1 hour ago, regis9 said:

Glad to see this pushed back a bit to give the time needed for polish…never a bad decision!

Developers luv when that happens. 😎

bs

52 minutes ago, Richard Sennett said:

Not if your on Steam edition only MS store version 😞 

That’s ok, it’s mostly the MS store install process that needs beta testing, we are good on Steam.

1 hour ago, pmb said:

 

Add Beta Version Players Can Enable Before Patch - started!

 

What is this? 

Seems they never mention the "shimmering" of small towns and trees. I have a feeling we are stuck with it courtesy of SU5. 

55 minutes ago, Richard Sennett said:

Not if your on Steam edition only MS store version 😞 

They tried to do one for Sim Update 5 but it didn't pan out.

Edited August 19, 20214 yr by Tuskin38

37 minutes ago, Richard Sennett said:

They have more control over who gets it and how its distributed etc. on store version I would assume

I don't think that's it. Halo MCC, which is also a Microsoft product, has simultaneous Steam and MS Store testing.

MSFS testing might be more complicated because of the way the files are distributed.

Edited August 19, 20214 yr by Tuskin38

“Offscreen terrain pre caching” graphics settings has been added (Low, Medium, High and Ultra). If set to Ultra, all the offscreen terrain will be cached at full quality which will reduce FPS drops and LOD popping when panning the camera but may impact overall performance

I assume that when the setting comes the default is what its currently set at and if we want to increase we can - as one of the mid range PC's I pretty much want to keep it where its at - LOD popping and all.

3 minutes ago, marcg11 said:

“Offscreen terrain pre caching” graphics settings has been added (Low, Medium, High and Ultra). If set to Ultra, all the offscreen terrain will be cached at full quality which will reduce FPS drops and LOD popping when panning the camera but may impact overall performance

I assume that when the setting comes the default is what its currently set at and if we want to increase we can - as one of the mid range PC's I pretty much want to keep it where its at - LOD popping and all.

LOD popping is nostalgic for some, reminds them of FSX. 

9 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

What is this? 

It's #32 on their list and scheduled for 2021. I understand it's kind of an opt-in/out open beta. I would be greeting that feature, it works pretty well for X-Plane and AeroflyFS2, only to name flight sims.

Kind regards, Michael

I hope they add a brightness and bloom slider too for those of us using SDR monitors/TVs to take away the over bright cartoon effect introduced in SU5

Also please fix the shimmering/AA and bring back SU4 quality of clouds.

Edited August 19, 20214 yr by steve310002

7 minutes ago, steve310002 said:

Also please fix the shimmering/AA and bring back SU4 quality of clouds.

Unless I missed something, this was only under investigation in VR? Didn’t realise it affected 2D so badly too 

Just now, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Unless I missed something, this was only under investigation in VR? Didn’t realise it affected 2D so badly too 

It's terrible after SU5. You really see it if you look at small towns or forests at above 8000 feet. I sent in a Zendesk about it right after SU5 was foisted upon us, and never heard back from them. I think they put it on "ignore". 

1 hour ago, ctalpas said:

Actually it is #3 on the top wishes list and even better it is 'under investigation'

 

Yes I have already noticed and edited my post. Thanks!

15 minutes ago, steve310002 said:

I hope they add a brightness and bloom slider too for those of us using SDR monitors/TVs to take away the over bright cartoon effect introduced in SU5

Also please fix the shimmering/AA and bring back SU4 quality of clouds.

I would be glad to pay a fee if they would just bring back SU4. 

46 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

I don't think that it was actually elucidated but yes many are and alot has to do with specific conditions like hardware, settings ecetera.  I would call it fleshing out the software.

The good news is that there is captured data that can be acted upon unlike in the past.

Onward and upward

bs

But of course some of the ctds are always hardware or settings related: it's a statistical necessity, you don't even have to convince me of that! 

But when many people who know very well their PCs, do not overclock, do not use exotic settings or addons, and never had a ctd before the update, suddenly experience a series of mishaps, there is quite probably something wrong in the update.

Now we have the second official confirmation that this was the case: first they said they would look into ctds, now they say that they have found several causes for them.

No doubt that some users will still have ctds after the patch and some more of them will be caused by hw, settings, addons and so on

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