Clounds being drawn visibly

[timcook 0]

I have, I hope, attached an image of the problem I have of parts of clouds being drawn visibly. As you can see the cloud edge is being drawn as a straight line, and it normally takes around 3 or 4 seconds to complete the drawing process. It only happens with the type of dark clouds shown here. It is not every cloud (by any means) that is drawn in this fasion, it's only the odd one or two.Can I thank you both for the program itself, and for the support that you give your customers. If only all providers were as good as you!Tim

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Tim,Thanks for the kind words!Some suggestions for your problem:1. 3D clouds at 100% in FS04?2. Cloud draw distance set to 30 or 40 in FS04?3. Video drivers up to date?4. Render to Texture off in FS04 unless using DXT textures?5. What is your maximum visibility set to in ASv6?6. What video card are you using?7. What is your frame rate locked at?Go through these and then let us know!Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[timcook 0]

JimHere are the answers:1. 3D clouds at 100% in FS04?Answer - Yes2. Cloud draw distance set to 30 or 40 in FS04?Answer - Set to 303. Video drivers up to date?Answer - Yes (9.1.4.7 dated 11 Sept 2006)4. Render to Texture off in FS04 unless using DXT textures?Answer - Set to ON, using DXT5. What is your maximum visibility set to in ASv6?Answer - Set to 59. I've tried 29 some time ago and it didn't make any difference.6. What video card are you using?Answer - NVIDIA GeForce 7800GTX7. What is your frame rate locked at?Answer - 26Thanks again for your help.Tim

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Tim,Try this:Load a set of 32 bit clouds through ASG and turn Off Render to Texture and see what happens.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[timcook 0]

Thanks - I'll try that and see what happens next time the black clouds roll in.Tim

[timcook 0]

I'm sorry to say that I've still got the problem. I tried unchecking the "Transform & Lighting" box, and it improved the situation a bit. However, the problem is still there.Tim

[Guest Segwin]

I have the same problems with the same v-card. The best work around I've found is Settings / Weather - Sight Distance 80 Mi, Cloud Draw Distance 50 Mi.If you play with these setting it helps but it's not perfect. Setting Sight Distance hammers the FPS a bit too however, it beats watching clouds draw and flicker, takes away from the sim.

[Mace 1,902]

I can add that I occasionally have this problem too, no matter light colored or dark colored clouds.I have played with the vis settings too. Haven't messed with Render to Texture though. I don't *think* I am using any DXT textures but I'm not sure.RhettAMD 3700+, eVGA 7800GT 256, ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, etc. etc.

[Guest bobdell]

Jim,I just want to thank you for your advice on setting up ActiveSky v6/ActiveSky Graphics you posted some time ago (Jan-04-06). Subject : Realistic Weather Settings.I have done everything exactly as per your instructions, I think both your eyes and mine have the same perception, as far as it goes with the weather depicted in FS9, or we have identical rigs. Because I have never seen such a realistic sky as I now do after resetting ActiveSkyV6/Graphics. It was worth the ZAR spent for the program. I

[Guest]

what you are probably seeing is the effects of having limit cloud layers on

[JSkorna 137]

Thanks Bobby,Your rig is much newer than mine!It took me a good part of a Saturday to work on that document!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[timcook 0]

Just to say that I have tried all these suggestions, but still have the problem.

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Tim,From the sharing in this thread it may be your video card:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=26113&page=Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/

[timcook 0]

JimI'm sorry to say that I have tried all the suggestions in that thread (and a few more), but the problem is still there.Tim

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Tim,Even with a cloud draw distance of 30?Please let us know,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/Active Sky V6 Development Team Active Sky V6 Proud SupporterHiFi Beta TeamRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/