Removes upscaler ghosting and smearing from glass cockpit displays in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: speed and altitude tapes, moving maps, ECAM pages and so on stay sharp and readable with DLSS or FSR, in every quality mode, on a monitor and in VR.

It comes in two versions with the same fix inside; pick one:

• ReShade add-on (glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.addon64): for when you use ReShade anyway. Status and settings in a tab of the ReShade menu.
• Standalone (dxgi.dll): no ReShade needed, one file next to the sim. Status and settings in a small window of its own (Ctrl+Shift+F6, changeable).

Fenix A320 at 4K, DLSS Performance (1080p internal, upscaled to 4K), climbing at about 6,700 ft/min. Watch in full quality on YouTube.

It works with every aircraft that uses the simulator's cockpit display shaders, so it should cover most glass cockpits. See Compatibility for the tested aircraft, VR headsets and GPUs.

Unofficial community mod. Not affiliated with Microsoft, Asobo, NVIDIA, AMD or any aircraft developer. Please report problems (see Troubleshooting). After 1.0.0, updates will be small hotfixes only for a while. If one version gives you trouble, please report it, and try the other one in the meantime.

About this project: Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix is developed by IFreemz. It was first released here on 11 October 2026 (v0.6.0), and every version since has been published from this repository. Official downloads: the GitHub releases and the flightsim.to page. Other packages, rebuilds or pages are unofficial; for those, please contact their authors.

• Requirements
• Installation
• Settings
• Before you report a problem: what to try
• Compatibility
• Troubleshooting
• How the fix works
• Known limitations
• Building from source
• Credits
• License
• Official downloads and redistribution

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, DirectX 12 (Steam or Microsoft Store / Xbox app). MSFS 2020 is not supported (see Game versions).
• DLSS Super Resolution (NVIDIA RTX) or FSR (any GPU) selected in the sim's graphics settings.
• ReShade add-on only: ReShade 6.7 or newer with full add-on support (the "with full add-on support" download)

Install one of the two versions. If both are installed, the standalone version stays off.

The game folder is the one that contains FlightSimulator2024.exe:

• Steam: ...\steamapps\common\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\ (on some installs ...\steamapps\common\MSFS2024\). To find it, right-click the game in Steam, then Manage → Browse local files.
• Microsoft Store / Xbox app: usually C:\XboxGames\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\Content\. To find it, open the Xbox app, right-click the game, then Manage → Files → Browse.

Using OptiShade? It already includes the add-on, see Other mods.

1. Install ReShade with full add-on support for MSFS 2024 (DirectX 10/11/12). You don't need any effects. In the ReShade setup, use Browse... and pick FlightSimulator2024.exe in the game folder. Microsoft Store / Xbox app: try FlightSimulator2024.exe first; if Windows refuses ("You don't have permission to open this file"), pick gamelaunchhelper.exe in the same folder instead: ReShade lands in the same place and loads with the sim. If setup says dxgi.dll already exists and doesn't belong to ReShade, another mod (e.g. OptiScaler or DLSS Enabler) is installed as dxgi.dll; see Other mods to load ReShade alongside it.
2. Download glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.addon64 from the latest release.
3. Copy it into the same folder as ReShade's DLL (the game folder).
4. Start the sim with DLSS or FSR selected and load a flight.

To check that it's working, open the ReShade menu (Home key) and go to the Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix tab: it says "Working: fixing N screens" and shows a checklist. Or press Ctrl+Shift+F11 in the cockpit: every screen it fixes turns green-tinted. Press it again to turn the tint off.

Update: replace the .addon64 file with the new one. Uninstall: delete glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.addon64 (and the glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.* files next to it).

For one-click install and updates of the standalone, see WeSimGlide's installer under Other mods.

1. Download glass-cockpit-dlss-fix-standalone.zip from the latest release and unzip it.
2. Copy dxgi.dll from it into the game folder.
3. Start the sim with DLSS or FSR selected and load a flight.

If Windows asks whether to replace an existing dxgi.dll there, don't: another mod (usually ReShade or OptiScaler) is already using that name. Rename the fix's dxgi.dll to version.dll or winmm.dll instead (whichever isn't taken in the game folder): it works the same under those names. Install it only once, under one name. See also Other mods.

To check that it's working, press Ctrl+Shift+F6 in the sim: the settings window opens and says "Working: fixing N screens" (the hotkey can be changed in the window). Or press Ctrl+Shift+F11 in the cockpit: every screen it fixes turns green-tinted. Press it again to turn the tint off. The file glass-cockpit-dlss-fix-status.txt next to the DLL also shows a checklist.

