Does anyone know if it's possible to have FSX automatically activate the ENBseries tweak on start up? I keep forgetting to hit shift-f12. Haha

Easy! In your enbseries.ini file, change the following:

 

 

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=1

 

It's set to 0 by default.

Easy! In your enbseries.ini file, change the following:

 

 

[GLOBAL]

UseEffect=1

 

It's set to 0 by default.

 

Thanks!!! But guess what, I ran across this little thing calles FXAA Tool and I don't use ENBseries anymore! ;-) But thanks for responding.

They do totally different things, but you can use them together if you're interested.

They do totally different things, but you can use them together if you're interested.

 

In what ways are they different?

ENBSeries adds a light bloom effect.

FXAA adds a new kind of hardware anti-aliasing.

 

They have nothing to do with each other in terms of functionality.

 

If you're using FXAA in conjuction with normal anti-aliasing, you're kinda of defeating the point because you're anti-aliasing twice. The whole idea is to get a performance boost by turning off normal AA.

 

Edit: If you want to use both at the same time (after turning off your normal AA), rename the FXAA dll to something like fxaa.dll and put this in your enbseries.ini:

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=1

InitProxyFunctions=1

ProxyLibrary=fxaa.dll

ENBSeries adds a light bloom effect.

FXAA adds a new kind of hardware anti-aliasing.

 

They have nothing to do with each other in terms of functionality.

 

If you're using FXAA in conjuction with normal anti-aliasing, you're kinda of defeating the point because you're anti-aliasing twice. The whole idea is to get a performance boost by turning off normal AA.

 

Edit: If you want to use both at the same time (after turning off your normal AA), rename the FXAA dll to something like fxaa.dll and put this in your enbseries.ini:

 

 

[PROXY]

EnableProxyLibrary=1

InitProxyFunctions=1

ProxyLibrary=fxaa.dll

 

Thanks for the explanation! I did a test by disabling AA in Inspector and the AA provided by FXAA isn't too good as far as IQ is concerned. I guess I will just continue to use my Inspector setting as usual (Kostas settings) and disable FXAA' AA in the FXAA Tool.

 

I can still use the other settings/options within the tool app to set bloom among other things.

 

Speaking of which, I see there is a FXAA option within Inspector. Has anyone messed around with these?

I agree, the current ability of FXAA is a bit below par for my liking and I've also reverted to the traditional option.

 

There have been a few threads lately about fxaa, dx10, the half refresh rate v-sync etc... try doing a quick search for them :)

 

I'm still running dx9 with traditional AA and enbseries with quite subtle settings, using the 30fps v-sync tweak. Works best on my hardware.

I agree, the current ability of FXAA is a bit below par for my liking and I've also reverted to the traditional option.

 

There have been a few threads lately about fxaa, dx10, the half refresh rate v-sync etc... try doing a quick search for them :)

 

I'm still running dx9 with traditional AA and enbseries with quite subtle settings, using the 30fps v-sync tweak. Works best on my hardware.

 

Oh yea, I'm well aware of all those things. nVidia is also coming out with something called TXAA.