[CONT] Official Discussion: Hotfix 1.18.15.0

Have you already noticed that there are no wind gusts? That is a quite more important problem if you want to land with strong wind. Without wind gusts it isn’t realistic. Try to set some wind gusts in the weather settings if you don’t trust.

Flight simulator performance # 1.18.15 # UPDATE MSFS 2020 High Quality RTX 3080 - I7 6800K

That would explain why it was easier to land than what I remembered. I really like the FPS gain but I have the feeling that many other details were toned down.

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Quick fixes for the Xbox release, I have no doubt we’ll get them back

I had the same problem, until i fond out that the Nvidia Experience app was adjusting my setting constantly. After deleting the Nvidia app i had no problems anymore. I download new drivers manualy now

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You didn’t have to delete it. You can change the setting so it doesn’t automatically adjust your games.

Did not work in my case, had to delete it.

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i disable photogrammetry today, i tired of melted treeldings, i tired of weak servers and freezing flight after ignore and restore, i lost almost nothing(autogen looks pretty good), and now is work more stable, may be after ms/asobo rebuild servers i’ll turning back photogrammetry
p.s. for sure you haven’t disable photogrammetry if photogrammetry city without addon, as with that case all famous buildings will looks not ok, i hope wu6 will game changer, but for now any heavy load place whatever internet you have - unacceptable

Oh no marketplace update due to a problem on their end? I wasn’t aware they had problems on their end. I can’t believe they market this. Just for instance and I know this isn’t apples to apples but I have been playing battlefield V and not one CTD, stutter or fps loss. NO OTHER GAMES FUNCTION LIKE THIS. I know it’s a complex piece of software but don’t release it if it’s like this. Some serious beta testing needs to happen before this ever enters the general public. Instead of being excited about an update I cringe because I know more things are going to break its just a matter of what. Don’t release anymore world updates. As most are saying fix the issues you have and make sure they are fixed and then add tested content. We don’t want to have to have a hotfix 1.235355333549 every time an update takes place. Make sure it works=hotfix not needed.

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The Hotfix(es) reverted some adverse lighting effects, but unfortunately there’s still an issue with color banding and purple/greenish color fringes in the sky, but also in the water.


I notice these anomalies in many, if not most screenshots published on these forums to some extent.
I have posted a topic for the upcoming developers Q&A, as I think it will be interesting to know which changes they made lead to these effects and if they can and will be reverted.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/can-you-explain-the-changes-in-su5-that-lead-to-color-banding-and-fringes-for-many-user-on-sdr-monitors-and-are-they-fixable/443671?u=toml7753

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The cloud bands almost look like the kind of compression artifacts I get when I convert a high res image to jpg.

I think we all need to understand that hotfixes are unlikely to address subtle scenery or lighting problems such as this but will primarily be fixes for CTDs and core functionalities that are keeping folk grounded. If other fixes happen to be ready at the time they might get tagged on but no doubt Microsoft are cautious that these hotfixes might not work for everyone and by fixing for one group it can introduce instabilities for another.

Of course it’s irksome when after each update the problem you complained about hasn’t been fixed but once again I’m sure it’s a question of urgency and that many scenery faults can only realistically be addressed by better Bing data.

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Flying around Japan at 30000 feet this afternoon. Just a blurry mess beneath me. Tokyo didn’t even load in until I was 500ft above the runway when the textures started top pop in.

I’m running a 7 5800x and 3080 with 32gb of ram. Everything ultra. Disappointing.

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At a guess it’s internet or you haven’t used the Cfg.opt hack and/or reset your graphics

Internet speed is 500mps. I haven’t changed cfg file. Is it easy to do?

Yes but first you must locate it and that’s different for Steam and Store.

I don’t use it myself as I don’t have high end hardware so can’t say which settings to change except for LOD however there are multiple threads saying what is what if you just make a seach for UserCfg.opt
Confine it to recent (since 27JUL) and be sure to pay attention to other peoples posts and I also suggest leaving a bit in the sim so that you are not stuttering at every airport or city.

To reset your graphics in MSFS set them to Low End press Apply and Save and the raise them up to the approximate level you can manage. Several parameters have completely changed so a retune is needed

NVidia Experience would prevent my computer from sleeping.

Maybe I’m half blind but I see no color banding or weird color variations in your photo examples.

Well stated.

With all of the possible hardware combinations and people installing who knows what software on their systems, no amount of testing can “make sure it works”.

Also, Battlefield V is not comparable to MSFS.

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