renault Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Well, I confess, I succumbed and tried an updated XPlane 11.50b2 Vulkan Totally different sim now with so many things fixed from the first beta. Yes, I've done a few changes , because I'm not evaluating the beta for bugs, and because it is a beta, I expect they will be different with b3, so its irrelevant , but the one thing that stands out for me is something I never expected to see. I have scenery objects set to Maximum and my fps is locked at 30 in NVCP in adaptive vsync at 1/2 monitor refresh rate and you will notice (first time I've left the fps counter on in a screenshot) that the frame rate is constant in the British countryside and the same coming out of EGLC & flying over central London. Just silky smooth Oh and as an added little bonus, they've significantly improved both reflections and the water rendering Cheers Renault Sorry Ian - I apologize, There is no Orbx scenery visible here in the following 2 screenshots, but I just wanted to show the internal shadow quality that can be obtained now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 These look great Pete , I am waiting for the SLI fix for Vulcan . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Remarkable! i wish I had your knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, BradB said: These look great Pete , I am waiting for the SLI fix for Vulcan . Thanks John First of all I am really glad you're back . Very pleased indeed Have a look here at Laminar's website (most reliable place for info I've found). Comment from Sidney , the Vulkan lad, " Users with multiple GPUs and SLI should be able to launch without disabling things". Might be worth a try. https://developer.x-plane.com/2020/04/x-plane-11-50-beta-2-bug-fixes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, Breeze said: Remarkable! i wish I had your knowledge. Its ok. I'm so old now that I keep forgetting what I know Good part is, I am busy relearning what I forget Cheers R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schtroumf Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Superb sharpness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Looks fine to me but I have several important things that are not ready so I’m sitting this one out. I could never use the sim with the default planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Your enthusiasm is catching - looking forward to the final release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Great set of shots. How did you get hold of it? TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, renault said: Well, I confess, I succumbed and tried an updated XPlane 11.50b2 Vulkan Totally different sim now with so many things fixed from the first beta. Yes, I've done a few changes , because I'm not evaluating the beta for bugs, and because it is a beta, I expect they will be different with b3, so its irrelevant , but the one thing that stands out for me is something I never expected to see. I have scenery objects set to Maximum and my fps is locked at 30 in NVCP in adaptive vsync at 1/2 monitor refresh rate and you will notice (first time I've left the fps counter on in a screenshot) that the frame rate is constant in the British countryside and the same coming out of EGLC & flying over central London. Just silky smooth Oh and as an added little bonus, they've significantly improved both reflections and the water rendering Cheers Renault Sorry Ian - I apologize, There is no Orbx scenery visible here in the following 2 screenshots, but I just wanted to show the internal shadow quality that can be obtained now Default shaders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil white Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 The edges of the shadows look smooth, is it default or is there a Lua script that works with 11.50 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil white Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Can we also see a screen shot of your XP graphics settings as well please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luquinhas Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I am waiting for beta3, they said yesterday it would be out within 24 hours, nothing here yet, how about for you guys ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Looks fine to me but I have several important things that are not ready so I’m sitting this one out. I could never use the sim with the default planes. Thanks Jack. I completely understand where you are coming from. Some developers may have a lot of work to do to bring their products into the new process Cheers Pete 4 hours ago, olderndirt said: Your enthusiasm is catching - looking forward to the final release. Thanks. As am I 4 hours ago, schtroumf said: Superb sharpness Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers Pete 3 hours ago, JoseCFII said: Default shaders? 