Question: In DCS How to See Desktop

[PacFlyer23]

Simple question. What key do I use when in DCS to go back to seeing my desktop while DCS is still running? 

I would just like to use Windows 11 Resource Monitor to see which Cores are parked when DCS is running. I've hit a key before to switch to the desktop with DCS running, but can't remember which one it is.

[Rudel_chw]

11 minutes ago, PacFlyer23 said:

Simple question. What key do I use when in DCS to go back to seeing my desktop while DCS is still running? 

 

I use Alt + Tab, but I need these two options (Full Screen and Cursor Confined) disabled for it to work:

 

 

[rob10]

1 hour ago, Rudel_chw said:

I use Alt + Tab, but I need these two options (Full Screen and Cursor Confined) disabled for it to work:

If you leave a window OPEN (not minimized) on your desktop ALT-TAB will work without disabling those.  So you either need to do that or as Rudel_chw suggested or you won't be able to ALT-TAB in my experience.

[PacFlyer23]

Thanks that worked Alt + Tab. I'm not a PC person. 

So Resource Monitor is showing several of my CPUs as Parked. 

How do I set them as always unparked?

I do have Process Lasso running and for dcs.exe the CPU Affinity set to always for my 11 P cores.

[rob10]

38 minutes ago, PacFlyer23 said:

How do I set them as always unparked?

I do have Process Lasso running and for dcs.exe the CPU Affinity set to always for my 11 P cores.

I'm far from expert on that, but are you running Win 10 or Win 11?  With 11 reports are you're better off in most cases removing Process Lasso and letting DCS handle it.  Seems like it's doing a good job of it currently.

 

[PacFlyer23]

3 hours ago, rob10 said:

I'm far from expert on that, but are you running Win 10 or Win 11?  With 11 reports are you're better off in most cases removing Process Lasso and letting DCS handle it.  Seems like it's doing a good job of it currently.

 

Okay. I've seen other post suggesting the same, so I will give this a try and remove Process Lasso.

Should I also still consider unparking Cores too?

[PacFlyer23]

I did remove Process Lasso, but noticed a bit of stuttering. Reinstalled PL with DCS set to run only on P-Cores and at High Priority, and it seems to run smoother now. I also have the fps capped at 90 in both Nvidia Control Panel and DCS options. I don't do multi-player, so that could be a fact in why PL works better for me, as I've read some post that Multi-Thread (which may not get along with PL) is more for MP environments.

[silverdevil]

7 hours ago, PacFlyer23 said:

I did remove Process Lasso, but noticed a bit of stuttering. Reinstalled PL with DCS set to run only on P-Cores and at High Priority, and it seems to run smoother now. I also have the fps capped at 90 in both Nvidia Control Panel and DCS options. I don't do multi-player, so that could be a fact in why PL works better for me, as I've read some post that Multi-Thread (which may not get along with PL) is more for MP environments.

since several versions of DCS ago, there is only MT. BIN is the folder ongoing.

[PacFlyer23]

Okay... I've just seen a few more post and YT video strongly recommending PL not be used for DCS as its no longer needed, so I've just removed it again. My system only has four e-cores compared to six p-cores, and I don't do VR, so PL probably wasn't doing much restricting in the first place. 

Intel Core i5-12600K

Total Cores = 10
# of Performance-cores = 6
# of Efficient-cores = 4
Total Threads = 16
Max Turbo Frequency = 4.90 GHz
Performance-core Max Turbo Frequency = 4.90 GHz
Efficient-core Max Turbo Frequency = 3.60 GHz
Performance-core Base Frequency = 3.70 GHz
Efficient-core Base Frequency = 2.80 GHz

Edited March 27 by PacFlyer23