Fs 2004 Very Slow?????

[BuzzDatAzz]

has anyone noticed that when you load a lot of extra planes and in my case traffic 2005 that when you execute FS 2004 it is very slow to start even after booting when you choose a plane and create a flight it "crawls". My framerates are really jittery and slow it will jump from like 25-9 and back!!! Thanks in Advance fo the help!

[ozzy72]

Lack of disk space?

[Spades]

  Well, Traffic 2005 is an AI expansion, meaning that your AI aircraft were switched from the default fake liveries to whole new, probably higher res liveries. Also, it uses new aircraft, giving you a larger variety of AI (not just the default Boeings, a few Pipers, a Cessna, and, randomly, a Ford Tri-Motor).
  Even though this is usually a good thing, just like any scenery expansion, it takes more of your system resources to load the better AI, thus slowing your PC when you fly over or near airports.
  My advice would be to try flying in default sceneries (if you weren't in the first place), sparsify your traffic (less aircraft on the ground and in the sky=less resources taken), tone down your graphics a bit perhaps, but not too much, lock FPS at about 20 (its more personal to each computer though, try different settings and find the best), and, if all else fails, disable/delete the problem add-on.  
  Also, remember to defrag, clean out viruses, and scan for adware and spyware monthly. Defraging basically organises the drive so that it can find information faster, while viruses, adware, malware, and spyware slowly eat all your resources. Just performing basic maintenance can keep your computer running as fast as when it was new, no matter how old it is and how little space you have left on your hard drives. Another advantage of doing this is that you won't have to constantly run anti-virus programs in your system tray, further freeing up resources. I personally have nothing at all in my system tray while I am gaming, other than the volume control and a RAM-freeing program.
  Well, if any of those things don't fix it I can't tell you what else will. Im going to quit talking now, so the other kind members can perhaps elaborate on some of the things I have pointed out here.

                                      -Spades

[JBaymore]

I bet all of a sudden you noticed a LOT more AI planes at the airports.  All of those planes are drawn with polygons, and the position of every polygon in 3-d space has to be kep track of.  The positions and flight conditions of every plane within 40 NM has to be tracked.

All of that computing takes processor power and cycles (time).  High AI is one of the prime "killers" of framerates... next to clouds.

best,

.......................john

[Cessna93]

A few words in my opinion (based on what I keep getting told by members)

You need more RAM.

[BuzzDatAzz]

I want to thank you all for your help, I will try the lock FPS option I had that set to unlimited thinking it would help my FPS. How do you switch to default scenery.....should i just uncheck traffic 2005 in the scenery menu? I also see a whole lot of other scenery places in the list that I don't think were there before i installed traffic 2005. In other words should i uncheck everything except default scenery?