Everyone is different and everyone likes different add ons etc for fsx. That goes without saying. For some, certain mods work great, and others have problems with the same mods. I want to share my thoughts on ezdok/ezca and the enb mod. Both mods are awesome without doubt. If cameras are your thing, then ezca is the supreme program that will give you unlimited camera views, head shake and buffering effects, and a bunch of other things. However, from what I've read online, a lot of people simply like the head shake effect and buffering illusion. Also, if you've tinkered with ezdok, you know that it's quite complicated and can sometimes have issues. It's not idiot proof. Personally, I was having a lot of problems with ezdok (technical issues) and ended up uninstalling it. Luckily, I wasn't too obsessed with the camera views and am quite happy with the default cameras of fsx. I do however loved and missed the wiggling, undocked head effects. The other day I discovered AccuFeel. this:http://www.a2asimulations.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=49 This program is extremely simple compared to Ezdok, but will give you instant, accurate head shake, stall buffeting, and ground shake in all your aircraft including addon aircraft simply by installing the software. It detects the type of aircraft, reads and understands it's flight specs and creates a shake profile for it. It also adds a whole plethora of improved sounds which are really amazing. This program is not a camera program though, so you will use the fsx camera system. You install it and forget about it. It's customizable if you want to tweak it with a really easy to use slider menu that appears in your add-ons tab.

Regarding the ENB series mod....once you use it, it's hard to tolerate the default, washed out values and tones of fsx. It really gives fsx a photographic look. But as many know, there can be some serious issues the mod including crashes, burned out skies, difficulty getting the mod to work in all types of time themes etc. For me, it was the single cause of CTD and fatal error messages. You can approximate most of the effects other than bloom by simply adjusting your desktop colour settings. Run fsx in it's own window and adjust your gamma, contrast, lightness etc until you get a richer, more contrasty look. Just playing with these sliders, you can exactly match the HDR effect of ENB....darker richer darks, brighter, more blown out lights etc. And at night, you can really get the high contrast, rich velvety blacks that are so much the prize of the ENB tweaks. On my LED tv, fsx looks awesome, and exactly matches the values of ENB minus the bloom softening. I liked the soap opera gauziness of enb, but got tired of the persistent crashes and problems. Maybe yours works great...I don't know. Aside from bloom, all the other effects can be had by changing your desktop colour settings....gamma, contrast, brightness, vibrance. Also play with your TV/monior settings as well. The nice thing about doing it this way is that you don't lose colour saturation or detail in blown out whites. It gives you a lot of customizability. I don't know, just my thoughts.

OMG.. Can you edit your post so its not a WALLOFTEXT ? lol...

OMG.. Can you edit your post so its not a WALLOFTEXT ? lol...

For the sake of not wanting to put the original poster in an awkward position and stimulating worthy discussion, I have edited his text slightly to improve clarity, consistency and readability:

 

"Everyone is different and likes different FSX add-ons. I want to share my thoughts on the ENB series and EZCA. Both are awesome without a doubt.

 

If cameras are your thing, then EZCA is the supreme program that will give you unlimited camera views, head shake, and buffering effects. However, from what I've read online, a lot of people simply like it for its head shake effects and buffering illusions. Also, if you've tinkered with EZCA, you know that it's quite complicated and can sometimes have issues. Personally, I was having a lot of technical issues with EZCA and ended up uninstalling it. Luckily, I wasn't too obsessed with camera views and am quite happy with the default cameras of FSX. I do however love and miss the wiggling head effects.

 

The other day I discovered AccuFeel. This program is extremely simple compared to EZCA, but will give you instant, accurate head shake, stall buffeting, and ground shake in all of your aircraft. It detects the type of aircraft, reads and understands its flight specs, and creates a shake profile for it. It also adds a whole plethora of improved sounds, which are really amazing. This program is not a camera program though, so you will have to use the FSX camera system. It's customizable with a really easy-to-use slider menu that appears in your add-ons tab.

You install it and forget about it.

 

Regarding the ENB series: once you use it, it's hard to tolerate the default, washed-out values and tones of FSX. It really gives FSX a photographic look. But, as many know, it can have some serious issues involving crashes, burned out skies, and difficulty getting it to work in all types of time themes. For me, it was the single cause of CTD and fatal errors.

 

You can approximate most of the effects besides bloom by adjusting your desktop colour settings. Run FSX in its own window and adjust your gamma, contrast, lightness, etc. until you get a richer, more-contrasted look. Just playing with these sliders, you can match the HDR effect of ENB: darker, richer darks, brighter, more-blown-out lights, etc. And at night, you can really get the high-contrast, rich, velvety blacks that are the prize of the ENB tweaks.

Also play with your TV/monitor settings as well.

On my LED TV, FSX looks awesome, and exactly matches the values of ENB minus the bloom softening. I liked the soap opera gauziness of ENB, but got tired of the persistent crashes and problems.The nice thing about doing it this way is that you don't lose colour saturation or detail in blown-out whites. It gives you a lot of customizability."

Edited January 8, 201313 yr by zowen11

Just to clarify one thing here.. Accu-feel does NOT have any type of head shaking effects. It only moves the aircraft, not the camera. It definitely enhances the feel of vibrations and such by moving the aircraft, but for clarity's sake EZCA and Accu-feel do two totally different things.

Accu-feel does NOT have any type of head shaking effects. It only moves the aircraft, not the camera.

 

And thank goodness for that. The LAST thing I want is something shaking my head in the cockpit. When the aircraft is shaking, FSX already provides the necessary inertia on head movements, which works quite well for me.

 

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Got my OPUS cameras and DHM/OHM working and it's sensational, that's my opinion anyway and I have programmed views to my hat switch. If you do that though you have to assign keystrokes to the hatswitch 1st through FSUIPC,not hard I use Ctrl shift 0 through to Ctrl shift 6 as these are not used in fsx and my fsx controls are disabled to. Just make sure you don't have hatswitch assigned in fsx controls to avoid conflict. I will do a video next week on how it's done.

 

The opus DHM AND OHM are life like with shakes etc, I too uninstalled ezdok too many issues for me.

 

Instead of END. Try fxaa here http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/131

 

Enjoy

The opus DHM AND OHM are life like with shakes etc,

I only use CR and RND effects (using EZCA terms). The FSX inertia bug is already enormously annoying, and I have to adjust my cockpit viewpoint constantly after the aircraft turns in order for the view to remain centered. I find that DHM results in too much movement. In the real world, I would at least have a sense of how or where my head might be moving, and would therefore be able to attempt countering some of the movements. However, DHM eliminates this sense of control and feeling, as it is consistently present regardless of how the pilot tries to counter it. I feel that realistic shaking movements can be achieved with adjusting CR and RND alone.