How to - Time Compression - Setup & Operation

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The iniBuilds A340 airliner features upto 4x time compression which can be enabled via the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). This feature increases the simulation rate by upto 4x to allow you to conduct your flights faster, however it may come with a performance penalty depending on your hardware.

EFB Time Compression Settings

The Time Compression controls are in the EFB quick menu which is accessed via the cog at the top right corner of the EFB. Here you can choose between various options as follows

• DISABLED - disables time compression instantly
• MAX 2X - enables 2x time compression
• MAX 4X - enables 4x (or 2x) time compression

The time compression is automatically disabled or downgraded in the following conditions

• Autopilot is disengaged
• Aircraft is above 80N (automatically downgraded to MAX 2X)
• Sim Pause at Top of Descent is triggered

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Current Simulation Rate Indicator

The current simulation rate is shown on the EFB Quick Menu and also in green at the top of the EFB display when time compression is active.

 

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Pitch/Roll Oscillations during Time Compression

As the time compression feature increases the simulation rate, this also increases the CPU/GPU resource usage in tandem. Results will vary depending on your hardware and sim settings, however in some situations you may observe oscillations in the Pitch/Roll axis due to the performance degradation.

If you are experiencing this regularly, please consider the following

• Use a lower time compression rate (e.g. MAX 2X)
• Lower sim settings that affect CPU usage such as Object and Terrain LOD, glass cockpit refresh rate, off-screen terrain pre-caching or ground/air/sea traffic density.
• Lower sim settings that affect GPU usage such as Raytraced Shadows, Volumetric Clouds, Texture Resolution.
• Set Turbulence to "LOW" under the sim Assistances settings
• Temporarily disable any addons during time compression that may affect flight physics (e.g. RealTurb, FSRealistic etc.)