Awseome. Thanks for the in depth video on this. It's the first thing I'm going to do when I get home today. As always great video and thanks for putting the time in to create it.
Good morning Q8 Pilot from the Netherlands. Watched and performed your video last night. Two years ago I bought a new PC especially for FS2020. I am happy with it and satisfied, but I didn't think the colors were what I had imagined, but a new world has now really opened up for me, it's amazing how beautiful it looks now, really the way it wants to be. Thank you for sharing this with us and especially compliments to Twotonemurpy for this beautiful setting. I'm happy.
Shadow and grain tip is nice, but the filters I'm not sure about. The "before" is, in my opinion, actually more representative of how the real world looks to the bare eyes in a sunny day. Your changes made it look like if you're wearing sun glasses. Although you would never be flying without those in such a day, so maybe it's better (would need to be tested in different conditions though).
I agree .. before looks better to me, the filter is too much contrast, but everybody’s brains interpolate light slightly different, so this is subjective .. like setting eq’s in a sound system 🙂
Yep 8192 is what I use on the rare occasion I even fire up MSFS anymore, 4096 and 8192 still don’t fix the oscillating shadows on the cockpits instrument panel when the weather is nice 🙁
Nice precise vid. I often have the problem that the cockpit is too dark, especially to separate some switches from another. What filter should I use to change that without losing the visual quality achieved by those filters? Any ideas?
Try changes in the Brightness/Contrast panel. Set your exposure first, then experiment with Shadows and Gamma. The HDR panel can also help. There's no magic bullet. Keep tweaking until you are satisfied but also be aware that what may work for the inside view may not be good for the outside view. It takes a while to get the balance right.
Answering my own question here. I tried out the settings on graphicVR for shadows and it seems to work. I love this preset especially countryside. Flew the Mach loop this morning it looked better than ever! I have two other presets from other tubers I use for different environments like alpine or night but this is lovely for general flying. Thanks
Do you know why the filters one defined are not "saved" as set? Every time I launch the sim and enable the filters I have to modify them again to my desire ones..
Tired these settings last night and came on the sim this morning to find I’ve got loads of screen tearing did not have issue before and tried revert the settings back but still have it as anyone else got this issue? If it helps I have a RTX 4070 12GB and a 11th gen i9
These tweaks are only useful if they improve cockpits too. Realistic light in MSFS exteriors usually result in dull looking interiors and indeed your Cessna cockpit shot shows that. In fact the radio digits are so faded you can hardly read them. So the exercise becomes a balance between the outside and inside views. This is a serious flaw in MSFS. You need to play with HDR, mid-range shading, gamma, exposure and highlights (in for example re-shade) to get a better balance between exteriors and interiors. By themselves the Geforce filters are not good enough.
Hi Q8Pilot and thanks for this video. Do you know if adding the Google Maps modification will interfere with these changes or vice versa? Thanks for all the time you have invested in MSFS videos. Trevor.
Thank you for this. Off to try out. If you have similar tips to make the melting building look better without affecting performance, I'd love to hear them. Thx
Anyone having a problem with the saving of the Nvidia filters? As soon as I set it, it changes the values back to the defaults. Only happens with certain filters.
Thanks for the great video. I think it's a little dark during the day, but that's okay. But at night while flying, the lights of the city below seem to be much dimmer. Is the city actually dark when viewed from 30,000 feet? If I want to brighten up the day/night a little bit, what should I adjust in the filters? Is the night view normally this dark?
Amazing info as always! Thank you for this.. got rid of the reshade which was slow and crashed the sim many times. Can you please gine some info on how the filter is saved? It seems that i have to emter the values every time i enter the sim.
Ok those sharper shadows instructions don’t work, I followed the instructions to the tee, but when I go back into the same and look under graphics settings it still says 2048 even though in the user.opt it says 8192, I tried making the user.opt read only but that didn’t help, what the heck am I doing wrong? 🤔
Crystal clear explanation I've instructions thank you so much your UserCfg has the fringe setting to 1 my setting is at 0 should I change my setting to one also what will that do thanks for all your help
Personally, I like night flying with the filters a lot more than without them. The filters do bring life to MSFS for sure. You might need to play with the sliders until you are 100% satisfied. Some presets look different on different displays.
