April 7, 20251 yr Feeling is feeling and can't really be explained. I fly both XPlane 12 and MSFS 2020 in VR and none of them feel more fake than the other. XPlane12 was "looking" more fake until this last version in which the lighting and cloud finally start to look spectacular just like in MSFS, so I'm happy in both sims. Both of them have a bit of lag depending on what I do, but that's purely related to my aging hardware. Anything else is more related to personal bias.
April 7, 20251 yr 8 hours ago, jcomm said: clouds not being visible at night unless there's Moonlight 😕 You mean clouds illuminated by city lights? I think that's the only thing missing in X-Plane. In non-urban areas, clouds not being visible at night without moonlight sounds right to me. "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
April 7, 20251 yr Triple post. Edited April 7, 20251 yr by Murmur "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
April 7, 20251 yr Triple post. Edited April 7, 20251 yr by Murmur "Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people".
April 7, 20251 yr 6 minutes ago, Murmur said: You mean clouds illuminated by city lights? I think that's the only thing missing in X-Plane. In non-urban areas, clouds not being visible at night without moonlight sounds right to me. Exactly, above or near cities, even routes with lighting, or any sources of light even away from big urban areas, lower level clouds should be visible. Above urban areas then, that's a must. 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)
April 9, 20251 yr On 4/7/2025 at 7:32 AM, Daube said: Feeling is feeling and can't really be explained. I fly both XPlane 12 and MSFS 2020 in VR and none of them feel more fake than the other. XPlane12 was "looking" more fake until this last version in which the lighting and cloud finally start to look spectacular just like in MSFS, so I'm happy in both sims. Both of them have a bit of lag depending on what I do, but that's purely related to my aging hardware. Anything else is more related to personal bias. XP does feel more fluid, less on rails, but scenery looks terrible, especially in VR. The lighting/shadows does look spectacular, only problem it morphs and moves with your viewpoint, looks weird. Not sure if it's a bug. You top that off with the scenery vibrating and shimmering in the foreground. It's not that noticeable in 2D, but it's very obvious in VR. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, RTX 4080S, Ram - 32GB, 32" 4K Monitor, WIN 11. Eric Escobar
April 9, 20251 yr 11 hours ago, strider1 said: You top that off with the scenery vibrating and shimmering in the foreground. It's not that noticeable in 2D Very noticeable when on the ground using a large 4K monitor.
April 10, 20251 yr Ok some other things about this upgrade. There have definitely been some unannounced scenery changes, textures and mesh. So here is flight into York Island in the Torres Straight in Australia today. First the whole Torres Straight looked more than reasonable. (Still will need orpho to capture the extensive reef system there) But York Island had really changed - used to be a lot of daggy european trees a tar road with incessant traffic beside the runway and those stupid european street light poles. Not in 12.2 all gone York Island is now coconut trees, runway undulation is captured and roads and lights are gone. No other addon to do this so it had to come from changes within XP12.2 so looking up. York Island this morning Inbound to York just recording the way the real time weather was functioning - typical Torres Straight Day cloud, showers etc. Winds variable as expected. Edited April 10, 20251 yr by coastaldriver
April 10, 20251 yr 10 minutes ago, coastaldriver said: ere) But York Island had really changed - used to be a lot of daggy european Probably got more ti do with the latest gateway dump.more than this b release.
April 10, 20251 yr 19 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: Very noticeable when on the ground using a large 4K monitor. maybe try turning off the g force camera, see if its that. probably worth a bug report. AutoATC Developer
April 10, 20251 yr 23 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: Very noticeable when on the ground using a large 4K monitor. I think the shimmering which is typical of XP won't really improve until they can implement motion vectors in the graphic engine. We know they are working on this so eventually this will be fixed, could be several years away though.
April 10, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, Torkermax said: Until AA is improved dramatically, I cannot get to like XP! Thanks for informing us about that 😅 i9 12900k, RTX 3090, 32GB RAM
April 10, 20251 yr Commercial Member 3 hours ago, Torkermax said: Until AA is improved dramatically, I cannot get to like XP! Great information. Thanks for sharing. 👍
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