🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi People!
  I was getting very frustrated with slow framerates with my new Monster
3D card because I was only getting around 6 FPS per second (SHIFT Z
twice when you are in the game).  I finally found the solution in
"PRIMA'S MICROSOFT SIMULATOR 98 UNAUTHORIZED GAME SECRETS" by Douglas
Kiang.

  The solution is on page 148 of the book:

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1.  Go to the Options menu and choose "Preferences."
2.  Click on the Display tab.
3.  Click the Display Options Button.
4.  Click on the Scenery Tab.
5.  Make sure that the "Cloud thickness effects" is not checked.
6.  Click on the Hardware Acceleration tab.
7.  Under the "Full Screen Device" menu, select your 3D accelerator card
(in this case, "3Dfx DirectX II driver").
8.  Under the "Full Screen Mode" menu, choose the highest resolution
your card will support (in this case, 800x600x16 bit color).
9.  Click the "Enable hardware acceleration" button.
10.  If your card supports any Advanced 3D Hardware Options, you will
see them enabled in the area below.  Check 8-bit image textures only if
you are having trouble with the 16-bit textures.
11.  Click OK to close all the boxes.
12.  Hit ALT-ENTER to go into full-screen mode.
...
Once in full screen, you won't have access to your menuse, but you can
hit the ALT key once to display the menu bar so you can choose a menu
item without having to exit full-screen mode permanently.

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Oh yes, I finally remembered that the Monster 3D card only works in Full
Screen Mode.  Now that makes sense.  Flying the Boeing 737 my framerates
jumped from 6 fps max to 15 to 30 fps during the training flight.  Oh
what a difference graphics wise and speed wise.  I certainly hope this
helps other people. This tip alone after spending days trying to figure
it out made the $15 investment for the book worthwhile.