Hi all, three quick things I'd like to mention that maybe someone reading this might have an answer for. First, I have a high end system, P4 2.8 1 Gig DDR Ram, New X-800 Pro etc. and I was wondering why most of those screen shots posted for the art contest look like they are all better quality than I can get?Second, do you notice when flying through clouds in FS2004 it never seems like you are actually flying in a cloud because the cloud never actually envelops your plane. I say this because you can always see below you and see the ground or you can look off to the left or right and see blue sky when supposedly in the clouds. I thought Active Sky would fix this, but no luck so far.Third, every planes exterior lights in the sim are set to the same timer, there is no variation in strobe lights or beacon etc. from one aircraft to the next. What I mean is all the aircraft flying around in the sim, lights flash at the same time. When using Ultimate Traffic and seeing the long line of planes on approach at McCarran Intl. (or any busy airport) it becomes very noticeable and dissapointing.Any thoughts?Thanks,Jeff USAF

Wrong forum Jeff. Try a general MSFS forum or active sky you should get some help there.

As far as the strobe effects:http://library.avsim.net/sendfile.php?Loca...=ftp&DLID=40246Info:Filename: asynchronous_strobes_effects.zip License: Freeware Added: 3rd December 2003 Downloads: 7937 Author: Scott Gridley Size: 3kb It's great :)Regards,Jeff Greth

>First, I have a high end system, P4 2.8 1 Gig DDR Ram, New>X-800 Pro etc. and I was wondering why most of those screen>shots posted for the art contest look like they are all better>quality than I can get?Triedtrilinear filteringanisotropic filteringantialiasing?>Second, do you notice when flying through clouds in FS2004 it>never seems like you are actually flying in a cloud because>the cloud never actually envelops your plane. I say this>because you can always see below you and see the ground or you>can look off to the left or right and see blue sky when>supposedly in the clouds. I thought Active Sky would fix>this, but no luck so far.Nothing can fix this: it's FS own fault.Or better it's how MS designed FS to be.No volumetric effects, as to say no real 3d clouds.No luck, try next time ;)>Third, every planes exterior lights in the sim are set to the>same timer, there is no variation in strobe lights or beacon>etc. from one aircraft to the next.as far as i know, also this is FS fault.I do not know of any fix for this.

Friends, thanks for your replies. All your suggestions worked.Jeff USAF