm spoilt for landmarks to use and everything seems much easier :-). I used to use Mac Minis- the first one got so old it wouldn't accept any upgrades and was still in good working order when I got rid of it. For me Windows PCs were nothing but trouble but then I'm no IT wizard- I just want a working reliable computer and Apple gave me that! Thanks again

I did reload originally through the Developer menu after selecting 'auto start'- that gave me a many miles high experience. The crash experienced at Jerry's tender hands seems to be when you ask him to 'help with priming'- I didn't use the developer menu to reset after that, just started a new flight. I actually feel quite sorry for Jerry as he cranks away for ages trying to get the engine started ;-)

Thanks for the help. I've been aware of the limitations of the graphics card for sometime- I'm told having lots of spare RAM helps and generally even with Open GL I was comfortably getting 30fps . I have a very big fleet of payware aircraft, most of which run pretty well and many of them are performing even better with Metal on XP 11.50 with 40fps not uncommon- even large and complex airliners run well for me which is why I was surprised at the low FPS of the PT 19. Many of the aircraft I have recommend 4gb-8gb graphics but they still run surprisingly well on my system. I do use SkyMaxx Pro but have consistently found that removing this makes little difference to frame rates. I use little or no add-on scenery- a compromise I accepted a long time ago. Interesting what you say about screen resolution- I'm using 2048x1152; the only other option would be 1600x900- probably not very good at all. Having spent some years playing with X-Plane graphic settings the first thing I tried was to tweak these but curiously this made little or no difference to the PT 19. There will, of course come a time when my trusty Mac can no longer cope- hoping it will do a few more years yet...

Thanks Cameron- my Mac is late 2015, (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon R9 M390 2 GB. Generally it copes really well, video card considered. The latest version of the BN Islander has the same performance issues, however the previous release running on Open GL was giving me 30FPS- more than happy with that! On that subject, is it possible to 'return' to a previous release of an aircraft?

Hi. Specs are: Mac, late 2015, (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon R9 M390 2 GB.

Hi Dan. My Mac is late 2015, (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 24 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon R9 M390 2 GB. I know the graphics card is limited (most off-the-shelf machines of this age and type are) but generally speaking I'm getting good FPS with Metal on most aircraft. It would seem my assumption that the PT 19's lack of complex avionics and passenger cabin detail would help with FPS was rather wide of the mark! The toe-brakes act the same whether on tarmac or grass- the plane slows to a crawl (throttle to idle) but doesn't stop completely; the pedals move downward as they should. I'm sure it's something minor... Not being a computer genius I'm afraid I don't understand how Nvidia Inspector would work! Tried to get the wind (and a few bugs ) in my hair again today in the PT-19 and discovered a slight variation on the start up problem mentioned by Giaco. It seems that the friendly mechanic is rather stronger than his appearance suggests- if you ask him to 'Help with Priming' then to 'crank' when the engine fires the aircraft flips into the air then rolls over on fire. "Start with engines running' is disabled in the X-Plane menu. I also had a similar problem with the other 'auto-start' option- it catapults you thousands of feet into the air! I realise you're already looking at this- don't know if this information is useful to you. Thanks again- hope to see many more UJS products!

Hi. Really enjoying the PT-19- certainly nice to try something basic. I have a question about frame rates. My iMac delivers a consistent 20FPS using Metal drivers and the usual graphic settings for the PT-19. Other, far bigger and more complex aircraft with glass cockpits, etc will usually give 30FPS at those settings. The PT-19 is flyable, no problem there but given the simplicity of the systems, etc I was curious to know why the frame rate is so low. I've tried reducing the graphic settings and other known methods of reducing the load on the graphics card but these make little difference; indeed the only setting that seems to make any difference is the Anti-Alias. I've also tried removing plug-ins but this too has no impact. The other thing is the Toe Brakes- I use Saitek Rudder pedals. They work- when I brake the nose of the aircraft dips slightly and it slows down but the toe brakes don't seem to bring the plane to a full stop. Is this how the original aircraft works- toe brakes to slow, then parking brake? Many thanks- the PT-19 is great!

Hi again. Thanks for the advice- resetting the preferences didn't make any difference so I tried using OpenGL instead of 'Metal" (Mac computer). With Metal I was getting 22 FPS inside and out; with open GL I got 33FPS inside the cockpit but an almost complete crash down to 4fps for the external views. Removing the Librain file usually helps with this on a Mac but not on this occasion. Don't know if that helps?

Hi. Your BN2 Islander is a solid favourite but the low frame-rates experienced in the first version appear to re-surfaced in v1.1.2. Yes, my system has a pretty poor graphics card; the first version struggled to clear 8-10 FPS when looking towards the rear of the aircraft. The second version was a huge improvement and I was getting 28-30 FPS all the time. Since updating to XP11.5 (and with Metal drivers activated) most of my extensive collection of add-on aircraft are performing really well at quite high graphics settings- I had high hopes for the latest version of the Islander. Alas I'm now struggling to get 23 FPS most of the time, with drops on occasion to 19fps (regardless of internal view position). The immediate suspect was the graphics settings so I reduced these but doing so made hardly any difference- I tried several combinations but without much success- at the most I'd get maybe an additional 1-2 fps. Is this an old problem resurfacing or something new? Hope you are able to help out- you did a great job of sorting a similar issue out last time! Log copy.txt

Hi. just wanted to say a big thank you- I've just downloaded the latest version of the Sundowner and I'm getting 30+ FPS on XP 11.41! Delighted with the aircraft- it's stability and feel are very much like the club PA28 and HR200 that I fly. So glad I can now use this aircraft...