Hi All. I currently run ENVSHADE/TEX/ActiveSky for modeling/ASCA for sky color/SkyForce for clouds/text.  I've seen some very nice looking screenshots of TS.  Do you guys recommend disabling ENVSHADE and going with TS?  

28 minutes ago, micstatic said:

Hi All. I currently run ENVSHADE/TEX/ActiveSky for modeling/ASCA for sky color/SkyForce for clouds/text.  I've seen some very nice looking screenshots of TS.  Do you guys recommend disabling ENVSHADE and going with TS?  

Funny you should ask,

I have been using envshade for quite a while.

up until 2 days ago, I switched to tomatoshade to switch it up.

and am loving it with R&D preset.

Nice. So do you just download ts then get that preset?  Do you also have to get the individual aircraft profiles?  Anything else I should know?

1 minute ago, micstatic said:

Nice. So do you just download ts then get that preset?  Do you also have to get the individual aircraft profiles?  Anything else I should know?

Yes.  download tomato shade and also the preset.

there is a comprehensive video on YouTube tutorial 

i forget which one. 
search and a few will pop up.

I use both and PTA . I change up whenever I want a different look in P3d.

Do you guys use the individual aircraft reflective profiles?  Thanks for your replies 

7 minutes ago, micstatic said:

Do you guys use the individual aircraft reflective profiles?  Thanks for your replies 

You can also download aircraft profiles also 

5 hours ago, micstatic said:

Do you guys use the individual aircraft reflective profiles?  Thanks for your replies 

I do, for aircraft that doesn't have PBR. If they do have PBR, then don't touch it for the particular aircraft. You can also opt not to use advanced reflections altogether. If you want to use reflection profiles, then get them from IniBuilds. R&D Presets TS profile is great (and even better with Uncharted 2 alternate tonemap), but their reflection packs are complete garbage and also make certain cockpit elements look completely off.

thanks guys.  making my way thru the process.  last question.  do you also use reshader?

2 hours ago, micstatic said:

thanks guys.  making my way thru the process.  last question.  do you also use reshader?

I tried to get it working on 4.5H1, but the interface was behaving really odd so I gave up on it. Apparently there is just a small configuration modification that has to be made in order for it to work correctly. You can read the instruction given by @Rogen I will try it myself again at some point. It is purely up to your preferences.

 

one of the things I'm noticing now that I have TS installed is that the Anti aliasing appears to be less effective.  I notice more jaggy lines.  Previously I had run 4MSAA.  Now even with 2xSSAA they are still there.  Running 8xMSAA appears to help however.  Has anybody found a best practice to deal with this?