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How To Make P3D v4.5 Look Better??

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Since MSFS came out I've been flying that, but lately I have wanted to fly many aircraft I have in P3D v4.5 that are not yet available in MSFS.

I have noticed coming back to P3D v4.5 that my set up has noticeably less 'dynamism' in the sky & ground lighting, than MSFS.

The P3d sky & ground look fairly bland

Without having to go to P3D v5.1, what products could, [I will probably regret saying this], make my P3D v4.5 look more like MSFS? Inject some dynamism into it?

Thanks

T45

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A loaded question if there ever was... 🙂

That said my thoughts on kitting out a P3D v4.5 sim are.

Textue replacements:

A free and decent grass texture that looks and performs great. https://drzewiecki-design.net/prodDD_GrassX.htm

A free replacement moon and stars. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/569538-grew-tired-of-the-moon-and-sun/

A payware replacment texure package, I use Rex Texure Direct with Soft Coulds, but there is also Toga Projects Envtxt and probably others.

Weather:

  • Active Sky Next (for realtime, historical or weather of your own design).
  • Real Turb (uses active sky next api to inject turbulance into the sim).

Navigation:

Additionals #1:

  • Banking camera (AVSIM library, banks the VC view in line with actual banking).
  • Edit Voice Pack (because the default ATC can at least use the latest phrasing) https://editvoicepack.com/
  • FS Reborn (visibility of AI craft is hugely improved).
  • TimeZone Fixer (from SimElite).
  • Accu-Feel (A2A's toolset for improving all aircraft immersion).

Additionals #2:

Shaders:

  • TomatoShade (Free but complex to tune)
  • Reshade (Free but complex to tune)
  • Envshade (Payware and simple to tune)

I use Tomato and Reshade with my own configs.

Scenery:

  • Orbx Base and Vector
  • Whatever other scenery you'd prefer, e.g. for photreal there is MegaScenery, BlueSky or Orbx True Earth.

Here's a few screen shots where you'll see all of the above.

Cheers

https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/204073-cuba-then-north

 

Edited by Rogen
better pics

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2 hours ago, Rogen said:

A loaded question if there ever was... 🙂

That said my thoughts on kitting out a P3D v4.5 sim are.

Textue replacements:

A free and decent grass texture that looks and performs great. https://drzewiecki-design.net/prodDD_GrassX.htm

A free replacement moon and stars. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/569538-grew-tired-of-the-moon-and-sun/

A payware replacment texure package, I use Rex Texure Direct with Soft Coulds, but there is also Toga Projects Envtxt and probably others.

Weather:

  • Active Sky Next (for realtime, historical or weather of your own design).
  • Real Turb (uses active sky next api to inject turbulance into the sim).

Navigation:

Additionals #1:

  • Banking camera (AVSIM library, banks the VC view in line with actual banking).
  • Edit Voice Pack (because the default ATC can at least use the latest phrasing) https://editvoicepack.com/
  • FS Reborn (visibility of AI craft is hugely improved).
  • TimeZone Fixer (from SimElite).
  • Accu-Feel (A2A's toolset for improving all aircraft immersion).

Additionals #2:

Shaders:

  • TomatoShade (Free but complex to tune)
  • Reshade (Free but complex to tune)
  • Envshade (Payware and simple to tune)

I use Tomato and Reshade with my own configs.

Scenery:

  • Orbx Base and Vector
  • Whatever other scenery you'd prefer, e.g. for photreal there is MegaScenery, BlueSky or Orbx True Earth.

Here's a few screen shots where you'll see all of the above.

Cheers

https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/204073-cuba-then-north

 

Wow, your tomato preset looks fantastic.  If you wanted to share it with the world I would be very appreciative! 

 

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17 hours ago, Treetops45 said:

Since MSFS came out I've been flying that, but lately I have wanted to fly many aircraft I have in P3D v4.5 that are not yet available in MSFS.

I have noticed coming back to P3D v4.5 that my set up has noticeably less 'dynamism' in the sky & ground lighting, than MSFS.

The P3d sky & ground look fairly bland

Without having to go to P3D v5.1, what products could, [I will probably regret saying this], make my P3D v4.5 look more like MSFS? Inject some dynamism into it?

