January 17, 201412 yr If you want to checkout some awesome heavily produced FSX videos check out this guy. He is one of the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udi9vYSBTaA There are a lot of post production effects here and no doubt the clips are made in slow motion and then speeded up to normal speed but he doesn't let on anything other than that!
January 17, 201412 yr That is awesome. I can say for sure I have not gotten FSX to look like the second video. I have maxed all the settings and gotten like 10-12 FPS which just wasn't very fun. All, Remember "looking like" and "performing like" are two different things! I never said you can get the same kind of performance as the videos show. Other have addressed that point already here.
January 17, 201412 yr Remember "looking like" and "performing like" are two different things! I never said you can get the same kind of performance as the videos show. Other have addressed that point already here. I should have read that more carefully. Still would be awesome to use FSX like those videos though.
January 17, 201412 yr hen editing the final video to speed it back up to normal rate, thus making the framerate much higher in the video that it really was in the sim. So then what about the audio (altitude call outs). Do they get dubbed back in? Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
January 17, 201412 yr So then what about the audio (altitude call outs). Do they get dubbed back in? Audio is easily added to any video, as well as the original sounds if you want it, plus music, you just add more audio tracks and adjust the seperate volumes as needed Jay
January 17, 201412 yr To me this is more about the visuals than the performance. I don't know about getting as good, but you can get close with Sweetfx, ENB, Shade, REX and ASN! Sweetfx can add a LOT to the visual experience in FSX depending what you are after. It's like a night and day difference in lighting, color, and depth. Both of these videos appear to be using it along with ENB. These effects could be from video editing programs too. FYI, I have written about my experiences, with Sweetfx here if you are interested. http://deskpilot518.blogspot.com/2014/01/sweetfxhow-sweet-it-is.html B. MY FLIGHT SIM BLOG http://deskpilot518.blogspot.com/ Proud supporter of Intercity Airways, visit www.ViaIntercity.com
January 17, 201412 yr Is all very easy! first off you want find FSRecorder, download and install it. It freeware! Then load your flight with the normal setting you use. Start FSRecorder and record the flight. Then using FSRecorder play back the flight at the Normal speed and capture the playback using Fraps or bandicam or best of all shadow play. MSI afterburner also has a gameplay recording utility. An MP4 is who are after. Once you have that you want to remove the sound track and ditch the video. Now you have your sound track:-) Then yank all your FSX setting up full:-) Play back the FSRecorder file at say 1/16th or even 1/32th of normal speed. Us your screen capture software to record the slide show. Then using you video editing software MS moviemaker for most play back the recording at 16x or 32x which ever reciprocal you used and add the sound that you recorded earlier and watch your FSX as if it were on a NASA supercomputer:-) That's the basic outline. But the YouTube guys that do this really well Spend hours and perhaps days making a 5 minute clip. The swaying Trees and heat distortion are all post production effects and NOT produced by FSX Addons. When you are watching promo videos by third party developers for there latest and greatest addons bear in mind that these FSX movie Making techniques are often used in those promo videos and they make the Addon look better than it really is a better than you will ever see it perform on your own machine!
January 17, 201412 yr To the OP, Yes, FSX can look that good. Many of us use FSX like that everyday. Hence even better I agree Jim also with great FPS, and Kai-Tak is very FPS friendly great work from Tampa ;-) Looks like the AI (biggest frame rate killer in FSX) is turned down on those movies... Only I prefer sweetfx instead of the enb used in the movie... It's just one airport CDG with less AI and Kai-Tak is known for great FPS. I find Heathrow with London in the background harder on frames... Find those movies not the best example of how "good" FSX can look lol There are of course a lof of edited videos of which you should take with a grain of salt... But there are also a lot of true in sim great looking FSX videos... André
January 17, 201412 yr Author If you want to checkout some awesome heavily produced FSX videos check out this guy. He is one of the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udi9vYSBTaA There are a lot of post production effects here and no doubt the clips are made in slow motion and then speeded up to normal speed but he doesn't let on anything other than that! All I can say is wow! Hence even better I agree Jim also with great FPS, and Kai-Tak is very FPS friendly great work from Tampa ;-) Looks like the AI (biggest frame rate killer in FSX) is turned down on those movies... Only I prefer sweetfx instead of the enb used in the movie... It's just one airport CDG with less AI and Kai-Tak is known for great FPS. I find Heathrow with London in the background harder on frames... Find those movies not the best example of how "good" FSX can look lol There are of course a lof of edited videos of which you should take with grain of salt... But there are also a ot of true raw great looking FSX videos... I can't wait to find some more great raw videos. I also like the edited ones too. Lots of fun all around.
January 17, 201412 yr No post-production effects whatsoever minus the cabin windows. I filmed this in-game without the use of FSRecorder, so there was a minor frames impact in certain scenes as FRAP's is a FPS killer when recording, though it's not really noticable. So yes, it can look "that good". 1080 version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPHGzMbSfQ Bryan Ott
January 17, 201412 yr Author No post-production effects whatsoever minus the cabin windows. I filmed this in-game without the use of FSRecorder, so there was a minor frames impact in certain scenes as FRAP's is a FPS killer when recording, though it's not really noticable. So yes, it can look "that good". 1080 version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPHGzMbSfQ Wow * 10. Please donate your computer to me :-). I subscribed to your YouTube account. Can't wait to see more like that.
January 17, 201412 yr It depends on where you fly really. I get about 30 FPS in everything but places like the NYC area, over the ocean it's not impossible to see 140-150 fps average. In places like NYC, with lots of autogen, and air traffic (i usually leave off airport vehichles) I get from 20-30 fps on the ground and about 10 in the air, just after take off. The higher you fly the better the frame rates, at least imho.
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