April 16, 20251 yr I used XP12 for the first six months after release, but gradually returned to MSFS. However, the images from XP12 beta sure look amazing, so I have installed XP12 again. Was Ortho4xp updated for XP12? Do most now use AutoAutho? Any other must haves that I have missed in the last couple of years? 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
April 16, 20251 yr I use map enhancement pro with sim heaven. And X-camera for my tobii. Plus sim haptic. Thats about it. Oh and just flight traffic global. With the regent traffic mod. Edited April 16, 20251 yr by Ianrivaldosmith
April 16, 20251 yr Author Oh, the map enhancement mod works with XP12? Super as I have the pro version. 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
April 16, 20251 yr Just now, MrBitstFlyer said: Oh, the map enhancement mod works with XP12? Super as I have the pro version. Well the version I have does yes, I don’t use it in msfs just Xplane. https://x-plane.to/file/1559/x-plane-map-enhancement
April 16, 20251 yr Author A big reason why I returned to MSFS was the HDR option. I have seen some XP12 videos that look very bright, like HDR, but I don't see that with my XP12. Can HDR be turned on in XP12 or are people using a trick or add-on? 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
April 16, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: A big reason why I returned to MSFS was the HDR option. I have seen some XP12 videos that look very bright, like HDR, but I don't see that with my XP12. Can HDR be turned on in XP12 or are people using a trick or add-on? I use auto-HDR mode in windows 11 and it works fine Edited April 16, 20251 yr by Ianrivaldosmith
April 16, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: Was Ortho4xp updated for XP12? yes, need to build the tiles with XP12 water in the config. not sure if its in a release zip or if it needs pulling off github. AutoATC Developer
April 16, 20251 yr Author 8 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said: Well the version I have does yes, I don’t use it in msfs just Xplane. https://x-plane.to/file/1559/x-plane-map-enhancement Installed and working thank you 😀 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
April 18, 20251 yr Author On 4/16/2025 at 2:19 PM, Ianrivaldosmith said: Well the version I have does yes, I don’t use it in msfs just Xplane. https://x-plane.to/file/1559/x-plane-map-enhancement The ortho seems very washed out and 'grey', almost like there is a filter over the scenery blocking it. Did you ever see this? 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
April 18, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said: The ortho seems very washed out and 'grey', almost like there is a filter over the scenery blocking it. Did you ever see this? I use bing maps with it and not Google, I also set digital vibrance to 60% in the nvidia control panel
April 18, 20251 yr 3 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said: The ortho seems very washed out and 'grey', almost like there is a filter over the scenery blocking it. Did you ever see this? With Google Map Enhancement you can adjust the color, contrast, brightness or not of the ground.
April 18, 20251 yr On 4/16/2025 at 7:51 AM, Ianrivaldosmith said: I use map enhancement pro with sim heaven. And X-camera for my tobii. Plus sim haptic. Thats about it. Oh and just flight traffic global. With the regent traffic mod. I use the same for Ortho and overlays works pretty well. I'm only using tht free which yields Medium but the High quality - are you using it? Is it worth the cost? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 19, 20251 yr 8 hours ago, ryanbatc said: I use the same for Ortho and overlays works pretty well. I'm only using tht free which yields Medium but the High quality - are you using it? Is it worth the cost? Yes I personally believe it’s worth the cost for high res images. It does make a difference. Just buy the monthly one for 5 dollars or so, and if you don’t like it, what’s 5 dollars?
April 19, 20251 yr If you have space and curiosity (a removable disk is enough) I recommend to use Ortho4xp 1.4 (I use the version that is unzip and run) for your main flight zones, in my case most of Europe. Then I use Map enhacement for the rest of the world. If you invest some time and a bit of research Ortho4xp is much better than the orthos of any current simulator, for me the combination that works best is Here Maps (with -30 colour saturation) and Sony mesh for Europe (Arc in greenland) Then install Simheaven and Global Forest 2 (the latter is the only paid one you need) offer very good results in many areas of the planet, I still do not understand how there is no application like global forest 2 in the other sim, it is certainly not perfect but it is really is very good in the areas that I know personally. Edited April 19, 20251 yr by Aglos77
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