When I get to roaming there is no "package" file, just Microsoft Flight Simulator and there no local cache and I have the Steam version so I went looking everywhere else and I can't find a local cache anywhere
Ok I finally found the file but as I stated there is NO LOCAL CACHE in the Steam version, the userCfg file is way at the bottom of the Microsoft folder and why I didn't see it cause I was focused on trying to find a local cache that is not there.
@@Q8Pilot maybe not a big issue but I have only one monitor but i have an ipad on the side of the desk so every time i look at the ipad and look back into the cockpit i have to center my view so I want to correct that if possible maybe a setting that wont mess up my view when i look to the side
Thanks for the guide! Looks amazing! But, when connecting Nvidia filters, the smoothness disappears and jerking appears. The FPS does not drop. Unfortunately, I had to turn off the filters.
Many people write that GeForce Experience causes problems, and Game Filters will not run without GE. It's a pity that this option is not available in the Nvidia Panel.
@@JohnConservative Exactly this....i tried that frame gen mod the other day but only used it for a day as the sim felt so weird flying in 2d so went back to my VR flying.
Hi there I’ve got an older system it still runs the game but my gout temps are on the warmer side 65-70 degrees depending on how long I play the sim. Do these settings affect performance in any way? Might sound like a dumb question but I’m not that tech savvy. Great video!
I haven't seen any effect on performance, the Shadow size increase may or may not cause a couple of FPS drop, but it should not affect performance overall.
I was able to edit the file, but ALT-F3 does not bring up Nvidia Filters. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I did a flight after editing the file and the video has intermittent freezing for about 1/2 second, with a spinning circle in the lower-right corner, as though buffering. I'm hoping that will go away if I can figure out how to get to the filters.
Hİ there Kuwait, I am a big fun of your channel and Ihave learned many things from you. How about the settings for AMD Adrenalin edition graphics, for MSFS2020. Thank you for your big effort for the videos.
Great tips. However... The nVidia filters can be tricky. Small adjustments seem to have a fairly large impact (so tread carefully) and also, something not mentioned, the overall look depends highly on one's basic monitor (panel type, calibrated or not, viewing conditions etc) settings. The suggested nVidia values just did not work on my setup so I reverted to my own . Truth be told MSFS without these filters can be visually unsettling.
Hello Q8 Pilot, here I am again because I am probably doing something wrong. If I set the filters as you showed, I have a beautiful image, but if I restart FS2020 I have to set my filters again. What am I doing wrong, I have an RTX 3080. .
Hello Q8 Pilot, sorry that I was not able to respond to your question earlier, but I did not have the opportunity to do so. No, as a rule I never start FS2020 from the Nvidia Experience, my problem is that the settings of my filters are not fixed in the Experience, while I always write the settings with DONE. When I restart FS2020 I have to do everything again. Set up. Thank you for your attention and sorry for my poor English.
This was very informative video. I don’t know but putting the filmgrain to 0, does that create more FPS? I’m usually at 45-60, but after this video the FPS is about +/- 100 FPS!😃😃
As for the color, I had that same setting, but I just flew yesterday in real life and is not even close. In real life everything looks more washed-out. Less contrast, I took a picture and when I get back home I will play with it a bit to match real life
I also testet and tweaked alot with teh NVIDIA Filters, hereis what I am using now what I think looks very good and realistic: Sharpen+ Intensity 17% Texture detail 0% Brightness/contrast Exposure 0% Contrast -30% Highlights -30% Shadows -10% Gamma -20% Color Tint color 32% Tint intensity 19% Temperature 0 Vibrance 10 Details Sharpen 6 Clarity 15
I want to know the filter settings for detail HDR and bloom. Or if the filter has changed in the meantime, I want to know the filter settings that changed.