Thanks

T45

PTA with Gerard's PTA presets.

REX SkyForce for beautiful skies, clouds, and water. If you want the best weather generator money can buy for P3D v4, you need ASP4.

If you want beautiful ground textures, then ORBX TE should be considered.

 

MSFS

4 hours ago, Pilot53 said:

Wow, your tomato preset looks fantastic.  If you wanted to share it with the world I would be very appreciative! 

Sure, here you go, it's in the spoiler, just copy out the spoiler contents into your own ini file, load it into TomatoShade and apply.

I've named it "v1.0.8 Tomato Shade - Clouds-Lighting-AtmoFog-WaterSatuation-All_Items_Tuning.ini" being as it's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with it myself.

Note the author of Tomato shade never updated for P3D 4.5 HF3 full compatibility which is why you'll see sections not enabled as they generate errors, that said everything I've configured is just fine in 4.5 HF3.

I do also make 2 x manual shader edits post applying the TomatoShade config, both easily done in a text editor like notepad++, just be sure to backup the shader file first for rollback if desired.

Prepar3D v4\ShadersHLSL\GPUTerrain.fx

Lines 179~283 (line numbers vary) where I wrap the calc in an abs() statement to cater for out of range values.

#pragma warning( disable : 3571 )
float2 atmoHeightDepth(float heightScale, float angle, float2 baseScale)
{
    return exp(-baseScale * heightScale) * (pow(abs(18.8125 * angle + 1.0), -1.28125) * 32.53323 + 0.29103) / baseScale;
}

Prepar3D v4\ShadersHLSL\PrecipParticle.fx

Lines 103~109 (line numbers vary)  few changes to improve the look of rain and snow.

//Control how long streaks face and how big they are.
// TBM 03/02/2019 change the calculated value for a smaller looking rain/snow effect
float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale / (2.4 - (cb_uPrecipType * 1.65));
float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale / (1.0 - (cb_uPrecipType * 0.25));

    
//float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale;  // original lines commented
//float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale;     // original lines commented

 

Cheers

Spoiler

[PTA VERSION]
Preset format=2

[PRESET COMMENTS]
Comment=TBM 13/04/2021~^#Custom Tomato shade configuration - version 1.0.8~^#Does not use advanced reflections.~^#~^#P3D values: Adjust to suit taste.~^#HDR_BRIGHTNESS=1.150000~^#HDR_BLOOM_MAGNITUDE=0.350000~^#HDR_SATURATION=0.9000000~^#=================================~^#

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRADAPTATION]
IsActive=0

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRTONE]
IsActive=0
Red=1.05
Green=1.00
Blue=1.05

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRTONEMAP]
IsActive=0
Uncharted2Tonemap=0

[WATER_WATER_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
SaturateRatio=0.65

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_SKY_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
SaturateRatio=1.10

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_SKY_FOG_TUNING]
IsActive=1
FogFactor=(saturate(0.15 - cb_Altitude/1438))

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRCONTRAST]
IsActive=0
Coeff=1.5

[WATER_WAVESPEED]
IsActive=0
SpeedRatio=1.0

[WATER_WAVESIZE]
IsActive=0
SizeRatio=1.0
SmoothRatio=2.0

[WATER_WATERSURFACE]
IsActive=0
ReflectionCoeff=(clamp(0.35 - 0.30 * cb_Altitude/700, 0.05, 0.35))
RefractionCoeff=(clamp(0.90 - 0.20 * cb_Altitude/304, 0.8, 0.9))
GranularityCoeff=3.00
SpecularBlend=1.5
FresnelAngle=4.0

[WATER_FSXREFLECTION]
IsActive=0

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_RAYLEIGH_SCATTERING]
IsActive=1
DensityCorrection=1
ExcludeClouds=0
Power=3.42
Density=(saturate(0.00000000200 + (cb_Altitude-0)/(11000-0)*(0.00000000200-0.00000000280)))
Green=0.072
Blue=0.050
NoDensityAltitude=10000
VolumetricDensityHeight=10000
VolumetricDensityPower=2.0

