FSX-MS Need help with fog textures.

[Driftingisfun106 0]

Hey Avsim, I've had some problems with Rex Soft Clouds + REXTD and ASN (if they are having an issue), but once I pass a certain height e.g. 4,000 feet, I can see the ground with visibility greater that 10 sm. Even though it was just foggy like 10 seconds ago. But once I hit a certain height below 4,000 I can't see anything... So I'm not sure if this is a compatibility issue between Soft Clouds, ASN, REXTD or something within the settings that I should change within ASN... Help is appreciated...

[ankh21 17]

Hi!

 

I think it's a well known problem with alternative cloud textures and the fact, that FSX will only display the visibility of the cloud/weather layer you are actually in.

So if you climb out of the fog, visibility will increase and so FSX displays this new, high visibility also for the ground.

 

BUT, you can search for the original FSX cirrus_overcast03.bmp file. I guess it has been modified during texture Installation of REX. So search your backup for this file and replace it back to the FSX installation, then you will have a fog layer preventing the clear visibility of ground texture from flying above.

 

I hope this will help a little bit

 

Matthias

[Driftingisfun106 0]

Hi!

 

I think it's a well known problem with alternative cloud textures and the fact, that FSX will only display the visibility of the cloud/weather layer you are actually in.

So if you climb out of the fog, visibility will increase and so FSX displays this new, high visibility also for the ground.

 

BUT, you can search for the original FSX cirrus_overcast03.bmp file. I guess it has been modified during texture Installation of REX. So search your backup for this file and replace it back to the FSX installation, then you will have a fog layer preventing the clear visibility of ground texture from flying above.

 

I hope this will help a little bit

 

Matthias

Hey Matthias, thanks for the reply, I'll search it up right away. Thanks for the support   ^_^  I'll let you know what happens!

[ankh21 17]

You're welcome!

For me, reverting back to the stock FSX cirrus_overcast03.bmp changed a lot, so i am excited if you are satiesfied with the results

 

Matthias

[TheFamilyMan 279]

More likely your problem is a side effect of an ASN clouds setting which by default disables the FSX haze layer.  Before chasing around for the right bmp file, try disabling this setting in ASN to see if that is your issue.  Even though ASN has its own haze layer workaround, which should also be disabled in this case, I find it is very unreliable and still produces vanishing low visibility conditions upon ascending above the low visibility layer.

[Driftingisfun106 0]

You're welcome!

For me, reverting back to the stock FSX cirrus_overcast03.bmp changed a lot, so i am excited if you are satiesfied with the results

 

Matthias

 

 

More likely your problem is a side effect of an ASN clouds setting which by default disables the FSX haze layer.  Before chasing around for the right bmp file, try disabling this setting in ASN to see if that is your issue.  Even though ASN has its own haze layer workaround, which should also be disabled in this case, I find it is very unreliable and still produces vanishing low visibility conditions upon ascending above the low visibility layer.

Ok, I'll try both then and see what happens. I was busy with school, sorry for the slow reply. Yeah I was also curious about enabling the default cloud layers from ASN to see if that was a problem, sadly I haven't had the time to check. Thank you guys!

[Driftingisfun106 0]

You're welcome!

For me, reverting back to the stock FSX cirrus_overcast03.bmp changed a lot, so i am excited if you are satiesfied with the results

 

Matthias

 

 

More likely your problem is a side effect of an ASN clouds setting which by default disables the FSX haze layer.  Before chasing around for the right bmp file, try disabling this setting in ASN to see if that is your issue.  Even though ASN has its own haze layer workaround, which should also be disabled in this case, I find it is very unreliable and still produces vanishing low visibility conditions upon ascending above the low visibility layer.

Thanks guys, the 1st way worked way better than I thought, this may be marked as solved  ^_^

[ankh21 17]

Glad you solved this issue.

 

Don't forget to recheck the correct .bmp-file after every texture change with REX. Especially when changing your cloud textures.

 

Matthias