Lepres Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 My PC has good specs with most settings to max, though there are the occasional micro-stutters, especially when viewing left or right in VC. Read that deleting / resetting fsx.cfg can work like a charm. Is this safe? Is it really helpful? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 To remove any dormant 'tweaks' that might be hindering performance yes, as a lot of tweaks may do something on their own but when combined can cause bad performance And yes its completely safe, you will only need to reset your slider settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepres Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks Tim. Will it also reset all my joystick settings? Actually i have not done any tweak before at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Safe yes useful, well that depends on your point of view, it is one of the safest ways of diagnosing many issues relating to the config. Just rename it from fsx.cfg to fsx.cfg.BAK and you can form your own opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I have never understood this mechanism in detail but I have read about this in several forum messages (including this forum). What exactly happens when I rename the fsx.cfg to fsx.cfg.BAK f.e. and restart FSX afterwards ? Will there be a new fsx.cfg generated by FSX with default (?) settings and what have I lost? Due to recommendations in the guidelines I have also saved a dedicated Orbx fsx.cfg, a fsx.cfg dedicated for The Netherlands and a fsx.cfg special for the Beechcraft Duke. Is anything lost when loading one of those after a new generation ? Can someone explain this to me or point to an article or... Thanks in advance. -Fred- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 to answer your question Fred, it resets the fsX.cfg to it's default values without any added "tweaks", just remember to make a backup copy and name it properly so you know what it was/is for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundancer Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thanks Wolter, that's clear, but what happens to the settings for add-on planes e.g. Are those settings also lost due to non-default settings, or are those settings not part of the fsx.cfg file at all. I am not familiar what's in the fsx.cfg file Any clue, link or document for a detailed explanation of that file is welcome. Cheers, -Fred- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hi Fred, settings for addon Aircraft are mostly as far as I know in their own folders and settings has nothing to do nothing the fsX.cfg file what gets affected is depth of field, number of AI aircraft displayed, road Traffic, water, etc, etc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrhealth Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 The only thing that affects planes is you will need to allow the gauges as they are stored in the cfg, but that is also a good way of ridding the cfg of gauges from planes you have removed. That list can get quiet long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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