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Today, my wife and I are flying to Lithuania, Lativia, and Estonia. Really looking forward to it. Lufthansa from KEWR to Frankfurt, and then on to Lithuania. The Baltic States are in the news a lot lately, so it should be quite interesting for us to be there in person. We have traveled extensively in Europe, and we did get to Gdansk, Poland a few years back, so we were close to the Baltic Sea. We've traveled to Munich (Octoberfest), Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Bulgaria, Romania, Ireland, UK, South Africa, Italy, and many trips within the United States. Being retired now makes it so much easier. I still look forward to reading the forum on my iPad over there, but I'll really miss flying P3d and MSFS. Returning in 10 days. Looking forward to any comments on these 3 countries if you've been there. Any tips or advice is always welcome. Stan
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P3Dv5.3 with EA - how to remove colour cast?
spilok replied to Ray Proudfoot's topic in The Prepar3d Forum
Ray, Can't wait to hear how EnvPlus works out for you. Hoping for the best, and then I will dust off my credit card. -
P3Dv5.3 with EA - how to remove colour cast?
spilok replied to Ray Proudfoot's topic in The Prepar3d Forum
I use Cloud Art and I do indeed love what it does for the sim with Active Sky. Yes, I have some blue tint, but I'm going to play "devil's advocate" here. When I fly in person (and I fly quite a bit), I also see the blue haze on the horizon in real life. It isn't always super clear, and the sky does have haze in it almost always. I love EA and have been using it continually for a few years. Without it, P3d looks too bright and quite cartoonish, IMHO. I accept the fact that P3d looks hazy and a little "bluish" with EA on, but I really think it looks more like the REAL thing than with EA off. My opinion, of course, but my LG monitor (IPS, 4K, 60hz) seems to present the world as I think it really looks. Stan ps. I'll be flying to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia later this month. Having visited Europe many times, I have not visited these Baltic countries, yet. I always wanted to visit Russia, but I guess this will be as close as I can get. I will closely look at the skies. -
You're right, of course. I probably just seem to remember some of the old movies that not only had clarity of the image always, but didn't involve all the flashbacks, multiple plots that are hard to follow, multiple characters that are not only unnecessary, special effects that may have no relevance but just seem to interfere in the overall intention of the film as far as the average filmgoer is concerned. It's just probably my "age" that causes me to feel this way. Opinions are like ice cream...everyone loves a different flavor!
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I turn these dark movies off quickly. Some of these young directors who try to be overly "creative" really irk me!
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I agree. I was the original poster back more than 2 years ago! This question needs its OWN space completely..
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Weird events that have affected overall performance
spilok replied to spilok's topic in The Prepar3d Forum
Yes. I used to dread them as well. However, obviously there was an issue with Win 11 that indeed was fixed. Thank you for finding that. It wasn't in my imagination, as I feared it might be. It was a proper update. -
Weird events that have affected overall performance
spilok replied to spilok's topic in The Prepar3d Forum
I've only flown P3d v5.4 twice with them and MSFS once with them. So far, so good and not a single problem. -
I just want to share this with my forum friends. I'm not even sure if it actually is as significant as I will relate here. Above all, I'm very HAPPY with what happened. First, I'm running Windows 11 on a Jetline computer, and second, I fly P3dv5.4 (also fly MSFS) every day. I'm computer literate and usually am able to solve any problems on my own. I have used Jetline very infrequently to help with issues that I couldn't solve. About 2 weeks ago, I noticed that Windows 11 took about 45 seconds longer to boot up than usual. After it did boot, I noticed that my TASKBAR didn't appear for at least another 30 seconds. I researched everywhere about this and the only suggestion I received was to right click on Windows Explorer in Task Manager and reboot it. I did that several times and it had absolutely NO EFFECT on my boot time or taskbar appearance speed. I also noticed that about 90% through my flights, I'd get a sudden case of terrain "blurries". Changing the time by any amount while flying usually restored clarity to the sim. This morning, the boot up time was the same....slow, and no taskbar for an additional 30 seconds. HOWEVER, I was going to restart the computer before flying as I usually do after a morning of emails and web surfing, and I got a notice for a Windows UPDATE. I choose to do the UPDATE and choose to shut down the computer after the update. When I restarted the computer, the boot time was back to normal and very fast. My TASKBAR appeared IMMEDIATELY! Of course, the only thing I changed was electing to do a Windows 11 update. The Update was - KB5034467. There was also a Security update for Windows installed too - KB5034765. Additionally, I updated my Nvidia Driver last night to the very new - 551.52. I just completed a flight from LGAV (Athens) to LIRF (Rome) in a 747 and yes, the flight was super smooth and no terrain "blurries" occurred. Very enjoyable, indeed. Again, I'm just sharing something that seems significant on my system. It may or may not be anything, but I'm using the forum to share my feelings and concerns, as intended. Take it for what it's worth. Stan
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Your oldest flight sim products - hardware and software.
spilok replied to Ray Proudfoot's topic in Hangar Chat
24-25 years later, I'm still using the BEST joystick ever invented...the Microsoft Force Feedback 2. It's an incredible joystick that imparts a little degree of realism to P3d. It works in MSFS, but the software for MSFS isn't as good as the software (Russell Dirks FS Force) that can be used in P3d. The joystick is a cult item and many simmers still love it and use it daily. I have purchased 5 additional ones from Ebay because it's no longer manufactured. They still command a price over $100 if they are in good condition. Stan ps. Microsoft could make so many simmers happy, in addition to them making so much money, if they re-introduced a BRAND NEW FF joystick for MSFS that also works in P3d. -
I tried to disable updates in Central, and it DIDN"T work! I don't know why it didn't work, but it just did not. I, too, was having problems with SODE for over a month. I tried uninstalling it, and reinstalling it, and I tried 17 and 18 and nothing seemed to really work I uninstalled Client, Content, and Scenery and reinstalled them. That seemed to give me back SODE in some airports. I read somewhere that P3d installs SODE automatically, so that was a last resort. I'm not happy with the whole SODE thing, and looking for a permanent fix so I can move on to other things.
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Severe tree nut allergy myself. I have grandchildren with peanut, egg allergies too. It's very difficult to deal with and deadly effects are so possible. I sincerely hope and pray that one day the secret to turning off these allergies will be available as optimistically stated in that article.
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Your 2nd link is excellent. Thanks. Stan
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Thanks. Where can I see proof that SimConnect is installed on my computer after downloading it?
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I don't see SimConnect in my programs. Somehow it got deleted, I suppose. Where can I get it? Stan