Look at the sky

[kiki]

I am not happy at all with the looks of the sun and the moon in simulator. There are some FSX add ons to replace their textures. Are they any better and can you use them in P3D? And what would be the best way to have more realistic moon and sun above us in P3D world?

 

[dhazelgrove]

You could try REX4 - details here.
Co-exists quite happily with ORBX, too.

Dave

 

[Mach3DS]

P3D Sun and Moon sizes are 2x too small. You must change these or the sun and moon will look tiny. No matter the textures used. I have mine set to this:

[general]
SunSize=4144
MoonSize=4144
SunTexture="sun.bmp"
LensFlareCount="10"
RenderCorona="1"
RenderGlow="1"
RenderMoonCorona="1"

in "suneffect.cfg" main P3D folder.

 

[kiki]

There is a suneffect.cfg in Prepard3d-folder and another one at the ProgramData-folder. Why? Do they both effect on sim?

 

[dhazelgrove]

I don't have this file at all in P3Dv2.

Dave

 

[gray eagle]

I don't have this file at all either (P3dV3.4)

 

[Dangerous Beans]

You should find it in
C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3
I'm not sure about V2 though

 

[dhazelgrove]

Sorry, found it:

[general]
SunSize=900
MoonSize=6072
SunTexture="sun.bmp"
LensFlareCount="10"
RenderCorona="1"
RenderGlow="1"
RenderMoonCorona="1"

I seem to have a bigger moon than you do.

Dave