Hi, my system specs are: celeron 2.5gig, 512mbram, radeon 9550 128mb.To get good performance i have to have cloud settings in display/weather set to minimal or low, therfor I cant take advantage of the 3d clouds. Now the sky appears always empty even when it should be cloudy, as I use ASV. Is there no clouds that I could use to make performance better whilst useing 3d clouds. Without 3d clouds on i get great performance!Thanks for help, Ian

>Hi, my system specs are: celeron 2.5gig, 512mbram, radeon>9550 128mb.>>To get good performance i have to have cloud settings in>display/weather set to minimal or low, therfor I cant take>advantage of the 3d clouds. Now the sky appears always empty>even when it should be cloudy, as I use ASV. Is there no>clouds that I could use to make performance better whilst>useing 3d clouds. Without 3d clouds on i get great>performance!>>Thanks for help, IanBe sure to use 64x64 clouds with mips and DXT enabled. Set max cloud distance to 30 miles (via FS) and max visibility distance to 29 miles (via ASV options). You can also try to lower cloud settings in FS9 just one notch below max.Marco

Hi Ian,Just to add:Put 3D clouds at 100%Try with cloud coverage at maximumLimit your cloud layers to 3Set cloud draw distance to 30Set sight distance to 60Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Sales and Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/asv_dev_team.jpg http://www.hifisim.com/images/asv_proud_supporter.jpg