Hello guys.
Most of you state about bad performance of the product giving an example of 15fps (probably with RF weather, a complex add-on aircraft and on an old setup) which is in my opinion a good result for a 2014 scenery in FS2004 (15fps is a perfectly flyable value). As you are aware of, FS9 is finishing its lifetime with all its limitations. Developing a native, FS2004-looking scenery would cause all of you wondering why it looks so simple, I guess. There must be a compromise found and I believe this product provides the best possible final result in terms of visuals versus performance. Moreover, there are configuration options provided so you can run the product even on a very old setup, obviously sacrificing some details. So please forget about miracles here. If you want better performance, you must have less details in the scenery.
Obviously if we find a way to make the performance even better in the future, we will do that, but currently it is optimized as much as possible. Simply play with airport details and objects that are displayed or not. By using the options provided during install you can find the best configuration for your setup that will run smooth.
According to this statement, I will treat the FPS-related discussion closed for now, as currently we have no ideas on how to improve the FS9 performance of the product even more.
Cleaned FPS-related discussion with given FPS values:
graemeb wrote:(...) Unfortunately, on my 4 yr old system, I am still getting very poor frame rates at UUEE (10-12 fps) in the day time. At night it improves a bit to 18-20 fps). Although my system is not new, I am used to getting frame rates in the high 20's (locked at 30 fps). I am using Win7 64 bit on Intel i7 CPU - 6 GB RAM. I tried the option to disable the approach lights, and fps improved slightly (17-18 fps). (...)
Dedl wrote:(...) I tried the demo before and because of the frames where about 25 - 30fr/sec - Great! - I decidet to go for it. After installing the full scenery in my FS9.1 it really looks very nice and it seems to be a masterpiece again. But there is only one little big thing that might have been much better - the frames! Also I only get between 10 - 15 frames on my four years old computer. It is like having FSX in my FS2004. That is a pitty...(...)
One more suggestion (as some customers are reporting much higher performace than above): there is also a chance that using one setup for many years (as some of you state) decrease its performance. This is related not only to software but also to hardware. First of all, having a FS9-running home cockpit experience, I would recommend a full Win system reinstall every 3-4 years of usage, which increases the overall performance indeed. Secondly, all the hardware you use becomes dirty and overheated after about 3-4 years of work. If you are not planning to buy a new one, it is a very good practice to at least clean it (and I mean not a keyboard but the interior components and fans). I am sure this will make the whole system work faster.
Someone already reported a Saitek joystick failure after installing UUEE. Everything is possible, right? 
