rparson99

Great writeup! Saved my Alpha from early retirement! For anyone using the Alpha, it would be good to read and understand as the issue may be imminent unless that area is fortified. Perhaps one thing that owner of the stick can do is pull unplug the ethernet cable and stretch it a bit to relieve some of the tension, which ultimately is putting pressure on the port, which then may lead to some of the soldered connections coming loose. Anyway... Cheers! and thank you.

MSFS, if I dare compare, is "better" in respect to ground scenery from a features perspective, but that doesn't mean the overall portrayal is perfect. MSFS too can and should be improved. Right now, MSFS can look picture perfect and at the same time placid and artificial. Meanwhile, with its less capable feature set, X-Plane at times forces a literal double take as something of the scene is so lifelike and mimics reality (and, Yes, there are moments of the opposite...for both sims). Feature for feature, its easy to give points to MSFS, but at the end of the day its how the sims perform and the moments you can enjoy. For that I can say, as my sim of choice, X-Plane is doing allot of things right - in comparison to reality. Any improvements to better this is only welcomed.

Streaming Ortho for IFR is great and useful, but for VFR and below, I hope also to see.... next level 3d object detail where renditions are based accurate OSM detail and features, richer landclass that drives 3d rendered features (trees, grass, roads, etc) Roads that are correctly positioned and surfaced correctly ...and of course a more current 3d object database that takes into account more types of traffic and automation. improved water class and colors as influenced by weather.

Massive thanks to Laminar on this one... Clouds, lighting, atmosphere....right on target. And this is just the beta...good stuff.

Thanks for the test Rob. Informative. Sticking with my 980ti for now....

All in all, I like the direction ASN and Rex are taking. Great stuff. Now I don't have to fiddle with weather if I don't want to...it just is. ASN could use more variation in the cloud textures, and maybe soften some a bit...but they do look best when all elements work together (sky color, cloud type, haze...etc).

Thecloud art program should remain open and an auto updated theme should be selected...i.e. "global Automatic"...Try that...

Well said. ... And a great mod can unveil lurking or untapped features. Great subject, great mod.

Nice...

It is good that you are documenting the parts you are configuring that leads to this result. Hopefully, starting from square 1 will not require a steep learning curve. Or who knows maybe your tool can grow with the changes and who knows what else... ... Appreciate your efforts, great mod. ... Just as important as REX to me...

Love it...texures slightly dated...but price is right.

Long time simmer here. P3d begins where FSX has left off. The LM team have proven to be responsive and very complementary in their development effort such that many enhancements are appealing to the flight sim community. Flight simming for me has never been better.

Some key addons still have not been updated (like takpac and others) but V3 is a solid improvement from a gui and graphics perspective over 2.5....and there's plenty of great addons already updated and others promised. Since it's a pay/full upgrade, the timing is up to you.

Hmmm.... How is this "different" base working for you?? Care for a share of that Apple? ;-)

No ctd's here with 3.1. Enjoying the new graphic features and VAS improvements... Still waiting for some addons to be updated but already have a boatload running. If 2.5 is running for you fine, there probably isnt a really compelling reason to upgrade. Why rock the boat? But if you are looking for something more, perhaps that's the question - what would be compelling for you to upgrade?