http://imgur.com/a/6J9Xu

 

Imgur Album with some shots from flying in the PNW.

:smile:

Very nice  What plane is that.. i think the upper level cumulus "puffs" look better than the lower level ones, like the ones i posted earlier.. so thats ok for now

God X-Enviro... how horrible can your puffs get...

 

Yeah, definitely not a strong point when this particular weather shows up. A big problem here is the darker outline around the clouds that doesn't blend with the background sky color, so they look pasted on.

 

 

Even with a brighter sky color that avoids that issue, there is something just not right about the appearance:

 

 

It can look pretty good in other cases. This is the kind of shot that tends to get "wow" reactions, but there is still something very flat-looking about these clouds:

 

Even the passenger seat is a nice place to be with xEnviro

 

lol...for a second, I  thought it was a real picture.

Yeah, definitely not a strong point when this particular weather shows up. A big problem here is the darker outline around the clouds that doesn't blend with the background sky color, so they look pasted on.

 

 

 

 

 

Something seems very wrong on your end I have not seen this dark outline of clouds and agree thats not right but cant seem to find this activity on my xenviro install 

Even the passenger seat is a nice place to be with xEnviro

 

 

Great shot

Something seems very wrong on your end I have not seen this dark outline of clouds and agree thats not right but cant seem to find this activity on my xenviro install

 

 

Never seen this either

Something seems very wrong on your end I have not seen this dark outline of clouds and agree thats not right but cant seem to find this activity on my xenviro install 

 

Great shot

 

Thank you and yes, I believe that's because people are turning off the atmosphere effects and then wondering why it looks weird. That effect won't happen if you run with the full settings. The sky colours are a tell-tale sign that lower atmosphere setting has been turned off in the first one.

Thank you and yes, I believe that's because people are turning off the atmosphere effects and then wondering why it looks weird. That effect won't happen if you run with the full settings. The sky colours are a tell-tale sign that lower atmosphere setting has been turned off in the first one.

 

Nope, that isn't it. I'm running with the default installed settings (haven't touched Cloud Settings), with the addition of Upper and Lower Atmosphere checked on. I just double-checked that to make sure.

 

I also have Minimum RVR and Maximum Ceiling set to maximum, but that shouldn't affect the weather in those shots. I have weather update set to every 10 minutes.

 

If other XEnviro users aren't seeing those clouds, then they may not have had this particular weather occur yet. That dark outline on cloud puffs is most obvious when you happen to get a contrasting sky color like my screen shot. I've seen it in other user's screen shots too. Even without that though, those puff shapes are just nasty.

Nope, that isn't it. I'm running with the default installed settings (haven't touched Cloud Settings), with the addition of Upper and Lower Atmosphere checked on. I just double-checked that to make sure.

 

I also have Minimum RVR and Maximum Ceiling set to maximum, but that shouldn't affect the weather in those shots. I have weather update set to every 10 minutes.

 

If other XEnviro users aren't seeing those clouds, then they may not have had this particular weather occur yet. That dark outline is most obvious when you happen to get a contrasting sky color like my screen shot. I've seen it in other user's screen shots too. 

 

Then feel free to post an ICAO when you see similar effect, then I'll check it out

Agree on this much 

 

As others have said, they look like this for you because of the settings you have chosen. Enable the atmosphere settings and you will no longer have those weird looking clouds.

Nope, that isn't it. I'm running with the default installed settings (haven't touched Cloud Settings), with the addition of Upper and Lower Atmosphere checked on. I just double-checked that to make sure.

 

I also have Minimum RVR and Maximum Ceiling set to maximum, but that shouldn't affect the weather in those shots. I have weather update set to every 10 minutes.

 

If other XEnviro users aren't seeing those clouds, then they may not have had this particular weather occur yet. That dark outline on cloud puffs is most obvious when you happen to get a contrasting sky color like my screen shot. I've seen it in other user's screen shots too. Even without that though, those puff shapes are just nasty.

 

 

Is there a correlation between XP 10 vs 11 with these odd puffs that we both are experiencing?  My settings are at the max recommended too.. id like to nail this down to what is causing it (xp11 here, 1.06)

As others have said, they look like this for you because of the settings you have chosen. Enable the atmosphere settings and you will no longer have those weird looking clouds.

 

I shared this earlier.. but again, in my case full settings including atmosphere are enabled.. or are you suggesting something else

 

Is there a correlation between XP 10 vs 11 with these odd puffs that we both are experiencing?  My settings are at the max recommended too.. id like to nail this down to what is causing it (xp11 here, 1.06)

I'm on XP11 b3 and xenv 1.06 and have not seen these specific cloud puffs yet.

I shared this earlier.. but again, in my case full settings including atmosphere are enabled.. or are you suggesting something else

 

Maybe there is a bug, maybe it doesn't enable the atmosphere settings properly. As I said to Paraffin, if you have an ICAO where I could load up and potentially see the effect. Maybe it's a local issue, maybe it's a bigger bug lurking underneath. I'm also on X-Plane 11. Because in all my hours of testing, I have yet to see that transparency edge issue unless I turned off atmosphere effects.

As others have said, they look like this for you because of the settings you have chosen. Enable the atmosphere settings and you will no longer have those weird looking clouds.

 

I do have those upper and lower atmosphere settings enabled. Doesn't help.

 

Edit to add: If I see it again, I'll quick-post an ICAO, but it's gonna be tough to get exactly the same injected weather due to time delays. Might be worth a try though.

I do have those upper and lower atmosphere settings enabled. Doesn't help.

 

Edit to add: If I see it again, I'll quick-post an ICAO, but it's gonna be tough to get exactly the same injected weather due to time delays. Might be worth a try though.

 

Just to make it clear, not trying to dismiss your claim and I can see you have it enabled. Just wanted to show you a comparison, to show you why I find it odd. Here's two identical shots, with lower atmosphere on / off. You see the exact same odd transparency edge in the 'off' shot;

 

 

Here's a comparison of the off shot with yours, notice how similar the sky colour is and the clouds (outside of the size difference of course).

 

 

My first recommendation would be to completely remove xEnviro and re-install it, to make sure nothing is going on underneath. 

 

EDIT: Also, what happens when you tick / untick the lower atmosphere setting under those conditions? Does it get worse? Does anything happen?