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_ATMO_HAZE]
IsActive=1
Power=1.21
Distance=(saturate(0.00000000015 + (cb_Altitude-0)/(11000-0)*(0.00000000015-0.00000000180)))
DensityCorrection=1
Red=1.00
Green=0.95
Blue=0.95
NoDensityAltitude=10000
VolumetricDensityHeight=10000

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_CLOUDS_FOG_TUNING]
IsActive=1
FogFactor=0.5

[LIGHTING_BOOST_EMISSIVELANDCLASS]
IsActive=0
BoostRatio=1.0
SaturateRatio=2.0

[LIGHTING_TERRAIN_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
SaturateRatio=1.35

[LIGHTING_TERRAIN_LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
SunDiffuseCoeff=2.4
SunAmbientCoeff=0.8
MoonDiffuseCoeff=0.9
MoonAmbientCoeff=0.3
DiffuseGamma=1.05

[LIGHTING_SPECULAR_LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
SpecularRatio=1.4

[LIGHTING_AUTOGEN_LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
SunDiffuseCoeff=2.5
SunAmbientCoeff=1.0
MoonDiffuseCoeff=0.5
MoonAmbientCoeff=0.3
DiffuseGamma=1.0
Saturation=1.0

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_BRIGHTNESS_TWILIGHT]
IsActive=1

[CLOUDS_CIRRUS_BRIGHTNESS_TWILIGHT]
IsActive=0

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_SHADOWS_SIZE]
IsActive=1

[CLOUDS_CLOUD-SHADOW-DEPTH]
IsActive=1
Value=1.05

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_ALTERNATE_LIGHTING]
IsActive=0

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_SIZE]
IsActive=0
CloudSizeHCoeff=0.5
CloudSizeVCoeff=0.5

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
ShadeFactor=1.10

[CLOUDS_CLOUDS_LIGHTING_TUNING]
IsActive=1
CloudLightFactor=0.75
CloudSaturateFactor=0.33
DiffuseGamma=0.75

[CLOUDS_CIRRUS_LIGHTING]
IsActive=0
SaturateRatio=1.00
LightingRatio=1.00

[CLOUDS_CLOUD_VOLUME]
IsActive=1
ScatteringFactor=1.3
LightingFactor=0.5
NoPattern=1

[CLOUDS_POPCORN_MODIFICATOR]
IsActive=1
CloudDistanceFactor=0.00000000060
CloudOpacity=(clamp(0.10 + 0.20 * cb_Altitude/2000, 0.1, 0.3))

[LIGHTING_AIRCRAFT_LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
SunDiffuseCoeff=2.55
SunAmbientCoeff=0.89
MoonDiffuseCoeff=1.00
MoonAmbientCoeff=1.00
DiffuseGamma=1.05
SaturateRatio=1.05
VCOnly=0
VCSunDiffuseCoeff=
VCSunAmbientCoeff=
VCMoonDiffuseCoeff=
VCMoonAmbientCoeff=

[LIGHTING_AUTOGEN_EMISSIVE]
IsActive=1
LightsRatio=1.5
AutogenRatio=1.5
SmoothTransition=1

[TOMATO-MODE_OPTIMIZE REDUCE TRANSLUCENT SHADOW DISTANCE]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-MODE_OPTIMIZE GPU TERRAIN RENDERING]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-MODE_AUTOGEN DISTANCE SIZE]
IsActive=0
Factor=0.0025
FactorX=1.7777

[TOMATO-MODE_AUTOGEN POWER SMOOTHING]
IsActive=0
BasePowerFactor=0.7
MaxLightDistance=90000
FullPowerDistance=3000
DistanceCurvePower=4.0
Saturation=1.0
PowerLimit=0.0

[TOMATO-MODE_ADAPTIVE BLOOM]
IsActive=0
Power=3.0

[TOMATO-MODE_ALTERNATE TERRAIN LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
LightPower=0.4

