Tutorial Getting the most out of P3D and your Sim.

Hmm... Not sure to be honest mate... Is it possible your Sim is reaching it's maximum lean and it's not actually able to "pull back" to centre? To test this I would set the "Axis Limiting" to about 50% and see if it happens then. If the issues goes away you might have to pull back the Axis maximum a bit. The only game I have to do this in though is DIRT Rally as having Axis Limit of 100% kills my motors. I need to set it to 93% to avoid "overshoots".

Axis Limiting is in the Game Engine and is a setting for ALL games, (not per game) so keep this in mind when changing.

I have Zero experience with SCN5's so this might not apply to you, but to find the Physical limits of my Sim, I turn on the Output test and change the output to "per Axis" (not DOF). Then I slide the slider all the way towards 100% until my Motor arm tops out. This gives me the maximum that my levers can go under any profile. For example, 93% on mine is "top dead centre"

I then set 93% (or less) in the Axis limiting to avoid over throwing the arms etc... I am still learning this stuff and all sims are different, so your milage may vary.

Thanks Archie I too have same issue with Dirt that throws you around quite a bit. Will try what you mentioned thanks again

Bonjour Archie
Vous voulez dire que vous n'utilisez ni Roll ni pitch, mais à la place vous utilisez extra1 et extra2 et les smooths ?
Je suis interressé par cette configuration car j'ai quelques problème avec ce que j'utilise

Hello Archie
You mean you are not using roll or pitch, but instead you use extra1 and extra2 and smooths?
I am interested in this setup because I have some problem with what I use

Screen shot of my setting



Pouvez vous faire une copie d'écran de votre configuration
Can you make a screenshot of your settings
Merci d'avance
thank you in advance

Farfred

Bonjour @Farfred !

As @noorbeast says, please use Extra1 and 2 for the Roll and Pitch. @value1 modified the plugin to work better on those axis, and of course because Roll and Pitch is "game tied" the next ones he could use were Extra1 and 2, so please don't be put off by the names.

Let me know how you get on mon`ami!

Hi mon ami

Je ne suis pas effrayé par les noms, je trouve seulement cela curieux d'utiliser extra 1 et extra 2 à la place de Roll et Pitch,mais vous avez certainement plus d'expérience que moi .
Je vous joint le setting que j'ai fait , dite moi si c'est ok , si je peux essayer comme cela.

I'm not scared by the names, I only found it odd to use extra extra 1 and 2 instead of Roll and Pitch, but you definitely have more experience than me.
I joined you the setting I actually, called me if it's ok ,if I can try as

Quand vous parlez de modifier dans le plugin( la je suis vraiment effrayé ....)
c'est bien le plugin ''FSX_P3D_plugin dont vous parlez
Là je n'y connait rien, je suppose qu'il faut éditer avec Bloc-notes, jusque la ça va mais aprés pour moi c'est du chinois

When you talk about change in the plugin (there I am really scared ....)
this is the plugin '' FSX_P3D_plugin you speak
There I not know anything, I guess you have edited with Notepad, until after , for me it's Chinese

Ici le setting que je vais essayer
Here I'll try setting




Merci mon ami

Ok maintenant je comprend l'interet d'utiliser extra1 et 2 à la place de Roll et pitch.
J'ai chargé les nouveaux setting et je suis occupé a faire des essais en vol, c'est un peu long car chaque fois que je veux retoucher axis assignement, je suis obligé d'arrêter FSX et de le relancer ( ce qui prend un peu de temps à chaque fois)
Je cherche aussi le meilleur compromis dans tuning center , la c'est plus facile car on peut agire pendant que le FSX tourne.
Dés que j'aurais trouvé les meilleurs réglage, je publirer mes différents setting.

Ok now I understand the interest to use extra 1 and 2 instead of roll and pitch.
I loaded the new setting and I am busy doing a test flight, it is a bit long because every time I want to retouch axis assignment, I have to stop and restart FSX (which takes a little time each time)
I also look for the best compromise in tuning center, this is easier because you can make that while running FSX.
As soon as I would have found the best setting, I publish my different setting for other.

These are the settings I use for P3D for reference.



Axis 2 DOF1 is also 25%

Axis 2 DOF 2 is also 50%

Normally, the rule is that your % forces should be around 100%.
In a flight sim I want to feel the roll and pitch more so I almost max them out.
My argument here is that if you are hitting 80-90% in Pitch and Roll in an Aircraft AT THE SAME TIME, you're about to slam into the ground or break apart your Plane!

Hi @archie,mon ami

Merci pour vos réglages,je vais essayer cela aussi
Tx for your settings, I'll try that too

celui que j'ai utilisé est très proche de cela
the one I used is very close to it, take a look



Vous allez dire que je suis gourmand, mais dans tuning center , quels reglages avez vous ?
Parce que là je nage un peu ( beaucoup)

You'll say I'm greedy, but in tuning center, which settings do you have?
Because here I swim a little (lot)

Hi @Farfred ,

I've attached my Max/Min settings for P3D. Best thing to do it edit this (it's XML) in notepad and compare the values with Notepad and Tuning Centre open at the same time.
I would not recommend dropping this into your folder to test with as the values for each sim can be vastly different.

Just unzip the file.

Tx @Archie , i am going too try your max/min settings
Je comprends bien que chaque simulator doit avoir des reglages spécifique.
Mais en ayant une réference de départ, c'est plus facile et moins long.
chacun ne doit pas réinventer le fil à couper le beurre
I understand that each simulator must have specific settings.
But having a starting Reference is easier and shorter.
each should not reinvent the wire sliced bread.

Aujourd'hui, j'ai modifié mon câblage entre la monster et l'arduino, pour pouvoir utiliser le code qui supprime le sifflement ultrasonique
C'est vraiment super , plus de bruit de sifflement ,c'est très silencieux. Ouf ça fait du bien aux oreilles

Today I have modified my wiring between the monster and the Arduino, to use the code that deletes the ultrasonic whistle
It's really great, more hissing sound is very quiet. Phew it feels good to the ears

Comme il n'y avait que 3 fils à modifier, je ne voulais pas perdre la facilité d'embrochage de la monster dans l'arduino. j'ai donc replié les 3 pines et soudé 3 fil vers l'arduino. J'ai pu ainsi réenbrocher la monster dans l'arduino

As there were only 3 wire to change, I do not want to lose the ease of plugging the monster in the Arduino. so I folded the 3 pines and welded 3 wire to the Arduino. I was able to plug the monster in the Arduino

Holy crap, just played with the extra 1/2 settings with my rift on...did the fsx oil rig mission......that was the most awesome thing ever! Still grinning. awesome

I'm trying prepar3d v2.4 but every time I run the game, Simtools game manager crashes, checked that SimTools_GameManager.exe.config where in the Simtools folder but keeps crashing, any tips?
Also, I get a constant 20fps without the DK2 so I think it has to be with the config of the game, but I can't find a menu to change graphic settings

Thank you very much!
I'm running a i5 4670+, GTX 770, with 8gb ram. Not that bad to just get 20fps.
I will try prepar3d v3 with flyinside demo and I will use your settings as a guide to see what happens.

Will have a try of those settings myself @noorbeast - I was looking at your settings thinking "He's got no AA / MSAA switched on, it must look hideous - Gadzooks man, has he lost his mind!!" Then I saw your card settings! Must try it that way. Using the P3D settings I get 25-30FPS so to get close to 100FPS by offloading to the Card drivers seems the better option.