specialist Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I've been on the fence about getting Skagit Regional. I've heard from some people in the past that they were disappointed with the frame rate hits they encountered flying in and out of that airport. To me it doesn't look like it should be any worse or better than some of your other major airports like KMRY, or KJAC. What has been the experience of most of you with Skagit? I'm really interested in flying at most of these San Juan Island airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Flyer Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hi Johnny, Good day to you sir. I always liked Skagit Regional, especially coming in low over the freeway on final approach. It is a great place to do circuits but takes a fast overclock and card to have it come in clear and smooth, and even then it is iffy. Probably this post is not much help, because you heard right, it is a difficult airport insofar as the raw processing power required, even when using less aggressive settings. However if you can handle the rendering, it is worth it, but if otherwise perhaps fly a little farther for now. Kind regards and Happy new Year, Stephen PS: LOL As you can see from my above post it is not very easy to say yes, or no, but I can give you a definite maybe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennH Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 KBVS is fine as long as you are prepared to ditch some of the eye candy in the control panel. I do away with grass, natureflow trees and peopleflow etc and I manage just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 For some strange reasons the whole area around Israel's Farm, Skagit and Anacortes is very performance demanding, even without having the before mentioned airports installed but only the full fat PNW. In this area I experience massive FPS drops within P3d2 and also within FSX. A couple of years ago this area was also infamous for causing d3d11.dll crashes. So installing Skagit Regional will give you an extra performance loss, but believe me, this airport is so incredibly well done, that this FPS drop won't bother you. This was one of my favourite airports in FSX and I'm eagerly waiting for its port over to P3d2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Maddog88 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I was also thinking about getting this. I can't be any worse than Anacortes, can it? I can normally get around 60 FPS at Anacortes in the Skymaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texerrn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I have never noticed any change. If the previous post had not mentioned a frame rate drop I would not have even suspected any difficulties at all. A while back I had read of the infamous rate problems and slowing around Seattle. Not for me, maybe I just have everything dialed in well. So with my experience I would say get all the PNW strips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdavart Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 It hits mine pretty well, same with the Goodwood, UK area. Don't have too many issues with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I love Skagit, and it is one of my favorites in the FTX PNW area. And, I agree with what the others have said. On my current rig, I can leave all the eye candy turned on and everything is still nice and smooth, even in the A2A C182T. However, on my previous rig which was an overclocked i7 2600k rig, I had to uncheck some of the eye candy in the control panel to get I to run smooth. Also, you are correct in that it will run similarly to 74S Anacortes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialist Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks guys, a lot of good information and experience shared by all. Gives me something to think about, before the sale ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I found it performs much better if I disable Anacortes as well as the grass at WN51 when I am flying there. I did have most control panel items checked, except for the highest grass level and the WN51 grass. I flew there more than any other airport (by a large margin) when I had FSX. It is not the easiest on frames, but I can name 5 others off the top of my head that are tougher on my system. I'm just waiting for the triple installer now (esp. since the A2A 172 and Cherokee are easier on my system in P3D than they were in FSX)! It's hard to tell what your system can handle with the specs, like overclocking, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdavart Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I have another little bit of info. As I mentioned, Skagit and Goodwood hit my system pretty hard. I've got an i2500 3.3, GTX660 3g, and 4g RAM. Frames are around 10 in Goodwood area with stuttering, I'm guessing because of all the photo real shoreline and cranes in the area. Anyway, I have EU England and Goodwood loaded in P3Dv2.4, and it's as smooth as silk. The card probably makes the difference? I would guess Skagit would be the same situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_YVR Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 As much as I love the area, Anacortes and Deception pass are one of THE hardest areas performance wise in my FSX/P3d. Skagit without Anacortes should work awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit Flyer Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Good discussion. I think it must be the industrial area across the bay at Anacortes that is causing the problem. There is not all that much at Anacortes airport itself is there? Perhaps Orcas Island and Israel's Farm are both too far away to effect it directly. If that is so, I wonder if there is a way to completely remove the cranes, ships and equipment west of Skagit. Anyone know if that is possible, in addition (subtraction actually) to the options provided in the Anacortes settings? Kind regards, Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennH Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Try dropping the scenery complexity down one notch That eliminates cranes usually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipdriver Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 As much as I love the area, Anacortes and Deception pass are one of THE hardest areas performance wise in my FSX/P3d. Skagit without Anacortes should work awesome.Agreed. I can't fly at Skagit with Anacortes active in the scenery library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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