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I updated the Nvidia driver yesterday and the forum colours are very dull. Though images are fine, as are other sites.
This driver is a brand new branch and there's a weird note in the release notes about how different layers of auto-HDR interact. I wonder if it's spotting images and doing the right thing and doing the wrong default thing with text. What happens if you fiddle with the "make SDR stuffs appear this bright" slider in Windows?

EDIT: my biggest issue with my nice new screen is my office laptop can't drive it over 60Hz!
 
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Hi :)
This driver is a brand new branch and there's a weird note in the release notes about how different layers of auto-HDR interact. I wonder if it's spotting images and doing the right thing and doing the wrong default thing with text. What happens if you fiddle with the "make SDR stuffs appear this bright" slider in Windows?


🤔... I presume Radeon gpu's aren't causing any problems at the moment in this respect?...I haven't noticed anything untoward with my Radeon card, but I've got a computer with an Nvidia gpu that's got Elite installed on it, though I haven't upgraded the drivers on that one at the moment...perhaps I should put that on hold for now.:unsure:

Jack :)
 
EDIT: my biggest issue with my nice new screen is my office laptop can't drive it over 60Hz!
:( My main screen only does 60hz. Still, it does OK with Elite.

I'm still doing ground missions. Picked up another "wanted" tag on my last one. It was a power-on and there were some unsavoury characters waiting for me. Thing was, not all were hostile(again) so I had to be selective with my pew-pew. At one stage, the goody was fighting the baddy. I let rip with my AR-50 and manged to clip the good guy. He dispatched the bad guy then opened fire on me.

I had to put him down. And became a murderer in the process.

Adds a more delicate nuance to these missions - you just can't * slay willy-nilly.

* Well, you can. But I prefer to stay clean. Because I'm a good guy :D
 
:( My main screen only does 60hz. Still, it does OK with Elite.

I'm still doing ground missions. Picked up another "wanted" tag on my last one. It was a power-on and there were some unsavoury characters waiting for me. Thing was, not all were hostile(again) so I had to be selective with my pew-pew. At one stage, the goody was fighting the baddy. I let rip with my AR-50 and manged to clip the good guy. He dispatched the bad guy then opened fire on me.

I had to put him down. And became a murderer in the process.

Adds a more delicate nuance to these missions - you just can't * slay willy-nilly.

* Well, you can. But I prefer to stay clean. Because I'm a good guy :D
60 is fine for me. My ancient monitor can do up to 75, but with everything on the top settings/Ultra, even my NVidia GEForce RTX 4090 struggles a bit over 60.
 
:( My main screen only does 60hz. Still, it does OK with Elite.

I'm still doing ground missions. Picked up another "wanted" tag on my last one. It was a power-on and there were some unsavoury characters waiting for me. Thing was, not all were hostile(again) so I had to be selective with my pew-pew. At one stage, the goody was fighting the baddy. I let rip with my AR-50 and manged to clip the good guy. He dispatched the bad guy then opened fire on me.

I had to put him down. And became a murderer in the process.

Adds a more delicate nuance to these missions - you just can't * slay willy-nilly.

* Well, you can. But I prefer to stay clean. Because I'm a good guy :D
I've had fun at one of those 3-container "Smuggler's hidden cache" places, where a single scavenger (smuggler?) and a single policeman showed up and started hunting each other around the containers.
 
I finally got £4Bn towards the fleet carrier I don't intend to buy. :cool:

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The T8 got me into the top 75% with four runs so I thought I'd do some bounty mission spam. The Corsair seemed to perform quite well outside of a CZ. No fighter unlike the Krait but there was system security in Nyx where every single mission was directed at. Though Master rank didn't budge from 17% even though there were at least three Corvettes in the mix. They could've given me a point at least.(n)

That said, I started using manoeuvring thrusters more during the last CG and it can be helpful. I've really only used them while landing but the vertical thrusters can give you a tighter turn or put some distance between yourself and the target depending on which direction you go. Maybe I should test it with the Krait since I've used it for longer. Sharper turns obviously help with smaller, annoying ships.
This driver is a brand new branch and there's a weird note in the release notes about how different layers of auto-HDR interact. I wonder if it's spotting images and doing the right thing and doing the wrong default thing with text. What happens if you fiddle with the "make SDR stuffs appear this bright" slider in Windows?

