Frame rate friendly clouds, are there any?

[Guest bcuff]

Hi everyone, I have a pretty good system, P4 3ghz, 1gb ram, ati 9800pro and I am getting good frame rates with no clouds 30 to 40 fps but if I use real weather or a cloud theme my rates drop to between 15 and 22 jumping up and down all the time, very anoying to watch.Any advice? I mostly fly VFR low level.Thanks in advanceBarry.

[Guest]

Yes Barry, there are quite a few of 'em out there. Do a search on "clouds" in the file library. You should get severl hits.Welcome to the forums...

[Guest bcuff]

Thanks ponyboys, but there are alot to choose from, do they all look good? I am hopeing someone has a recomendation that they use.Thanks again.

[Guest ssurjap]

The ones Chris Willis created are very good.

[Guest Eric]

Hi bcuff, go here: http://fsw.simflight.com/FSWdownload.htmlffpv2.zip= Good looking clouds and alot better frame compare to default.HIFPSV2.zip= Best clouds performance possible for fs2004, Still great clouds looking, but reduced clouds edge quality. fixe one issue in fs2004, the haze near mountain.BestEric

[Guest bcuff]

Thanks for the replys guys, will download and try them tonight after work.Thanks again.

[barryward12345 0]

>ffpv2.zip= Good looking clouds and alot better frame compare>to default.>>HIFPSV2.zip= Best clouds performance possible for fs2004, >Still great clouds looking, but reduced clouds edge quality.>fixe one issue in fs2004, the haze near mountain.>Does this second set of clouds overwrite the first ones listed?. I think I rememebr having installed both of these sets and I get what looks like "hollow" clouds. Barry

[Chris Willis 8]

Hi, "Does this second set of clouds overwrite the first ones listed?. Yes, but only copy cumulus01.bmp, since there is others files.. ThanksChris Willis[link:fsw.simflight.com/FSWMenuFsSim.html]Clouds And Addons For MsFs

[ShezA 176]

Barry,Other than the FSW clouds, I found the clouds that came with the Blue Sphere Environment Upgrade Project also are very good. Available here at AVSIM.Shez