It's easy for you to say:"Take care of yourselves!", but it'd be great to have a tutorial of how to do that!!! Any chance for that in the future!?!??!?!?😊😮😂
I bet you can easily push every setting to maximum given the system you have, however in reality most FS2020 users, myself included, have spent less than half of the cost of a RTX 4090 alone on their complete PC system.
Sadly not every setting to the maximum. I currently run a 5900x with a 4090.. I run most settings with a mixture of medium, high and ultra as I prefer higher frame rates. With my Terrain LOD around the 130% mark. Anything more and the mainthread limitation this sim has starts to really punish any PC. Even at 4k I'm yet to max out this 4090 because simply put my 5900x mainthread just can't keep up. Which is hopefully somewhat fixed or at least better in MSFS2024 later this year.
You can tweak Nvidia settings all you want, but the tarmac texture is still garbage. The bump mapping is exaggerated, and the UV mapping is too big. Not to mention that no matter what Nvidia driver version you use, there are still jagged shadows in some places. Microsoft is deaf.
I did a full flight across the Alps and the preset I use made things look absolutely real. I am not sure why you say this, but try this out if you haven't
![[MSFS] HOW TO MAKE MSFS LOOK ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN 2024! | Tutorial](/img/n.gif)
Awesome video mate and thank you so much for the shout out. I’ve learned some really great tips from this video!
Thank you for eveything you do for the community. Been enjoying your content very much. Keep them coming!
Yup, i didn't know you could do that. Perhaps share more on camera tips too? lol
Awseome. Thanks for the in depth video on this. It's the first thing I'm going to do when I get home today. As always great video and thanks for putting the time in to create it.
Thanks for watching, and happy flying my friend!
Good morning Q8 Pilot from the Netherlands.
Watched and performed your video last night.
Two years ago I bought a new PC especially for FS2020.
I am happy with it and satisfied, but I didn't think the colors were what I had imagined, but a new world has now really opened up for me, it's amazing how beautiful it looks now, really the way it wants to be.
Thank you for sharing this with us and especially compliments to Twotonemurpy for this beautiful setting.
I'm happy.
I am glad this has worked out well for you my friend. Greetings to you from Kuwait =)
@@Q8Pilot dat werkt niet in vr dacht ik toch
Nice settings, can't wait to land in London Heathrow at 2 fps with them 😃
Well done Sam as always you are spot on with your tips and help
Thanks Rand =)
Shadow and grain tip is nice, but the filters I'm not sure about. The "before" is, in my opinion, actually more representative of how the real world looks to the bare eyes in a sunny day. Your changes made it look like if you're wearing sun glasses. Although you would never be flying without those in such a day, so maybe it's better (would need to be tested in different conditions though).
I agree .. before looks better to me, the filter is too much contrast, but everybody’s brains interpolate light slightly different, so this is subjective .. like setting eq’s in a sound system 🙂
@@chrisstrobel3439 True, and also this was about being more realistic, not better looking.
Thanks for the video! I will definitely try these settings!
Thanks for watching!
I clicked the video because there was a mistake in the title. I don't know what I'm watching
Great video! For the shadows, you can actually set it to 8192, it's the maximum allowed and it looks even better!
Thanks for that, I will attempt it.
Yep 8192 is what I use on the rare occasion I even fire up MSFS anymore, 4096 and 8192 still don’t fix the oscillating shadows on the cockpits instrument panel when the weather is nice 🙁
I use 6144 for shadows with my 4090 and they also look great
How about lensflare mine is at 1
Lens flare you turn off from the in game settings. A value of 1 indicates it is on. I don't like it so I turn it off.
Nice precise vid. I often have the problem that the cockpit is too dark, especially to separate some switches from another. What filter should I use to change that without losing the visual quality achieved by those filters? Any ideas?
