Ultimate Traffic II was released!

***IanP*** · May 28th, 2009, 13:03

The incentive is "double your frame rate because you're not using FS9 models".

That's the trade off. At least it was for me. No option - WOAI, good as it is, was uninstalled.

**gera** · May 28th, 2009, 14:40

Originally Posted by Meshman

All the models have been updated and are FSX compliant.

Off to install and check it out.

Hi Lance...........please check this: Is it possible to create traffic to a fictitious airfield???? This would be great for my home made fields....thanks

Great to see you, sent you a mail over in FSdeveloper....I have no answer, did you get it???

***IanP*** · May 28th, 2009, 15:41

You can always create traffic for a fictional airfield, Gera, with any pack. If the package doesn't come with a tool to allow you to edit and set up new routes, AI Flight Planner will happily work with their models.

hobofat · May 28th, 2009, 15:46

Originally Posted by Naismith

Where is the incentive for me to get this? I bought the FS9 one when it first came out. Also bought the FSX version in 2007. Now this, and no offers to existing owners. As it happens I have replaced the early FSX one anyhow with WOAI which nowadays is just as expansive and has up to date timetables and what else ........ oh yes, its FREE.

It's definitely a tough call, but as mentioned previously for me it was a no brainer...I can't afford the FPS hit of WOAIs FS9 models, and the difference in this program (besides all the handy tools, which can also be done using freeware programs but not as easily) is that all the models are compiled for FSX, and those won't be released freeware. Plus some other handy FPS-saving features. All in all I would say you can't go wrong using WOAI, and you can't go wrong using UT2--but I'll definitely pay for MUCH better fps.

**Meshman** · May 28th, 2009, 17:19

Originally Posted by gera

Hi Lance..........

I'm sorry, do I know you?

I'm still early in what UT2 does and how it does it. Other than one flight over LAX at 100%, I have yet to start "tinkering" with it. Time is spent correcting the gawd awful state of airports within FSX...

And I probably did get your PM, Gera. Did I mention time is spent correcting the gawd awful state of airports within FSX...

Think I should lay down now, because time is spent...

***BOOM*** · May 28th, 2009, 20:16

I like it! I think the models are well done!

***spotlope*** · May 28th, 2009, 22:26

I took a short flight around Plum Island tonight to test the new AI in UT2. Stop snickering. I know Plum Island has like five operations a day, but it's just a short hop up the coast from Boston Logan. My skies were filled with all sorts of traffic into and out of Logan - GA and a ton of airliners. I have to say, I was knocked out by both the quality of the models and the extremely good frame rates I was getting with traffic cranked up to full. First impression: this is a winner.

***LPHammer*** · May 29th, 2009, 04:14

I have to agree with Bill,

The framerates are really great, and I have my setup cranked to 100% at the moment, and I get 18 fr/sec at KSEA.
Burkhard has released a revised set of flightplans (For those of you that also uses MyTraffic 5.2) that only uses the airliners that are not used in UT2, getting the best of two worlds.

***stansdds*** · May 30th, 2009, 05:29

I've considered replacing the default AI traffic with something else, I'm tired of nothing but yellow and white liveries and hearing Orbit this and Orbit that in my headset. I'd like to see some comparisons between freeware and payware AI traffic programs and especially how they impact frame rates. It won't do me much good to switch if I have to drop traffic levels down to nill just to keep FSX playable.

I'm currently locked at 24 fps (and smooth), but I drop down to 18 in high traffic areas like New York and Los Angeles. My AI commercial aviation is 55%, general aviation 45%.

***IanP*** · May 30th, 2009, 07:18

Stay away from anything that has FS9 models in, if you want to keep the frame rate up. That means UT2, TrafficX or the DX10 option (which disables all the FS9 models) in MyTrafficX.

Any of the above will give you reasonable models, real world liveries and you'll actually be able to run more traffic than you can with the default models because they're built to be AI rather than flown. UT2 seems to have the most realistic flight plans, followed by TrafficX. MyTrafficX doesn't even try to do realistic routes, but aircraft will be generated appropriate to the region and country they operate around.

**RudiJG1** · May 30th, 2009, 07:28

I've found UT2 a bit easier on the framerate than My Traffic 5.2 (including all of the updates), which I had used for several months until earlier this week. I've got my UT2 sliders at 70% commercial and 50% general, and there's lots of traffic at the right times of day and night. Computer specs below...

Abit I35 Pro MB
E6600 Core Duo CPU (oc 3.3 GHz)
4 GB Crucial Ballistix PC2 8500
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX (stock speeds)
Corsair 620HX PSU
1 WD Raptor X 150 GB SATA HDD
2 Seagate 320 GB SATA HDDs
SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
Pioneer DVR-111D DVD-RW PATA
Lite-On LH-20A1S DVD-RW SATA
NEC MultiSync 90GX 19" LCD
Win 7 RC1 64-bit
Forceware 182.50 video driver

***papab*** · May 31st, 2009, 06:48

Is anyone else having the problem I have with the User Interface?

There is a tremendous delay on every screen in the UT2 user interface to the point I had to uninstall the program and revert back to UT.I would click on the icons and maybe in 1 to 2 minutes it would go there...and maybe not

There is a posting on the UTII forum and they have some work around with a third party software running in the background to make this work...

Jeeez, I would really like to use thsis piece of software but it is completely useless at this time...

Rick

***spotlope*** · May 31st, 2009, 08:46

That sucks, Rick. It's a great program, but that doesn't help you if you can't run it. With computers, it's always something...

***papab*** · May 31st, 2009, 09:04

Originally Posted by spotlope

That sucks, Rick. It's a great program, but that doesn't help you if you can't run it. With computers, it's always something...

And I just got a response from the moderator on the UTII forum that it is my video card/driver combination
Jeeez!!!!!
You think?

hobofat · May 31st, 2009, 13:06

Originally Posted by papab

And I just got a response from the moderator on the UTII forum that it is my video card/driver combination
Jeeez!!!!!
You think?

Could you try rolling back your driver to an earlier version to test that? 185.5 is definitely supported on your video card... I recently updated to 185.5 and NVIDIA no longer overrides applications with AA, I have to set it in game, even though I have it set to override application and AA not enabled in FSX. THis is irrelevant to your problem, but 185.5 imo can be a bit screwy.