December 22, 20205 yr Hello, since HDR is automatically enabled when using EA/trueSKY, I wonder what the best settings would be for best realism. Right now I keep them at default (all @ 1.00). Thanks a lot!
December 22, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, thepilot said: Hello, since HDR is automatically enabled when using EA/trueSKY, I wonder what the best settings would be for best realism. Right now I keep them at default (all @ 1.00). Thanks a lot! I haven't fiddled with the HDR settings but some people have ... on page 2 of the below thread are Bert P's HDR settings, posted just yesterday or so: Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 22, 20205 yr Author 1 minute ago, Mace said: I haven't fiddled with the HDR settings but some people have ... on page 2 of the below thread are Bert P's HDR settings, posted just yesterday or so: Thanks, I shall try them out! Are you actually pleased with the default settings? I find them far too bright during daylight, as I can't even properly read my HUD display...
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December 22, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, thepilot said: Thanks, I shall try them out! Are you actually pleased with the default settings? I find them far too bright during daylight, as I can't even properly read my HUD display... No, I'm not really pleased with the default settings, either. I'll probably start with a FrankenBertGerard setting and go from there. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 22, 20205 yr 11 minutes ago, Mace said: I'll probably start with a FrankenBertGerard setting and go from there. Mine: HDR=On (0.85/0.05/0.97) Bert
December 23, 20205 yr To add on: your HD settings need to be matched to two things: your monitor settings and your shaders. If you are using a preset for PTA/Tomatoshade or any shader program, most of them come with a recommended setting for HDR settings. I would start there and then adjust as required. I think the one that I always come back to is saturation. For some reason, P3D has always seemed over-saturated for me. Bringing that setting down brings me to a more realistic level of visuals, especially in the winter.
December 23, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, DChockey08 said: If you are using a preset for PTA/Tomatoshade or any shader program, most of them come with a recommended setting for HDR settings. I would start there and then adjust as required. That is for "advanced users", I would humbly suggest.. 😉 Bert
December 23, 20205 yr 23 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said: That is for "advanced users", I would humbly suggest.. 😉 this is true 🙂 All comes down to personal preference in the end. The good thing about HDR is it updates automatically. Maybe the best thing to do then is to open up your sim at your current location, look out the window in real life, and slowly adjust each dial to get as close as possible to what you see when you look out the window! An aside: I took a few pictures on a bright sunny day at SFO and did exactly that to try and get my shaders to match the pictures. Adjust, See Results, Repeat.
December 23, 20205 yr 59 minutes ago, DChockey08 said: To add on: your HD settings need to be matched to two things: your monitor settings and your shaders. If you are using a preset for PTA/Tomatoshade or any shader program, most of them come with a recommended setting for HDR settings. I would start there and then adjust as required. I think the one that I always come back to is saturation. For some reason, P3D has always seemed over-saturated for me. Bringing that setting down brings me to a more realistic level of visuals, especially in the winter. Another thing is, if you're using v5, you are not using PTA/Tomatoshade. I do have EnvShade, but I don't think I've moved it over to v5 yet. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
December 23, 20205 yr Author Well, I just did another flight and I'll still have to figure out some settings that I can work with, if those even exist. I never liked HDR, and never used it in V4.5 or before the hotfix came out. Too bad they now require it for trueSKY. As much as I like the latter, I may have to dispense with it after all, unless they make HDR optional again. Edited December 23, 20205 yr by thepilot
December 24, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, thepilot said: Well, I just did another flight and I'll still have to figure out some settings that I can work with, if those even exist. I never liked HDR, and never used it in V4.5 or before the hotfix came out. Too bad they now require it for trueSKY. As much as I like the latter, I may have to dispense with it after all, unless they make HDR optional again. Go into your CFG file, find HDR=1 and change to HDR=0. HDR is now off, although Auto Exposure still will be on. Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) - PPL ASEL i9 12900k @ 5.2 - 32 GB DDR5 @ 6000 - 3080TI - W11
December 24, 20205 yr Maybe a dumb question, what is Auto Exposure supposed to do? Edited December 24, 20205 yr by Nemo - Harry 9800x3D (Strix x870e-E) - 64GB RAM (DDR5 6000, CL 30) - RTX 5090, 34'' 1440p OLED HDR - Windows 11 Pro (1TB M.2) - MSFS 2024 (MS Store, 4TB M.2).
December 24, 20205 yr Author 15 hours ago, Dyno152 said: Go into your CFG file, find HDR=1 and change to HDR=0. HDR is now off, although Auto Exposure still will be on. Thanks so much... looks exactly how I like it now. Really wonder why they'd not allow that option in the menu. Merry Christmas, everyone.
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