View Group migration V4.5 to V5.2

[Aussie1234]

I am a very happy v4.5HF3 user but I think it is time to move my B737 cockpit to V5.2. There seems to be many good reports.

My view group is a 4 LCD screen, outside view, producing nearly seamless a 210 degree view.

My question is: Can I just copy and paste the existing view group file, over from v4.5 to v5.2, or is it a new file format or structure?

Aussie

[Aussie1234]

I answered my own question after purchasing and installing V5.2.

I copied the two files over from v4.5 in the App Data folder to v5.2 and it works perfectly.

Aussie

[dafyddp3d]

Hi Aussie
Are your monitors driven by a single video card? The reason I ask is because there seems to be a problem with viewgroups after and including v5.1HF1 when using multiple GPUs. I'm hoping LM have fixed it.

[Aussie1234]

No, my four screens are driven by one RTX 2070 Super 8GB.
In my case, V5.2 has been a great improvement. I was getting 10-15FPS on approach into Fly Tampa YSSY. I now get about 20FPS which is quite acceptable. I lock my FPS at 30 and it seems to run smoothly.
I have been following that you have had problems with multiple cards. I hope LM fix it for you soon.

Aussie

[dafyddp3d]

OK, thanks for the reply. LM are strangely silent on this one, I'm reluctant to update until we get an official response!
Glad you are enjoying v5.2! I live in hope!

[Aussie1234]

I forgot to mention, I am running each of my four display monitors at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. (I just noticed you have 4K monitors). They are the large professional Samsung versions you see in shopping centres. One is a 75 inch and three 55 inch.

I figure handling the equivalent of 7,680 x 1080 image (about 17 feet wide) at 30FPS is enough for one card.

Aussie

[dafyddp3d]

Just tried v 5.2 HF1 and any issues there were with view-groups and multiple video cards seem to have been resolved, now working perfectly (with my original viewgroups.xml file!) on a vanilla install of v5.2HF1. If anyone had similar issues to me then I'd consider updating. Thanks LM!