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WU4 Sim not looking like trailer or Splashscreen

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Hi, I have been comparing the trailer to my experience in the Sim. Not sure if I have a problem with my installation but the Sim doesn't look like the trailer or the splash screen. The buildings look nowhere near as detailed in the trailer or the splash screen - as an example, all the roofs look basic rather than being detailed with plant/machinery and the road textures are very poor. I do have the France/Benelux update installed.

Sorry, I have tried to a screenshot but have not been able to do so for some reason. Can anyone else post what their sim looks like viewed from the Arc de Triomphe splash screen location - this would help me. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Just as a first idea, do you have photogrammetry off?

Kind regards, Michael

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Hi, Just checked and it is turned on.

 

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Edited by Tuskin38

2 hours ago, dsmbell said:

Hi, I have been comparing the trailer to my experience in the Sim. Not sure if I have a problem with my installation but the Sim doesn't look like the trailer or the splash screen. The buildings look nowhere near as detailed in the trailer or the splash screen - as an example, all the roofs look basic rather than being detailed with plant/machinery and the road textures are very poor. I do have the France/Benelux update installed.

Sorry, I have tried to a screenshot but have not been able to do so for some reason. Can anyone else post what their sim looks like viewed from the Arc de Triomphe splash screen location - this would help me. Thanks.

 

Hi there.. took a little flight over Paris today for you and took a couple of screenshots...

This is what I see on a 2k monitor on Ultra settings.  You can click on each for a larger view

T0HUgPw.jpg

 

MoBsUSK.jpg

 

Hope this helps

Graham

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That's, great. Thanks. Mine doesn't look as good as that at 4k so I am not sure what's going on. What's really noticeable is the roofs on mine just have no detail and general textures much worse.

Also, how do you insert photos, I haven't been able to.?

Just now, dsmbell said:

 

Also, how do you insert photos, I haven't been able to.?

I put the screenshot on Imagur and then just use the direct link to add it to the post 🙂

 

Graham

System specs...   CPU AMD5950,  GPU AMD6900XT,  ROG crosshair VIII Hero motherboard, Corsair 64 gig LPX 3600 mem, Air cooling on GPU,   Kraken x pump cooling on CPU.  Samsung G7 curved 27" monitor at 2k resolution ULTRA default settings.

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Thanks again. I have decided to do a fresh install of the whole sim so if that doesn't work I will post a screenshot.

Just a hunch.

Did you actually install WU4?

There is a flaw/quirk with World Updates.. Most think when you launch the sim and it checks for updates and installs them that the World Update was installed.

Nope

You still have to go to the market, and under "free" actually pick the World Update you want to install

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20 minutes ago, dsmbell said:

Also, how do you insert photos, I haven't been able to.?

You can drag them from the directory on your machine to the field at the bottom of the contribution composition. ("Drag files here to attach".) Alternatively, there is a "choose files" option.

Afterwards, they will be shown there with a "+" sign which inserts the corresponding picture into the text.

Kind regards, Michael

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30 minutes ago, styckx said:

Just a hunch.

Did you actually install WU4?

There is a flaw/quirk with World Updates.. Most think when you launch the sim and it checks for updates and installs them that the World Update was installed.

Nope

You still have to go to the market, and under "free" actually pick the World Update you want to install

Hi, thanks and yes I did install the WU4 update. It was about a 5gb update in the market place. Couldn't find anything else once this was done.

1 minute ago, dsmbell said:

Hi, thanks and yes I did install the WU4 update. It was about a 5gb update in the market place. Couldn't find anything else once this was done.

 

Weird.. You could also try deleting content.xml and see if that fixes things..

Just trying to prevent you having having to do a full reinstall. That is never fun

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Thanks but have started the full reinstall now. Only 8 hours left!

5 hours ago, styckx said:

Just a hunch.

Did you actually install WU4?

There is a flaw/quirk with World Updates.. Most think when you launch the sim and it checks for updates and installs them that the World Update was installed.

Nope

You still have to go to the market, and under "free" actually pick the World Update you want to install

That's a very good point. We had a new person to MSFS in a MP flight and he was not aware you had to download the World Updates from the MarketPlace. It's good info to have for some people. Glad the OP had already done so! But some people are not aware of it? Just like stupid me thought aircraft ( 3rd party ) were an automatic install, NOT 🙂 NO wonder that CRJ update never worked 🙂 Can't work if you don't install it!

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5 hours ago, dsmbell said:

Hi, thanks and yes I did install the WU4 update. It was about a 5gb update in the market place. Couldn't find anything else once this was done.

Not just the marketplace.

That just "purchases" the world update (even though it is free), it does not install it.  Basically the marketplace just gives you the ability to get a digital licence for the update which you can then install (or not) as you see fit.

Go into the Content Manager, find the World Update entry and download and install it.

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