Switching from the add-on? Delete glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.addon64. If you used ReShade only for the fix, uninstall ReShade too (its dxgi.dll is in the same folder). Your settings carry over: both versions use the same glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.ini.

Update: replace dxgi.dll (or version.dll / winmm.dll, if you renamed it) with the new one, under the same name. Uninstall: delete it and the glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.* files next to it.

The add-on has all settings in its tab in the ReShade menu (Home). The standalone version has the same settings in a small window of its own: press Ctrl+Shift+F6 in the sim to open or close it (or click its X; hover over an option to see what it does). It's a separate window rather than a menu drawn into the game, so it doesn't get in the way of ReShade, OptiScaler or OptiShade menus, and it never takes the keyboard or mouse from the sim. If Ctrl+Shift+F6 clashes with another mod's hotkey, click it in the window and press a new combination (saved as [hotkeys] settings_window in the .ini). Both versions keep the settings in glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.ini next to the add-on or DLL, which lists every setting (the tables below say what each one does); you can also edit it with Notepad while the sim runs: saved changes apply within a second.

Under Troubleshooting → Advanced in the tab (the Advanced section of the standalone window), [advanced] and jitter_positive in the .ini (only change these if asked to in a bug report; "Reset to defaults" in the tab puts them back):

Under Troubleshooting → Experimental fixes in the tab (Experimental fixes in the standalone window), [experimental] in the .ini (all off by default except UV seam fix, Full-size sampling, Stable screen edges and Occlusion check; for problems that only some aircraft have, "Reset experimental fixes" in the tab puts them all back to default):

The tab and the status file say "Experimental fixes changed" while any of them is on.

Most visual problems on a particular aircraft can be fixed with a setting. Please try the ones below before opening an issue: it's quicker for you, and if none of them helps, your report tells me exactly what was already ruled out.

1. In the cockpit, open the ReShade menu (Home key) and go to the Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix tab, or with the standalone version press Ctrl+Shift+F6 for its settings window.
2. Open Experimental fixes (or Advanced). Hover over any option to see what it does.
3. Change one thing at a time and look at the problem screen for a few seconds. Changes take effect immediately and are remembered between sessions.
4. To compare with stock DLSS/FSR, toggle the whole fix with Ctrl+Shift+F9. Ctrl+Shift+F11 tints every screen the fix covers green, so you can see which screens it handles.
5. Made it worse? Reset experimental fixes (or Reset to defaults under Advanced) puts everything back.

If a screen is never fixed at all (no green tint), settings won't help: see What to send with a bug report.

Both versions run the same fix; the results below were tested with the ReShade add-on unless noted. The standalone version gets into the sim differently, so please report how it works for you.

Other glass cockpits should work too. If some screens of an aircraft don't turn green with Ctrl+Shift+F11, please report it (see Troubleshooting).

No special install for VR: install either version exactly as for a monitor (for the add-on: ReShade for DirectX 12 with full add-on support). The fix works inside the sim's own rendering, so it covers the headset views automatically. ReShade's OpenXR / VR option is only for showing ReShade's own effects and menu in the headset and isn't needed.

Other headsets and runtimes should work the same; reports welcome.

Tested on the Microsoft Store / Xbox app (Game Pass) version and by the community on Steam.

MSFS 2020 is not supported. The fix finds the cockpit screens by how MSFS 2024 draws them, and I don't have 2020 to test or port it. The source is open (GPL-3.0 from 1.0.0), so a 2020 port by someone who has it is welcome.

