Disappointed in Sim Update 5

[Ju1ius2416]

@saltensea

@PlaneHolland

Your video shows that it is data related and not graphics related. Problem is, you can’t do anything about it other than restart FS and hope it keeps loading all data. Your video also shows there are good graphics, which if it was a total graphics issue those would also be terrible. The only thing we can hope for is that MS adds capacity.

There is a massiv graphical downgrade. And it doesnt matter for what kind of reason. Doesnt matter!
This video is in fact two videos, one before SU5 and on after SU5, put togehter for a compare!
The voice is in german, which descripts the downgrade exactly.
But whitout understanding any word, the graphics tells the truth: A MASSIV DOWNGRADE!

THIS is not a downgrade, it certainly is a bug, therefor the game doesn’t load the needed terrain data/textures, but making sure photogrammetry and all other online funktions a set to ON and trying this withouth the MS servers peaking, you should be fine. It is a downgrade in the regard that this bug existes, but you could intentionally make this game look like this prior SU5 with just the right settings.

There is nontheless a hefty downgrade compared to before the xbox update. just to name a few:

@Ju1ius2416

As far as i know this never was a issue before SU5 but now, especially noticable in densely forested areas, trees form this unifomly pattern (it might be dependent on the angle you’re looking at the vegetation for the pattern to be more or less noticable: [Screenshot_37] MaxAnisotropy 16 Quality 0 } {SuperSampling SuperSampling 3 } {Terrain LoDFactor 5.000000 } {ObjectsLoD LoDFactor 4.000000 [Screenshot_38] [Screenshot_39] Similar patterns can be seen in the water Did y…

since SU5 hotfix2 1.18.15.0 i’d like to give an update aswell:

• CTD when returning to main menue, flying over some airports, starting at some airports.
• Toggle to mouse view, adjust the seating position via the arrow keys and the mouse will jump to the upper left corner and/or dissapear.
• occlusion culling is slow so that objects and trees pop in only after looking in the direction for 1-3 seconds. (this is on buildings, vegetation, nightlights and texture resolution!)
• completely different set of textures for differen LOD loading (depending on flightlevel)
• “Tree draw distance to the horizon” - stright up a lie. (you can only and to en extend archive this with setting LOD 400-600 via config)
• massive amount of floating lights (for example at LOWI)
• missing autogen, or wrong assets/achetype even missing entire airports (EGPH)
• Stuttering and framedrops when panning
• mouse/trackIR freelook stutter/acceleration due to input smoothing (bug?)
• blocky pixelated waterreflections AND smal repeating water pattern
• pixelated clouds
• AP on GA Aircraft seem to just not work regardless of use of WTGarmin mods
• Cessna Longitude AP swaying left and right at higher altitudes
• dents and grooves in the ground
• flooded bridges and harbours
• icing even with disabled icing.
• handcrafted objects floating/jumping + invisible hitbox
• scenery/airport objects floating
• low bandwith usage and photogrammetry bandwidth warning breaks game (despite fast and reliable connection)
• Shimmering oversharpening on trees
• General degredation in AA (ghosting artifacts)
• Colours, lighting and bloom are still too bright/washed out in SDR - looks like a cartoon now to such an extent I avoid flying during the day unless it is cloudy
• Ground textures often seem blurry especially in the distance (more tham before)
• Night lighting has a sepia mask look to it in SDR

@Ju1ius2416

There can only be one reason and it won’t be aesthetics!

not only does it seem as if clouds have zero impact on how light intreracts with planes.