NeilG Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Quote Your Central log file provides us important information, please attach it to your support requests. You can find it at the following locations, or by pressing Control + Shift + L. Windows: %APPDATA%/Orbx/Central/central.log macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Orbx/Central/central.log Linux: ~/.config/Orbx/Central/central.log You can delete this box/quote once your log is attached Hi guys, Another question: I've tried again to install all using the new Central installer and all is going well. As regards the library, does it matter what the speed of the HDD that I'm putting the library on matter? Does it slow things down if I put it on a HDD rather than a SSD, or if it doesn't matter I have an external drive that would save a great deal of space if I could put it on there? Thanks all. Neil. Operating system: Win 10 Simulator: P3Dv4 Screenshot: Issue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 5 hours ago, NeilG said: Hi guys, Another question: I've tried again to install all using the new Central installer and all is going well. As regards the library, does it matter what the speed of the HDD that I'm putting the library on matter? Does it slow things down if I put it on a HDD rather than a SSD, or if it doesn't matter I have an external drive that would save a great deal of space if I could put it on there? Thanks all. Neil. Operating system: Win 10 Simulator: P3Dv4 Screenshot: Issue: I too would like to know the answer to this as well. I migrated everything to an HDD but I notice that the initial loading of P3Dv4.5 takes a lot longer to get to the GUI screen than when it was on my SSD in the P3D folder. Once P3D opens to the GUI and I launch a scenario the loading is much the same. If it would be better on the SSD I will go through the trouble of migrating from HDD to SSD. Regards, Dane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 What do you mean by "slow things down"? Load time? Actually running the sim, are there periods where the sim "slows down"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Dane said: I too would like to know the answer to this as well. I migrated everything to an HDD but I notice that the initial loading of P3Dv4.5 takes a lot longer to get to the GUI screen than when it was on my SSD in the P3D folder. Once P3D opens to the GUI and I launch a scenario the loading is much the same. If it would be better on the SSD I will go through the trouble of migrating from HDD to SSD. Regards, Dane Dane, It seems you've answered your own question. Of course the SSD loads the sim faster than the HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, Stewart Hobson said: Dane, It seems you've answered your own question. Of course the SSD loads the sim faster than the HDD. Thank you Stewart - I just wasn't totally sure of that - now I know. Dane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilG Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks for answering guys. My question pertained to performance in the sim really.. I don’t really see why it should. I run P3Dv4 off an SSD and my librariy is on an HDD, but my interpretation of what is happening is that files are collected up and buffered before they are in the sim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone1 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 From previous post I have read here it seems like once it is loaded into the sim there is not much of a difference. Of course the SSD is faster getting it into the sim but once in, I'm hearing not that much different. If I am off base with this information then I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilG Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 T 20 hours ago, Cyclone1 said: From previous post I have read here it seems like once it is loaded into the sim there is not much of a difference. Of course the SSD is faster getting it into the sim but once in, I'm hearing not that much different. If I am off base with this information then I stand corrected. That is my impression as well. Could a developer confirm that please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W2DR Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 This is some info I posted in an earlier thread. The only thing I'd add is to say that all of the external drives were mounted in a USB3 docking station. All mileage is, of course, variable. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's my admittedly-unscientific look at load times and in-game performance with varying drive configurations. These times are the average of three executions for each scenario. The only add-on is a complete set of ORBX scenery. I saw NO DIFFERENCE in in-game performance no matter which drive was being used. My bottom-line? You can run FSX/P3D from any drive you chose and the only penalty is going to be the initial load time. But, you may already know that......... Internal SSD Reference External SSD + 54 seconds Internal HDD - 7200 RPM +112 seconds External HDD - 10000 RPM +157 seconds External HDD - 7200 RPM +201 seconds External HDD - 5400 RPM +236 seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone1 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Thanks W2DR that is sorta were I was leaning but without the numbers you provided, I agree with you not noticing any real difference in the sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilG Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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