RealFlight G3 Manual - Great Planes Software Support

• Full USB compatibility. The InterLink Plus controller plugs directly
into your computer’s USB port with little, if any, additional setup
required.
• Use the controller by itself as a high quality ‘mockup’ R/C radio for
controlling RealFlight G3. Realistic transmitter features include a
three-position switch, rotary knob, adjustable stick length and a pushbutton
for keyboard-free resets and hand-launching capabilities.
• Ability to use your own FM or FM compatible, 4-12 channel R/C radio
transmitter to control RealFlight, using the InterLink Plus Controller’s
built-in interface.
• MultiMode capability allows two modelers to fly on one PC.
• High-speed data transfer ensures rapid, digitally precise response to
your control input.
• Hot swappable—connect/disconnect your controller without shutting
down or rebooting.
GRAPHICS AND SOUND QUALITY
The makers of RealFlight continually work to bring you the most realistic graphics
and sound possible, since we feel that these are important contributions to your
simulation experience. To do so, we take full advantage of modern video and sound
hardware. However, we still provide you with extensive, detailed control over
graphics and sound quality, so that you can usefully run RealFlight G3 on computers
with widely varying speed, power and performance.
FRAME RATE
Frame rate is usually described as how fast the computer can compute and display a
new ‘snapshot’. In other words, it is the rate at which frames (the individual
pictures that are shown in sequence to create the illusion of motion) are displayed in
a film or video. Frame rate is measured in frames per second (fps). Like a movie
picture, when stills are quickly flashed by, RealFlight G3 creates a sequence of
frames that provide the illusion of motion. Television flickers the pictures at 30
times per second (30 FPS). A typical movie theater displays about 24/48 FPS.
RealFlight can produce output ranging from 2FPS to over 150FPS.
Frame rate is a function of many things and cannot be ‘set’ by the end user, although
the end user can do things to affect it. Frame rate is affected by:
• Computer Speed
• Video card speed
• Sound card speed
• How many optional airport items are selected
• 3D technology selected
• Aircraft selection
• Terrain display options
• Physics and simulator settings
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