November 28, 20214 yr Looks very promising and could be released by the end of this year! Source: https://forum.tropicalgroup.org/topic/129-announcement-of-atmospheric-sky-enhancer-and-first-changelog/#comment-194 Hello ! Today we will introduce "Atmospheric Sky Enhancer" for Prepar3D v5.2 H1 ! First, what's Atmospheric Sky Enhancer ? A lot of peaples ask if it's TrueSky and yes, Atmospheric Sky Enhancer is a redesign of shaders of Enhanced Atmospheric for Prepar3D v5.2 H1. Here's the features (actual changelog) : - Recreated night - Better management of lights and sunray - New atmosphere - Custom fog effect - New sky textures based on shaders (sunsize, day and sunset) - New 3D clouds modified by shaders and volumetric.cfg - New color implemented in Prepar3D for a better render (note : ActiveSky is fully compatible but Rex weather engine not !) Second, where's and at which price will we found it ? Without real surprise, Atmospheric Sky Enhancer will be payware, we estimate the price around 25€ (without VAT), you will be able to buy it on SimMarket ! Last, when it will be available ? The beta program will begin this week-end, we want to release it without any bug so we don't have an ETA but we imagine a release before the end of the year ! That's enough for today, I will let you with 2 previews (the night lights are going to be for the second update) :
November 28, 20214 yr A little sceptic so would like to have better and more detailed info, not as general and enigmatic as better management or recreated night Artur
November 30, 20214 yr On 11/28/2021 at 3:52 PM, mikeymike said: How is this any different from envtex and envshade ? mike EnvShade does nothing for sky/clouds/haze in EA mode, while this seems to modify them….. 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
November 30, 20214 yr The problem is: what happens if LM solves EA mode problems? For this version 5.2 I would buy, but without knowing the future (5.3 with good EA?) is risky. 13600KF - AIO - 32GB DDR4 - RTX4070 - UW1440p GSync - USB DAC - 2TB NVMe - Windows 11 Pro - Gladiator NXT EVO - 1 Gbps Fiber - MSFS 2024
November 30, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Juliett Alfa said: The problem is: what happens if LM solves EA mode problems? With LM, this isn't something you need to worry about...
November 30, 20214 yr An all-in-one package that 'fixes' TrueSky clouds, changes sky colours in EA mode *and* includes night lighting, should be considered great value. I'll wait for LM to release v5.3 (should be due between now and end of February based on previous releases), but this add-on is on my consideration list. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
November 30, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, F737NG said: An all-in-one package that 'fixes' TrueSky clouds, changes sky colours in EA mode *and* includes night lighting, should be considered great value. I Yea...no kidding. The nerve of this guy! I can buy 5 whole days worth of cheap cigars for that price!! LOL Sam Prepar3D V5.3/[email protected]/EVGA 3080 TI/1000W PSU/Windows 10/40" 4K Samsung@3840x2160/ASP3D/ASCA/ORBX/ ChasePlane/General Aviation/Honeycomb Alpha+Bravo/MFG Rudder Pedals/
November 30, 20214 yr I like the sound of this and will be watching for it. Sounds like something PTA used to do. EnvShade Is not good and screws up the coloring of VC cockpits. Eric
November 30, 20214 yr Until LM implement local wx themes with EA this addon is just rolling the word not allowed in glitter- yes it may make the atmosphere look better but seeing the same globally repeated cloud structures to the horizon until the next wx injection updates is the deal breaker for me with EA
December 2, 20214 yr On 11/28/2021 at 4:45 PM, Chapstick said: Almost $30 USD seems excessive. I hate how those devs try to squeeze out any last penny from those who stayed with P3D... I mean I understand that it would not be worth producing something for P3D because the sales would rather be in the hundreds, but still... That's for T2G's updated airports, too. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
December 2, 20214 yr Show me this addon with an OC seen from above. If it looks not repetitive and flat then I might purchase it. 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
December 2, 20214 yr Considering the changes in 5.3, I wonder if this add-on will work unless modified? Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
January 30, 20224 yr On 12/2/2021 at 10:05 AM, pgde said: Considering the changes in 5.3, I wonder if this add-on will work unless modified? They revealed today that the whole project was "set up from nothing" (aka, it wasn't real) and they got tricked (?) by the developers (i don't know how this makes any sense tbh). I always wondered how the heck they modified the compiled trueSKY shaders, since unless you want to dig into it with a HEX editor or disassembler there's no simple way of editing them (and it would be such a huge pain in the butt to keep updated as well, kudos to VRS for updating TacPack as they use API hooks and some assembly work to keep it compatible with new client updates...) Their discord server got raided with trojans and their forums are now offline
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