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Why does updater install PBR when Only installed for FSX ?

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virtuali:

--- Quote from: Sparkrite on November 17, 2020, 06:47:17 pm ---I find it incredible that the end user has to download 3GB of data and then every time he runs the updater will
also update this totally unused and superfluous data.
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Well, I find more incredible that a GSX owner that has both FSX and P3D4 installer, would want to install GSX only FSX, especially considering how dramatically better is in P3D4. That's probably why nobody ever noticed this, not many use that unusual configuration.

But yes, as I've said, I guess we could save some bandwidth by checking not just if the sim is installed, but if GSX is active in the add-on.cfg.

Sparkrite:
Thank you for your reply.


--- Quote from: virtuali on November 17, 2020, 07:23:18 pm ---Well, I find more incredible that a GSX owner that has both FSX and P3D4 installer, would want to install GSX only FSX, especially considering how dramatically better is in P3D4.

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I have avoided personalizing my comments throughout, and I expected the same courtesy would be extended to me, but alas not.   :(

It is my computer and my personal choice how I configure it. But purely out of courtesy/politeness to you I will tell you why I UNinstalled it from P3DV4.
It is because of the stuttering that occurred when descending below FL100 approaching large airports. Rightly or wrongly, I'm not going to argue,
but when I remove GSX  the stuttering is removed along with it. This stuttering does not present in FSX.


--- Quote from: virtuali on November 17, 2020, 07:23:18 pm ---That's probably why nobody ever noticed this, not many use that unusual configuration.

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You have no idea whether nobody noticed it or indeed how many have this 'unusual' configuration, as you term it.
The fact that it has not been brought to your attention here, before I did, is absolutely no indication of that whatsoever.
You, yourself have said in other posts that only a very small amount of users come to forums to seek help/advice/tips etc..

If I'm absolutely honest with you, I'm somewhat sorry I did now.


--- Quote from: virtuali on November 17, 2020, 07:23:18 pm ---But yes, as I've said, I guess we could save some bandwidth by checking not just if the sim is installed, but if GSX is active in the add-on.cfg.

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To be fair, I suppose, at least, you conceded the above.

Thank you for your time,
Regards,
Sparkrite.

virtuali:

--- Quote from: Sparkrite on November 17, 2020, 08:15:02 pm ---I have avoided personalizing my comments throughout, and I expected the same courtesy would be extended to me, but alas not.
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That comment didn't had any relationship to you. It was to explain the design rationale of always downloading if P3D4 is installed, which was decided long before your post so, it doesn't have anything to do with you, it was just a reasoning made assuming what a "generic" user would likely do. Or what MOST users would do, and how much those with your unusual configuration would eventually cost us in bandwidth.


--- Quote ---It is because of the stuttering that occurred when descending below FL100 approaching large airports. Rightly or wrongly, I'm not going to argue,
but when I remove GSX  the stuttering is removed along with it. This stuttering does not present in FSX.
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Fact it's not present in GSX, should have been proof enough the problem is NOT caused by GSX, because the code is obviously the same in both simulators ( GSX is a Python program that doesn't really care much which simulator it runs under ).

The difference might be:

- different ways the CPU schedules threads between FSX and P3D4, possibly requiring different AffinityMasks settings, or no settings at all.

- different set of other add-ons installed between the two.

And, just to be sure, since when you tried GSX in P3D4 ? We recently released a 64 bit version, using the native P3D Simconnect client, so I cannot imagine how it could possibly run worse than FSX, on a 64 bit OS.

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