Visibility and ground fog

[geoffco 0]

Hi,I'm using ASv6 in FS9. This has probably been asked before but is there a way to force a low level fog/cloud layer to be displayed when the visibility is low. To explain more clearly what I mean, I take off from an airport with 3/4mile vis and obviously it looks like flying through soup - excellent. Problem is, when I overfly the same airport five minutes later at 10,000 ft I can see right down to the ground when I would expect to see a layer of cloud. A further few minutes later when approaching the airport there is a transition back to fog - not really so cool! Any ideas of what to do? I though that was what "Generate Fog Layer" was for but clearly not... I don't have "FS Haze Layer" active, should that fix it?Cheers,Geoff

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Thanks for writing. It is the FS04 visibility issue at 10K. There is not anything we can do about it, but have you use the Haze option as you are doing.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

[geoffco 0]

Hi Jim,Thanks for the reply - I thought it might be a constraint of the sim itself. Yes, I am using the Haze option now as well (since the last post) but I recall turning it off previously because it looked odd from higher altitude - will have to check!Cheers,Geoff

[Guest Pilot533]

Why cant a bunch of stratus clouds be drawn at almost ground level to "mimic" the fog layer?

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,Because a 10K thick layer of clouds would cause your FPS to come to a halt.Because then any fog report would generate zero visibility.Don't worry too much about this everyone. The best in the business spent MANY hours on this a long time ago and nothing was found to work.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

[Ted Striker 338]

Jim,I read that this issue was "much improved" with FSX and ASX, and that was the main reason that I upgraded to ASX from AS6.5. However my experience is that this overcast/fog issue is the same with ASX/FSX as it was with AS6/FS9. Do I have an incorrect configuration or do we still have the same problem with no solution in FSX that we have in FS9?Thanks,Ted

[JSkorna 137]

Hi Ted,Most people do find FSX a little better, but it is a personal opinion, I know.It is an FSX issue and I am not sure how much more can be done.Thanks,Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/