41 minutes ago, Rob G said:

Based on my experience, first go back into the registry and make sure it's actually set. I did the same thing but when I went back into the registry it was still set to 1. Then, for no reason I can explain, Image Sharpening did not appear until I had rebooted about three times. No idea why. Don't know if this will help you but that was my experience.

Thanks for the input. I've rebooted a number of times, but it hasn't made a difference.

Al

Edited September 25, 2025Sep 25 by ark

Turned off reshade and now all is great. I wish I could get a deep black shade though.

I like it better at 0.4. At 0.65 there is a lot of graininess.

Almost the same experience here!

When Image Sharpening activated for the first time, the default values (at least for me) are: Sharpen on 0.50, ign. film grain on 0.17. Already that setting makes a huge difference and a lot more of detail is visible, e.g. individual leaves on trees etc.

It feels very good, perhaps a tad too sharp. Will try 0.4 & 0.17 as you recommend. Thank you.

 

22 minutes ago, David_CSA said:

Almost the same experience here!

When Image Sharpening activated for the first time, the default values (at least for me) are: Sharpen on 0.50, ign. film grain on 0.17. Already that setting makes a huge difference and a lot more of detail is visible, e.g. individual leaves on trees etc.

It feels very good, perhaps a tad too sharp. Will try 0.4 & 0.17 as you recommend. Thank you.

 

Does the increased sharpening apply to the cockpit instruments as well as scenery? Is the improvement inside the cockpit as noticeable as outside the plane?

Thanks,

Al

Edited September 25, 2025Sep 25 by ark

2 hours ago, romaf12008 said:

At 0.65 there is a lot of graininess.

I agree. I started with 0.65 and found it too grainy. Went down a couple of steps and I think I settled on 0.4 or 0.45. Can't remember 100%.

If you open the Image Scaling options in the NCP there is a scaling & sharpening slider -- how does using that differ from the Registry hack being discussed in this thread?
Thanks,
Al

For those of you that have the Image Sharpening hack working, can you please tell me what Nvidia driver you are using. I had the hack working but then I decided to try out the latest driver and on that one, even though the registry change is in place, I can't get it to change to Image Sharpening.

Any ideas?

34 minutes ago, Rob G said:

For those of you that have the Image Sharpening hack working, can you please tell me what Nvidia driver you are using. I had the hack working but then I decided to try out the latest driver and on that one, even though the registry change is in place, I can't get it to change to Image Sharpening.

Any ideas?

For what it's worth (may or may not be accurate), ChatGPT says this:

• Earlier drivers used a registry key under
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\FTS
  named "EnableGR535" (DWORD) to allow re-enabling the old “Scaling + Sharpening” control panel behavior. 

• In more recent drivers (from 571.96 onwards), the key’s location is said to have changed to:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\Parameters\FTS
  with the same "EnableGR535" name. 

• In driver versions after ~572.x, there are reports that NVIDIA may have removed or disabled that override (or changed behavior) in newer builds. However, some users claim it still can be applied in 572.x series drivers, provided the key is put under the Parameters\FTS path instead of the old path.

Edited September 26, 2025Sep 26 by ark

14 minutes ago, ark said:

For what it's worth (may or may not be accurate), ChatGPT says this:

• Earlier drivers used a registry key under
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\FTS
  named "EnableGR535" (DWORD) to allow re-enabling the old “Scaling + Sharpening” control panel behavior. 

• In more recent drivers (from 571.96 onwards), the key’s location is said to have changed to:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\Parameters\FTS
  with the same "EnableGR535" name. 

• In driver versions after ~572.x, there are reports that NVIDIA may have removed or disabled that override (or changed behavior) in newer builds. However, some users claim it still can be applied in 572.x series drivers, provided the key is put under the Parameters\FTS path instead of the old path.

That was exactly my problem. Now I have both Image Sharpening in the Control Program and 'Ultra Quality' in the DLSS settings in the sim. Awesome.

Thank you very much.

11 minutes ago, Rob G said:

That was exactly my problem. Now I have both Image Sharpening in the Control Program and 'Ultra Quality' in the DLSS settings in the sim. Awesome.

Thank you very much.

Just to be clear, was it the alternative registry location that now worked for you, and if so, with what GPU driver version?

Al

Edited September 26, 2025Sep 26 by ark

3 hours ago, ark said:

Just to be clear, was it the alternative registry location that now worked for you, and if so, with what GPU driver version?

Al

Yes it was the alternate registry location. I am testing the very latest driver (581.29). Haven't really tested it yet though. Today ended up busier than I through it would :-(

After Nvidia filters stopped working earlier this year I switched to using Reshade. I have attempted to use the hack to "fix" the sharpening filter, but it does not work with the driver I am currently using, and it is a pretty recent driver (580.xx). I think Nvidia has nerfed the hack for the sharpening filter for recent drivers, for while if I apply the hack the sharpening ability reappears in the control panel, it has zero effect on graphics when values are changed. 

I have no idea why Nvidia would do this, just like why they refuse to fix the graphics filters from working again without explanation.

Meantime I'll just keep using Reshade. It works fine and has no effect on performance on my system.

4 hours ago, BaronKen said:

After Nvidia filters stopped working earlier this year I switched to using Reshade. I have attempted to use the hack to "fix" the sharpening filter, but it does not work with the driver I am currently using, and it is a pretty recent driver (580.xx). I think Nvidia has nerfed the hack for the sharpening filter for recent drivers, for while if I apply the hack the sharpening ability reappears in the control panel, it has zero effect on graphics when values are changed. 

I have no idea why Nvidia would do this, just like why they refuse to fix the graphics filters from working again without explanation.

Meantime I'll just keep using Reshade. It works fine and has no effect on performance on my system.

I am using driver 581.29 and it's working fine for me. Definitely working in-game

Edited September 26, 2025Sep 26 by Barnes