i was just wondering if somebody would know how to fix that blur ahead in the photo, i don't know much about playing with the FS9 text file so if you have a solution break it down for me please. Best Regards Adib Afrajhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/106446.jpg

Hi there. MS has a kind of circle of focus which travels with the plane as you move and it looks a bit as if that's the edge of it there, but in addition that looks like a contour going away from you which might make things look blurrier as well. I think you could change the dimensions of this circle in the .cfg but the larger you make it more effort the computer will have to put in to do everything else! What I tell all my passengers is "Don't look down". Andy.PS I'm adding a screenshot which shows a similar effect under the DC-3. I think it's normal for the sim!

Something interesting is on any flight in clear air I've taken in real life, I've seen an effect very similar to this. It's as if some clear air is "clearer" than other clear air. The ground below seems to move in and out of focus. I'm sure there are atomospheric factors that cause this--for lack of a better word--"lens" effect. Perhaps pcokets of higher humidity or sudden temp changes, etc....By odd coincidence, it seems MSFS models this real life effect. But I doubt it was by intent.-John

Yes, there are all sorts of atmospheric phenomena a work. Airborne particulate matter refracts light...which is why a setting sun can appear so huge near the horizon. Trust me, it hasn't gotten any closer to the earth, it's just magnified by light refraction. It happens as the sun appears to be closer to the horizon because from that point of view, you are seeing it through the lowest and most polluted strata of the atmosphere.Also, rising colums of air (adiabats) which is what causes "bumps" when you hit them in flight, can have a different moisture content vs. the surrounding air. That too will mess with your vision as will rising heat radiating off the surface...that is what creates "mirages" (along with excessive dehydration and/or consumption of Jack Daniels!(:Jim