Xplane 11.50 | Ground Flicker & Shadow Fix

[@funofflying15]

Many thanks for bringing this to our attention Mark and also thanks to VR FlightSim for creating the workarounds in the first place. The 'in cockpit' shadow jaggies have now gone and I'll test the cloud shadow flicker later when I take another flight. Kind regards from the UK :-)

[@RobisonRacing68]

Thank you for making your screen large enough that it can be read. Us old people appreciate that. LOL!

[@SimHangerFS]

RobisonRacing68 , I know exactly what you mean! Regards

[@carloscruz7317]

you sir are the man right now. that was driving me so crazy. thx a lot for this!

[@FOBob-sr1fd]

Excellent video with detailed explanation. Thank you so much. You demonstrated how helpful the X-Plane community can be.

[@timrashleigh2984]

Another Amazing and educational video once again. Never ambiguous and well articulated. Thank you 🙏

[@SimHangerFS]

Tim Rashleigh , thanks for the great feedback. Regards

[@samsunited4965]

You are amazing! It really made a difference, I ALWAYS am back if I update XP, your a life saver.

[@VRFlightSim]

Thanks for the credits and mentions Mark, really great video and really glad it helped :)

[@SimHangerFS]

VRFlightSim , you deserve it, great and easy solutions. My thanks to you.

[@eddyvandenberghe9796]

A good explaination as usual, simple and understandable for computer no-no's like me. I've installed the "saw tooth fix" last week (after discovering the video from the author by coincidence) and it works excelent for me. I never noticed those ground flickerings but I'm going to install it anyway. Thanks for sharing with the community. Stay safe.

[@slicker55]

Hiya Mark, another great video - works for me AMD GPU, Xplane 11.5 OpenGL, Zibo 737-800, Toilss A319 (4K cockpit) , Default Cessna 172 ... all noticeable improvement .... very happy - thumb up - thank you very much :)

[@TAMApttl]

This worked great for me. I used both fixes. One lower quality plane flickers inside the dash, but otherwise the clouds are much better. And the shadows are are nicer too. Now I’ll just have to determine if there was much of a FPS hit. I’ll continue to try it out.

[@SimHangerFS]

MrJoeDynamite , hi glad it worked for you. My FPS hit was around 1 to 3. Regards

[@mzaeem1]

You are the man. Followed your instructions and clearly understood. Fixed my shadow problems😮

[@vigomat]

Thank you for great tips. I found the same about cloud shadow flickering while playing with my vivid_sky script. If someone still experience flickering, lower the value to 0.05. That helped me.

[@apogaeum4313]

Very well explained, got my cockpitshadows fixed. I'm happy with the result. Thanks alot for your vid.

[@jasonemery8375]

Thanks for the help. So much better explained and screen made really clear to see as well unlike some you watch. ✅ you have another subscriber 👍

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi Jason, thanks for your kind words. 😁

[@Fizzle10000]

Yeah! Nuff said, thanks Mate!

[@rodrigoaalonso_]

Hi ! What should I do If the texture quality of the objects and static aircraft around the plane is very low compared to what I had in 11.41 ?? I tried your fixes very nice although for me the shadows one was an fps killer :)

[@SimHangerFS]

Rodrigo Alonso , hello the texture quality is a result of Vulkan making room in memory. LR are working on this, beta9 is now out and it is improved, still not perfect, but they will get there. Regards

[@casq882]

You know how can I remove all those shadows effect ?

[@thejarrells4897]

my copy of xplane doesn’t have any fob/shadow_cam_size. Thank you jumasan

[@egemukan]

Thank you Mark, I was disabling the cloud shadows just because of this flickering problem, now I'am flying enabled. That's great, also the shadow problem has been solved. Great. Thanks again.

[@SimHangerFS]

Ege Mukan , hello, glad to help. Keep safe. Regards

[@peterellis49]

Thank you so much, beautifully put together video and clearly explained, nice to finally have got rid of those darn marching ants!

