Ah I love my new analog Bonanza! This is like an aircraft is meant to be, not these boring three G1000 screens making all cockpits look the same (soulless, boring, all the same, and no real engine gauges).
But what I didn´t like was the fact that the gauges and the labels in the cockpit were not sharp and 8k enough, simply not good enough for my liking. The illuminated labels at night looked kinda blurry and with heavy ugly aliasing-edges because of a lack of resolution of the base file.
Photoshop was unfortunately not able to help me, no matter what resizing method, sharpening filters, AA-blurring filters, and sharpen edge filters I tried - I simply could not get the result I wanted out of the very low resolution DDS gauge file!
But I remembered the wonders that AI upscaling did with some older retro games like the Resident Evil 2 HD project and more (not the superb 2019 Resi but an AI overhauled the real old original 1998 Resi 2), and I thought: I should give that a try. And the results are outstanding I absolutely love it. So crisp and clear and sharp - exquisite, just like a classic masterpiece like the Bonanza deserves.
The Bonanza song will bring you in the right mindset while installing my mod... :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBB5dUkpU-I
Be aware, this mod is now no longer compatible with other cockpit overhaul mods that modify the gauges, the night lighting and the labels. I will try to enhance the font style later to make it more look like in a real Bonanza.
Install:
Find the best new horse in the stable which is of course the Bonanza, in Steam version it should be in the official folder somewhere, and look for \SimObjects\Airplanes\bksq-aircraft-analogbonanza\texture.
Make a backup of the texture folder, and put my three new texture files in. Yeeeeha! And don´t let that engine roar and the turbo howl too loud it might agitate the cattle, and don´t forget the Inertia Seperator before starting on your dirty landing strip next to the farmhouse.... oh wait wrong plane, this one is piston.
4 months ago
dackl
6 months ago
bburkley
Amaz'n what you done son! 😉
Really really nice lookin gauges! 😊
Thanks a lot man! / Dave.
6 months ago
ErnieBall
6 months ago
Sousaboi865
6 months ago
HStreet