3 hours ago, phil white said: The edges of the shadows look smooth, is it default or is there a Lua script that works with 11.50 ?? Sorry guys, "Yes, I've done a few changes , because I'm not evaluating the beta for bugs, and because it is a beta, I expect they will be different with b3, so its irrelevant .... " I am showing screenshots of Orbx scenery and demonstrating that even at an early beta stage, the Vulkan upgrade has very good smoothness and is very capable of a high level of graphical fidelity with Orbx TE scenery. I believe very strongly in the purpose behind Laminar's beta process and do not want to corrupt it for any reason. However I also think its important for my fellow Orbx collegues to show that it works very nicely with Orbx TE scenery even at an early stage both from an operational and visual fidelity perspective. And for those who "follow" what I post here you will know that I strive to give the best possible graphics I can in my screenshot postings. Once the Laminar beta is over and the product is officially released I will be very happy to share as I have done in the past here in the Tips & techniques section. Cheers R 3 hours ago, phil white said: Can we also see a screen shot of your XP graphics settings as well please. Visual effects - High (HDR) Number of World Objects - Maximum Texture Quality - High Reflection Detail - low Antialiasing - 8xSSAA+FXAA Draw parked aircraft - checked Draw Shadows on Scenery - checked Use Vulkan driver for faster rendering - checked Lateral field of view - 90 degrees 2 hours ago, Luquinhas said: I am waiting for beta3, they said yesterday it would be out within 24 hours, nothing here yet, how about for you guys ? I have absolutely no idea Cheers R 3 hours ago, TigerTigerM said: Great set of shots. How did you get hold of it? TTM Hi TTM Full instructions at xplane-org. Important that you put this in a completely separate directory, away from your existing XPlane product as you do not want to mess up your existing installation. I then copied the installer over into the new directory, & ran it. In the bottom left of the installer, there is a checkbox which will allow you to receive beta's Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Luquinhas said: I am waiting for beta3, they said yesterday it would be out within 24 hours, nothing here yet, how about for you guys ? It's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luquinhas Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, Breeze said: It's out. Thank you! Installed a few hours ago, got the Vulkan driver back working, all fine now! It is much better than it was, i am happy hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Looking great Pete. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iansmith2019 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 10 hours ago, renault said: Thanks Jack. I completely understand where you are coming from. Some developers may have a lot of work to do to bring their products into the new process Cheers Pete Thanks. As am I Thank you. Pleased you enjoyed it. Cheers Pete Sorry guys, "Yes, I've done a few changes , because I'm not evaluating the beta for bugs, and because it is a beta, I expect they will be different with b3, so its irrelevant .... " I am showing screenshots of Orbx scenery and demonstrating that even at an early beta stage, the Vulkan upgrade has very good smoothness and is very capable of a high level of graphical fidelity with Orbx TE scenery. I believe very strongly in the purpose behind Laminar's beta process and do not want to corrupt it for any reason. However I also think its important for my fellow Orbx collegues to show that it works very nicely with Orbx TE scenery even at an early stage both from an operational and visual fidelity perspective. And for those who "follow" what I post here you will know that I strive to give the best possible graphics I can in my screenshot postings. Once the Laminar beta is over and the product is officially released I will be very happy to share as I have done in the past here in the Tips & techniques section. Cheers R Visual effects - High (HDR) Number of World Objects - Maximum Texture Quality - High Reflection Detail - low Antialiasing - 8xSSAA+FXAA Draw parked aircraft - checked Draw Shadows on Scenery - checked Use Vulkan driver for faster rendering - checked Lateral field of view - 90 degrees I have absolutely no idea Cheers R Hi TTM Full instructions at xplane-org. Important that you put this in a completely separate directory, away from your existing XPlane product as you do not want to mess up your existing installation. I then copied the installer over into the new directory, & ran it. In the bottom left of the installer, there is a checkbox which will allow you to receive beta's Cheers You should try reflections. They are stunning. Game changer for me. Night approach by a river with max reflections (say Glasgow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil white Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Thanks for all your hard work Renault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Many thanks for all your info and hard work to explain this to us, Pete. It's really appreciated. Like John and Jack, I for now wait until most of the add-ons have been upgraded to handle v 5. XVision, I have learned from their website, seems to have great difficulties with their existing shaders, as v5 is a completely new ball game. Well, we'll see. At the moment I'm still very happy with v4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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