Try changes in the Brightness/Contrast panel. Set your exposure first, then experiment with Shadows and Gamma. The HDR panel can also help. There's no magic bullet. Keep tweaking until you are satisfied but also be aware that what may work for the inside view may not be good for the outside view.
It takes a while to get the balance right.
Thanks for the video. I fly in VR so should I change anything there? Will the changes to the Graphics settings have any impact on VR?
Answering my own question here. I tried out the settings on graphicVR for shadows and it seems to work. I love this preset especially countryside. Flew the Mach loop this morning it looked better than ever! I have two other presets from other tubers I use for different environments like alpine or night but this is lovely for general flying. Thanks
How much is the fps hit for you guys when you changed the cfg file and add filters? On my RTX 2070 super it is about 5-10 fps which is a lot :D
Interessant. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Do you know why the filters one defined are not "saved" as set? Every time I launch the sim and enable the filters I have to modify them again to my desire ones..
it was a glitch with Nvidia. Now it's fixed ;0
Tired these settings last night and came on the sim this morning to find I’ve got loads of screen tearing did not have issue before and tried revert the settings back but still have it as anyone else got this issue? If it helps I have a RTX 4070 12GB and a 11th gen i9
In my case, for some reason my userCfg file aways go back to original after launched the game.
These tweaks are only useful if they improve cockpits too. Realistic light in MSFS exteriors usually result in dull looking interiors and indeed your Cessna cockpit shot shows that. In fact the radio digits are so faded you can hardly read them. So the exercise becomes a balance between the outside and inside views. This is a serious flaw in MSFS. You need to play with HDR, mid-range shading, gamma, exposure and highlights (in for example re-shade) to get a better balance between exteriors and interiors. By themselves the Geforce filters are not good enough.
Great video mate. Do you experience any crashes when using filters with FG and DX12?
No crashes no but with filters I get some stutters sometimes.
@@Q8Pilot so currently you are using filters on dx11 or 12? Cheers
Hi Q8Pilot and thanks for this video. Do you know if adding the Google Maps modification will interfere with these changes or vice versa?
Thanks for all the time you have invested in MSFS videos. Trevor.
Thank you for this. Off to try out. If you have similar tips to make the melting building look better without affecting performance, I'd love to hear them. Thx
Thanks for the great video. Do you have HDR turned on or off in MSFS in conjunction with these filters?
Thanks for watching, HDR is off.
Anyone having a problem with the saving of the Nvidia filters? As soon as I set it, it changes the values back to the defaults. Only happens with certain filters.
The same only with the color one
Same here
Amazing, waooo!! Thanks
Thanks for watching my friend!
Hi....After you have set up the Nvidia Filters for MSFS-How do you save them-every time I setup and close the Filters I lose the setup....
Thanks for the great video.
I think it's a little dark during the day, but that's okay.
But at night while flying, the lights of the city below seem to be much dimmer.
Is the city actually dark when viewed from 30,000 feet?
If I want to brighten up the day/night a little bit, what should I adjust in the filters? Is the night view normally this dark?
Amazing info as always! Thank you for this.. got rid of the reshade which was slow and crashed the sim many times. Can you please gine some info on how the filter is saved? It seems that i have to emter the values every time i enter the sim.
Ok those sharper shadows instructions don’t work, I followed the instructions to the tee, but when I go back into the same and look under graphics settings it still says 2048 even though in the user.opt it says 8192, I tried making the user.opt read only but that didn’t help, what the heck am I doing wrong? 🤔
game filter nvidea
dont work in vr its sad
thks sir for that tip, isn't that use file contents keyboard, mouse and joystick settings ?
Thanks for watching! I am not sure I understand the question.
No that's not that one, it is the config in the main folder
Crystal clear explanation I've instructions thank you so much your UserCfg has the fringe setting to 1 my setting is at 0 should I change my setting to one also what will that do thanks for all your help
Glad it helped
Alt + F3 does not open for me.
I have NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080
Superb how do these filter enhance the night lights and flying experience. Can you share some thoughts
Personally, I like night flying with the filters a lot more than without them. The filters do bring life to MSFS for sure. You might need to play with the sliders until you are 100% satisfied. Some presets look different on different displays.
