What is HDR rendering actually doing, I can't see any difference with it on or off other than a huge drop in fps. Perhaps its just where or how I am flying, or maybe I just don't know what to look for. I am the same with anti-aliasing I can't really tell any difference on or off. Maybe cataracts are OK after all. :-)

Hello !HDR changes the lights (this post is from 2008 but there's a nice definition):http://www.x-plane.c...pie-in-the-sky/Here's a video:http://xplane10.word...r-lights-video/

Thanks very much Georges for the links. that is exactly what I was looking for. I don't fly a whole lot at night so that is probably why it wasn't apparent to me. HDR takes me down to around 25-27 fps from 47-50 fps, so I can use it. I probably won't unless on further investigation it looks to be worthwhile for the GA flying I do.

Donald-I feel the same way-don't see much difference and the performance hit is huge. Maybe it is over 50 year old eyes?-I'll admit that in my case....

Donald-I feel the same way-don't see much difference and the performance hit is huge. Maybe it is over 50 year old eyes?-I'll admit that in my case....

I will have to admit that in spades + a score. LOLGlad you answered I asked you this in another post, but lost track of it so will take the opportunity to ask again here.What problems did you have with the Carenado F33 in XP ver 10? Mine seems to be doing very well, near as I can tell. But one never knows what will transpire in the future. Just curious! I know you had one in real life, that is why I bought this one. Like it tremendously.

Just initially two-the nav lights were about a foot above the wing and the prop effects from within the cockpit were not right. As of now only problem seems to be no prop effects inside the cockpit. It is a stellar plane and really making the sim experience very real.

I also intend to buy this plane after hearing how well Geof speaks about it. I already bought their 152 so I already know how good Carenado's stuff is (and Dan's expertise who I believe is doing the conversions for XP). It's not perfect, but pretty good in my books anyway.Pete

Thanks for the response, I just leaped out of cockpit to see if my lights were OK, they were spot on. The prop is OK both inside and out. Just shows, "to go ya", everyone's machines are a bit different. After getting out, my paint job has changed though from the red/grey that I saved in PlaneMaker, to the plain white livery. Go figure.

I also intend to buy this plane after hearing how well Geof speaks about it. I already bought their 152 so I already know how good Carenado's stuff is (and Dan's expertise who I believe is doing the conversions for XP). It's not perfect, but pretty good in my books anyway.Pete

II'll bet you wonn't be dissapointed Pete. I certainly wasn't. I too have the C152II I took spin training in a 152 in Grand Prairie Tx, back in 1997, so was happy to get this. The Mooney is very good too. Sooo many planes, so little time, fortunately i am retired. :-)

Thanks for the response, I just leaped out of cockpit to see if my lights were OK, they were spot on. The prop is OK both inside and out. Just shows, "to go ya", everyone's machines are a bit different. After getting out, my paint job has changed though from the red/grey that I saved in PlaneMaker, to the plain white livery. Go figure.

Donald,I get the white livery every time I turn HDR off. Some weird things happen when I do this.

Donald,I get the white livery every time I turn HDR off. Some weird things happen when I do this.

LOL, LOL Ok that solves the mystery. That is exactly what happened. Well if that is the worst, I have I'll be lucky. I had the terrible anti-aliasing artifact, and nearly panicked. I knew it was a driver, I spent nearly all night trying different drivers, finally went to the developers blog, and there was the answer.When all else fails...read the manual. :-)

I noticed a big hit in my FPS when I have HDR enabled. Without it I run 1900x1200 32bit at Highest texture detail, anti-aliasing at x4 with default objects and 30mile visibility and I get about 26 fps while flying over the highways. With HDR on I was getting 17 fps.

I noticed a big hit in my FPS when I have HDR enabled. Without it I run 1900x1200 32bit at Highest texture detail, anti-aliasing at x4 with default objects and 30mile visibility and I get about 26 fps while flying over the highways. With HDR on I was getting 17 fps.

There is no free lunch ... HDR doeas a lot of "post processind". It does a different way of rendering the scenery, which more generally is known as the technique "deferred rendering" (and is used by many modern games). Look for eyample a Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....eferred_shadingAnd it also makes it possible to enable the "atmospheric scattering" effect (which is one of the main reasons - for me - to use HDR).

I´m still suffering from performance problems. Quite fast rig here but almost every test-flight ends in stuttering with around 12 FPS.Takeoff at 35-50 FPS, climbing into the clouds gets me down to 25 FPS, in clouds FPS jump to 120. As soon as I´m above the clouds FPS come down to 10-12.Turning off clouds "solves" this kind of problem but I have similiar problems with water, shadows, HDR rendering etc.: After a few minutes XP10 gets kind of "stuffed" and begins to stutter.At least I have to turn off almost everything to have it up and running. Problems seems independed of all other settings (resolution, cars, objects, distance etc.).CPU never gets maxed out during flight, GPU load is usually around 50 to 70 percent.PC in general runs very good, no problems with other applications. Something is totally wrong with XP10 here.Any hints/ ideas besides those Ben posted?ThanksFloBHardware: i7 [email protected], gtx560oc 1GB, 8GB RAM, 128GB SATA III SSD, Software: Win7 64-bit SP1, latest xp10 demo, latest nvidia beta driver (same problems with a different driver before), antivirus-software etc. turned off.

I´m still suffering from performance problems. Quite fast rig here but almost every test-flight ends in stuttering with around 12 FPS.Takeoff at 35-50 FPS, climbing into the clouds gets me down to 25 FPS, in clouds FPS jump to 120. As soon as I´m above the clouds FPS come down to 10-12.Turning off clouds "solves" this kind of problem but I have similiar problems with water, shadows, HDR rendering etc.: After a few minutes XP10 gets kind of "stuffed" and begins to stutter.At least I have to turn off almost everything to have it up and running. Problems seems independed of all other settings (resolution, cars, objects, distance etc.).CPU never gets maxed out during flight, GPU load is usually around 50 to 70 percent.PC in general runs very good, no problems with other applications. Something is totally wrong with XP10 here.Any hints/ ideas besides those Ben posted?ThanksFloBHardware: i7 [email protected], gtx560oc 1GB, 8GB RAM, 128GB SATA III SSD, Software: Win7 64-bit SP1, latest xp10 demo, latest nvidia beta driver (same problems with a different driver before), antivirus-software etc. turned off.

Screenshot of your settings?