Steves DX10 Scenery Fixer is back for sale

[Ioan92 63]

I wonder if there are any plans for disabling SGAA from clouds. That would be the best thing ever.

[CrownCityMisfits 58]

Not any great changes, BB - Steve's been working on getting the VC and general shadowing to a better level than it is in DX9, and that's largely been successful. The manual and interface has changed a little, to - nothing to be afraid of!

 

pj

 

I went ahead and updated, hoping there wouldn't be any bugs. The VC shadows look significantly better after some tweaking, so I consider this a big win for Steve and the rest of us. 

[CoolP 283]

Excellent news! Thanks to Steve for that decision and ongoing support of the old ship, called FSX.

 

I guess the DX10 community and helpers (Paul et al. ) did play a role, a good one.

[jewel77 6]

Welcome back Paul and Steve!  

 

Already updated to 2.4! 

[SteveFx 258]

I wonder if there are any plans for disabling SGAA from clouds. That would be the best thing ever.

I really don't believe its possible without changing the core.

[CFIJose 5,485]

I wonder if there are any plans for disabling SGAA from clouds. That would be the best thing ever.

Yes there is!

It's called the GTX 970.

You will get a nice boost in performance across the horizon.

[MarkW 1,493]

I stand corrected.  VC shadows are not enabled by PMDG but you can edit some files to get it working.  Details in the manual and in this thread.

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/421981-vc-shadows-and-pmdg-777/page-2

[Ioan92 63]

Yes there is!

It's called the GTX 970.

You will get a nice boost in performance across the horizon.

 

Hehe, well I've ordered myself a 980 as my monitor died and thought it was time for a little upgrade anyways xD

[TheFamilyMan 280]

Using "Cloud Clip" and "Discard Fogged" in the paid version of the DX10 Fixer, along with ASN's dynamic cloud range setting, goes a long ways towards lessening the FSP hit of clouds while using 4x GSAA.  I can now fly in weather that was once a complete stutter fest before these changes (my 780 gtx probably helps as well).

 

Hats off to the improved VC/aircraft shadows; yet again I can rejoice with staying with FSX!  BTW, I have a hard time convincing myself to get P3D, since I'd have to fool (read LIE to) myself that I'm not using it for personal entertainment, but hey that's me whose not a pilot nor in such training.  To quote Mark Twain: The honest man has nothing to remember.

[Buziel-411 4]

This is awesome news! Glad Steve decided to bring it back.  ^_^

[Fi5kuS 57]

Can anyone confirm with pictures VC shadows in the NGX737? Or is this impossible? I'm a little bit confused on this matter and to lazy to start digging...

[Paul J 349]

To the best of my knowledge, no matter how the Fixer is setup, nor what version is being used - cockpit shadowing for the PMDG NGX does not work. This could of course, change at some point, but this is the situation at this moment.

 

However - it does work for the PMDG 777.

 

pj

[sebyh 1]

Can anyone confirm with pictures VC shadows in the NGX737? Or is this impossible? I'm a little bit confused on this matter and to lazy to start digging...

 I have them working on the MD11, 747 V1 and J41. Lots of shots of the 777 with shadows, I do not have the 777.

 

The 737NGX will not work I believe because it has a giant box out side the VC. If you sit in the VC and slew out with CTRL+entre until your out side and look back you will see the box. It might be to protect there HUD tech or is required by the HUD to work. 

[MarkW 1,493]

To the best of my knowledge, no matter how the Fixer is setup, nor what version is being used - cockpit shadowing for the PMDG NGX does not work. This could of course, change at some point, but this is the situation at this moment.

 

However - it does work for the PMDG 777.

 

pj

 

I could not get it to work on the 777.  I enabled VC Shadows using the Toolbox.  Did it on the VC and then changed it to the actual airframe model.  Does it need to be enabled on both?  Also, I checked VC Walls in the Fixer.

[jcomm 5,938]

Sorry for the double post, but I would really to get feedback on using Steve's latest version of the Fixer with an ATI HD 6970 Graphics Card.

 

Apparently this is a great card for running FSX in dx9, but, how about with the fixer?

 

I never had ATIs, so I dont know, but a friend with an ATI HD 6970  is really willing to take the plunge and move to the DX10 World :-), only affraid of having problems with the many installed aircraft and scenery / tunning add-ons...

 

Any oppinions, hints, suggestions appreciated !