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I assume you paused by pressing ESC rather than the Live Pause option from the addon bar? I think the 737 uses the Live Pause if you enable Pause at Top of Descent. I used it once ages ago and it messed up the flight

Just started the sim up and its saying my update is 1.2GB. Last used the sim last night. Would it be the A310 being updated?

I use FinalLight and Lumasharpen filters on Reshade and they are amazing. I have a hardware calibrated monitor and can see a greenish look to the default shaders, something I never really noticed prior to using Reshade. The difference is quite noticable if you enable/disable it. No fps loss for those effects Chris

Getting lost conenction warnings every 10 minutes. Why oh why wont Asobo use different servers for updates / installs to servers used to stream Bing content and weather whilst flying?

I am struggling myself. Started afresh this morning and tried to set up brand new control configs on my Honeycomb gear. I have the Alpha and Bravo. Also have the Thrustmaster side stick which use for aircraft like this. I watched a video by Overkill Simulations who assigned various heli controls to his axis etc. I did the same and set different axis on the bravo for the collective and throttle. In the gimbal I see the throttle twist grip move smoothly when engines are off but when engines on it jumps around like the axis has calibration problems. Looking at Windows Controllers status shows axis is fine and not spiking. In the air Im having problems keeping it stable. Sometimes it just starts to spin madly. In the Bell with the same control setup the throttle doesnt rotate. Collective works fine. No idea what I am doing wrong. I tried a different axis on the controller for the helicopter throttle but it made no difference. Chris

I am still getting no outbound traffic on SU11 beta and Fsltl. Injector may say xx aircraft is pushing back for xx runway but nothing happens. Planes arrive but nothing leaves even at Egll when real world flights and coming and going. Might reinstall the app later when home

Have had 3 connection warnings tonight as I fly around Toronto. Not had them in quite awhile. A bit annoying. I do belief though that World / Sim updates should be downloaded from different servers to those that are used for streaming for customers who are flying. Not sure if this is an issue causing issues with Asobo's servers and bandwidth. Chris

I have been using the Linker for the past couple of weeks. Its a great tool and easier to use than the Lorby tool. Decided to try this new tool after Lorby's wiped out all my groups which I had set up, all sceneries within each group had vanished. I like how MSFS Linker works plus the map is a fantastic feature. With regards to the UI I have not had any issue running at 4K on 40" monitor. Perhaps its because I have Windows Scaling option set to 200% so all icons and text everywhere are easy to read. Chris

I have always used a Local Account as I do not agree with sharing data etc across multiple devices. The same with Google / Chrome accounts attempting to sync information across every platform you use. Chris

Thanks, yes I was going to make a backup. I see a new version of Reshade came out yesterday. The dll you linked to is 4.9.1.2 and the one FinalLight included was 5.3.0.1556. The change notes on FinalLight say its also DX12 compatible which is perhaps why the DX11 button no longer exists. https://reshade.me/ Chris

Thank you for all your help. I found the folder last night and also options in the Reshade menu to assign the shader and texture folders. I did a quick test with the FinalLight and Lumasharp enabled and could change settings a number of times without a crash. Was brief as it was very late so will try better now. I do notice the dll file is a lot older so I will attempt a switch later for the newer one and test. Thanks for the links above I will save those. Chris

I have downloaded the exe and started the process. I am wondering does it install a reshade.dll anywhere? Where are shader and texture folders installed and can you add or update the fx files? The FinalLight stuff was updated a few days ago.

I will try to find it, I did watch your video thanks though it clearly has an exe file whereas the Flightsim.to injector is just a zip file and instructions on where to place the files on your system. I did a quick test there now with Reshade not enabled and could flick in and out of menus and change graphical settings like LOD. Was a brief test but it didnt crash.

Where do you get that installer from? I have been using the ReshadeInjectUWP with FinalLight from Flightsim.to and followed the instructions. https://flightsim.to/file/20557/finallight-reshade-preset-realistic-colors-and-tone-fixes There is no installer as such and it only comes with the FinalLight.fx and ini files. Files are simply copied into my User folder and the FS2020-Reshade-STARTUP.bat file is on my desktop. Running this as an Admin starts reshade and also the sim. To get the additional effects like Lumasharp I installed "ReShade_Setup_5.3.0.exe" into another app so that I could select its exe file. This created shaders and textures folders. I did select the DX11 option when installing those shaders. I then copied the Lumasharpen across to the FinalLight folder. I should say I am running the MS Store version so cannot install the normal way.