[TOMATO-MODE_INCREASE PARTICLE SIZE WITH DIST]
IsActive=0
Factor=1.1

[TOMATO-MODE_DYNAMIC SPOT LIGHTS LIGHTING]
IsActive=1
AnglePower=1.0

[TOMATO-MODE_IMPROVE DYN LIGHT PERFORMANCE]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-MODE_ADD MULTIPLE TEXTURE LOOKUPS]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-MODE_SOFTEN SOLID SHADOWS]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-MODE_ADVANCED ATMOSPHERE SCATTERING]
IsActive=1
PlanetRadius=6371e3
AtmosphereHeight=100000.0
AtmoBaseHeightOutScattering=0.00015
AtmoBaseHeightInScattering=0.00012
AbsorptionFactorRed=0.596e-5
AbsorptionFactorGreen=1.324e-5
AbsorptionFactorBlue=3.310e-5
AbsorptionScaleInRed=1.3
AbsorptionScaleInGreen=1.1
AbsorptionScaleInBlue=1.2
AbsorptionScaleGamma=2.5
InScatteringFactorAmbient=0.2
InScatteringFactorDiffuse=0.7
InScatteringDiffuseGamma=0.2
InScatteringStartFullDist=20000.0
TerrainOutputContrast=1.07875
ShadowsInflunceScattering=1

[TOMATO-MODE_ADVANCED FOG SCATTERING]
IsActive=1
ScatteringHeightPower=2.5
ScatteringHeightLimit=119716000000.0f
ScatteringDistanceBlue=82000
ScatteringDistanceGreen=145000
ScatteringDistanceRed=301000
ScatteringPowerBlue=0.85
ScatteringPowerGreen=0.65
ScatteringPowerRed=0.6
InScatteringSky=0.05
InScatteringSun=0.05

[TOMATO-MODE_FAST APPROXIMATION IMAGE BASED AIRCRAFT LIGHTING]
IsActive=0
DaylightAmbientIntensity=0.2
DaylightDiffuseIntensity=0.15
NightIntensity=0.2

[TOMATO-MODE_OPTIMIZE CLOUD MATRIX CALCULATION]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_ALTERNATE SPECULAR LIGHTING]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_PRECIPITATION OPACITY]
IsActive=0
OpacityRain=1.0
OpacitySnow=1.0

[TOMATO-MODE_IMPROVE GENERAL SHADOW RECEIVE]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-MODE_IMPROVE TERRAIN SHADOW RECEIVE]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_CHANGE CLOUD SHADOW RECEIVE CALCULATION]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_CHANGE CLOUD SHADOW BUILD CALCULATION]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_ADD CONDITIONAL DYNAMIC LIGHTING]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_PER PIXEL CLOUD FOG]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO_MODE_BUMP MAP STRENGTH]
IsActive=1
IntensityScale=0.8

[TOMATO-MODE_OPTIMIZE PARTICLE DRAW]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-MODE_OPTIMIZE PRECIPITATION DRAW]
IsActive=1

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_ADJUST STARS IN REFLECTION MAP]
IsActive=0
Intensity=0.0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_ADJUST REFLECTION PARTICLE EMISSION]
IsActive=0
Size=64

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_ADJUST REFLECTION TERRAIN RENDERING]
IsActive=0
AddDetailTexture=1
MaxTextureLOD=14

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_ADJUST REFLECTION GENERAL RENDERING]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_OPTIMIZE CLOUD REFLECTIONS]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_TOMATO EXTENDED REFLECTION RENDERING]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_FIX GENERAL PROJECTION]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_FIX CLOUD PROJECTION]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_FIX TERRAIN PROJECTION]
IsActive=0

[TOMATO-REFLECTIONS_FIX PARTICLE PROJECTION]
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IsActive=0
Index=-10000
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And a final pic using the spoiler ini

CC6698D902D4BE7099E9911B4B72396BF1286390

Edited by Rogen
added pic of ini use

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P3D 4.5.14, Orbx Global, Vector and more, lotsa planes too.

Catch my vids on Oz Sim Pilot, catch my screen pics @ Screenshots and Prepar3D

6 hours ago, Rogen said:

Sure, here you go, it's in the spoiler, just copy out the spoiler contents into your own ini file, load it into TomatoShade and apply.

I've named it "v1.0.8 Tomato Shade - Clouds-Lighting-AtmoFog-WaterSatuation-All_Items_Tuning.ini" being as it's a work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with it myself.

Note the author of Tomato shade never updated for P3D 4.5 HF3 full compatibility which is why you'll see sections not enabled as they generate errors, that said everything I've configured is just fine in 4.5 HF3.

