Any way to get REAL overcast ceilings?

[tilgazt 0]

I know the weather engine of FSX is not great and I do not have any add-ons for weather yet but have searched YouTube for examples (REX, ASE, FEX etc) and cannot seem to find any weather engine that actually gives me a proper ceiling.

If I specify in FSX an overcast ceiling at 500 ft, I should not be able to still see the ground at 600 feet, let alone at 4,000 feet!!  If I want to fly IFR it should be real IFR.

Is there ANY weather engine out there that actually gives me a solid overcast (8/8) ceiling at any height when I specify it, without still being able to see the ground?

All suggestions are appreciated.  Thanks

[738 73]

Change this value CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY from 8 to 12 in your cfg. Works for me with AS2012.

[JSkorna 137]

My Active Sky products always deliver a solid overcast.

[738 73]

 AS2012

 

 

[hs118 710]

OpusFSX can deliver a "true" overcast as well.

[steve howlett 137]

 REX Also does very good Fog,mist and low cloud base as well :smile:

 

 steve

[tilgazt 0]

Change this value CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY from 8 to 12 in your cfg. Works for me with AS2012.

Thanks for the input guys!

 

@738 - I searched in every file in the FSX main directory and the only hits I got were in main.dll and ROOT_main.dll, neither one obviously is editable.

Where do I find the cfg file you are referring to and what is the full name.  There are plenty of cfg files. 

BTW I do not mean a solid ceiling as seen from below like your screenshots show, but when I am in actual IFC.

[B747tebs 80]

C:\Users\{your_user}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\FSX.cfg maybe

[tilgazt 0]

Never mind. I found it in the AppData. :-)

[Paul J 349]

If I specify in FSX an overcast ceiling at 500 ft, I should not be able to still see the ground at 600 feet, let alone at 4,000 feet!! If I want to fly IFR it should be real IFR.

Is there ANY weather engine out there that actually gives me a solid overcast (8/8) ceiling at any height when I specify it, without still being able to see the ground?

All suggestions are appreciated. Thanks

FSX will do this quite well, Tilgazt. Go into the "Weather"-->"User-defined Weather"-->"Customize"-->"Advanced Weather" and set Cumulus to 8/8 Overcast with a base of 660 and tops at 6500. No precip or wind, etc., and then go to the "Visibilty" tab and set the base to 660, tops to 6500, with the visibility slider set to 1/8 mile.

When you take off, and pass that base of 660 ft (which is 1/8 mile) you will be blind!

 

You can set as many layers as you wish, varying the visibility as you wish. This is an ideal way to practice IFR, as you can see nada, until you get the Inner Marker beeps and then see the runway appear, with your heart beating at 140! Fun! Wow!  :lol:

[Gregg_Seipp 570]

The latest release SP2 of Active Sky has been a real *gulp* for me.  Overcasts...when you're in the clouds you're IN the clouds....pea soup at times.  I still use REX textures but Active Sky renders them so well and it adds some good RW fear factor you get from weather.