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I don't know what is causing this. Has anyone seen this before? It's like the stratosphere is a darker blue or something. My mods: Active Sky Next FTX Global + Vectors REX Texture Direct w/ Soft Clouds SweetFX with MasterEffect (this isn't causing it cause it still has a difference in the shades with SweetFX disabled) See this screenshot: http://prntscr.com/9qoij0

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Sorry I wasn't sure if I'd get the mods mad if i posted links to videos in here but here goes: (my graphics dont even come close to this) Just a few examples.

Andy thanks for responding. I already have FTX Global Base and Vectors so I think it may be something in my fsx.cfg and NV inspector possibly. Going to post it when i get home.

Will do as soon as I get home from work. Thanks!

Ok great. Is there any way you have time to tell me what you have your AA set to in Nvidia inspector? Also, wouldn't suppose you could share your fsx.cfg just so I can match up what you have your settings to? I know every system is different but wanted to just compare. If you don't wish to, it's ok I will understand. I just want to make sure I'm setting this correctly.

AA is at 8x already. And I've looked at alot of guides via google which pointed to youtube videos which is why i made the thread. They look fantastic in the videos and mine don't look no where near as good with the same settings and addons. I don't, however, understand your first sentence. What do you mean? Edit: Ah, I see. You were telling me to get a real pilot's license if i wanted "ultradetailed graphics" which is basically being absolutely non-helpful to the post. If you're going to be non-helpful at all, then why respond?

But is it better than having DX9 + ENB? Graphics wise?

So curious, what are the advantages of using DX10 vs using DX9 and ENB/SweetFX and Reshade? I've been using DX10 but I find that the graphics just aren't good enough.

So I built a new pc and have a Skylake 6600k 3.5ghz oc'd to 4.4ghz, 8 gb ram, and a GTX 970 video card. Mods I have installed are: FTX Global and FTX Vector Active Sky Next Rex TextureDirect w/ Soft Clouds Steve's DX10 Fixer PMDG 777 FS2Crew PMDG 777 Pro ATC X All my graphics settings are maxed except for Complexity Scenery and Autogen Scenery and those are left at defaults. If I turn them up to full, I get VAS issues with the PMDG 777. The graphics just aren't that impressive as I see in some of these videos. Granted I don't have a mesh addon but even the cockpit doesn't really look at that crisp to me. Things I really want are: - Good textures and landclass, detailed landscapes, roads and coastlines. - Detailed mountains - Both exterior and interior of the planes to look good I don't mind taking hits on performance if it looks good. Currently with alot of settings maxed I'm getting 40-60 fps on the ground with the PMDG 777. Anyone have any ideas on what else I can buy to make this game look better?

I wasted money on GEX and UTX then. It's my fault I should have done more research first. I appreciate the help man.

So you guys are saying that Orbx FTX Global does the same thing as Ground Environment X and Ultimate Terrain X? I thought they all worked well with one another. I read here that they work together: http://fsxgetstarted.com/scenery/ Hmm so which ones should i install with FTX Global and FTX Vector?

Does anyone know how I can get all those buildings to show up on the ground when flying low? I see some but there's alot of empty space in cities, etc. like Los Angeles and Boston. I've seen some videos on Youtube where the scenery looked absolutely incredible and FULL of buildings and stuff. My addons are: - FTX Global Base - FTX Global Vector - FTX OpenLC Europe - Ground Environment X Enhanced - Ultimate Terrain X - USA and Europe I'm also running that "DX10 Fixer by Steve" program. I use Nvidia Inspector and have tweaked the settings based on another DX10 FSX user that has a Youtube video on it. I have 8x super-sampling enabled and 8x anti-aliasing enabled (Anisotropic). Every graphic setting including Autogen and Scenery Complexity is set to MAX. My computer specs are: i5-6600k 3.5 Skylake CPU overclocked to 4.2ghz 8gb RAM Gigabyte GTX 970 Windforce I still get around 60 fps even on max settings but it doesn't look like the graphics are as good as in some videos i've seen. Can someone tell me what I need to do to fully push the limits on this thing? I want to see EVERY building and tree, etc. Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your response Reed. So these were my settings when I had problems: Texture Resolution Low-Level Clouds: 2048 high resolution High/Mid Level Clouds: 2048 high resolution Runways: 4096 ultra high resolution Taxiways: 4096 ultra high resolution Texture Compression Algorithm Low-Level Clouds: 32 bit High/Mid Level Clouds: 32 bit Wave Animation: 32 bit DirectX Sun/Effects: DX10 Water: DX10 Wave Animation: DX10 Keep in mind that I'm running DX10 in FSX Boxed version using Steve's DX10 Fixer which works great. But I was having issues at higher flight level's with framerates when alot of clouds were around. Also keep in mind that I had my "Cloud coverage density" at Maximum when I was having issues. So I'm not sure if that was the reason and my PC just couldn't keep up but I switched my Texture Resolution down to 1024, the Texture Compression Algorithm's all down to DXT 5 and DXT 1 for waves, and I changed the DirectX to DX9 even though I'm running DX10 in FSX. I also turned down the cloud coverage density to medium I believe it was. Sorry I'm at work so I can't confirm the cloud coverage setting, but this has fixed my issue. I had to turn down things. I plan on uninstalling FSX Boxed and going back to FSX Steam this weekend because HiFi has made it so Active Sky Next works now. I'll reinstall everything and report my findings. In your opinion, what do you believe would have been the biggest culprit in high level flying framerates? The cloud coverage density or the texture resolutions of the clouds? Thanks!

If I wasn't so caught up in VATSIM I'd use Pro ATC X more. It's not just the best offline ATC addon there is in my opinion, but it's also one of the best route plotters I've seen out of almost ANY other one. It's better than simbrief, flightaware, route finder, vatroute, and yes even PFPX. My opinion but it's pretty flawless. In fact, I use it more for the route plotting than the ATC.