January 5, 20179 yr So I thought I would give XP11 a shot to see if it is worth transitioning from P3D. I downloaded a bunch of the free airport sceneries, mesh etc. Now I am quite impressed with the way the default aircraft handle. However I am a little disappointed with the visuals. The colors look really pale and washed out. Is there a setting or something which I am missing to add some richness to the world around me?
January 5, 20179 yr Make sure to set the visibility to max (100 sm) in the weather screen. There have been complaints about excessive haze, so maybe developers will have a look at it for the next betas. "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
January 5, 20179 yr Moderator I agree with you, it is pale and washed out. In XP10 we used to be able to change the gamma setting to make the colours a little darker, but this option was removed in XP11. xEnviro and SMP improves the sky colours, but the scenery and trees are very washed out and as of yet I haven't found a way to fix it. Sadly, it seems the gamma option won't be coming back as the lack of it simplifies authoring textures for developers.
January 5, 20179 yr Maxx FX can do this for you, including setting the Gamma. Edited January 6, 20179 yr by Jim Young Commercial Advertising. Link removed. Violates the AVSIM Terms of Service and my pinned topic in Hangar Chat - Currently giving X-Plane 12.10 a spin on Shadow PC. 10 years with X-Plane now, since 10.20
January 5, 20179 yr I had to get used to the pale colors but at this moment, now I am used to it, I think it looks more realistic than the very full and dark colors of P3D (with Orbx). It looks like the sun really shines in XP. In P3D things look more cloudy. Maybe xP10 had fuller colors but I kinda like it as it is now.
January 5, 20179 yr Author The pale colors are a deal-breaker for me. I looked at parts of the east coast and the UK where it should be lush and green and it looks like I am in the high desert. I will let the BETA play out and see where we are at.
January 5, 20179 yr I had to get used to the pale colors but at this moment, now I am used to it, I think it looks more realistic than the very full and dark colors of P3D (with Orbx). It looks like the sun really shines in XP. In P3D things look more cloudy. Maybe xP10 had fuller colors but I kinda like it as it is now. Totally agree. I never like the color in P3D but color in XP11 although a bit on the pale side really feels right after getting used to it. I do agree that color saturation, gamma etc can be further fine tuned, but XP11 is definitely in the ball park for rendering realistic looking scenery (at least to me). Two things really standing out though are trees and roads. Their textures are just plain ugly, especially trees. Hope someone can develop some better looking textures to give them a face lift. 9950X3D / 64GB / RTX5090 / Pimax Crystal Light / Win11
January 5, 20179 yr Still too hazy in beta but it's more realistic than default fsx or p3d If you're coming from fsx or p3d your brain is used to the dark colorful textures hehe. Sort of like how human's have viewed soft white light bulbs for too long and hence switch to daylight led | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
January 5, 20179 yr If you're coming from fsx or p3d your brain is used to the dark colorful textures hehe. Especially if you used ORBX's scenery. I like the more realistic coloring of XP right now, though my colors aren't as washed out since I don't use any external weather/environment software, just a lua script for the clouds and general HDR control. :Big Grin: Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
January 5, 20179 yr Could you pm me your settings? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
January 5, 20179 yr At first I thought this as well until I went back and looked at P3D again and it looked more colorful but also more "cartoonish." I would, however, like to have access to a gamma slider. Rick Abshier 5900X | RTX 5070 Ti OC| 64 GB@3600 | India Pale Ale
January 5, 20179 yr At first I thought this as well until I went back and looked at P3D again and it looked more colorful but also more "cartoonish." I would, however, like to have access to a gamma slider. Adjusting the art controls, via the datarefs, can be a powerful tool. Once you establish the adjusted settings, put it all in a lua script and have it load up on each flight automatically. :smile: Engage, research, inform and make your posts count! -Jim Morvay Origin EON-17SLX - Under the hood: Intel Core i7 7700K at 4.2GHz (Base) 4.6GHz (overclock), nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 Pascal w/8gb vram, 32gb (2x16) Crucial 2400mhz RAM, 3840 x 2160 17.3" IPS w/G-SYNC, Samsung 950 EVO 256GB PCIe m.2 SSD (Primary), Samsung 850 EVO 500gb M.2 (Sim Drive), MS Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit
January 5, 20179 yr Adjusting the art controls, via the datarefs, can be a powerful tool. Once you establish the adjusted settings, put it all in a lua script and have it load up on each flight automatically. :smile: This. Or ... read this :wink: . My sceneries (excerpt): LPMA Madeira (XPFR), LGSR Santorini, LRBV Brasov, the city of Fürth (Germany), several libraries, ...
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