August 4, 20232 yr Well been about testing and getting to know the Shinmaywa US-1 as these updates arrived. Location has been the Iwakuni area in Japan and real time weather. No issues whatsoever with sim operation or display - silky smooth all the time. The US-1 has meant time on water and on land - the weather has been well awful, low cloud, rain and thunderstorms. Cloud rendition to my mind is now the best I have ever seen in a flight simulation program. Looks pretty good to me:
August 4, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, coastaldriver said: Cloud rendition to my mind is now the best I have ever seen in a flight simulation program. Looks pretty good to me: I have to strongly disagree here. The near-field clouds still appear as if I was looking at them through glasses smeared with vaseline. The lack of clear definition is pretty underwhelming. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
August 4, 20232 yr Conversely there's a lot less dancing speckle at close proximity. Distant clouds look better too. Overall looking more like DCS (zero speckle!) when considering the up-close definition levels. Well worth it. DCS still wins the overall cloud race (for now) but that weather system isn't nearly as dynamic as XP12's is. Friendly reminder: WHITELIST AVSIM IN YOUR AD-BLOCKER. Especially if you're on a modern CPU that can run a flight simulator well. These web servers aren't free...
August 4, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Bob Scott said: I have to strongly disagree here. The near-field clouds still appear as if I was looking at them through glasses smeared with vaseline. The lack of clear definition is pretty underwhelming. Exactly. My point since XP12 release. A 2023 flight sim without any crisp cumulus clouds at all. And this is important!! http://youtube.com/c/Greazer
August 4, 20232 yr The clouds are looking a lot better in XP. The lighting is almost perfect except for the banding. The convective clouds need more work, too grainy and lack definition. DCS has the best volumetric clouds, hands down! AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, RTX 4080S, Ram - 32GB, 32" 4K Monitor, WIN 11. Eric Escobar
August 4, 20232 yr XPL12 b4 is looking great to my eyes! The clouds and water look so much better than previous versions. Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W, G.SKILL 48Gb@76000 MHz DDR5, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the day and night to visit violence on those who would do us harm”.
August 5, 20232 yr Author Well overall the cloud management display, type layering and movement is in relative terms very good and appears to be a quite reasonable model of the atmosphere. I make no comparison to any other sim - I have none but my reference is the real sky - the one outside the window. Cloud is not always crisply outllned in real skies either - have a good look can be as indistinct and raggedy as it can be puffed and billowing, On that basis I would also concede that the cloud reproduction is not perfect - I think it is a case of too many data points not less, Nicely rounded cumulus (hence its name cumulus) is a summer sky cloud as well - at the moment I see good distant anvil heads of CB;s, I see towering and raggedy cumuluform cloud I also see good stratus cloud and well the cirrus is very passable now, So I guess my view remains for a flight simulation program - Laminar's current cloud and weather depiction is more than just good it is a significant advance in graphical programming and processing,
August 5, 20232 yr On 8/4/2023 at 2:17 AM, Bob Scott said: I have to strongly disagree here. The near-field clouds still appear as if I was looking at them through glasses smeared with vaseline. The lack of clear definition is pretty underwhelming. The next version of VisualXP looks amazing for clouds! CPU Ryzen 7800X 3D RAM 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz GPU GEFORCE RTX 4090 Monitor AOC AGON AG352UCG UltraWide G-Sync @ 3440x1440 Internal Storage 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD External Storage Three 4Tb HDs
August 5, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said: The next version of VisualXP looks amazing for clouds! Looks quite good. http://youtube.com/c/Greazer
August 5, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: The next version of VisualXP looks amazing for clouds! Wow! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 5, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, mjrhealth said: ATC huge leap forward. Lets see what else comes along. That's promising! Can you elaborate ? What were the main updates ? Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 5, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, jcomm said: That's promising! Can you elaborate ? What were the main updates ? One thing, still playing. I took off from an airfield with no flight plan. Picked an airport nearby and requested landing, and it worked. Gave me direction but Has troubles with changing rwys, kept flicking me between 06 and 24R, but Jims aware of that and working on making rwys more sticky in variable wind conditions.
August 5, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: The next version of VisualXP looks amazing for clouds! Bit of work on the cirrus, and those would be DCS-beating clouds. Stunning. i910900k, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4 RAM, AW3423DW, Ruddy girt big mug of Yorkshire Tea
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