I do also make 2 x manual shader edits post applying the TomatoShade config, both easily done in a text editor like notepad++, just be sure to backup the shader file first for rollback if desired.

Prepar3D v4\ShadersHLSL\GPUTerrain.fx

Lines 179~283 (line numbers vary) where I wrap the calc in an abs() statement to cater for out of range values.

#pragma warning( disable : 3571 )
float2 atmoHeightDepth(float heightScale, float angle, float2 baseScale)
{
    return exp(-baseScale * heightScale) * (pow(abs(18.8125 * angle + 1.0), -1.28125) * 32.53323 + 0.29103) / baseScale;
}

Prepar3D v4\ShadersHLSL\PrecipParticle.fx

Lines 103~109 (line numbers vary)  few changes to improve the look of rain and snow.

//Control how long streaks face and how big they are.
// TBM 03/02/2019 change the calculated value for a smaller looking rain/snow effect
float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale / (2.4 - (cb_uPrecipType * 1.65));
float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale / (1.0 - (cb_uPrecipType * 0.25));

    
//float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale;  // original lines commented
//float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale;     // original lines commented

 

Cheers

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[PTA VERSION]
Preset format=2

[PRESET COMMENTS]
Comment=TBM 13/04/2021~^#Custom Tomato shade configuration - version 1.0.8~^#Does not use advanced reflections.~^#~^#P3D values: Adjust to suit taste.~^#HDR_BRIGHTNESS=1.150000~^#HDR_BLOOM_MAGNITUDE=0.350000~^#HDR_SATURATION=0.9000000~^#=================================~^#

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRADAPTATION]
IsActive=0

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRTONE]
IsActive=0
Red=1.05
Green=1.00
Blue=1.05

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRTONEMAP]
IsActive=0
Uncharted2Tonemap=0

[WATER_WATER_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
SaturateRatio=0.65

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_SKY_SATURATION]
IsActive=1
SaturateRatio=1.10

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_SKY_FOG_TUNING]
IsActive=1
FogFactor=(saturate(0.15 - cb_Altitude/1438))

[HDR & POST-PROCESSING_HDRCONTRAST]
IsActive=0
Coeff=1.5

[WATER_WAVESPEED]
IsActive=0
SpeedRatio=1.0

[WATER_WAVESIZE]
IsActive=0
SizeRatio=1.0
SmoothRatio=2.0

[WATER_WATERSURFACE]
IsActive=0
ReflectionCoeff=(clamp(0.35 - 0.30 * cb_Altitude/700, 0.05, 0.35))
RefractionCoeff=(clamp(0.90 - 0.20 * cb_Altitude/304, 0.8, 0.9))
GranularityCoeff=3.00
SpecularBlend=1.5
FresnelAngle=4.0

[WATER_FSXREFLECTION]
IsActive=0

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_RAYLEIGH_SCATTERING]
IsActive=1
DensityCorrection=1
ExcludeClouds=0
Power=3.42
Density=(saturate(0.00000000200 + (cb_Altitude-0)/(11000-0)*(0.00000000200-0.00000000280)))
Green=0.072
Blue=0.050
NoDensityAltitude=10000
VolumetricDensityHeight=10000
VolumetricDensityPower=2.0

[ATMOSPHERE & FOG_ATMO_HAZE]
IsActive=1
Power=1.21
Distance=(saturate(0.00000000015 + (cb_Altitude-0)/(11000-0)*(0.00000000015-0.00000000180)))
DensityCorrection=1
Red=1.00
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And a final pic using the spoiler ini

CC6698D902D4BE7099E9911B4B72396BF1286390

Appreciate that, thank you!

 

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On 4/12/2021 at 6:16 PM, rob0203 said:

Upgrade to V5 🤪

This, completely unironically. Enhanced Atmospherics makes a huge difference imo.

2 minutes ago, thepilot said:

This, completely unironically. Enhanced Atmospherics makes a huge difference imo.

Performance was for me also much better then in V4.5

Back to using 4.5 hf3 with tomatoshade with R&D preset and am very pleased for now until truesky is more matured.

cheers

mike

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