Microsoft Flight Simulator (MS FS 2020) [XBSX|S, PC, XGP]
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What kind of settings is that at?
I remember DF finding was that it's very inconsistent.
I'm hoping it's using SFS to maximise the memory so get good texture quality at least.
VRS tier 2 - although not as useful at lower resolutions, there's probably a lot of places can be used (cloads, atmospheric effects etc)
Anyone know of a vid that's based on low end hardware, not the usual high end?
I'm eager to see the console implementations.
Apart from install size I don't remember seeing anything about the console version apart from that there will be one.
I'm hoping the port will be used as a good opportunity to get SFS implemented,
one because I worry how the console will look especially XSS without it,
and two for the future of PC, being able to lower memory requirements and improve streaming.
Fingers crossed.
cheapchips
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Silent_Buddha
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Yeah, I don't think SFS would be beneficial to this game. Or even Velocity Arch.
I guess you could if it's used purely with pre-cached assets, but how do you have the game handle both SFS/VA with precached assets while still having it use streamed data? Stream data into a VA region of the SSD? But that would put a lot of write cycles on those NAND cells potentially greatly reducing the lifespan of the SSD.
I just don't think this is a good candidate for SFS due to how data is used in the game.
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SB
I don't know much about how it works.
But are you suggesting it streams textures straight from the cloud into memory in realtime?
If that's the case then I would hope they would update it to cache it to the SSD then SFS stream the tiles required lowering memory usage. Although to be fair I'm only assuming memory usage would be higher than what's in XSS, maybe memory is low on MS:FS.
cheapchips
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Memory requirements actually doesn't seem too heavy from the quick Google I've seen, but I haven't seen what the different instalation and streaming modes are.
I just remembered seeing flying over cities and thought it would be good use case for SFS. But I also have no idea how the engine works.
cheapchips
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For what it's worth, they generate them in two different ways. They either use procedurally placed and generated buildings or streamed photogrammetry derived geometry/textures.
Can't remember the name of the company they used for procgen buildings but that was quite interesting. They do stuff like pick the roof shape/colour from the aerial photos where they have them and things like that.
ChuckeRearmed
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I wonder if they introduce ray tracing, how it will hit the performance. MFS is to go for benchmarks 
Looks like it's going to have a VRR mode as well as 30fps mode.
If the lowest is 35-40(worst case) it could really work well. So I'm eager to see what it's like as this is the sort of VRR uses I've been wanting to see, not just ironing out 60fps.
Not sure how it will be benchmarked though, unless it has an internal fps that can be enabled.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...2jOu7vjika9Tn6KQfq-kWfWX0_mSittbtU8xlTeUgp2CI
Microsoft Flight Simulator set to receive massive performance boost in next PC update
Arriving alongside Xbox Series X/S release.
Microsoft Flight Simulator set to receive massive performance boost in next PC update
Arriving alongside Xbox Series X/S release.
