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Making P3D colours look like FSX

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Hi all,

I moved last week from FSX to P3D. Maybe I don't have the right wording but for me the cockpit and scenery colors are "whiter", "brighter" than FSX. Maybe "washed".

I believe that is well known? What I can do to malke the P3D colours resemble those of FSX? I fly A2A aircrafts and have FTX Global, Vector, OpenLC USA + Europe.

Thanks.

TONY on FS2024
Black Square Bonanza & Baron
A2A Comanche  Flyboy Rans S6S CAS Piper J-3 Cub
PMDG 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 737-800 BBJ2
Fenix A320 iniBuilds A350
FSUIPC
Active Sky FS Chase Plane Flow FS2Crew FSTramp GSX
Alienware R16 i7-14700KF 5.60 GHz l 32 GB DDR5 l RTX 4070 Ti Super l 32" 4K OLED G-SYNC 240 Hz

You should look into getting a products like PTA or Envshade, either one of them is a must have for anyone running P3D.

Edited by Drumcode

Jacek G.

Ryzen 5800X3D | Asus RTX4090 OC | 64gb DDR4 3600 | Asus ROG Strix X570E | HX1000w | Fractal Design Torrent RGB | AOC AGON 49' Curved QHD |

 

I like PTA and there are lots of presets that you can experiment with to get the colors you like best.

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.

PTA in concert with the P3D HDR settings..."saturation" in particular.   Together, this has gotten rid of the cartoon-blue water in my sim. 

It's still very blue in the tropics on a sunny day, but at least now, in overcast Lake Michigan it is a nice slate/blue/gray.

Rhett

7800X3D 96 GB G.Skill Flare  Gigabyte 4090  Crucial P5 Plus 2TB

Shadermods like P3D Tweak Assist (PTA) and the free TomatoShade seem to create a lot of problems and require endless settings adjustment which is just not my thing. You've also got things like ENBserie (not needed so much on P3D) and ReShade that sit outside the simulator and inject shader tweaks.

I'd go with what Tomaz said, tweak the HDR settings or disable HDR altogether in P3D, that should get the colours similar to default FSX. I tweaked mine a bit and used the time preview feature to check it was right across all times of day.

ckyliu, proud supporter of ViaIntercity.com. i5 12400F, 32GB, RTX4070, more in "About me" on my profile. 

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Hi Folks,

I really like ENVSHADE - set it and forget it...

Inexpensive and a massive improvement - no fuss - that's bang for your buck...

Regards,
Scott

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Hi all,

Many thanks. I'll try HDR, and if not enough wiht get ENVSHADE .

Their website and SimMarket says:

  • 2 supported simulators

    • Prepar3D v4 (v4.1 and v4.2)

    • Prepar3D v3 (v3.4 only)

Does it work on 4.3 too?

TONY on FS2024
Black Square Bonanza & Baron
A2A Comanche  Flyboy Rans S6S CAS Piper J-3 Cub
PMDG 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 737-800 BBJ2
Fenix A320 iniBuilds A350
FSUIPC
Active Sky FS Chase Plane Flow FS2Crew FSTramp GSX
Alienware R16 i7-14700KF 5.60 GHz l 32 GB DDR5 l RTX 4070 Ti Super l 32" 4K OLED G-SYNC 240 Hz

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I turned off HDR and recovered the FSX colours.

I would like to give a try to ENVSHADE. If I install it, do I need to turn HDR on?

Edited by Simicro

TONY on FS2024
Black Square Bonanza & Baron
A2A Comanche  Flyboy Rans S6S CAS Piper J-3 Cub
PMDG 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 737-800 BBJ2
Fenix A320 iniBuilds A350
FSUIPC
Active Sky FS Chase Plane Flow FS2Crew FSTramp GSX
Alienware R16 i7-14700KF 5.60 GHz l 32 GB DDR5 l RTX 4070 Ti Super l 32" 4K OLED G-SYNC 240 Hz

39 minutes ago, Simicro said:

I turned off HDR and recovered the FSX colours.

I would like to give a try to ENVSHADE. If I install it, do I need to turn HDR on?

I run with HDR on during daylight and off at night - with ENVSHADE - it brightens everything too much at night... I’m pretty happy with how my sim looks...

 

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Regards,

Scott

 

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Thanks Scott

TONY on FS2024
Black Square Bonanza & Baron
A2A Comanche  Flyboy Rans S6S CAS Piper J-3 Cub
PMDG 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 737-800 BBJ2
Fenix A320 iniBuilds A350
FSUIPC
Active Sky FS Chase Plane Flow FS2Crew FSTramp GSX
Alienware R16 i7-14700KF 5.60 GHz l 32 GB DDR5 l RTX 4070 Ti Super l 32" 4K OLED G-SYNC 240 Hz

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These are my P3D settings, look under lighting in the 3rd column for my HDR settings

ckyliu, proud supporter of ViaIntercity.com. i5 12400F, 32GB, RTX4070, more in "About me" on my profile. 

support1.jpg

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Many thanks Chris. Actually I disabled HDR totally and I'm happy.

TONY on FS2024
Black Square Bonanza & Baron
A2A Comanche  Flyboy Rans S6S CAS Piper J-3 Cub
PMDG 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 737-800 BBJ2
Fenix A320 iniBuilds A350
FSUIPC
Active Sky FS Chase Plane Flow FS2Crew FSTramp GSX
Alienware R16 i7-14700KF 5.60 GHz l 32 GB DDR5 l RTX 4070 Ti Super l 32" 4K OLED G-SYNC 240 Hz

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