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P3D 5.1 HDR

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Hi,

I hope someone can answer my question.   I use P3D v5 with HDR off and like it that way (took along time to get something workable with the lighting that I am happy with) I also have EA on; is that still possible in 5.1 to have EA on and HDR off?

Cheers,

Simon

Simon
9 minutes ago, simon747 said:

Hi,

I hope someone can answer my question.   I use P3D v5 with HDR off and like it that way (took along time to get something workable with the lighting that I am happy with) I also have EA on; is that still possible in 5.1 to have EA on and HDR off?

Cheers,

Simon

Unfortunately not.

EA ON = HDR ON (Checkbox is visible but not usable with EA on).

Marcus

Regards,

Marcus P.

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6 minutes ago, mpo910 said:

Unfortunately not.

EA ON = HDR ON (Checkbox is visible but not usable with EA on).

Marcus

dang...that is a deal breaker for me.  Not too happy as HDR looks pretty extreme...

Simon
7 minutes ago, simon747 said:

dang...that is a deal breaker for me.  Not too happy as HDR looks pretty extreme...

You can change the lighting settings to some degree with HDR, but I agree, it's quite dark, and brings back the blue issue with chrome finish on the NGu. 

 

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1 minute ago, Jude Bradley said:

You can change the lighting settings to some degree with HDR, but I agree, it's quite dark, and brings back the blue issue with chrome finish on the NGu. 

 

Shame they changed the one thing that allowed me to get used to EA...HDR off.

Simon

I am no great techie - but I just wonder if your monitors are HDR capable.

Developers are moving very much to products that are 4K and HDR10 capable

and this latest sim is an example with the DX 12 capability 

I noticed these things when I was using HD but since now using 4K HDR 10 for 

V5 - there is an improvement in the graphics --- Just a thought !!

8 hours ago, jaytee73 said:

I am no great techie - but I just wonder if your monitors are HDR capable.

Developers are moving very much to products that are 4K and HDR10 capable

and this latest sim is an example with the DX 12 capability 

I noticed these things when I was using HD but since now using 4K HDR 10 for 

V5 - there is an improvement in the graphics --- Just a thought !!

I don't think the reason aircraft look dark at the moment is because P3D v5.1 is optimized for HDR displays. HDR displays are not common at the moment. I think its more because aircraft developers should update their textures for the changes of P3D v5.1 

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On 10/30/2020 at 8:42 AM, simon747 said:

Hi,

I hope someone can answer my question.   I use P3D v5 with HDR off and like it that way (took along time to get something workable with the lighting that I am happy with) I also have EA on; is that still possible in 5.1 to have EA on and HDR off?

Cheers,

Simon

Hi.

You may want to comment on this topic and request that EA can be used again without HDR.

https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=140046

Regards.

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Thanks; I added to that thread over at Prepar3d Fourms,  should be able to turn HDR off in EA mode....geez!  That's a downgrade...

Edited by simon747

Simon
  • 2 months later...

Look for HDR=1 and change to HDR=0

in Prepar3d.cfg file

From a stuttering mess on in EA to pretty smooth.

 

 

Yup you can use EA on with HDR off as stated above, it's a simple .cfg file edit. The only issue I've found so far is the sun becomes a bit transparent towards sunset/sunrise, a sacrifice well worth it imo 

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On 1/21/2021 at 1:13 PM, 40track said:

Look for HDR=1 and change to HDR=0

in Prepar3d.cfg file

From a stuttering mess on in EA to pretty smooth.

 

 

Thanks.  Good to hear!  Will give that a test.

Simon
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On 1/21/2021 at 2:26 PM, CaptainIronside said:

Yup you can use EA on with HDR off as stated above, it's a simple .cfg file edit. The only issue I've found so far is the sun becomes a bit transparent towards sunset/sunrise, a sacrifice well worth it imo 

Thanks.

 

Will give that a try.

 

Simon

Simon
On 10/31/2020 at 3:01 PM, jaytee73 said:

I am no great techie - but I just wonder if your monitors are HDR capable.

Developers are moving very much to products that are 4K and HDR10 capable

and this latest sim is an example with the DX 12 capability 

I noticed these things when I was using HD but since now using 4K HDR 10 for 

V5 - there is an improvement in the graphics --- Just a thought !!

P3Ds “HDR” isn’t actually real HDR. I have a HDR monitor and the P3D app never sends an HDR signal to the screen. When in windowed mode and with HDR enabled in windows, the OS sends an HDR signal, but the P3D content is unchanged. Think of it as a video effect, rather then a HDR10 signal. 

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