P3Dv5 - who will be the first?

[mtr75 653]

I have exactly 1 hour, 30 minutes left on the download, so figure 5:15 PM EDT. Post below when you get it going. Screen shots welcome!!!

[mpo910 2,112]

Downloaded and unpacking right now.....

[virtualstuff 758]

Installing...

 

[mtr75 653]

Nice!!!!

[Sethos 4,333]

Been flying around for the past 10 minutes. While performance seems great, I'm having a real hard time coming to terms with the new look. Lighting is completely different and it doesn't look natural at all. Always appreciated that about P3D, it had a very natural tone you could spruce up a bit, whereas this just has some weird tones and filter. It honestly looks like Dovetail's Flight Sim World, that was almost impossible to get looking natural. 

Edited April 14, 2020 by Sethos

[threexgreen 3,139]

Y'all in here flying already or talking about how you'll be there in an hour and my poor self will have to leave the PC running overnight because 22.7 GB will take around 11 hours for me... welcome to the world of slow internet. In my world it's only 2005-ish.

[Pastaiolo 1,688]

Would be nice to see some clear sky comparison screenshots with and without truesky activated 🙂 That will give a good idea of how lighting changed in various conditions i think

[DannyR 35]

V5 installed and running.  I fly exclusively VR, so, my comments are based on VR flight. 

1.  The oversized cockpit issue while in VR is back.

2.  Presently installed Orbx stuff via Central.  Having to install each scenery individually.  Will take some time.  Installing all scenery into xml.  Will report back how that works.

3.  Setup controls using the default P3d controls interface, until FSUIPC 6 is available.  It works, just not as crisp as with FSUIPC.

Danny

[threexgreen 3,139]

2 minutes ago, DannyR said:

The oversized cockpit issue while in VR is back.

Never heard of it. Please elaborate, sounds bad...

[mpo910 2,112]

12 minutes ago, DannyR said:

V5 installed and running.  I fly exclusively VR, so, my comments are based on VR flight. 

1.  The oversized cockpit issue while in VR is back.

2.  Presently installed Orbx stuff via Central.  Having to install each scenery individually.  Will take some time.  Installing all scenery into xml.  Will report back how that works.

3.  Setup controls using the default P3d controls interface, until FSUIPC 6 is available.  It works, just not as crisp as with FSUIPC.

Danny

How about this I just found out!:

"Enhanced atmospherics is not supported in virtual reality mode and has been disabled"!

That does not fit to what LM wrote earlier: 

So VR is not fully supported as the new TrueSky does not work in VR? Others?

Did I miss something?

Windows 10 latest build

All drivers up to date

RTX 2080ti

i7 8700k OC to 5.1GhZ

Clean install, not 1 addon installed now

Just not fully compatibel

VR with HP Reverb via Steam VR

 

Edited April 14, 2020 by mpo910

[AUA425 130]

are cloud shadows now included in the release version ?

[DannyR 35]

12 minutes ago, mpo910 said:

How about this I just found out!:

"Enhanced atmospherics is not supported in virtual reality mode and has been disabled"!

That does not fit to what LM wrote earlier: 

So VR is not fully supported as the new TrueSky does not work in VR? Others?

Did I miss something?

Windows 10 latest build

All drivers up to date

RTX 2080ti

i7 8700k OC to 5.1GhZ

Clean install, not 1 addon installed now

Just not fully compatibel

VR with HP Reverb via Steam VR

 

Yep, I got the same indication.

Danny

[Pilot53 544]

12 minutes ago, mpo910 said:

How about this I just found out!:

"Enhanced atmospherics is not supported in virtual reality mode and has been disabled"!

That does not fit to what LM wrote earlier: 

So VR is not fully supported as the new TrueSky does not work in VR? Others?

Did I miss something?

Windows 10 latest build

All drivers up to date

RTX 2080ti

i7 8700k OC to 5.1GhZ

Clean install, not 1 addon installed now

Just not fully compatibel

VR with HP Reverb via Steam VR

 

Wow.... thats pretty messed up if true, especially to not include a disclaimer regarding that.  Very dissapointing.

[LRBS 947]

28 minutes ago, Sethos said:

Been flying around for the past 10 minutes. While performance seems great, I'm having a real hard time coming to terms with the new look. Lighting is completely different and it doesn't look natural at all. Always appreciated that about P3D, it had a very natural tone you could spruce up a bit, whereas this just has some weird tones and filter. It honestly looks like Dovetail's Flight Sim World, that was almost impossible to get looking natural. 

I agree 100%, washed out colors looks terrible compared to P3D V4.5.

PLUS that they didn't fix the issue with ground textures loading in distance and you keep on seeing the same problem with loading in squares. That's why all the videos on the net are with haze conditions to hide the same on going problem with this issue.

What is  noticeable is the performance so far, other wise if you compare it with out of the box with all these videos on YouTube that use all kind of enhancements and tweaks it's not good.

Unfortunately very disappointed and unhappy about all these people making these short movies misleading people about the product.

[Skywolf 992]

Cool will wait and here more reviews.  VR is absolute must for me.  DCS is amazing in VR, was hoping for LM TrueSky clouds in VR.  CC is on hold till I read more feedback