Envplus is released

[CaptKornDog 281]

Yes, but it doesn't seem to have enough an effect for my sim.  Was hoping for a wider swath of flexibility there rather than the limited slider bar lower and upper limits.

[lownslo 592]

Try decreasing "HDR Contrast" to something like 0.5 to 0.8.  If that doesn't help enough you can also try decreasing "Aircraft PBR Shadows Depth".

What monitor are you using?

[_Airbus_Fan_ 26]

Unfortunately I have a problem when I use Envplus.
My aircraft lights go out when I edit the shaders with Envplus.
I use Immersion Lights on my PMDG P3D aircraft.
But even with the FS Labs, the lights go out when the view moves.
I tested the original shaders from P3D and I have no problems here. When I edit the shaders with Envshade and Envplus, the problem occurs.
Does anyone have an idea what it could be.

[brucewtb 247]

On 12/26/2022 at 11:37 PM, Juliet Alpha said:

I note that the volumetric clouds do look as terrible as they always have been (unfortunately). One area where the other sim does a much better job. However I did purchase Envplus and I hope I won't regret doing so.

Bruce

[Juliett Alfa Romeo 517]

I also use these settings in ASP3D:

And this in ENVPlus:

Yesterday I did a flight with EA ON and Volumetric Clouds OFF and preferred to go back to VCs ON!

 

 

Edited December 30, 2022 by Juliet Alpha

[VHOJT 162]

How does it compare with RDShade?

[kmax59 213]

On 12/29/2022 at 3:27 AM, CaptKornDog said:

Yes, but it doesn't seem to have enough an effect for my sim.  Was hoping for a wider swath of flexibility there rather than the limited slider bar lower and upper limits.

There is no such limit when using Envplus, did you enable the Envplus mode?
When using this mode the slider bars are replaced by unlimited editable values.

For the VC lighting, you should play with the aircraft shadows depth setting, normally it has quite a big impact so even with just Envshade you should be able to get it right for your sim.

 

14 hours ago, _Airbus_Fan_ said:

Unfortunately I have a problem when I use Envplus.
My aircraft lights go out when I edit the shaders with Envplus.
I use Immersion Lights on my PMDG P3D aircraft.
But even with the FS Labs, the lights go out when the view moves.
I tested the original shaders from P3D and I have no problems here. When I edit the shaders with Envshade and Envplus, the problem occurs.
Does anyone have an idea what it could be.

That's weird, were you using RDshade before using Envplus (could be some conflicting files remaining)? 
I did not see such a problem during testing, I will crosscheck and let you know. Is it with EA ON or OFF?

EDIT: just tested the 777 from PMDG with immersion package, EA ON and OFF, the lights are working as it should.

Edited December 30, 2022 by kmax59

[gaab 111]

Hi,

I have really read the User Guide, but it's still not clear for me if EnvDir MUST be running during a flight or it is only used to make parameters modifications...

Thanks

Gérard

 

 

[pgde 571]

3 hours ago, VHOJT said:

How does it compare with RDShade?

Just an FYI, there is no further development planned for RDShade according to the developer -- just support/bug fixes for the existing version. I own both and have uninstalled RDShade due to this fact. Still evaluating the TOGA product since I haven't flown much lately.

See https://forum.rdpresets.com/topic/212-still-a-dark-cockpit-cockpit-brightness-setting-below-01/?do=findComment&comment=849

Edited December 30, 2022 by pgde

[Noell 115]

I switched from EnvShade to RDShade but now want to go with ENVPlus.

I uninstalled RDShade and removed any traces of left over files. To make sure I have all of the latest TOGA files, I re-downloaded from Simmarket all of the files for all of my Toga products.  I then re-installed everything including the P3Dv5 patches but when I hit "Install To Sim" in ENVDir I get an error message saying "Some Files are missing for P3Dv5. Please make sure you have downloaded the separate P3Dv5 updates for your Simmarket account".

When I close the error message, the install to sim seems to progress normally but because I am seeing an error message I am not sure that everything actually did install properly.

Anyone else with this problem?

Here are the installed update files/patches I've installed for each product:

For ENVSHade: Envshade_patch_1.1.7.4.1.exe

For ENVTex: Envtex_patch_1.2.7.0.exe and TOGA_ENVTEX_P3D-V5_EXPANSION

For ENVSound: Envsound_patch_1.0.3.0.exe

My P3Dv5.3 is up to date (version 5.3.17.28160).

Thanks, Lloyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[_Airbus_Fan_ 26]

7 hours ago, kmax59 said:

Es gibt kein solches Limit bei der Verwendung von Envplus, haben Sie den Envplus-Modus aktiviert?
Bei Verwendung dieses Modus werden die Schieberegler durch unbegrenzt bearbeitbare Werte ersetzt.

Für die VC-Beleuchtung sollten Sie mit der Tiefeneinstellung der Flugzeugschatten spielen, normalerweise hat dies einen ziemlich großen Einfluss, so dass Sie auch mit nur Envshade in der Lage sein sollten, es für Ihre Simulation richtig zu machen.

 

Das ist seltsam, haben Sie RDshade verwendet, bevor Sie Envplus verwendet haben (könnten einige widersprüchliche Dateien übrig bleiben)?
Ich habe während des Tests kein solches Problem gesehen, ich werde es überprüfen und Sie wissen lassen. Ist es mit EA EIN oder AUS?

EDIT: Ich habe gerade die 777 von PMDG mit Immersionspaket, EA ON und OFF getestet, die Lichter funktionieren so, wie sie sollten.

Hello
EA is ON yes I used RDShade Shader before.
But after buying Envplus I reinstalled the P3D client and deleted all the old shaders.
So it shouldn't have anything to do with that.
Because if I use the original P3D shaders in the sim there are no problems.
If I only use Envsahde I have no problems either.
But when I apply Envplus to Envshade I get this flickering and landing light dropout.

[level7 171]

Can someone enlighten me, which is the setting to increase brightness in the Virtual Cockpit? The setting is not obvious from the Envshade+Envplus menu.

[CaptKornDog 281]

On 12/29/2022 at 6:08 PM, brucewtb said:

I note that the volumetric clouds do look as terrible as they always have been (unfortunately). One area where the other sim does a much better job. However I did purchase Envplus and I hope I won't regret doing so.

Definitely something I've never been able to resolve as well.

[Deltaguy 45]

Does anyone know how to dim down the sun?  My sun is overly bright using ENVPLUS.  I have read the manual, but wow, you need some strong sunglasses on to fly.

[jimcarrel 688]

On 12/30/2022 at 7:19 AM, gaab said:

Hi,

I have really read the User Guide, but it's still not clear for me if EnvDir MUST be running during a flight or it is only used to make parameters modifications...

Thanks

Gérard

 

 

you just use it to make adjustments. No advantage in keeping it open.