Potential improvements for sky colors

[bobcat999 8,528]

2 hours ago, turbomax said:

sounds like a good idea. and how exactly do you plan to avoid MSFS protection?

Well I have been told my old MSFS install is encrypted / protected heavily, and it is.  It is even a problem to view the C: drive files. 
If I reinstall from fresh (using my current license, or from finding my digital rights in the store) then it will do the new type of install this time with less protection.  The type that allows Parallel 42 Stripr etc. to work.

This will be on a completely free and brand new Samsung 980 Pro 2TB C drive after reinstalling W11.  I have copied my Community folder ready to put back on my F: drive after the basic install of MSFS, which goes on the C Drive.
I know I will have to redirect the new install to my F: drive, but there are a number of ways of doing this.
I also have a backup of the MSFS official folder.  Apparently, dropping this back in place after the initial install files are in place will shorten the download times, as I don't have a fast internet connection at the moment.

On this newer install, I will get around the encryption / protection by the methods explained recently, as it is virtually impossible on the old type installations.

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by bobcat999

[somiller 694]

3 hours ago, turbomax said:

Alvega

thanks again for the valuable info re. the modified 3 Biologic values, I have enjoyed my evening flights like never before in VR. I can now finally "see" the cold blue evenings up there. the proverbial game, sorry sim changer.😊

Have to agree - during a couple of flights after I changed the values the sky has that icy-cold-blue look that I've seen countless times IRL. I noticed a couple of questionable, potential side effects, but the overall look is so superior I won't be going back.

[captain420 3,099]

Could a kind soul please share their modified flightsimulator.exe with the modified sky values for the MS-Store version?

[Farlis 2,331]

19 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Could a kind soul please share their modified flightsimulator.exe with the modified sky values for the MS-Store version?

I would assume that is against the EULA of MSFS and against the TOS of Avsim.

Jeez, people, just show some patience and wait.

Edited September 26, 2023 by Farlis

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 minute ago, Farlis said:

Jeez, people, just show some patience and wait

Wait for what? 

[turbomax 3,332]

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Could a kind soul please share their modified flightsimulator.exe with the modified sky values for the MS-Store version?

not possible, otherwise we wouldn't have/need this long thread explaining step by step how it is done, including a youtube video. this is how I did it and it worked first time, took 5 minutes. even for the store beta version in VR.

https://github.com/jet2code/arpc-injector/issues/1

from Alvega's post:

Try these values instead of those in the youtube

(0,00508 , 0,00318 , 0,0)

Edited September 26, 2023 by turbomax

[turbomax 3,332]

On 9/7/2023 at 11:49 AM, bobcat999 said:

If I was one of the MS / Asobo people, I would be looking at the comparison pictures and saying 'I want that in our sim'.

not being part of the Asobo/Microsoft developer team, I said that long time ago and still say every time I start x-plane. fortunately I can now enjoy the new modified blue evening skies even in MSFS without xplane.

[captain420 3,099]

How big is the SDK because space is limited on my machine, and can I delete it after I make the modifications?

Also which exe of UWPDumper do I use? ARM64 or x64? I have an i9-10900k CPU.

Edited September 26, 2023 by captain420

[turbomax 3,332]

8 minutes ago, captain420 said:

or x64? I have an i9-10900k CPU.

x64, because all Flightsim PC's, incl. your CPU use the x64 instruction set.

Windows SDK:

22621.1778.230511-2102.ni_release_svc_prod3_WindowsSDK.ISO = 1 GB

just download and install it, thats all. you can deinstall it after successful EXE modification.

[captain420 3,099]

Okay, now how do I find where my original encrypted FlightSimulator.exe is located? and do I paste the decrypted .exe over that one?

[turbomax 3,332]

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Could a kind soul please share their modified flightsimulator.exe with the modified sky values for the MS-Store version?

somehow its a pity we can't share the modified EXE, because only users who own MSFS 2020 already can use it anyway. but that's Microsoft's decision, they have already banned any further comments re. modifying the EXE in their official forum. which they are 100% entitled to.

[turbomax 3,332]

22 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Okay, now how do I find where my original encrypted FlightSimulator.exe is located?

Captain, you need to read the "checklist", its all in there:

https://github.com/jet2code/arpc-injector/issues/1

• Go to folder %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TempState\DUMP and copy the decrypted FlightSimulator.exe from there.
• Go to folder C:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Content (or wherever your encrypted FlightSimulator.exe is) and paste the decrypted FlightSimulator.exe in there.

Now you are able to modify and use the unencrypted FlightSimulator.exe the same way as Steam users do.

==================

if you don't feel comfortable with live open heart surgery, then better don't. and absolutely make a copy of Flightsimulator.exe ( which may not be possible with the STORE version), or simply rename it temporarily (which is possible even with the STORE version) to avoid accidentally overwriting the original EXE with the one modified with the HEX editor. this way you can rename the original EXE back to the original name in case something goes wrong, which I have the feeling might happen.😒

Edited September 26, 2023 by turbomax

[captain420 3,099]

Also why use these values: 

(0,00508 , 0,00318 , 0,0)

Instead of the original ones posted by Biology? What's the difference.

I already read the github's instructions, but what I want to know is where is my original FlightSimulator.exe located? I don't have a folder called C:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Content and do not remember where I installed it to.

[turbomax 3,332]

3 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Also why use these values:

it's all in this thread, check Alvega's post. these look slightly better, blue-er.

(0,00508 , 0,00318 , 0,0) avoids some green tint vs. the one in the youtube video.

[turbomax 3,332]

9 minutes ago, captain420 said:

but what I want to know is where is my original FlightSimulator.exe located? I don't have a folder called C:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Content

"If you have MS Store version of Microsoft Flight Simulator and your FlightSimulator.exe is encrypted, follow these steps ...."

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/my-msfs-is-not-starting/585085

 

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by turbomax