I think this only works for the XBox version, I been all through the Steam version file structure and I can't find a local cache in packages
It works on PC. I don't have Xbox. Watch the video, for steam it's under roaming. Please watch the instructions.
@@Q8Pilot I know the path structure by heart and there is no local cache file in my Microsoft folder, I followed the instructions correctly
When I get to roaming there is no "package" file, just Microsoft Flight Simulator and there no local cache and I have the Steam version so I went looking everywhere else and I can't find a local cache anywhere
Ok I finally found the file but as I stated there is NO LOCAL CACHE in the Steam version, the userCfg file is way at the bottom of the Microsoft folder and why I didn't see it cause I was focused on trying to find a local cache that is not there.
wow thanks for another cool tip video!! if u have it can u do a video about the tobii eye tracker?
I have done several videos on the Tobii eye tracker. Was there something specific?
@@Q8Pilot maybe not a big issue but I have only one monitor but i have an ipad on the side of the desk so every time i look at the ipad and look back into the cockpit i have to center my view so I want to correct that if possible maybe a setting that wont mess up my view when i look to the side
Thanks for the guide! Looks amazing! But, when connecting Nvidia filters, the smoothness disappears and jerking appears. The FPS does not drop. Unfortunately, I had to turn off the filters.
Every time I switch off game filter and back on again, all settings change for the game filter
same man, any fix?
Many people write that GeForce Experience causes problems, and Game Filters will not run without GE. It's a pity that this option is not available in the Nvidia Panel.
Thank you for the video. Does it work in VR?
I am not sure as I don't have VR.
@@Q8Pilot, Have you tried VR?, if you have not, please do. It will totally change the immersion. I can't no longer fly 2d screens after trying VR.
the userCfg.opt do work in VR but select the VR part of the file. The nvidia filters do not work in VR.
Yes, for the same kind of processing in VR, I'd suggest to play with OpenXR Toolkit's own settings.
@@JohnConservative Exactly this....i tried that frame gen mod the other day but only used it for a day as the sim felt so weird flying in 2d so went back to my VR flying.
Hi there I’ve got an older system it still runs the game but my gout temps are on the warmer side 65-70 degrees depending on how long I play the sim. Do these settings affect performance in any way? Might sound like a dumb question but I’m not that tech savvy. Great video!
I haven't seen any effect on performance, the Shadow size increase may or may not cause a couple of FPS drop, but it should not affect performance overall.
@@Q8Pilot much appreciated!!
LDRI ?
Yes 👍👍
When I try using game filters in msfs it says "a supported game is required to use this feature"
Do you have filters enabled in your Nvidia Experience?
@@Q8Pilot Yes.
Rebooted PC and launched MSFS from Experience and filters are now available. Ty very much for your time.
I was able to edit the file, but ALT-F3 does not bring up Nvidia Filters. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I did a flight after editing the file and the video has intermittent freezing for about 1/2 second, with a spinning circle in the lower-right corner, as though buffering. I'm hoping that will go away if I can figure out how to get to the filters.
Make sure Nvidia filters is enabled in Nvidia experience.
Any FPS issues changing the clouds and shadow resolution? I know of the xplane side, you do this and you’ll lose some of them.
No, there is no FPS loss at all based on the testing I have done.
Great tutorial! Pixelated clouds are way too disturbing, and shadow sharpening is an issue in the cockpit. Thanks a lot for the help.
Hİ there Kuwait, I am a big fun of your channel and Ihave learned many things from you. How about the settings for AMD Adrenalin edition graphics, for MSFS2020. Thank you for your big effort for the videos.
Great tips. However...
The nVidia filters can be tricky. Small adjustments seem to have a fairly large impact (so tread carefully) and also, something not mentioned, the overall look depends highly on one's basic monitor (panel type, calibrated or not, viewing conditions etc) settings. The suggested nVidia values just did not work on my setup so I reverted to my own . Truth be told MSFS without these filters can be visually unsettling.
