On 9/16/2026 at 9:56 AM, jcomm said:

The BEST SIM Ever !!!

I agree completely. Just apply some "tuning" with ddfix and dgvoodoo. Improve config. Add upgrades found in AVSIM.

dgVoodoo 2.87.5 - Control Panel

dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card

VRAM 1024 MB

Filtering Force anisotropic 4x

☑Force filter only if not point sampled

☐ Application controlled fullscreen/windowed sta

☑Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state

☑Bilinear DD/CPU operations

☐ Force vSync

☑Fast video memory access

Resolution 1680x945 this is landscape mode (my choice)

Antialiasing (MSAA) 8x

Consider combining dgVoodoo with ddfix (Highly Recommended). Many users in the classic simulation community on AVSIM report much more stable performance when layering wrappers. If you are currently using dgVoodoo2 directly, consider installing ddfix (version 1.5.13) first. https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143020 (Resolution 1024 768 on cam.cfg) Use a hex editor (such as HxD) on the game executable to rename the ddraw.dll dependency to ddfix.dll. Then, let dgVoodoo2 handle the final translation to DirectX 11/12. This drastically stabilizes the dynamic loading of Looking Glass environments.

Consider also to use ReShade 4.7.0 https://reshade.fileion.com/windows/version/4.7.0/download renaming dxgi.dll as d3d11.dll or d3d12.dll with these settings selected:

Unsharp

Vibrance

prod80_02_Bloom

DELC_Sharpen

Recommended Setup: For the best visual experience in Flight Unlimited 3 today, flight sim communities recommend pairing dgVoodoo2's Phong shading option with Reshade 4.7 (using LumaSharpen and Bloom techniques).

VRAM 1024 MB or VRAM 2048 MB ? If the FU3 game crashes, try the other setting...

With reshade 4.7.0 (this release is the good one) try Vibrance, prod80_02_Bloom or perhaps Pirate_Vibrance, Pirate_Bloom. Judge by yourself the best setting for visual result.