• ReShade presets and effects: work as usual with the add-on. With the standalone version, ReShade can't be dxgi.dll at the same time: load it through an ASI loader (as ReShade64.asi) or through OptiScaler's LoadReshade option. Its effects then work as usual on top of the fix. (If you use ReShade anyway, the add-on is the simpler choice.)
• DLSS 5 / Neural Rendering add-ons: tested alongside the RenoDX DLSS 5 add-on. Freeze warning: with renodx-dlss.addon64 installed, the sim can freeze when a Fenix aircraft loads. This happens with this fix removed too, so it's between RenoDX and the Fenix; if you get it, remove renodx-dlss.addon64 (OptiScaler or OptiShade also offer Neural Rendering).
• REX Atmos: reported by a user: with Atmos' Overall Light at 0, fixed screens flickered in daylight (not at night). Setting it back to the default (16) stopped the flicker.
• Extra DLSS passes: if a mod or the sim runs a second DLSS pass at the internal resolution, the fix stays on the sim's real upscale (the one with the largest output).
• Standalone DLSS Glass Cockpit Refresh (wesimglide.org, flightsim.to): an unofficial installer and settings app by WeSimGlide. From its version 1.0.2.10 it installs the official standalone dxgi.dll from this page (checked against the release), keeps your .ini and backs up what it replaces, and its settings are the ones in the .ini. Problems with installing or with the app go to WeSimGlide; problems with the fixed screens come here. Older versions of it installed their own build instead: if you still have one of those, don't add either version of this fix on top (the fix would run twice).
• OptiShade by Gravy: bundles the official, unmodified add-on (an OptiShade update with 1.0.0 is coming soon). Use one or the other, not both: with OptiShade, don't also install the .addon64 or the dxgi.dll from here. Problems with OptiShade itself (installing, its presets and effects, updates) go to OptiShade's issues; problems with the fixed screens come here.
• Multi Frame Generation unlocks for RTX 40:
  • RenoDX MFG unlock add-on: tested, works together with this fix.
  • RTX40MFG-Unlock by dashdogy: works with either version (the fix follows its DLSS redirect).
    • Tested with v1.6.0 and the standalone version on its own: MFGUnlocker.dll renamed to winmm.dll next to the fix's dxgi.dll, nothing else needed; 3x Frame Generation with every screen fixed.
    • Tested earlier with v1.4.2 and the add-on (as winmm.dll next to an ASI loader's version.dll; version.dll alone works too).
    • Its Backspace menu didn't open in the sim in either test (with and without ReShade); it ran at 3x on its own. With 1.0.3 and newer, install the fix as version.dll instead of dxgi.dll (next to the unlocker's winmm.dll): the menu then works too (tested with v1.6.0).
    • With OptiScaler, don't install it as winmm.dll: the sim crashed at startup (the crash was in OptiScaler). Install it as an OptiScaler plugin instead, as its README describes (MFGUnlocker.asi in OptiScaler\plugins, LoadAsiPlugins = true in OptiScaler.ini); OptiScaler's menu then controls it.
• OptiScaler: works with any upscaler selected in OptiScaler (DLSS, FSR 2/3/4, XeSS), including OptiScaler's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering. On AMD and Intel GPUs this also lets you select DLSS in the sim and have OptiScaler run FSR or XeSS (tested on NVIDIA, and by the community on an AMD RX 9070 XT with FSR 4). OptiScaler is usually installed as dxgi.dll:
  • with the add-on, load ReShade through an ASI loader or through OptiScaler's LoadReshade option instead;
  • with the standalone version, keep OptiScaler as dxgi.dll and install the fix as version.dll or winmm.dll (1.0.3 and newer), or rename OptiScaler's dxgi.dll to another name it supports and keep the fix as dxgi.dll.
• DLSS Enabler: reported (4.9.0, installed as version.dll): with the standalone version the sim doesn't start; removing DLSS Enabler's version.dll fixed it. For more than 2x Frame Generation on RTX 40 cards, dashdogy's RTX40MFG-Unlock (above) works with both versions of this fix. With the add-on, not tested yet, reports welcome.
• Standalone version as an .asi through an ASI loader: don't (as dxgi.dll, version.dll or winmm.dll is fine). An ASI loader usually loads the DLL after the sim has set up its graphics, and then the fix can't see what it needs: screens will most likely stay unfixed (the log says so).

First look at what the fix reports about itself: the add-on's Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix tab in the ReShade menu (Home), or with the standalone version its settings window (Ctrl+Shift+F6) and glass-cockpit-dlss-fix-status.txt next to the DLL (updated every 10 seconds while the sim runs). Both show what works and what doesn't (GPU, upscaler running, cockpit shader found, screens recorded, fix drawn), explain any problem in plain words and give a report for bug reports (the tab's Copy report button in the tab or window, the end of the status file). Both also have an Open log folder button.

For something you can see on fixed screens (flickering edges, shimmer, lines, blur, things drawn over), first try the settings in Before you report a problem: what to try.

Always mention which version you use (add-on or standalone), the aircraft, your DLSS/FSR mode, Frame Generation on/off and other mods (OptiScaler, ReShade, RenoDX, MFG unlocks, OptiShade...).

Using OptiShade? Report problems with the fixed screens here, and problems with OptiShade itself (installing, its presets and effects, updates) on OptiShade's issues page. Not sure which? If the problem goes away when you toggle the fix off with Ctrl+Shift+F9, it belongs here.

