Hi allI'm trying to understand how FS9 decides whether to use snow ground textures or not. I've noticed that there are areas where it's not snowing but the ground is all white. However, there are also times when I know that a whole region is covered with snow in real life, but in FS9 it's all green, although temperatures are near or below 0 degrees.So, ho do the snowed ground textures work? Does it have to do with the weather conditions? If yes, how can FS9 tell from a METAR whether there was heavy snowfall some hours ago and thus produce a snowed scenery or not?Thanks

I'm not sure on how FS necessarily determines it, but I do know if it does use METAR data to determine it, the remarks section contains information for the begining and ending times of precipitation in the previous hour.----------------------------------------------------------------John MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satillite, Private ASEL 141.2 hrs, 314 landings, 46 inst. apprs.Virtual: MSFS 2004"There is a feeling about an airport that no other piece of ground can have. No matter what the name of the country on whose land it lies, an airport is a place you can see and touch that leads to a reality that can only be thought and felt." - The Bridge Across Forever: A Love Story by Richard Bach

Hi,It depends on the Date, weather conditions and your latitude. Nothing in the remarks section is used. The only way to force things is to reset the season to Winter in FS04.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Sales and Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/asv_dev_team.jpg http://www.hifisim.com/images/asv_proud_supporter.jpg

If snow is falling and the ground textures aren't already snow textures, they will turn to snow over time - runway textures included (they just show patches of snow though).