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Fix to FSX visibility bug?

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I have been suffering from this problem for ever I think. Is there any kind of solution to FSX not rendering low visibility until you are about 1000 feet AGL or so? It's SOOO un-realistic to be flying into an airport that is reporting IMC and being two or three thousand feet up and being able to perfectly see the entire airport then all of a sudded, POP, visibility is 2000 feet.I have REX and ASE

Noah Bryant
 

I have this issue too. I use REX also. Id rather it get foggy at the ceiling of the fog rather than just 1000 AGL

I use REX and haven't noticed this, but have either of you checked on the REX forum about this?

This problem has been discussed multiple times ad nauseam. There is no prefect solution, it is some sort of limitation inside FSX engine.

Michael J.

  • Commercial Member

Actually you didn

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This problem has been discussed multiple times ad nauseam. There is no prefect solution, it is some sort of limitation inside FSX engine.
Agree, no real solution unless you take the time to set up your own weather with multiple layers of visibility restrictions, but who wants to do that when using real world weather.This is one of the biggest things I would like to see fixed if and when another version of flight sim comes.

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I have been suffering from this problem for ever I think. Is there any kind of solution to FSX not rendering low visibility until you are about 1000 feet AGL or so? It's SOOO un-realistic to be flying into an airport that is reporting IMC and being two or three thousand feet up and being able to perfectly see the entire airport then all of a sudded, POP, visibility is 2000 feet.I have REX and ASE
If you set up your own weather in the Advanced section, set up your visibilty layer i.e. 10 miles visibility up to 5,000ft AND set up your lowest cloud layer as 100% cover using cirus, again to 5,000ft.Maybe not real weather, but it certainly looks a hell of a lot better than what happens by default!

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Paul Golding

Hmm - strange?! I have never noticed this limitation, but I'm fairly new to FSX (only use it since March).Wolfgang

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If you set up your own weather in the Advanced section, set up your visibilty layer i.e. 10 miles visibility up to 5,000ft AND set up your lowest cloud layer as 100% cover using cirus, again to 5,000ft.Maybe not real weather, but it certainly looks a hell of a lot better than what happens by default!
Yes I have done this a few times but it gets old and takes too long if I am flying on VATSIM. I wonder why the payware software doesnt at least give you an option to change the default "height" of visibility...

Noah Bryant
 

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