146: Shade Shifter Version 2.1 Released
The minor updated version of Shade Shifter has been sent to all subscribers who own version 2.0.
The new version allows the loading of current (or last used) Shade Preset directly without going to the Preset selection screen.
The next update being planned will include some sort of randomized Shade Preset selection feature.
Posted on February 18, 2012, in Download, SHADE, Tools and tagged Shade for FSX, Shade Shifter. Bookmark the permalink. 72 Comments.


Awesome! File received! Looks like we are using the brilliant Dropbox technology now! Thanks again Tom :)
You are welcome, Clem. Seems like you are staying with your computer all the time.
I get emails from my subscription to your website :P Immediate notification :D
That’s good, Clem. I don’t why others don’t find that they need to subscribe before they request for any downloads.
What a generous guy ?! Thank you Tom, rgr ! Nice avatar is that a real B737 cockpit ?
You are welcome, Skywalkerone. You can search for the answer if it’s a real B737 cockpit in my blog. ;)
Unfortunately i missed shade shifter version 2 (+update of course) – so what should i say, i´d like to join the club :)
Surely can, Tommy. It’s been sent. Tom
Hi Tom would you please me the Shifter V2
Thanks
Vinny
Hi Vinny,
You are on my email list for the 2.1 update. Anyway, have resent you the link again.
Hi I have just joined this great site and would be interested in getting the program please, I have never used it before. Wayne
Hi Wayne, the link’s sent to your email.
hello tom,
just downloaded “shade for fsx” and found your “shade shifter”. seems to be a nice tool! where can i get it?
many thanks!
Hi Anton, link has been sent.
Hello Tom, can you sendme the link, to test your software, I am a subscriber of your blog, and i can’t find the link.
Regards from Spain
Hi Carlos, The link has been sent.
Tom can you please send me the shade shifter link. Also when will the zone switcher be ready for release? Ive tried to work my own cfg’s and scenery but slightly paranoid i might stuff something up and will have to re-install again
Hi George, please subscribe my blog first in order to get the Shade Shifter. It’s the only requirement and you’ll automatically inform when future updates are available.
For the FlyZone Switcher, please see my reply to Rob here: http://fsxtimes.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/news-shade-shifter-version-2-1-released/#comment-1786
Hi Tom
Could you send me the updated shifter. Appreciated
Hello there, I subscribed just now to your WordPress blog, if possible I would like to download the latest version of your Shade Shifter utility. Thanks :)
Hi Tom,
Just subscribed to your blog to ask for a link to Shade Shifter. I’ve been reading the blog for quite a while now and find it interesting and useful. I wrote something similar to your region switcher for my own use with FS9 for various freeware replacement textures and then realised it could apply to landclass files, terrain bgls etc. etc. Needless to say it got more and more complex so I know what you mean when you say you need to think some more about a general release version!
All the best,
Rob W
Yes indeed, Rob.
We all have different setups and for example I am putting my FSX on X:\ and most scenery on Y:\. Also, there are other addons I put on T:\.
Just to customize my setup takes quite some time for testing already. It’s a big profile to customize it for others who have very different setup.
Moreover, I’ve been quite busy for work these days. But I’ll keep it on my project list and see if it is possible to have a simplified version when I am available.
Hi Tom, Same as Carlos, I have subscribed but I can’t find a link to download the soft.
Regards from France
Paul
Hi Tom,
Just subscribed to your blog, although I’ve been reading it for a while now and find it interesting and useful! Your Shade Switcher is just what I’m looking for as I can’t imagine using FSX without shade now, and the dawn and dusk periods are the best visually in FSX.
Thanks,
Rob W
I am a new subscriber to your blog, wondering if I can get the link to the new shade shifter 2.1
appreciate your hard work
thks
For friends who have subscribed my blog and requested for a copy of my Shade Shifter utility, the link has been sent to email you provided. Please check.
Tom
Got it thank you very much, love everything you do for the community.
Fateh
You are welcome, Fateh.
I’m also a new subscriber to FSXTimes and would get the link to the new shade shifter 2.1!
Best brazilian wishes,
Lear
Welcome Lear. The link has been sent to your mailbox. Please check in a few minutes.
Hi Tom. I haven’t yet recieved the e-mail with the link to the Shade Shifter. I get emails referring to new posts etc. Would you try one more time to e-mail me the link to the file? Best brazilian regards,
Lear
Hi Lear, that’s strange. You are on my ShadeShifter list. Anyway, link has been sent again.
That’s why I am planning to have my own website. Just too busy to work on it now.
Hi Tom.
I haven’t recieved any emails with the link to shade shifter. I’m not sure why. I get other emails announcing new posts and update links etc. I’ve checked my spam folder etc and nothing is in there. Could you try one more time to emal me the link to the shade shifter setup file?
Regards,
Chris M.
Hi Chris, you are on the distribution list for the new version. Internet sometimes act strangely. The link is sent again to your mailbox.
Tom
Thank you very much. I’ve now got it!
Glad to hear that and have fun with it. Tom
Tom,
Can you please send to me. I currently do not have any version so please send link to full version of Shifter. Much thanks as always…
Hi Eric, it’s been sent to your mailbox. Tom
Hi there,
Looks like a very useful utility indeed… Could you pls advise how I can get a copy of it?