EDIT: my biggest issue with my nice new screen is my office laptop can't drive it over 60Hz!
It seems my ancient 2018 DELL monitor doesn't have HDR related settings but I actually think it may be the Dark Reader extension in Firefox which might be the problem. If I block it on already dark sites like here or the Elite wiki I get the vibrant colours back. Maybe it just needs an update. It'll do for now but I feel like I need to wear shades or something. The text is a lot brighter than I remember.
60 is fine for me. My ancient monitor can do up to 75, but with everything on the top settings/Ultra, even my NVidia GEForce RTX 4090 struggles a bit over 60.
The kids say frames win games but I don't think I've had a monitor that goes above 60Hz so I wouldn't know.
 
Hi All :)

I'm going to do a small amount of hauling for the current CG....by the way, I see there's a sneak peek at the forthcoming new ship, most people think it's going to be a mining orientated ship. If it doesn't have some unique features specifically for mining I can't see it (excuse the pun) taking off. 🤨...still we'll have to see.;)

I'm aiming for 50% in the CG. or haul until I get bored and do something else!
I might do it in open too (no rebuy) but whenever I've gone into open for a CG the drop off stations are usually choc a bloc with players (and other scurvy rascals) so it's a pain trying to dock...I'll try it out and see if anything's changed....if it hasn't I'm going solo.:D

Jack :)
 
Hi ;)

Off in the middle of god knows where on some far-flung snowball scraping bacteria off of ice sheets for the favour of my princess 😭

:ROFLMAO:.....I sometimes think along those lines when I'm out exploring, but I'm not 'attached' to any of those factions though as I've not participated in power play (I presume that's what you mean).
The time has come...I'm getting bored with hauling for the current CG so I'm going to do some core and laser mining, after I've dropped of this load of Titanium. This should put me into the 50% level. I'm also going to kit my 2nd Panther out with some mining stuff and see how it performs.

Jack :)
 
As to what I'm doing right now: loading my alt's carrier with CMMs for the current CG. Inara found a nice little ground based refinery with (ok, that was yesterday) >3 Mt in stock, and I got a parking spot in orbit of the same planet. Pity that (as of yesterday), that orbital spot was pretty much on the opposite side of the planet...

Still ~10 more runs today for loading, then it's off to finding a place to park the carrier within 20 ly from Minerva and start unloading.
 
Hi All :)

I'm going to do a small amount of hauling for the current CG....by the way, I see there's a sneak peek at the forthcoming new ship, most people think it's going to be a mining orientated ship. If it doesn't have some unique features specifically for mining I can't see it (excuse the pun) taking off. 🤨...still we'll have to see.:)
It looks quite ominous. Obviously a large ship in my opinion. I wouldn't mind a dedicated mining vessel so I don't have to refitt the T8.

Though I could always just build a mining T8 if I wasn't so lazy and cheap.

As for now, I've been kicked out of the 75% tier so I have to do a little hauling. I was actually intended to try out the GCZ in Minerva but it's disappeared.
 
Hi :)

Still ~10 more runs today for loading, then it's off to finding a place to park the carrier within 20 ly from Minerva and start unloading.

20ly...🤔...I'm using a system that's 13.78Lys from Minerva, the surrounding systems are pretty much full of Carriers and it's taken a bit of searching to get (not surprisingly) a parking space with only 20.76Ly's jump range on the Stellar (with 1040 cargo capacity)....45.62Lys jump range on my other Panther but with a 928 cargo capacity.

@Frankymole quote..."Does this mean smaller ship will be given special slots for special cargo racks?"
I'm not a hundred percent sure but...My interpretation is that you can fit them on any ship that has a class 5 or 6 cargo rack. It's slightly confusing though I agree. :unsure:

Jack :)
 
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I didn't know you could engineer cargo racks to have "increased capacity", how does that work?
You can't - FD doesn't have your limits. So, unless FD is going to change engineering/broker availablity, those are going to remain unique for the foreseeable future.

I'm using a system that's 13.78Lys from Minerva
Carrier jump should be done now, and if everything went well, should be parked in Piscium Sector QI-T b3-5, 12.63 ly from Minerva. I'm using a T-9 that has around 20 ly loaded.
 
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