I may have to ditch using Reshade as of today I just cannot sim as the simulator is so unstable. Accessing menus in flight or even at times at the start can trigger a solid black screen of slow flashing between black and a low resolution full screen texture. I paused the sim earlier too and it was locked screen when unpaused. Seriously dont want to not be able to use it as the benefits are there to see, far sharper scenery and aircraft which look blurred when you disable it, and that is at 4K. Yellow and green colour tints are also removed. Going to restart and just run the regular exe to start the sim rather than the batch file and test for an hour. Maybe I should try an older nVidia driver and go back to one from May which I was using until a few days ago? I might also test with just the FinalLight.fx and remove the Lumasharpen one. Chris

That is interesting changing to windowed mode and back sometimes helped, thanks I never thought on that. Escape etc didn't work so I ended up having to go to the task managed and closing the exe. Chris

I couldnt get that fx to even work in Reshade. Got an error about failure to compile or something when I press Home key to open the Reshade window.I copied the fx file from a dummy folder I used to install all the reshade presets into. I am getting a number of nvwgf2umx_cfg.dll crashes over the past couple of days, the sim would display a blank screen of slow flashing full screen colours at times, mainly if I go into a menu or change settings. Doesnt always but concious it appears to have started when I started to use Reshade. I did have the latest studio driver installed so changed to the game ready but the crash still happens. Faulting application name: FlightSimulator.exe, version: 1.26.5.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx_cfg.dll, version: 31.0.15.1694, time stamp: 0x62d9e393 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000000000019f96e Faulting process ID: 0x15b8 Faulting application start time: 0x01d8bada8acb5fca Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.26.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\FlightSimulator.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispig.inf_amd64_47917a79b8c7fd22\nvwgf2umx_cfg.dll Report ID: 3bb7b727-3c1e-430b-bfb5-359d1c17124f Faulting package full name: Microsoft.FlightSimulator_1.26.5.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe Faulting package-relative application ID: App

Looks great, I must try this fx file and your settings. Thanks Chris

I never even considered using Reshade in MSFS as the default looks so much better than what I was used to with Prepar3D. But even just using the FinalLight and LumaSharpen effects it totally changes how the sim looks. Flicking it off and on shows that I used to accept a yellow / warm colour cast (despite a hardware calibrated monitor) and also an original soft image lacking sharpness. Chris

Yes indeed I meant the installable version of Reshade doesn't work on MS Store version from what I've read. I once attempted to take control of the Windows apps folder, possibly through the Take Ownership bat file which normally works great but it made it impossible to start the sim. Tried restoring privileges but had to end up wiping my system. Won't be messing with that folder again. Chris

Like I read you say you flick the effects on and off at times to check its working. At first I thought it was very subtle but I do see a change to the colour temperature, its a little bit cooler. No idea what all the various adjustments work best for the sharpening but the cockpit of the PMDG 737 certainly looks sharper, especially all the text. If I flick it on and off it looks quite blurry, even at 4K on a 40" screen which I had previously thought looked good. Reshade will certainly be used on all sessions from now on. Chris

I did yes thanks. Have the FinalLight profile running and also via a Reshade.exe was able to install all the old profiles like Lumasharp into another apps folder and then copy what fx files I wanted. Have the sharpen working now too. Will be interesting to see if it affects stability of the sim. Regards Chris

I have just started testing using Reshade in MSFS, well the FinalLight profile and ReshadeInjectUWP as I dont think the Rehade program itself works on the MS Store version. Regarding calibration I fully agree, I am a landscape photographer and my monitors are hardware calibrated every 2 weeks using a DataColor Spyder Pro device. Makes even the default MSFS look so much better. It does however have a slight warm tint and the FinalLight profile helps remove the yellow look. Is very subtle on my calibrated display. Ive just added a Lumasharpen.fx which I hope works in MSFS. I did briefly use Reshade in Prepar3D so can see its benefits. New to this thread also so have to finish reading through it. Chris Ibbotson

I just tried installing this and copied the folder into my user profile folder as instructed. Ran the batch file from the desktop and it automatically started MSFS which then came up with an error after about 30 seconds. Just read more of the instructions and I did not right click the bat file and run as admin, not sure if this caused the strange error message. Didnt appear to be a Windows or MSFS dialog box. Will try again Chris

I read this morning on the official 1300 comment thread a post by an official community manager who states he is an MSFS employee. They cannot get a CTD themselves. Ersonally I couldn't even fly more than 45 mins. Just using the autopilot on a heading in the 737,no flight plan or engagement with the sim. Live weather off or empty community folder didn't help. Did all the scannow things to check windows too. Last night I disabled live weather, live traffic and multilayer and sim was still flying 6 hrs later so for me it's starting to look like a server issue or something to do with data on the ai traffic. Chris