Flight Unlimited III

Instructions

This is the FSBench Flight Unlimited III Benchmark.

To run these you will need a typical installation of Flight Unlimited III running on your computer. The minimum installation is as yet untested.

First, Download the flight3.zip file, which contains these instructions and three black box video clips you will need.

To set up, first unzip the three .bbx files into your FU3/RECS directory. By default this is c:\program files\flight3\recs, but if you did not use the default location your RECS directory may be located elsewhere on your hard drive.

If you plan to report your results in the FSBench Report System, please to the FSbench site and look at the information you will need to report there. There is a lot of system information you need to tell us in a report, so you should be aware beforehand what you will need to know about your system.

Start Flight 3 and follow these instructions:

1. Click on Airport.
   A. Click on Options
      i. Click on the Graphics button
         a. Click on the Default button
         b. Set your video resolution to the screen size you will be testing. It's best to test 1024x768 if you can, but use a lower resolution if you want. Note the resolution you use = ____________
         c. 3D Accelerator Driver: select Primary if you want to test your video card. Otherwise, you will test only the CPU in software-rendering mode.
      ii. Click on the Audio button, click the Default button
      iii. Click on the Aircraft button, click the default button
      iv. Click on the Weather button, click the Default button 
      iv. Click on the Accept button
   B. Click on Flight Recorder.
      i. Select the "FSB1" clip.
      ii. Click on the Play button
      iii. Press CTRL-F to enable the frame rate display at the upper-left corner of the screen.
      iv. Press the F6 key
      v. Observe the frame rate for a minute, then note the "average" frame rate. The numbers will vary, so you will need to estimate the average value. Please remember that this is for science, not your ego, so be as honest as you can be in estimating the frame rate. Do not pick the highest number shown. Write down this average. It is FSB1. FSB1 = _______
      vi. Press the ESC key to terminate the video playback.
2. Select Options
   A. Click on Graphics
      i. Terrain Detail = Under the "D" in "Detail"
      ii. Building Density = Under the "D" in "Density" 
   B. Click on Weather
      i. Haze = Under the "E" in "Haze"
   C. Click Accept
   D. Click on Flight Recorder
      i. Select the "FSB2" clip
      ii. Make sure the frame rate is displayed. Press "F3" to make sure you have the IFR cockpit view.
      iii. Observe the frame rate, and record the "average" you see as you cross the marker, where two audio tones are heard. FSB2 = ________
      iv. Press ESC to terminate the video
3. Select Weather
   A. Select Options and Click on Graphics
      i. Terrain Detail = high
      ii. Distant Mountains = on
      iii. Distance Clipping = Under the "C" in "Clipping"
      iv. Building Density = high
   B. Click on the Weather button
      i. Click on Default, the Accept
   C. Click on the Flight Recorder button
      i. Load the "FSB3" clip
      ii. Click on Play
      iii. Press "F3". When the big ranch house disappears from view behind the panel, note the "average" frame rate. FSB3 = _____________.
      iv. Press ESC, and exit the simulator if you wish.
4. Calculate FSB, the average of FSb1, FSB2, and FSB3: FSB = (FSB1 + FSB2 + FSB3)/3.
5. Go to the Report System at the FSBench web site, http://avsim.com/fsbench, and report your results there.

Thanks for helping everyone understand how Flight Unlimited III ran on your system!

Bruce Wilson
b.e.wilson@usa.net