Thank you very much!
Rustam Alhas
Hi Rustam and Patrick,
Please subscribe my blog first in order to get the download link for the ShadeShifter.
Tom
Hi Tom,
I am already subscribed?
I received the following from you…
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News: Shade Shifter Version 2.1 Released
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The minor updated version of Shade Shifter has been sent to all subscribers who own version 2.0. The new version allows the loading of current (or last used) Shade Preset directly without going to the Preset selection screen. The next update being planned will include some sort of randomized Shade Preset selection feature.
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Patrick
Hi Patrick,
Don’t find your name on my subscriber list. No idea why you received the email. Please ignore it.
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Tom
Hi Tom,
I confirmed via my WordPress account I have been subscribed to FSXTimes since Feb. 11, 2012. I tried posting this information here twice but it does not seem to be taking….the message disappears?
HI Tom,
I have been trying to provide an update to you regarding my account, but my post keeps disappearing? I am very confused. According to my WordPress account, I have been subscribed since Feb. 11. 2012.
Hopefully this post sticks!
Looking forward to ShadeShifter
NVMRC (Patrick Drohan)
Hi Patrick,
I really have no idea why your name or email doesn’t show on my blog’s subscriber list. WordPress sometimes acts strangely. That’s why I am planning to build my own site once I am less busy later this year.
Anyway, the link for the Shade Shifter has been sent to your mailbox and I am sorry for keeping you waiting.
Tom
Hi Tom!
I’ve just got the link and downloaded Shade Shifter Version 2.1, and want to thank you very much for that. I was worried that you may have sent it and inadvertently I did not see it and had thrown it away but now I think that I really didn’t receive this message before.
Best brazillian thanks!
Lear
That’s good, Lear.
No idea why some of my blog subscribers don’t receive the link. Anyway, you got it at last.
Tom
Hi Tom,
I have been following since February. Here is my original subscription email sent by you via WordPress. You can clearly see my email address in the reply to WordPress. In WordPress a user name can be configured multiple ways. It can either be via a main account they use to manage multiple WordPress pages (NVMRC in my case), or via specific user names like my name Patrick Drohan. What you see depends on how you have WordPress configured when using their list generate widget. I must be on your list given I am receiving emails from you. I know I can search my WordPress lists by email address. If you search by name though, you may see my main WordPress account (NVMRC) or my email address…depnds what you are pulling from the subscription list. In the end, once this is resolved, I would enjoy trying the Shade Shifter update.
Best,
Patrick
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Hi Tom,
I just checked my WordPress account at drohanp@gmail.com and it confirms I began following you on February 11, 2012.
Patrick
Hi, thank you for the many tips I’ve used in the past. I find your posts extremely helpful. May I also get the link to your shader utility? Thank you.
Hi Stoli,
The link has been sent to your mailbox. Please check.
This looks just like the answer to my Shade prayers.
I’m sure I subscribed but never heard anything – so I’ve just tried again but still no confirmation email :(
..and as I posted I got the confirmation… :)
Hi Graham, Glad you get the confirmation finally. Since this blog is hosted by WordPress, I have no idea why someone’s subscription doesn’t get thru.
Don’t know if you are waiting for the download link for my ShadeShifter. Anyway, it’s been sent to your mailbox.
Thanks Tom – when I get a moment I want to speak with you about your Configuration changes. I tried using a UK scenery config change based on your example (I only tried the scenery.cfg change) & found that it loaded really quickly but that I had absolutely no scenery at all even tho I have the full Horizon and UK2000 scenery sets. Going back to re-read your posts now.
Thanks for the Shade Shifter :)
You are welcome, Graham. The loading time depends very much on the number of addons installed. Minimizing addons on purpose definitely reduces flight session loading time.
I got full Horizon and some UK2000 scenery. They still take some time to load but a lot faster after unrelated addons are removed.
Hi Tom,
I also would like to try out V2.1 for Shade Shifter.
Thanks!
Hi Christian, just sent you the download link. Tom
Hello,
Would love to get shade shifter for my sim. How could i go about getting this i have already subscribe and everything. Great information on this site! :)
Hi Tom,
How can i go about getting the Shade Shifter V2.1 for my sim? Great information on this site love it!
Thanks!
Hi Wayne, the ShadeShifter has been sent to your mailbox. Please check.
Thanks so much Tom cant wait to see what this can do for me!
You are welcome. Hope that the planned update of the program could be ready in a couple of months.
Thanks Tom! Can’t wait to see what this can do for me!!
Hi Tom
It seems that I missed the Shade Shifter mails, I’ve just formated my PC for new FSX installation, but I can’t find it in my Backups. could you please resend me the last version?
Thanks in advance
No problem. It’s been sent to your mailbox.
Hi Tom,
already received your POI for the ORBX Scenery ! Thank you again.
Please let me try your Shade Shifter 2.1 !
Thank you for your great blog !
Greetings from Bavaria / Germany, Sven
No problem, Sven. It’s been sent to your mailbox.
First is first, thanks a lot for your time and job!
Could you please send me a copy of Shade Shifter 2.1?
Greetings from Spain
No problem Paco. The link has been sent to your mailbox.
May I please have a copy of shade shifter?
Thanks
Steve
Sure, Steve. It’s been sent to you.