Gizmo

Look for the /x:ON comment in your Limiter batch file and change it to /x:OFFor push F12 insim to switch the FPS info offhope that helpsSteve

Hey guys Just a headsup that 1.02 is now live on the Flightsimstore Server1.02 change log is as followsAdded the ability to load just light\shadow\fog values from a preset to allow for mixing and matching across different presets Added a much better "Custom" Colour picker to the palette roll outs,this new picker allows you to grab pixel colours anywhere on your current desktop(click hold over the eye dropper icon and release to pick a value)using this will allow you to quickly pick/tweak values when building your own presets you can also use it to grab colours\tones from images of sun rises/sunsets,im sure once you have a play with it you'll see how much better it is than the default windows colour picker in 1.0/1.01More info in the manual on these changesAdded a few more presets (look in the new in 1.02 presets folder) for ppl to try/tweakIm going to get a few small user "how to" videos made and thrown up on youtube later this week,i had intended to get that done this week but the weathers been so nice i spent far to much time tending my chili plants ;) Again thanks for the support you've shown me and each other when using Shade :)Cheersstevesteve

Humm gonna check this out when i get back on the desktop PC,i guess its worth a months fee upfront to checkout and see how far under the hood i can stick my nose ;)Cheerssteve

Not sure about forcing extra AF levels but im pretty sure you cant force any higher lvl's of AA with the DX10 pipe as any overrides are ignored by FSX/D3D API under DX10so your stuck with only the Aces forced mode which as i recall is about x4 it the main reason i stopped using it and went back to DX9

Wow Great Shots....number 3 is a realy nice pic,Dam with all the stuff coming out for FSX these days i can only guess M$ delayed Flight to try an catch up! looking at these they got a hell of a job to do!(pimp mode on)nice to see my little progy poping up in your list of addon's :) many thanks for your purchase & support(hope you grabbed the newest 1.01 installer at flightsimstore)btw is that one of the default presets or self made custom/tweaked values?

I have a G15 also and see no change in AM with/without shade runningif you want to email me with your flightsim store details i can provide support via email and try and figure out the problem....but if you got Shade somewhere other than fss who knows what the hells been injected into the installer or exe'esand who knows wth it might be doing to your system

Not sure why Shade is having and effect on your AffinityMask settings,it makes no changes to the fsx.exe or .cfg files i dont & have never seen this on my own test system(s) and have'nt had any testers or other users report this problem to me,any chance its just a coincidence with something else you've installed recently?

Hey Guys From what i can tell FSX'es ambient night lighting is linked to its Moon Phase,so if you fly on a night with a full moon or near full you get quite a boost in ambient night lighting,kicking your days forward/backward a few till you see no moon will effect this ambient value,if i find a way to control this i'll be sure to add it to shade in a future update (no promises thought)Laterssteve

Hey Guys Just to let you know that 1.01 has gone off to FFS this might take a while to pop though as were in diff timezones me being in the UK them AU It a full replacement package (a whopping 3.5 mb!)as i also hate tracking down patches for stuffChange log for 1.01 is as follows Set & forget:feature added so now you can burn in your values an not have to use shade/shade_nl.exe to see them insim (more info on this is in the updated manual)Extract To Preset:Allows you to pull the current lighting\shadow\fog values from FSX for each day and wack them into a preset for tweaking (more info on this is in the updated manual)A Button/Link to the Shade support forms at Ozx has been added to the "start stuff tab"Last loaded preset now sticks for each day between GUI reboots A set of new/tweaked presets (in a new for 1.01 presets folder) again you might need to tweak these to suit ;)Other tweaks to some of the GUI elements (alignment) & a button on day4 that wasnt updating its current Shade valueI have a few more features planned for and upcoming 1.02 release(a much better custom colour chooser being the first) but these might take a week or 2 to get in/out due to other Work commitments and having to ready the Ozx Goose HDRedux paintkit for release I'll try and pop in when i get chance and have a look at the dark clouds thingy,i think this is because some replacement addons are not sticking to the cloud layout as described in the SDK (I.E. putting puffy clouds where wispy clouds should be ect)or over darkening the base cloud textures,i need to do more checking but this might explain why some ppl see it and some dont For VC shadow tweaking try Morn/Noon/Afternoon shadow values of around 70-75-80 those should help give a good balance of VC darkening & terrain shadows(or just turn on your VC lighting ;) )Can i also just ask again if your going to fire me support mail that you add your order details to it first,mail without it will either be ignored or you will just get a mail back asking for your details Again thanks for your support here & i hope i can continue to tweak/add features that make Shade easier for you to setup & use I will have a Shade supporter banner comp coming up soon for Shade customers and im hopping to offer a Orbx region/airport as a prize (or 2) and maybe a video comp to win something like a Trackir or a Yoke or someother FSX related hardware,if you have any prize suggestions plz shoutCheerssteve

Hey guys Let me throw out a few shade blog links that might help out overly dark vcs durning the dayBlackout & batch filesGetting better/more detailed terrain shadowsOk back to readingLaterssteve

Hey guys Bare withme theres a lot to get through here and at a few other boards! First off let me express heartfelt thanks to everyone sofar for all the positive comments/feedback/screenshots and support you've shown me/Shade and each other so to you all of you Many Thanks /Bow @David Roch: Tut tut for not backuping,that said i knew this would happen so i slipped an autobackup into set_and_forget,if you havent already just run the main shade.exe and a "restoring from unexpected exit" box should popup and restore the backup S&F made before temp installing the current values,once that done exit fsx/shade and restart the shade GUI for tweaking if that doesnt work PM/mail me and i'll try and work you up a quick fix for you.S&F is unsupported atm and will get added/supported in 1.01 (as well as a few other tweaks/presets) i do work full time (not as an FSX dev)so it might take me a week or so to get it all in and testedOk going to got re-read this thread and the few pages added since last night,i'll make a number of posts as i go along some might just be a redirection to the shade blog where ive already made note of a few things ppl have mailed me about Cheerssteve

Hey Guys Got a few connection issue here atm due to some freak weather thats blown in(i already lost a post worth of info due to the router dropping)so i'll have to get around to making a post tomorrow morning on some of the points raised here,again sorry for the delay in responding :(CheersSteve

FSX still has some life left in it yet no dout,theres still stuff in the shader code that can be tweaked/improved (in looking at tweaking the cloud tinting atm)and as new hardware has really let ppl up the eye candy and still maintain good FPS for me its become the sim i always wish it had been at RTM i guess the only things id love to see make it into FSX are cloud shadows and Crepuscular rays (that said i am a GFX **) Laterssteve

/Bow Many thanks Kind sir :) Gonna take a read of this tread from the top and see if i can sum up a few points help out with some stuff that been raised that may have slipped through the cracks in the manual or been explained badly (soz for that guys but i really really hate writing manuals,you see its a constent battle for me due to my dyslexia,using Word does help some but i can sometime struggle to get a piont across or phrase things correctly so i hope you can overlook a few of my spelling/gramma fubars ;))CheersSteve

Hey Guys Many thanks to all the ppl who have purchased Shade sofar and for sharing options/info & posting some fantastic screenshotsIve just asked for my Avsim profile to be updated to that of a 3rd party Dev then i will jump in and chat with you guys Till then Thanks again Steve AKA Gizmo PS i know the manual is a bit of a slog but bare with me and i'll try and get some compare/usage videos made,trust me it is much easier to see how it works than try and explain it!