F27 Low Quality Shadows

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

The Fokker F27 has a similar shadow Issue to what we used to have in some aircraft like the a330 a few updates back. I would have to check with the current live version since I’m on the 5.1 beta, but I don’t think its related to that. The shadows look low resolution on external view, but look crisp on any other view unless using RT shadows, which is very taxing on my system

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Every Flight

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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  1. Load in the F27

  2. Switch to external view

  3. Compare shadows with Drone or pause menu

YOUR SETTINGS

Shadow Maps: 2048 for testing but typically lower for daily use, switching the values only makes the blurriness worse when on external but drone cam remains crisp

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

RTX2060

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

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External View:

Drone Cam:

If anybody finds more aircraft with this issue, please let me know and I’ll update the title to account for the others

Hi @Davidabelr1RD , better to have 1 report per aircraft since it is not always the same team/developer that will fix this issue.

This is a common issue caused by developers’ use of LOD spheres - the exterior camera shadow will also improve/be fixed if you enable Raytraced Shadows, though I recognize that is not an option for all/many users. When 2024 first released there was a large number of aircraft (both by iniBuilds like the F27 and by other developers) that had this issue, but most that I’ve seen have since been fixed. I guess the F27 is an outlier.

Roger that :+1:

Yes, I remember I was one of the initial users to confirm the issue as well, hence why I went ahead and reported this specific one since I know the original post was closed post SU4.

Same with the F 18 super hornet

Feel free to create a separate report for the fa-18-super-hornet .