[@rodolfo2099]

Any fix for clouds flickering ??

[@SimHangerFS]

No, sorry but I have had some success with Active Sky XP. Regards

[@wasg1019]

Hi nice vid sir! but, can I use Vivid Sky with this setting? Because on the vivid sky web it says: "Remove all LUA plugins which modify clouds, weather, atmosphere or lighting. If you see odd behaviour or noticeable performance loss then you most likely have conflicting scripts. "

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi Random, I think you can, but to be honest I am not sure. If problems just delete the script and your done. Regards

[@garrettthorn5048]

Worked like a charm! Thank you kind sir!

[@terencewhite363]

awesome, thank you.

[@A6FAA]

Thank you for the video. Does this also solve the flickering within the clouds itself?

[@SimHangerFS]

HZ-SAL , no not completely unfortunately, but it helps. Regards

Anyone knows if this works also in X-Plane 11.41 or is it just for 11.50?

[@fabiodurazzo77]

Thanks so Much from Brazil!!

[@edward28051989]

Thank you sir. You've got one more subscriber

[@Radiosabines]

Merci Mark !

[@DekelAmrani]

this no longer works in 11.50r3 (build 115033 64-bit)

[@Richard.oo7]

Brilliant video, subbed.

[@mogumogu3686]

Excellent video....thank you very much Sir..👍👍👏

[@satyabudi]

hi.. how much memory usage (System RAM) after implement this method? @1080p thank you

[@SimHangerFS]

I have 32Gb and no major hit on shadows, slight impact on shadow fix, but estimate about 2 FPS. Will be system dependent though. Regards

[@satyabudi]

@@SimHangerFS thanks

[@joseignacio673]

Hi, it didn't work for me :( I got a message "fly with lua stopped" and having a look at the log.txt it says that "the DataRef "........." can not be accessed from FlyWithLua, as it is a private DataRef...." Any clues to fix this ?

[@SimHangerFS]

José Ignacio , I’ve not come across this before, but must have something to do with windows security level set in your system. Also try running both Xplane and FwL as admin. Regards

[@joseignacio673]

@@SimHangerFS thank you for your comments. Unfortunately it didn't work, it must be something else. I had already FWL working perfectly with 3jFPS but as soon as I add the new lua script everything stops. It´s a pity because that fix would be very very nice.

[@SimHangerFS]

José Ignacio , sorry to hear this. Just check you included the spaces in the script as mentioned in the video and that you renamed the file from .txt to .lua also enter the script manually rather than copy and paste.

[@joseignacio673]

@@SimHangerFS, it may be that I am using 11.41r instead of the 11.50 beta and many datarefs may have changed..

[@SimHangerFS]

@@joseignacio673 , yes this is designed for 11.50, I haven't tried it in 11.41.

[@microRiZu]

Interesting, I'm tired of all that flicker as well, Was wondering if this has any performance issues? will i lose a few fps by doing this or not, including the jagged shadows fix!

[@SimHangerFS]

microRiZu , hi, it depends on your system and detail of scenery, for me the impact was nominal in terms of FPS and has had no significant impact. Stay safe. Regards

[@microRiZu]

@@SimHangerFS Thanks alot for the quick reply appreciate it, You too stay safe!

[@fva299]

Great video and everything worked!!!!! Thank you....

[@hasanmom3485]

thank you my brother

[@flyingace6966]

Thank you for making public a solution that can be used until MSFS goes public. However, it does not say much for XP or Laminar Research when such a fix has to be used on such a buggy beta10. Is MSFS making Laminar Research so nervous that they won't spend a little time to fix a fixable bug. Is the aim to milk the XP fans one last time with 'XP 12 Vulkan' before MSFS goes public?

[@SimHangerFS]

Flying Ace , your not the first to ask this question. I think the port to Vulkan has been far more of a handful than they anticipated. Regards

[@andrewyeverino6764]

Thank you!

