A P3D V2 trip from Hayward Executive to Monterey (KHWD-KMRY) (P3D)

[shipdriver]

Longer than my usual videos, this shows a trip in my favorite light twin (Milviz B-55) from Hayward, CA (southeast of Oakland) down to ORBX's fantastic Monterey in Prepar3D V2.4. The flight path goes over San Jose and by the southern portion of San Francisco Bay which is a sight to behold.

http://youtu.be/A8R_SzRrmWM

[FILOU]

Superb!

Thanks

[paddler]

Mouth watering graphics on this wonderful video. Thanks Rob.

[jlsaghaa]

Amazing video ! Rob, would it be possible to share your P3D tweak ?

 

JL

[paddler]

Amazing video ! Rob, would it be possible to share your P3D tweak ?

 

JL

 +1. Most P3D videos I see have a dark pall over them. This video has the richness of the colors and is bright.

[shipdriver]

Thanks!

Actually, I don't have any tweaks. Actually, I take that back- I have DSR on in the Nvidia Control Panel, and SGAA transparency AA set in NI. Because of DSR, Aniso filtering is off. I do have pretty aggressive settings in the sim because I am still experimenting- things like autogen all at Very Dense, most shadows turns on, some reflections, HDR on, volumetric fog on, etc. I just installed P3D two weeks ago or so, and so 2.4 is the only version I have dealt with.

My main problem with P3D is the water handling- the Fresnel effect is too aggressive to the point that when looking down at water with darker textures (e.g. ORBX custom textures or REX inland textures) it is almost, or actually is, pitch black. I would gladly tweak that but I haven't found where.

I am pretty sure many video-makers (and screenshot artists for that matter) like the "video-gamey" heavy contrast, so I suspect that sometimes there are post effects added in or heavy-handed use of Shade or Sweetfx type products. V2.3 and earlier may have been different in this respect as well.

[Jarrad Marshall]

Sensational job Rob, I spent last night watching many of your vids on youtube. Absolutely wonderful, thanks for your work  

 

Cheers,

Jarrad

[matthew47]

Very Cool Rob!!  Love that theme music. I closed my eyes for a few seconds and thought I was hearing theme music to 1-ADAM-12.  No seriously.  Very cool vid.

 

Matthew  

[shipdriver]

Adam 12? Actually, I was listening to an LP of the Bullitt soundtrack, which made me think of cruising NorCal in my vintage B-55. No Highland Green paint, though.

[Iain Emms]

Fantastic vid I really enjoyed watching.

cheers

Iain