John Venema Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 A screenshotter's paradise for sure. Props to Magnus and Philip for this beauty Prepar3D 3.4.9, PTA shader mod, REX Soft Clouds, Navids Sky Set, HDEv2 Cirrus clouds - MSI GT73VR GRF Titan Pro laptop (i7 CPU, GTX1080 GPU, Win 10-64). All P3D sliders maxxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Pretty sure nobody here is going to ask you to stop hitting it, JV. Looking good. I need to help myself to this gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Nyberg Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Nice shots James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorvay1971 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Aaaaand wait for the comments from people asking why their sim doesn't look like yours. lol It's is beautiful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Nice views for sure. Great screenshots. Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 Refer to my 2009 topic, nearly 40,000 people know the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorvay1971 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 1 minute ago, John Venema said: Refer to my 2009 topic, nearly 40,000 people know the answer You counted? haha You would THINK that many know about it, but have you noticed how many people, this year alone, always asking about getting their ORBX scenery looking better, or how to squeeze out miracle tweaks? Of course, you did forget that your specs are in your sig, which again, people tend to gloss over. I'm just being sarcastic though, and seriously, this part of Alaska does look great. I'll have to check out those add-ons in your sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Looks better than the real world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Amazing John, I can only imagine what Innsbruck will look like. Sadly for me I can't buy Valdez yet but it's the very next thing I buy. Besides food... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turboarrow4 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 These shots are simply amazing... can't wait to explore it by myself. cheers Thorsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSandleben Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Top shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 You should post more often John - great shots for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Smashing shots from Valdez John !! . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Bloomin' 'eck, John ... that first picture says it all!!! Just as well you're barred from the screencomp!!!! It truly is a *magical* area/add-on - congratulations all round. The danger is that we're beginning to expect every square inch of our FS world to look like this!! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak73 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Absolutely stunning shots John !! I might have to give up some precious hard drive space for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Just fantastic. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikbenik Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Looking closely to these brilliant shots....I suppose no more need to take real photographical stuff in this regio....outstanding performed scenery-made by the team, congrats !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietboy Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Super !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 The airport and near vicinity scenery is gorgeous but it is the very high quality/resolution mesh that makes it stunning. High detailed mesh does make a difference in these mountainous areas. May be a SP for PNW with ultra mesh would be nice?<- (me dreaming and looking to a higher being!)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex330 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Absolutely stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkH Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Those are really great. It would be absolutely nice if you could share your full PTA settings here or even provide a preset file. It looks to me like you really nailed the point of the settings in PTA, do you use HDR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Stunning, John. Downloading it as I type this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Amazing shots John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardLouis Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 A very lovely place ! Fantastic set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_R Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hi John, These shots and those in your similar thread are absolutely stunning. They grab the eye. I've just been keeping my head down making models, but I'm inspired to try some of your tricks. (I have PTA but have not fiddled with it much.) Among all the environmental addons that promise to transform our experience, would you mind telling us how you go about deciding which ones are worthwhile and which ones not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Hi Larry, My criteria was simple, go for a realistic over saturated look that reminds me of flying on a summer's day. I've spent many hours in Ultralights and LSAs in Australia and I was always amazed at the richness of the ground colours, the brightness of the sun, haze and the actual colours of the atmosphere. For too long most sims have given us a 3D world but it has been a droll, colourless and drab experience. The real world is vibrant and amazing from VFR heights, so that's what I wanted to achieve. So not having installed a sim for the better part of two years, the advent of the GTX1080 and then a laptop with one inside it was too much to resist, so on a whim I ordered the MSI. Once it ran P3D 3.4.9 at 70-90fps on its first flight, I knew I could throw all manner of things at it (including VR) and still get steady 30fps. So I checked the default environment and lo and behold LM really fixed the water and HDR is actually working well now. All we needed was some nice sky, clouds and shader tweaks. So it took a week of trying various combinations of payware and freeware products until I found the combo that works for me. Apart from that I've installed some quality Carenado/Alabeo/A2A payware aircraft, the global shipping AI and some mesh. Everything else is pure Orbx starting with the FTX Global family and now downloading and installing FTX regions and airports. I'm having a ball re-discovering all those gems of airports while I am testing FTX Central V3 and the OrbxDirect store. Here's a few more randoms from some flying last night, in Italy and also in Rio. I am thinking of starting a little blog where I share random screenshots as I travel around the world checking all the Orbx addons. Hard to believe these are all just 1920x1080 resolution shots, it would look amazing at 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Simply amazing!!! And thank you for sharing your explanations. I have also changed my visual appearance of P3d3 by using PTA. My scenery is now looking similar to the one in your shots. The only thing I'm not too happy with is, that now some of my VCs are too blueish. Still some tuning to do in this respect. BTW a blog would be a nice thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 JV would you give us all your PTA preset details, just a copy of what would now be your default.ini? Global shipping really does add to the immersion doesn't it. Have you tried the LR PNW Ferries yet as it also now adds a Tanker and Tug at PAVD and also a Tanker en route to Valdeez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Here's my PTA preset for version 1.61 which features the Raleigh ray scattering. JV For 1.61 with Raleigh.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Amazing Shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Thanks. I am sure there are many of us who appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorvay1971 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 4 hours ago, John Venema said: Here's my PTA preset for version 1.61 which features the Raleigh ray scattering. JV For 1.61 with Raleigh.zip Well John, you sold me on PTA and I thank you. After installing it and running through a quick tutorial off of youtube, I saw a dramatic increase of color and realism. I'll still need to do a little more tweaking and I may also try out your settings to see how much better it looks. So you bought in to the MSI, how do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Amazing shots John!... I've clearly missed a lot in what seems a very short time, and I've no idea how to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Blue Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 These are amazing JV! So impressed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILOU Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 A new "Filou" born. Amazing shots...very good balanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike707 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 For those of you that get the wonderful PTA tool, please consider giving the author a nice donation. PTA really makes P3D (with ORBX of course) come to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 4 hours ago, Mike707 said: For those of you that get the wonderful PTA tool, please consider giving the author a nice donation. PTA really makes P3D (with ORBX of course) come to life. It took about 15 minutes for me to get PTA up and running (a while back now). My donation followed about 15 mins later. It was obvious from the start that it was something I could really use. Of course, I've spent a few hours spent tweaking since, but it's been enjoyable - not the frustrating experience I've had with some utils. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sightseer Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I love the atmosphere in the second shot and the others like it. I hope the existence of PTA doesn't make LM feel they don't have to implement atmospheric scattering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf21 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 On 6.10.2016 at 5:00 PM, John Venema said: Here's my PTA preset for version 1.61 which features the Raleigh ray scattering. JV For 1.61 with Raleigh.zip Hi John, which HDR settings in P3Dv3 do you use? Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErichB Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 10/6/2016 at 3:11 PM, John Venema said: The real world is vibrant and amazing from VFR heights, so that's what I wanted to achieve. Completely agree there. Many people have become so accustomed to the drabness of P3D/FSX to the extent that it has become the realistic norm. The world is definitely saturated with colour - particlarly in bright, summer environments. Great shots John Right, that's it. I'm getting Valdez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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