October 18, 20178 yr Hi friends, I am on P3Dv4 now for about a month and really like it! I am unfamiliar with PTA, but having seen some posts on avsim, it seems that lots of you are using it. Have also seen a youtube about ENVTEX this week, and now i don't know which would be best for me. I need something easy as i am not very computer-knowledgeable. I can download some scenery like an airport, or a new a/c and get it working, but more than that, I am stumped. Would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions on which way to turn to upgrade the visuals. I do have all the ORBX stuff and still trying to get AS4 to work properly. My specs are below. Thanks!! Lennie, Henderson, North Carolina. Piper Warrior II pilot; Volairsim cockpit; Corsair 750D case; Corsair 850W PS; Maximus IX MoBo; Samsung EVO 850 SSD; Toshiba 3TB ExtHD; 3-ASUS Proart 24" monitors; 2-GTX 1080ti video cards; I7-7700k CPU; Saitek instruments and panels - SPAD, MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; Brunner CLS-E yoke and Virtual Fly throttle; Win10 Pro; MSFS.
October 18, 20178 yr Hi Lennie, Welcome aboard... PTA and ENVTEX are two different things— PTA is a shader pack that brightens the environment with realistic lighting - much more like real sunlight illuminating the environment than the dull and dreary default shaders... ENVTEX is a texture pack that improves the environment with better texture - primarily in the atmosphere (sky and clouds) in addition to other textures like water... My favorite cocktail is Active Sky, ASCA, ENVTEX, and PTA... Obviously this hobby can get pretty expensive quickly - if money is an issue tradionally we see good discounts on many products around the holidays... I discussed this earlier today here: Regards, Scott
October 18, 20178 yr 10 minutes ago, scottb613 said: My favorite cocktail is Active Sky, ASCA, ENVTEX, and PTA Agreed. That's the right drink to go with P3d v4. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
October 19, 20178 yr Author Thanks. Maybe I will go with PTA now and wait for sales later. Add one at a time! Lennie, Henderson, North Carolina. Piper Warrior II pilot; Volairsim cockpit; Corsair 750D case; Corsair 850W PS; Maximus IX MoBo; Samsung EVO 850 SSD; Toshiba 3TB ExtHD; 3-ASUS Proart 24" monitors; 2-GTX 1080ti video cards; I7-7700k CPU; Saitek instruments and panels - SPAD, MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; Brunner CLS-E yoke and Virtual Fly throttle; Win10 Pro; MSFS.
October 19, 20178 yr Author Another question: I watched Matt Davies you tube. I don't think i want to mess around with all the stuff right now, so could someone recommend a couple of "presets" and tell me where to find them? Thanks!! Lennie, Henderson, North Carolina. Piper Warrior II pilot; Volairsim cockpit; Corsair 750D case; Corsair 850W PS; Maximus IX MoBo; Samsung EVO 850 SSD; Toshiba 3TB ExtHD; 3-ASUS Proart 24" monitors; 2-GTX 1080ti video cards; I7-7700k CPU; Saitek instruments and panels - SPAD, MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; Brunner CLS-E yoke and Virtual Fly throttle; Win10 Pro; MSFS.
October 19, 20178 yr Hi Lennie, I believe "Adam" has a highly rated preset... Link in first post... https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/143322-a-few-pta-tests/?tab=comments#comment-1264399 Regards, Scott
October 19, 20178 yr Toga, the developer of Envtex, is also working on its own shader package which will integrate with Envtex. That's what I am waiting for, because it seems more user friendly then the other solutions. https://togapjcts.wixsite.com/toga/envshade Cheers, Bert AMD Ryzen 5900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3080 Ti, Windows 11 Home 64 bit, MSFS 2024
October 19, 20178 yr Hi Lennie, Here is another post showing off PTA - it seems to indicate presets are available from Matt Davies - who owns PTA - so I would assume the presets are available when you purchase PTA.... https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/143541-catalina-with-two-different-presets/?tab=comments#comment-1266417 Regards, Scott
October 19, 20178 yr I would say go with PTA especially if you already have Active Sky or REX. If you have the enhanced REX, I think it is better than EnvTex, but that is just my opinion. Plus it is free for previous owners. P3D v4, REX SF3D, AS16, ENVTex, PTA 2.60, FSDT KDFW, KLAS, KLAX, KORD, KJFK, KSFD, KIAH, KMEM, KCLT FlightBeam KDEN, KIAD, KPHX, KSFO, KMSP ASUS Z97 Pro + Wifi, Intel i7 4990k 4.0GHz, EVGA NVidia 970 4GB DDR5, Corsair 16GB DDR3 2400, Samsung SSD 850 250GB, 2x Acer 32" Monitor
October 19, 20178 yr Lennie, If you want easy, do as Bert suggested and wait for ENVSHADE. It will be cheap, completely hands-off and I believe does not require ENVTEX (please correct me here). PTA is great but you will spend a lot of time tweaking and there is usually some compromise in the visuals. Ilya Eydis, PPL, ASEL
October 19, 20178 yr PTA 2.60 in P3Dv4.1 = P4Dv4.2 ... 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
October 19, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, lennie said: Another question: I watched Matt Davies you tube. I don't think i want to mess around with all the stuff right now, so could someone recommend a couple of "presets" and tell me where to find them? Thanks!! There are no recommended presets because everyone likes something different but also, more importantly, everyone's system is different. Some people LOVE certain presets and praise it into heaven but they don't realise that that preset may look like **** on another computer. I bought PTA a week ago and tried a lot of presets, some of which were supposed to bring me to heaven but imho they brought me to hell. So try various presets and use the one YOU like on YOUR computer. Don't take anyone's word for it or you might be flying in a sim that looks like **** while you try to convince yourself it looks awesome.
October 19, 20178 yr 7 minutes ago, J van E said: There are no recommended presets because everyone likes something different but also, more importantly, everyone's system is different. Some people LOVE certain presets and praise it into heaven but they don't realise that that preset may look like **** on another computer. I bought PTA a week ago and tried a lot of presets, some of which were supposed to bring me to heaven but imho they brought me to hell. So try various presets and use the one YOU like on YOUR computer. Don't take anyone's word for it or you might be flying in a sim that looks like **** while you try to convince yourself it looks awesome. Totally correct. Also different monitor settings show different images... Some people like my preset very much. Others think it is too bright or too dark... 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
October 19, 20178 yr 53 minutes ago, GSalden said: PTA 2.60 in P3Dv4.1 = P4Dv4.2 .. Touché! Marques Ryzen 7 [email protected] | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360| RTX 4070 ti | 32GB Ram @5600MHZ| Crucial MX 200 M.2 500GB |Crucial MX200 SATA 500GB | HTC Vive | XIAOMI 43" 4k TV | Acer Predator 27" G-Sync | AOC 32" Freesync
October 20, 20178 yr 17 hours ago, GSalden said: PTA 2.60 in P3Dv4.1 = P4Dv4.2 ... Nice Whatis your preset mate?
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