Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I'd have thought if LM concentrated on fixing the lighting/shading in P3D then we wouldn't actually need things like PTA. Anyway - all my add-ons seem to work fine in P3Dv4.2 - as does my old 26_02 preset (albeit now in PTA 2.61), as seen below: The JF EE Canberra: Even the old Flight1 BN-2 Islander appears to work fine! The incomparable A2A MkII Spitfire in NZNI: Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Looks great Adam! I went back to the 4.1 Client as 4.2 didn't seem as smooth to me for some reason, oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Pretty sweet Adam...I didn;t think the A2A Spitfire had been updated for P3D v4 yet? Have I missed something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, adambar said: Looks great Adam! I went back to the 4.1 Client as 4.2 didn't seem as smooth to me for some reason, oh well. Which version of FSUIPC are you running? That might have something to do with it. 5.1.22 is best. 21 minutes ago, Sniper31 said: Pretty sweet Adam...I didn;t think the A2A Spitfire had been updated for P3D v4 yet? Have I missed something? Nope -it's not updated. I got it to work, after a fashion. No real Accusim features, but it flies!! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, Adam Banks said: Which version of FSUIPC are you running? That might have something to do with it. 5.1.22 is best. Nope -it's not updated. I got it to work, after a fashion. No real Accusim features, but it flies!! Adam. Gotcha Adam, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Kremlev Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Hello, Adam! Beautiful screens. Do you use PTA 2.61 on own or in conjunction with URP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eugene Kremlev said: Do you use PTA 2.61 on own or in conjunction with URP? On its own - but I'm using REX SF3D for the sky colours and clouds.I've never really got on with URP, ENV - or whatever - I just make my own! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Kremlev Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Adam Banks said: On its own - but I'm using REX SF3D for the sky colours and clouds.I've never really got on with URP, ENV - or whatever - I just make my own! Adam. Thanks. Is it hard for you to make a cockpit screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Eugene Kremlev said: Is it hard for you to make a cockpit screen? A pleasure - a good excuse to do more screenshots! Give me a list of a few aircraft you'd like to see (in descending order of importance) - just in case I don't happen to have the one you particularly want. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Kremlev Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, Adam Banks said: A pleasure - a good excuse to do more screenshots! Give me a list of a few aircraft you'd like to see (in descending order of importance) - just in case I don't happen to have the one you particularly want. Adam. Wow! Excellent, Adam! A2A: Connie (captain and engineer panels), C172, T-6 Texan. If it is possible — when a glare of the sun on them. Great thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Looking good Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Beautiful images, it is easy when you know what you are doing. Good point about the lighting/shading. Water would be great to have looking more realistic too with a check box for those beautiful waves as well. 1 hour ago, adambar said: Looks great Adam! I went back to the 4.1 Client as 4.2 didn't seem as smooth to me for some reason, oh well. , I am still on V4.0 as it and all the stuff installed on it work so good, I am afraid of messing it all up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Looks Fantastic Adam what settings do you use in lighting are they brightness 0.80 bloom 0.00 and saturation 0.88 because I do not get my green like you do I have found your preset works fine in p3dv4.2 no problems at all thanks regards stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Looking great Adam. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolf8857 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Great shots these Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 hours ago, stewart1 said: Looks Fantastic Adam what settings do you use in lighting are they brightness 0.80 bloom 0.00 and saturation 0.88 because I do not get my green like you do I have found your preset works fine in p3dv4.2 no problems at all thanks regards stewart Yes - those values are correct, Stewart - but I've often wondered about many of your shots. The evening ones are brilliant - but I often find your daytime ones a tiny bit murky. For my screenshots, I often fiddle with the time of day (and weather) until I get something that looks good. Not exactly realistic I know - but I find P3D over-cooks the onset of darkness (at either end of the day) and even slightly overcast is way too dark, IMHO. If I get that roughly right, then mid-day fair weather gets totally bleached out. I don't have Aerofly FS2, but from what I've seen, its lighting seems way better. Eugene - your screenshots are under way (see below)! Adam. EDIT: Screenshots for Eugene: You can see here, in the C-172, that I haven't made the shadows too strong - or dark cockpits (like the T-6 and Connie) would be way too dark overall. The T-6 - a good balance of light and shadow, IMHO: The Connie is a hard one for direct sunlight/glare as the windows are so small: Engineer's panel: Lastly - a bit of fun! All these pics are taken with the same time of day, weather and location. I just slewed the aircraft around to get the sun on the panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks Adam for your help regards stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, stewart1 said: Thanks Adam for your help regards stewart Stewart - I hope I didn't offend you by saying some of your pics were murky! I just meant that I was worried whether my preset was to blame! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1252 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Wonderful set of shots, Adam, and I really like those cockpit shots - incredible feeling of realism there (not that I've ever been in a cockpit, but you know what I mean). I'm with Martyn, in that I'm still on 4.0. Rex SF and AS4 are working for me, and I think I've got an old PTA theme still active but to be honest, I get fed up with all the fiddling. I see some shots like yours above and think maybe I should tweak some more, but then if I get a decent combination of sky and light on a flight I think "nah, thistledome". I'm slowly learning to control my inner tweaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Kremlev Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 OMG! Thanks, Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, andy1252 said: I'm slowly learning to control my inner tweaker! I think I have that T-shirt! Thanks for the encouraging comments, folks - Iain , BradB .. all of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 These are all outstanding Adam! You really know what you're doing and those shots show it. New Zealand always looks so real in your shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Fantastic shots, Adam, especially the trees look so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 You definitely made some perfect cockpit shots there Adam...certain aircraft developers I bet would love to use those shots as advertising. They are that good, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullfox Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Liked your Canbera shot the best. Makes me want to JF and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Bullfox said: Liked your Canberra shot the best. Makes me want to JF and check it out. There are quite a few JF aircraft with the same look and feel to them (probably the same VC designer). The Gloster Meteor is another one. I'm waiting for the Javelin: a stunning looking aircraft, but (apparently) impossible to fly. Thanks again for the nice comments, folks! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic1 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 lots of cool stuff in this post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullfox Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Adam, On the strength of your Canberra shot I read some reviews of the JF Canberra and bought it. Amazing sim, as good as any of my A2A aircraft. Still learning how to fly it. Blew the canopy off at 20,000 ft had to restart the flight. Now if I can just figure out how to land it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 18 hours ago, Adam Banks said: Anyway - all my add-ons seem to work fine in P3Dv4.2 - as does my old 26_02 preset (albeit now in PTA 2.61), as seen below: Hey Adam, PTA doesn't seem to work for me in v4.2, I installed Client and Content last night (as recommended, deleted cfg and shaders) during install and today I get this when I try to apply your 26_02 preset, tried to install the backup shaders with no luck. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Easy one to fix!!!! Good idea to post your screenshot, as I can see you're still running PTA 2.60!!! You absolutely, definitely, need to be running Matt's 2.61 Adam. @Bullfox - glad you like the Canberra! It's a real gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 WOW!! Super Nice Adam!! Is this one uploaded to your site yet? I tried the 26_02 before but the water is a little too blue for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 19 hours ago, Adam Banks said: Which version of FSUIPC are you running? That might have something to do with it. 5.1.22 is best. Nope -it's not updated. I got it to work, after a fashion. No real Accusim features, but it flies!! Adam. I don't use FSUIPC Adam. at one time I did with an older FS version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 21 minutes ago, RobC said: Is this one uploaded to your site yet? I tried the 26_02 before but the water is a little too blue for me. It's the same old preset as before (26_02). No changes required for P3Dv4.2 and PTA 2.61. I find the water impossibly blue at certain ORBX (or global) locations. If I toned it down to get that right, it made many other [sea] areas really drab. Knocking back the blue globally is an option, but then I found the green gets affected too ... goes very red/brown. You can't win!!! I still think there are some real shortcomings in P3D lighting that I don't see in all the shots I've looked at in Aerofly FS2. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Adam Banks said: You absolutely, definitely, need to be running Matt's 2.61 Thank you Sir, I will attempt to get it ASAP! Thanks for the fine job you do with this program, since we can't all have an eye for such realism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakashi Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, Adam Banks said: Easy one to fix!!!! Thanks Adam, got it, loaded it, fixed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, Wakashi said: Thanks Adam, got it, loaded it, fixed it! YAY! Normal service is resumed! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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