3 hours ago, ailchim said:

Do what I do. 

Turn it on for on or two flights then start to think "it does look better without doesn't it?".

Fight this urge for one or two flights and then turn it off.  Re-install ASCA.  Do one or two flights and then start to think.......

Rinse and repeat.

Hope that helps.

 

LOL. You read my mail.

2 hours ago, mwilk said:

I took this picture in May as we were descending into Maui,Hawaii. What was going through my head when I took the picture was no matter how hard they try, flight simulators never quite capture what our environment looks like in real life.

 

Yep.

5 hours ago, ailchim said:

Do what I do. 

Turn it on for on or two flights then start to think "it does look better without doesn't it?".

Fight this urge for one or two flights and then turn it off.  Re-install ASCA.  Do one or two flights and then start to think.......

Rinse and repeat.

Hope that helps.

 

Hahaha, that is exactly what I did today!

 

I'm still on 5.1 HF1. Been reading all the forums deciding if 5.2 HF1 is worth it as I'm not having issues currently. Just want to make sure I'm not missing out on something. I'm waiting for Bob's feedback.  

EA on all the way now. Especially with the sun early in the day or later in the afternoon you see the cloudshadows on the clouds. 
 

Here 2 screenshots around 11.00h. Not supersharp but you will get the idea.

EA with AS controlling the VolumetricClouds.cfg :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6tbr4aj2m2krw0j/Foto 04-07-2021 09 10 54.jpg?dl=0

But I prefer the new default VolumetricClouds.cfg with AS :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9gmsvzklh5upvqq/Foto 04-07-2021 09 21 13.jpg?dl=0
 

 

Edited July 4, 20214 yr by GSalden

Here's my settings: EA ON + HDR OFF + Volumetric clouds (edited) + Envshade

I used the above config with legacy clouds also (Rex sky force) but after going through some flights with volumetric clouds, just cannot return to 2D/3D clouds. Yes it does look awkward/broken/meme in some situations but for the most part it works fine for me.

Edited July 4, 20214 yr by Nocturnal

How do you set this up ?  EA on + Legacy clouds?  I have activesky with ESCA.

3 hours ago, Nocturnal said:

Here's my settings: EA ON + HDR OFF + Volumetric clouds (edited) + Envshade

I used the above config with legacy clouds also (Rex sky force) but after going through some flights with volumetric clouds, just cannot return to 2D/3D clouds. Yes it does look awkward/broken/meme in some situations but for the most part it works fine for me.

Nice how did you turn of hdr?

and what’s you envshade settings please?

looks good

cheers

mike

3 hours ago, Nocturnal said:

Here's my settings: EA ON + HDR OFF + Volumetric clouds (edited) + Envshade

Its ASp3d that causes the white ring. I set the Maximum and Minimum visibility to 200 in Asp3d. It blends in better with the sky. Now if the fog can be reduce a little. The clouds look a lot better with the hotfix. I have not seen the checker board above the clouds.  

Edited July 5, 20214 yr by reecemj

16 minutes ago, reecemj said:

Its ASp3d that causes the white ring. I set the Maximum and Minimum visibility to 200 in Asp3d. It blends in better with the sky. Now if the fog can be reduce a little. The clouds look a lot better with the hotfix. I have not seen the checker board above the clouds.  

Surface visibility to 200 as well?

32 minutes ago, spilok said:

Surface visibility to 200 as well?

Yes. Slew up close asp3d the ring goes away. Open it up the ring is back. Play with the 3 sliders the white ring blends in better with the sky. All mines set to 200. 

That white ring is driving me absolutely nuts too.  I can’t see much of a difference at all with 200 miles but closing AS remedies it; so I at least it seems isolated to that.

I agree with GSALDEN and now only use the standard shaders, EA and the LM Volumetric Clouds config. I think I have posted these before but will again to illustrate. I also think setting the cloud distance too far out makes it blocky - P3DWX recommend 80 nm only and full cloud or Ultra Volume with real time weather. This is what I get no ENVSHADE and LM only this is real time weather between KRND and San Diego on top at F240. No blocking, good colour and very realistic - good enough for me. I think LM have go it nailed now.

 

3 hours ago, mikeymike said:

Nice how did you turn of hdr?

and what’s you envshade settings please?

looks good

cheers

mike

In the Prepar3d.cfg located in the Roaming/LM/p3dv5 folder, change HDR=0

However, keep in mind that before doing this you have EA already enabled. Toggling EA on/off after changing this will revert this to HDR enabled with the checkbox disabled.

Cheers.

Edited July 5, 20214 yr by Nocturnal

Here is another comparison . This is sunset at Broome Western Australia. This is with EA on no shader mods applied. 

First the sim:

Second real life airborne off RWY 28

Why the difference - this time of year in WA Australia there is extensive smoke in the atmosphere which gives you that distinct red coloured sky. The haze and the look of the sun between sim and real life is very consistent. 

Edited July 5, 20214 yr by coastaldriver