Hello Q8 Pilot, here I am again because I am probably doing something wrong.
If I set the filters as you showed, I have a beautiful image, but if I restart FS2020 I have to set my filters again.
What am I doing wrong, I have an RTX 3080.
.
I am not sure. Are you opening Nvidia experience by any chance?
Hello Q8 Pilot, sorry that I was not able to respond to your question earlier, but I did not have the opportunity to do so.
No, as a rule I never start FS2020 from the Nvidia Experience, my problem is that the settings of my filters are not fixed in the Experience, while I always write the settings with DONE. When I restart FS2020 I have to do everything again. Set up.
Thank you for your attention and sorry for my poor English.
This was very informative video. I don’t know but putting the filmgrain to 0, does that create more FPS? I’m usually at 45-60, but after this video the FPS is about +/- 100 FPS!😃😃
Filmgrain should not affect FPS, so I am not sure why this has happened, but in any case, enjoy =)
You are also running a 4090.... One of the best, if not the best, GPU on the market...
As for the color, I had that same setting, but I just flew yesterday in real life and is not even close. In real life everything looks more washed-out. Less contrast, I took a picture and when I get back home I will play with it a bit to match real life
I also testet and tweaked alot with teh NVIDIA Filters, hereis what I am using now what I think looks very good and realistic:
Sharpen+
Intensity 17%
Texture detail 0%
Brightness/contrast
Exposure 0%
Contrast -30%
Highlights -30%
Shadows -10%
Gamma -20%
Color
Tint color 32%
Tint intensity 19%
Temperature 0
Vibrance 10
Details
Sharpen 6
Clarity 15
I want to know the filter settings for detail HDR and bloom.
Or if the filter has changed in the meantime, I want to know the filter settings that changed.
@ddobagi_1540 HDR and Bloom are both set to 0
@@KBNOtaku thx.
Is 32 gb ram and 4080 enough for this game?
Yes but what processor are you planning on?
All very nice but you lose a lot of FPS doing this
It's easy for you to say:"Take care of yourselves!", but it'd be great to have a tutorial of how to do that!!!
Any chance for that in the future!?!??!?!?😊😮😂
No chance for a video on that, but I can tell you to have positive thoughts and surround yourself with people who are the same.
I bet you can easily push every setting to maximum given the system you have, however in reality most FS2020 users, myself included, have spent less than half of the cost of a RTX 4090 alone on their complete PC system.
Sadly not every setting to the maximum. I currently run a 5900x with a 4090.. I run most settings with a mixture of medium, high and ultra as I prefer higher frame rates. With my Terrain LOD around the 130% mark. Anything more and the mainthread limitation this sim has starts to really punish any PC. Even at 4k I'm yet to max out this 4090 because simply put my 5900x mainthread just can't keep up. Which is hopefully somewhat fixed or at least better in MSFS2024 later this year.
be careful not to press alt+F4 instead of F3.. that sucks when you're flying for over 3,5 hours and still had half an hour to go
If you don't have GeForce Experience loaded with your drivers you can't apply filters. Jury is out for me.
You can tweak Nvidia settings all you want, but the tarmac texture is still garbage. The bump mapping is exaggerated, and the UV mapping is too big. Not to mention that no matter what Nvidia driver version you use, there are still jagged shadows in some places. Microsoft is deaf.
Amazing Video , thank you Mate ... but i accedently pressed ALT F4 .. 😂😂😂 ok ... lets do it again .. 😅
Heheh it happened to me a couple of times. Thanks for watching!
except that I have been looking at the mountains in your video for most of my life an your color settings make then look less realistic
I did a full flight across the Alps and the preset I use made things look absolutely real. I am not sure why you say this, but try this out if you haven't
one thing nobody ever mention is you have to show hidden files when in app data
Most people have already done that, when they first installed their current operating system.
most people dont install their operating systems man @@DavidR_192