[Question] What Map Provider do you use?

[Kenst1092]

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System Details

• OS: Windows 11 26200.7462
• XPlane Version: 12.4.0 beta
• AutoOrtho Version 1.6.1
• Filesystem type NTFS

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I'm trying to get an idea of what is the most universally used map provider, because I have been having ortho problems with AO for a little while now. Bing and Apple both load slowly, then after flying for about 30 minutes, causes X-Plane to freeze completely until AO throws a new bone at the sim (satellite imagery).

Here are my AO settings:

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[karlrado]

then after flying for about 30 minutes, causes X-Plane to freeze completely

How long does this freeze last?

For me, I get a very short freeze, more like an extreme stutter, about that long into a flight. (The recipe for me is route KEIK -> KSTK @ 7500, C172, ZL 12/17/18. The stutter happens immediately after the plane clears the DEN Class B outer ring.) It is very repeatable.

In my case, I think it is happening because the plane has flown far along enough for XP to start loading new data. I see messages in the log that new DSF files are opened. This would naturally be followed by a lot of DDS reads, which of course AO is intercepting and trying to come up with the data. There are often a few DSF opens in a short period of time, which translates to a lot of DDS reads in a short time. And that causes the stutter.

The stutter isn't solved by already having the JPEG files in the cache. And I wasn't able to help it by increasing some of the settings such as memory cache sizes, look ahead distance, etc.

I've tried to catch a DEBUG log when this happens, but the DEBUG log only catches a couple of seconds.

[Kenst1092]

it's been indefinite every time I try. I usually give the sim 10-15 minutes to start running back up but it usually doesn't return. and I have to force close the sim.

for my use-case this pattern is unsustainable as I fly on VATSIM and have my flights recorded with various VAs' ACARS clients and can not afford to have a disconnect in the VATSIM Client and on PIREPs, let alone reconfigure an airliner from cold and dark. I can convert this into an issue if it's more appropriate

[Kenst1092]

Please disregard all. AO 1.6.3 works fine now.