A320 Antivirus?

[Dave Rogers]

Considering getting the A320... but does it require any extra steps?

Like disabling antivirus, or editing another addon?

I have the Aerosoft A320, and i'm considering the FSL.

I have seen other posts of Concorde being buggy, and i'm kinda scared if my A320 will break. (Assuming if i get it.)

[Norman Blackburn]

Hello Aaron,

Some Anti Virus products can be quite aggressive however on my machine, running just defender, things are fine.  I haven't had to edit anything.

A great start would be to tell us the kind of system you have - CPU, GPU, RAM and which versions of Flight Simulator you intend to use it with.

[Dave Rogers]

GTX 960M 4GB

16GB RAM

Intel Core i7 - 6700HQ @2.6Ghz

P3d v3.2

(i know my  computer barely scrapes the minimum requirements.)

[Markus Burkhard]

Aaron,

as long as you don't expect to run with all the scenery out there and highest settings, you will be able to run the A320-X. You asked if you needed to edit any other add-on to use ours, might we ask what other add-ons you use? Do you run other complex aircraft add-ons?

Personally I use Windows Defender on Windows 10, no special settings required for installation. After installation of the product, you might have to exclude certain simulation folders from real-time protection, for better performance and compatibility. Real-time anti-virus scanning takes up a lot of CPU power, especially if the system you use is not of the latest generation. But you don't need to disable your antivirus software.

What Windows version do you run?

[Dave Rogers]

I use Windows 10 and updated it to the fullest. I’ve heard posts about the Concorde-X will not function on certain updates. Is this the case with the A320? Also, I use PMDG 777/737/747, Aerosoft A320/CRJ, Majestic software Q-400, QW 757, Captainsim 737-200, A2A C172 / C182, and the CLS DC-10 / 747-200/300. So I yes I use high powered addons. But I do get around 20 to 39 FPS which is acceptable and very much playable. But I do have to turn off hardware tessellation because it does cause a 5-10 framerate decrease. Not to mention I also have scenery addons too. FlightBeam KSFO, KDEN, and KMSP. FSDreamTeam KMEM, KJFK v2, KIAH, KLAS, and GSX. FlyTampa St. Maarten, LatinVFR KSNA / KMIA v2. ImagineSim KSJC / KATL. Last but not least I use ORBX FTX Global + Vector and openLC NA. I also have ORBX LOWI and KSAN. Those are all the addons I have so I will try and see my exact FPS. 

 

Just did a test, and I got around 25 FPS with the PMDG 747 at KSFO.

[Dave Rogers]

Oh and I forgot to ask, is there a demo so I can try out the A320? I don’t want to spend $140 and if my computer could barely run it then I’ll just have to get a new computer. So is there a demo for this aircraft?

[Norman Blackburn]

There is no demo available @Aaron Kim 537

[Marc Ehnle]

Aaron,

I have a GTX970 but beside that the same hardware. I run the A320 at a minimum of ~20FPS at demanding airports like FlyTampa Amsterdam and over ORBX Germany (very demanding too) and at locked 30 without any stutters at the rest of the world. I think you should be fine. 

Though, I am on P3Dv4.

[Dave Rogers]

Ok. I’ll maybe buy it and see what I got.

[Markus Burkhard]

Aaron,

if you're able to run PMDG's B777 and B747, then the A320-X should work for you too.

[Dave Rogers]

4 hours ago, Marc Ehnle said:

Aaron,

I have a GTX970 but beside that the same hardware. I run the A320 at a minimum of ~20FPS at demanding airports like FlyTampa Amsterdam and over ORBX Germany (very demanding too) and at locked 30 without any stutters at the rest of the world. I think you should be fine. 

Though, I am on P3Dv4.

Does using P3Dv4 help reduce OOM errors?

[Benedict Cooper]

Does using P3Dv4 help reduce OOM errors?

Well it switches the restriction from a hard limit to it being dependent on the amount of memory you've got left.
I've not had a single one since switching and if I'm honest, less crashes overall too.

[Marc Ehnle]

Aaron,

you can use all your available RAM with a 64 bit environment. 2^64 is a number that is far beyond anything our addons can fill up. P3Dv4 can use all available RAM. 

2^32 limits the usable memory to 4GB, no matter how much you actually have. So if you use all those scenery addons together with the A320 there is a high probability that you will run into OOM in P3Dv3.

[Dave Rogers]

Well, ok I guess v4 is the way to go.

 

[Dave Rogers]

Also, is the A319 going to be a paid or free expansion? (Same question for the A318, A321, A321/320/319/318 Winglet version)

[Norman Blackburn]

Its a paid expansion.