The logs are written every session: glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.log next to the add-on or DLL, and the previous session as glass-cockpit-dlss-fix.old.log (if the sim crashed or you restarted it, the problem is in the .old.log). The capture saves a few frames as pictures, cropped to the cockpit screens: what the sim drew, the upscaled frame before and after the fix, and the frames sent to your monitor, plus a summary. It is only made when you press it and costs nothing otherwise; nothing is uploaded anywhere.

The log lists which version it is, your GPU, driver, ReShade version (add-on), the DLSS/FSR files the sim loaded and other mods, followed by milestones in order:

1. milestone DLSS runtime found / FSR runtime found
2. milestone cockpit display shader found
3. milestone first DLSS frame / milestone first FSR frame
4. milestone first cockpit screen recorded
5. milestone first overlay frame drawn (fix is active)

In VR also milestone VR cockpit display shader found, milestone first VR cockpit screen recorded and vr view order lines.

The first missing milestone shows where it stopped. Lines starting with WARNING or ERROR explain common problems in plain words, e.g. no upscaler selected, or a sim update that changed the display shader.

DLSS and FSR build each frame from the history of previous frames, guided by motion vectors. A cockpit screen does not move, but its content does, so the upscaler keeps blending old numbers into new ones. The game's own hint for this (the animated-texture mask) isn't enough, and no DLSS preset (J, K, M) fixes it.

The fix uses the same idea that DLSS mods for other games use for HUDs: draw the screen content after the upscaler.

1. When the sim draws a cockpit screen, the fix draws the same mesh once more into a small private map that records which part of which screen image lands on each pixel.
2. Right after DLSS or FSR, it samples the sim's own clean screen image at full output resolution (with the frame's camera jitter removed) and writes it over the upscaled result, so the moving content never goes through the upscaler's history.
3. Brightness is matched to the sim every frame, so night lighting and the brightness knobs still work. Dirt, sun glare and shadows on the glass are taken from the upscaled image itself, limited to what this frame actually shows, so they stay sharp while trails of old screen content are removed.

In VR the sim draws every view (both eyes, plus the sharp centre views with foveated rendering) in one go and then upscales them one by one; the fix records each view separately and learns from the sim which upscale belongs to which view.

To see what the sim draws, the ReShade add-on (1.0.x) uses ReShade's add-on events. The standalone version hooks the few Direct3D 12 functions it needs itself: device and pipeline creation, root signatures, views, the command list calls that bind pipelines, descriptor tables and render targets, the draws, and the swapchain's present; everything else goes straight to Windows. It is loaded by Windows as the sim's dxgi.dll (it passes every call on to Windows' own dxgi.dll) and sees the device being created. The source in this repository already builds both versions on the standalone's hooks; the add-on will move to them once the standalone has had more testing.

It works at any resolution and in any quality mode, and costs one extra draw per screen plus a few small GPU passes: no measurable FPS difference with the fix on or off in testing.

• A screen whose picture the fix can't redraw is left to DLSS/FSR, so it looks like stock.
• A thin band at each screen's edge (about one render pixel) still comes from the upscaler (Edge fade and Edge stretcher under Experimental fixes can help on some aircraft).
• Anything that passes in front of a screen after the cockpit is drawn (e.g. hands in VR) is left to the upscaler by the Occlusion check (on by default); with it off, the screen is drawn over it.
• Standalone: not yet tested in VR. Its settings window opens on the desktop, not in the headset.
• Sim updates that change the cockpit display shader stop the fix (the sim then just looks like stock DLSS/FSR) until it is updated.

The full source is in this repository. See BUILDING.md to build both versions yourself.

Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix by IFreemz. The standalone version (dxgi.dll) was built by Jason Tsorlinis. Thanks, Jason!

From 1.0.0: GPL-3.0-only with additional attribution terms, see NOTICE.md and LICENSE. Versions up to 0.8.3 remain MIT. Third-party components are listed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

The only official downloads are the GitHub releases (each release lists the SHA-256 checksums of its files) and the flightsim.to page. OptiShade bundles the official add-on with explicit permission (see NOTICE.md).

You may redistribute and modify the add-on under the GPL-3 terms. In short, for builds that contain 1.0.0 or later code:

• Keep the licence, NOTICE.md and the credit "Glass Cockpit DLSS Fix by IFreemz" with the link to this repository.
• If you change the code or build it into another program, that program must be released under GPL-3 as a whole, with its source available.
• Mark modified or repackaged builds as unofficial, under a different name or version, and handle their support yourself.

Requests (not licence conditions): please also credit the project visibly on your own download page and in your program's interface, link to the official releases, and let me know about your build so I can point people to the right place for support.

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Using AI agents or other automated tools to build on this project (a wrapper, an installer, a bundle): see AGENTS.md for the licence terms in short.