FSX / P3D

FSX Performance_textures_FSXSP2

Performance-focused texture replacements sharpen smoothness in Microsoft Flight Simulator X SP2 by downsizing key assets and converting heavy 32-bit files to efficient DXT formats while keeping mipmaps intact for stability. The package refreshes virtual cockpit rain effects, autogen trees across seasons, plus water and sky textures to reduce load and improve frame rates.

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Flight Simulator X Prepar3D

Textures that have been tested for best performance in FSX with SP2. Textures are reduced in size and some have been changed in format from 32 bit to DXT3 or DXT1. By Claus V. Holmberg.

Looking out of the VC at the rain.

Looking out of the VC at the rain.

Mips are not changed from the original, to prevent Flight Simulator to failure or crash.

The textures are VC-RAIN_textures, Autogen Trees all seasons, Water textures and Sky textures.

Place the textures in the main texture folder, the original textures from SP2 is included in this file, if you don't want to use the smaller textures.

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Filename
fsxperft.zip
File size
27.57 MB
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Content rating
Everyone

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

  1. Extract the downloaded archive

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  2. Place files per the readme

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What’s inside this archive

The archive fsxperft.zip has 165 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

This list displays the first 500 files in the package. If the package has more, you will need to download it to view them.

Filename/Directory File Date File Size
FSX Original03.29.080 B
Texture03.29.080 B
cirrus_broken.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cirrus_broken01.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_broken03.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_few.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cirrus_few01.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_few02.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_few03.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_overcast.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cirrus_overcast01.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_overcast03.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_scattered.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cirrus_scattered01.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_scattered02.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cirrus_scattered03.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_broken.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_broken_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_few.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_few_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_overcast.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_overcast_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_scattered.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulonimbus_scattered_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_broken.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_broken_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_few.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_few_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_overcast.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_overcast_above.bmp05.12.06341.40 kB
cumulus_scattered.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
cumulus_scattered_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
OceanHeight20FieldLow.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
OceanHeightField.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_broken.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_broken_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_few.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_few_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_overcast.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_overcast_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_scattered.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
stratus_scattered_above.bmp05.12.061.33 MB
treesFA.bmp05.12.06682.74 kB
treeshw.bmp05.12.06682.74 kB
treesSP.bmp05.12.06682.74 kB
treesSU.bmp05.12.06682.74 kB
treeswi.bmp05.12.06682.74 kB
VCRainMoving0000.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0001.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0002.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0003.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0004.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0005.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0006.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0007.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0008.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0009.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0010.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0011.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0012.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0013.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0014.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainMoving0015.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0000.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0001.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0002.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0003.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0004.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0005.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0006.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0007.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0008.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0009.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0010.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0011.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0012.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0013.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0014.bmp08.21.06154 B
VCRainStopped0015.bmp08.21.06154 B
FSX Performance03.29.080 B
Texture03.29.080 B
cirrus_broken.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cirrus_broken01.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_broken03.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_few.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cirrus_few01.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_few02.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_few03.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_overcast.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cirrus_overcast01.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_overcast03.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_scattered.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cirrus_scattered01.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_scattered02.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cirrus_scattered03.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cumulonimbus_broken.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_broken_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_few.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_few_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_overcast.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_overcast_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_scattered.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulonimbus_scattered_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_broken.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_broken_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_few.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_few_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_overcast.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_overcast_above.bmp03.29.0885.40 kB
cumulus_scattered.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
cumulus_scattered_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
OceanHeight20FieldLow.bmp03.29.0842.75 kB
OceanHeightField.bmp03.29.0842.75 kB
stratus_broken.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_broken_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_few.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_few_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_overcast.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_overcast_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_scattered.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
stratus_scattered_above.bmp03.29.08341.40 kB
treesFA.bmp03.29.08170.75 kB
treeshw.bmp03.29.08170.75 kB
treesSP.bmp03.29.08170.75 kB
treesSU.bmp03.29.08170.75 kB
treeswi.bmp03.29.08170.75 kB
VCRainMoving0000.bmp03.24.08138 B
VCRainMoving0001.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0002.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0003.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0004.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0005.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0006.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0007.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0008.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0009.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0010.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0011.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0012.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0013.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0014.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainMoving0015.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0000.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0001.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0002.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0003.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0004.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0005.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0006.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0007.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0008.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0009.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0010.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0011.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0012.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0013.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0014.bmp03.23.08138 B
VCRainStopped0015.bmp03.23.08138 B
FSX Performance.gif03.29.0812.46 kB
FSX Performance.jpg03.29.08157.03 kB
ReadMe.txt03.29.08631 B
VC Rain.jpg03.24.08182.66 kB
FSX Performance Textures03.29.080 B
flyawaysimulation.txt10.29.13959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url01.22.1652 B

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