1 hour ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

I know the artifact does not have anything to do with TAA, I'm just saying that it seems to be a different issue and not related to what they did to improve the grainy clouds, even if it is related to the cloud system.

To me the clouds now have about the same amount of grain as before. There is still a fair amount of pixelation as well, especially in motion. Considering that the new TAA also sometimes failed to denoise certain shadows in the cockpit (mostly noticeable in the Icon A5), I think that this was the culprit. Besides, why would the TAA be reverted if it was not the cause, considering it was a much superior anti-aliasing method?

Even Sebastian said in an older Q&A, when answering the question about the grainy clouds, that they had not changed anything in the cloud algorithm that would produce more noise, but instead they would be looking into the denoising component. So the reduced appearance of grain being attributed to the TAA reversion makes sense.

While this new artifact seems related to the cloud system, I don't think it has to do with their attempt to reduce grain. People reported seeing more natural cloud patterns and lighting after this patch so it could be that. Either way, I hope they revert both changes. I really dislike this artifact and the TAA degradation, and did not mind the grainier clouds.

If you mean this outline artifact no, but it makes it slightly less noticeable. This sharpening filter is very strong and as such exaggerates harsh outlines like these, as well as grain. I would recommend giving it a try. And yes, you need to make sure the preset is set to "Custom" by changing at least one graphics setting so that your configuration does not conform to any of the presets. If you have everything set to Ultra and don't want to lower graphics settings, I would recommend dropping Ambient Occlusion down a notch.

If your headset has a very high resolution I would still recommend giving it a try, but yeah, I imagine cockpit readability is paramount in VR. Such a shame they reverted the TAA. Despite keeping the sharpening filter off the cockpits looked really clean even when zoomed far out, and that was at just 1080p.

EDIT: This is what it looks like for me with the sharpening filter disabled. Still noticeable, but not as harsh.

This is what it looks like in my G2 headset also. 
I do notice that the image isn’t as good as it was prior to the patch though. There is way more shimmering in the distance and also on objects and trees close up. 

29 minutes ago, jrw4 said:

To what extent might screen resolution impact this problem?

Two comparisons, 1280x720 and 3840x2160. Sharpening off, render scaling 100. The higher the resolution, the less visible the outline is.

4K slowed my system down to a crawl so I cannot test a busier area than this.

13 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I do notice that the image isn’t as good as it was prior to the patch though. There is way more shimmering in the distance and also on objects and trees close up. 

Probably due to the old TAA. The new one was better at anti-aliasing the image, especially in motion, even though it looked much less blurry. Usually it's the opposite.

Edited February 24, 20215 yr by ChaoticBeauty

11 minutes ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Two comparisons, 1280x720 and 3840x2160. Sharpening off, render scaling 100. The higher the resolution, the less visible the outline is.

4K slowed my system down to a crawl so I cannot test a busier area than this.

Probably due to the old TAA. The new one was better at anti-aliasing the image, especially in motion, even though it looked much less blurry. Usually it's the opposite.

Oh well, I suppose we just have to wait and see what the next sim update brings. 

4 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Setting Sharpen and Fringe to 0 is still working fine for me, with Motion Blur enabled. I think the trick is to make sure that the graphics preset is "Custom".

Well done. Thank you. You made my day.