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    BlueBird 757 — Texture & Lighting Improvements

    The BlueBird 757 has serious cockpit texture issues if your texture resolution settings in MSFS 2024 are set to Medium or lower. Many cockpit labels, instrument markings, and placards become extremely blurry or almost unreadable due to mipmap levels that shouldn't exist for these particular textures, causing them to be downscaled and look terrible. Some textures look blurry even at their original resolution.

    Also, the default backlighting for some labels and markings on the overhead panel was extremely dim. (source)

    I went through the aircraft's texture files and made the following fixes:

    1. Removed unnecessary mipmap levels from affected textures to preserve their original clarity on Medium and lower settings
    2. Improved the overly dim backlighting for overhead panel labels and markings
    3. Since some textures looked bad even at their original resolution, they were upscaled
    4. External textures: in progress

    Performance Impact:

    Only textures that actually needed improvement were modified. Everything else was left untouched to minimize the impact on VRAM usage.

    Based on my testing, the mod increases VRAM usage by ~350 MB. Actual results may vary depending on graphics settings and hardware.

    Installation:

    Place the folder from the archive into your Community folder.

    P.S

    MSFS2020 not tested


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    TemagAuthor

    1 day ago

    For reference, the screenshots on the left labeled "Before" were taken with the Global Texture Quality setting in MSFS 2024 set to MEDIUM. The textures look better on High settings, But I still decided to upscale a small portion of them, such as text labels and certain signs, because some textures don't look particularly good even at full resolution.

    about 4 hours ago

    Awesome work!

    about 8 hours ago

    2020 version please
    TemagAuthor

    about 7 hours ago

    This will most likely work in MSFS2020, but I don't have a way to test it myself. You can give it a try, and if everything works fine, please let me know so I can mark the mod as compatible with MSFS2020.

    about 9 hours ago

    Could you do this for MSFS 2020 as well please?

    Looks promising..!
    TemagAuthor

    about 7 hours ago

    This will most likely work in MSFS2020, but I don't have a way to test it myself. You can give it a try, and if everything works fine, please let me know so I can mark the mod as compatible with MSFS2020.

    about 10 hours ago

    404 not found
    TemagAuthor

    about 10 hours ago

    Please wait about 5–10 minutes, the update is being uploaded to the site.

    about 10 hours ago

    Same here waiting now lol
    TemagAuthor

    about 9 hours ago

    Downloading is working now

    about 10 hours ago

    i am getting 401 not found every time i try to download this via flightsim.to
    TemagAuthor

    about 10 hours ago

    Please wait about 5–10 minutes, the update is being uploaded to the site.
    TemagAuthor

    about 9 hours ago

    Downloading is working now

    about 10 hours ago

    Hi, for some reason this mod is making the engines go blue on all liveries, really hope this can be fixed as its great otherwise
    TemagAuthor

    about 10 hours ago

    Hotfix 2.1 is ready - the issue has been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

    about 12 hours ago

    Hello! I’ve encountered an issue. Since the latest update, the package overwrites parts of a custom livery—specifically, in my case, the engines and the "text decals" file. If I disable the mod, the custom elements reappear.
    TemagAuthor

    about 10 hours ago

    Hotfix 2.1 is ready - the issue has been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

    about 14 hours ago

    A must have or mandatory addon for the Bluebird 757. Thanks for your work.

    about 16 hours ago

    Thanks for your excellent work! However, I’ve run into an issue: your texture improvements are overwriting the livery I was using. Is it possible to fix this?
    TemagAuthor

    about 10 hours ago

    Hotfix 2.1 is ready - the issue has been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience!
    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    BlueBird 757 — Texture & Lighting Improvements

    This add-on addresses cockpit texture issues in the BlueBird 757, enhancing label and marking clarity at medium and lower texture settings. It removes unnecessary mipmaps, upscales certain textures, and improves dim overhead panel backlighting. Only essential textures were modified to minimize VRAM impact. External texture improvements are under development and MSFS2020 compatibility has not been tested.

    Downloads3K
    Version2.1
    File Size170.8 MB
    PublishedYesterday
    Updated10 hours ago
    Temag
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    Version History

    Hotfix 2.1 • Several external textures have been removed from the mod because they were overriding textures on certain liveries, causing the engines to appear blue on all liveries and some textures to display incorrectly.

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