Make my sim look great!

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

Ok, I made a bit of a jest post over at msfs forums, but I am a long time simmer (25+) years, and I have been using p3d for the last - I dunno - 7 years or so? In any case, I would like some help to get my p3d v5 looking as good as it can (but must also be stable)! 

This is how it looks right now: 

I have orbx global basepack and activesky at the moment. What else do I need to make it look GEEWD? 

[hs118 707]

Too bad there are no shader adjustment softwares for V5. One of the reasons I am still using 4.5 is Prepar3d Tweak Assistant. 

With PTA, I can get more "real world" atmospheric lighting and shadow. 

[Nyxx 6,993]

Orbx OLC

Orbx Tera Flora v2 

EA ON

Lots of addon airports.

If you have a good PC and a lot of VRAM

Orbx Regions

Orbx TE

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by Nyxx

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

42 minutes ago, Nyxx said:

Orbx OLC

Orbx Tera Flora v2 

EA ON

Lots of addon airports.

If you have a good PC and a lot of VRAM

Orbx Regions

Orbx TE

 

OLC I guess means Open Landclass, but what does EA ON mean? Whats Orbx TE?

[RamonB 449]

4 minutes ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

, but what does EA ON mean? Whats Orbx TE?

EA = Enhanced Atmospherics (Still in Beta You can enable it in the weather tab.)
ORBX TE = True Earth.

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

1 minute ago, RamonB said:

EA = Enhanced Atmospherics (Still in Beta You can enable it in the weather tab.)
ORBX TE = True Earth.

In the ORbx I dont have True Earth in the store..?

[RamonB 449]

3 minutes ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

In the ORbx I dont have True Earth in the store..?

Hi
Look here https://orbxdirect.com/category/europe/esp
Their TE Netherlands is fantastic.

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by RamonB

[GSalden 4,656]

TE Netherlands 

 

[ha5mvo 241]

Mind you, TE won't make the sim look better, they will make particular areas look better AND they will take a massive amount of disk space (and other resources large ortho scenery would consume).

If your visits to Holland (or other TE regions) are infrequent and are mostly IFR/tubeliners then  the value of investing in TE may be questionable

[GSalden 4,656]

1 minute ago, ha5mvo said:

Mind you, TE won't make the sim look better, they will make particular areas look better AND they will take a massive amount of disk space (and other resources large ortho scenery would consume).

If your visits to Holland (or other TE regions) are infrequent and are mostly IFR/tubeliners then  the value of investing in TE may be questionable

The TE series connect very well to the Global Basepack. 
Myself I only fly in Europe + Northern Aftrica and I have everything PR.

[Ed_S_Pilot 227]

Im waiting for TE So Cal. to be released to fill my western regions....

[Ed_S_Pilot 227]

On 9/24/2020 at 11:52 AM, Nyxx said:

Orbx OLC

Orbx Tera Flora v2 

EA ON

Lots of addon airports.

If you have a good PC and a lot of VRAM

Orbx Regions

Orbx TE

 

Thanks on the heads up for the Tera Flora 2 Nyxx. Installed today and looks way better by far. I just need the extra Vram. I have my P3Dv5 HF2 looking nice and running smooth with alot of Orbx etc... but when i use the EA, Long flights gives the dreaded "Devise Hung" error. With out the EA it has plenty of head room....

Hopefully a 30 series in my future when there back in stock with the higher capacity Vram. 

Edited September 27, 2020 by Ed_S_Pilot

[ttbq1 347]

1 hour ago, Ed_S_Pilot said:

Thanks on the heads up for the Tera Flora 2 Nyxx. Installed today and looks way better by far. I just need the extra Vram. I have my P3Dv5 HF2 looking nice and running smooth with alot of Orbx etc... but when i use the EA, Long flights gives the dreaded "Devise Hung" error. With out the EA it has plenty of head room....

Hopefully a 30 series in my future when there back in stock with the higher capacity Vram. 

Try EA at medium setting. High or Maximum will add 1-2GB consumption on your VRAM.

There also some airports with 4k and PBR textures that consume a lot of VRAM (latinVFR and flytampa Las Vegas for example). 

[Ed_S_Pilot 227]

26 minutes ago, ttbq1 said:

Try EA at medium setting. High or Maximum will add 1-2GB consumption on your VRAM.

There also some airports with 4k and PBR textures that consume a lot of VRAM (latinVFR and flytampa Las Vegas for example). 

Thanks for that, I just checked it and it was on high. Will Test with the medium setting tomorrow. 

[Christopher Low 5,341]

Talking of TrueEarth Netherlands, is there a decent version of EHRD Rotterdam available for P3Dv4 that is compatible with this?