X-Plane for a long time FSX user?

[Blaze 102]

 

 

3D Cockpit shadows have some jaggies and I dont know how to minimize this.

And I love the sloped runways very nice.

 

The only way that I know is to crank up the setting in rendering option to "Melt your GPU" .  I don't know if the shadowing is tied to the aircraft modeling or not? (ie. If a superior payware developer will have "nicer" shadows modeled into their product) Perhaps one of the many developers who frequent here will comment?  While that setting sounds intimidating I didn't really feel the hit I thought that I would but, be advised it's one of those settings that once you've seen it it's hard to give up. I'm glad my card can handle it.

[skully 1,045]

 

The feel in of the aircraft in all flight regimes must me experienced to be beloved. 

 

my god... I need to start proofreading my posts..

[737727Nut 12]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, when I fly my real Cessna 172 I NEVER have to trim aileron. Oh wait thats right, there isn't aileron trim in the 172.  But in Xplane it banks badly on any power change. I have had to set up a button for aileron trim.   The real 172 in calmer morning and evening weather flies hands off and is actually borderline boring.  lol   X-plane is like trying to fly a on top of a ball and the plane is always wanting to roll or pitch off to one side.    I have X-plane 10, FSX and P3D.   The FSX and P3D (standard flight profile) modelling is much more realistic.   Again I am basing this on only real world planes I fly and can compare to.    

[Baylorguy 39]

Ladies and gents!!! After tuning it up I gotta say that.........It looks and feels amazing!!! I got blown away by how this thing looks especially at night with the HDR effect. WOW!

All the sliders set at around 80% with the shadow detail at 3d on aircraft, HDR on with 2xSSAA + FXAA anti-aliasing (higher has a high performance impact, while FXAA only has too many flickers for my taste), clouds 85% and I get around 30-40 fps, I gotta add that my resolution is 1440p.

 

3D Cockpit shadows have some jaggies and I dont know how to minimize this. 

And I love the sloped runways very nice.

 

I'm definitely pulling the trigger..

 

Great, glad you like it!  I almost did not pull the trigger with X Plane... I had FSX but was curious... One big issue I still see is the difficulty in getting up and running as it were... it just is not near as user friendly and intuitive as FSX.  That being said... once you do get it set up and get used to it... it really is a joy to use.

 

If I were you I would keep the FSX installation on your machine.  There are times I jump to one sim and then the other depending on what I want to do.  Wouldn't want to have to set all of that stuff up again

 

Welcome aboard

[Polar 30]

I started using XP10 on the first day of 2014, I have not left it yet. I have the SAAB 340, Carenado 90/208/340 Malibu and the FF B-757. Yes it still has some things I would like to see, but that has been true even w/ MSFS. XP has many things that FS will never have, and almost every week I see or find something new. I am a convert, keep up the good work Austin and team. :rolleyes:

[rototom 198]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, when I fly my real Cessna 172 I NEVER have to trim aileron. Oh wait thats right, there isn't aileron trim in the 172.  But in Xplane it banks badly on any power change. I have had to set up a button for aileron trim.   The real 172 in calmer morning and evening weather flies hands off and is actually borderline boring.  lol   X-plane is like trying to fly a on top of a ball and the plane is always wanting to roll or pitch off to one side.    I have X-plane 10, FSX and P3D.   The FSX and P3D (standard flight profile) modelling is much more realistic.   Again I am basing this on only real world planes I fly and can compare to.    

 

You're experiencing this in all phases of flight? From what I understand, in real life, a fixed amount of trim is applied to the air-frame by the manufacturer so that in normal cruise flight the roll is countered. In a climb, the roll is expected and will always be there because engine power is high (more torque) and airspeed over surfaces is lower. If you're cruising with high power, it's also likely that you will experience some roll.

[ryanbatc 12,840]

I've flown warriors and never noticed it as much as I do in XP - but that's probably because it can be harder in real life to notice minor flight path changes compared to looking at a screen.