[@SimHangerFS]

Andrew Yeverino , thanks for watching. Stay safe. Regards

[@steved2623]

Why can't laminar sort this !!!

[@mr.martintorres5804]

Laminar must be so nervous about MS Flight Sim 2020 coming out that they've stopped trying to fix their very fixable bugs.

[@mr.martintorres5804]

You got a new subscriber here too! Thank you for a clear concise tutorial.

[@TheMusicCrime]

THANKS! Perfect Performance with Vulkan 9 Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2,66GHz 8 GB RAM GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 30 to 40 fps THANKS! 👍 and greetings from Germany

[@SimHangerFS]

David Springer , your welcome. Stay safe. Regards

[@Alexander-hk5ke]

Which ingame settings and addons do you use?

[@SimHangerFS]

Alexander Rächl , hello, check my settings here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTGfausZ7KtesU

[@TheHenkka65]

Thank you very much, Sir! :-D

[@gregoriodelgado9457]

Thank you so much for this! you ve got one more subscriber

[@SimHangerFS]

Gregorio Delgado , thank you!

[@shelsmith2001]

Thanks Mark. Really appreciate the help. Keep up your great work!

[@SimHangerFS]

Shel Smith , appreciate the feedback. Stay safe. Regards

[@user-jenijek]

Thank you

[@SimHangerFS]

Two workarounds for the ground flicker and low resolution shadows in Xplane. They worked great for me and I hope they work for you. If you know of an easier or quicker fix for the above issues, please comment below. Thank you

[@Forgetthehorrorhere1]

Love your videos Mark. Thank you for this!

[@SimHangerFS]

Forgetthehorrorhere1 , thank you I do appreciate the feedback. Stay safe. Regards

[@bobinternationalvocalreact8025]

thank you excellent video

[@mahmoudmike3180]

WooooW,perfect works,Thanks Mark.

[@SimHangerFS]

Mahmoud Mike , happy to hear it works for you. Stay safe. Regards

[@mobillegendsecuadortop8111]

tanks for you help master....

[@acura263]

Thanks so much

[@canconservative8976]

fantastic

[@petemichel8011]

Yesssss! I´ve done it.Looks much better.Thank you so much!

[@SimHangerFS]

Pete Michel , glad to hear it worked. Keep safe. Regards

[@Dg-zj6jo]

keep safe great video mark

[@jeepyb]

Thanks alot !

[@edwardsp1916]

Thanks Mark. Really happy with 11.50 but as a VR user this was annoying.

[@wilga80]

Good info, thank you.

[@carloscruz7317]

ok this created some scenery shadow issues.

[@showmoke]

Oh dear - I didn't look at the title of this video properly - didn't see the 11.50 reference - I've only got 11.41. Tried your shimmering shadow fix and guess what? Your right, it didn't work. I'm still getting the shivering cloud shadows. Oh well, at least it's no worse than before!

[@yyhbackagain5013]

After that my FPS Dropped from 140 FPS to 3 FPS permanent

[@flyingstickss]

666.like!!! :))

[@MustafaGT]

It’s pathetic how there has to be all these tons of 3rd party plug ins and workarounds to get this sim to look good. Laminar should have learned by now or have the resources to have this sim looking good. Pathetic

[@mr.martintorres5804]

There really is no excuse.

[@bldsprt518]

Thanks, i was about to write the same thing ..

[@swappy3010]

Well are you idiot? This is beta. Nonone is asking you yo install 3rd party addons. If you dont like how it looks dont buy it. Every game has mods. LR has small team unlike microsoft. 11.50 is beta phaze. Dont install if you are going to ne crybaby

[@mr.martintorres5804]

@@swappy3010 I just installed X-Plane's newest update last night. They actually managed to make the exterior shadows look even worse. The interior ones are better. Back to more fixes.

[@swappy3010]

@@mr.martintorres5804 Well dont use it then. Its an BETA. Beta is not equal to stable. Just go back to 11.41 and enjoy sim without any issues :)