Cloud texture addons: who needs 20 GB of textures...

[Guest]

...if you can get a sky like this with just ONE totally FREE texture file of around 350 kb? 

As far as sky and cloud texture are concerned the above picture is P3D default with only ONE texture file added, the cumulus01.bmp from HDEv2. That’s it. Well, obviously AS is taking care of the weather, but really, I always wonder why people need thousands of cloud textures for a lot of money if just one free bmp can give you skies like this? I’ve been using this file for years and my skies look different all the time. Who told us we really need thousands of textures to create varied skies...? I am sure it was a payware cloud texture addon developer. 

Just some food for thought. 

[GSalden 4,650]

If you like the same look over and over than indeed you do not need anything else...

[JoeFackel 760]

Sorry, but this is just plain Skyforce bashing, i tend to say thats beneath you.

[Rimshot 1,131]

We get it Jeroen. Personally I like a bit more variation than just one BMP file.

[simmerhead 885]

Good point, but if you want realistic up to date weather, it will take more than one cumulus texture. It aint' all cumulus up there. I've worked as an airport met assistant, and cloud observation was one of our hourly routines. In many parts of the world, cumulus in blue skies is a rarety...

[David Roch 1,953]

Hi Jeroen,
As much as I could have appreciated your objectivity and wish of non biased information, I feel now that you are bashing REX for some reason.
You claim here and everywhere that SF3D is NOT a weather engine, that their textures look cartoonish and now that a single file could replace thousands of hours of work.
It remind me some missionary speech preaching the good word to save humanity from a disaster.

Dont like it? Don't buy it!

I for one couldn't fly with other sky/clouds textures now, REX SF blow up all my expectations after decades of flight simming.
So I believe your insistence to show how bad this product is is not fair, nor justified at all.

 

[ErichB 3,636]

Jeroen, yes it is free and they look good.  But even though I've had my beef with REX's artistic marketing, their textures and models really are very good.  I have to give them that..

[Asheroo 22]

Because J Van E we have something called opinions and personal taste. I look at that and I absolutely don’t like what I see not one bit at all. I had a real life 2 hour flight in a 737 yesterday, random out of place grey clouds included, and it did not have one cloud type. I look at what I have with Sky Force and Opus weather and I absolutely love it. Is that ok?

As a long time Avsim lurker, reading the forums recently has been depressing.

[simmerhead 885]

Even with 20GB of textures I don't believe we have this:

Mammatus (Not rare on my parts, and often seen during winter when snow storms are in the area): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2842663/Bubble-wrap-No-amazing-shapes-extremely-rare-MAMMATUS-clouds-seen-storm.html

Nacreous clouds can be seen in the Norwegian Arctic during cold winter days: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3428242/Devastatingly-beautiful-Rare-rainbow-clouds-seen-painting-skies-UK-despite-splendour-formations-cause-holes-ozone-layer.html

Lenticular clouds can be seen quite often around high mountains from where I live: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_cloud

And I miss realisitc colouring of sky and clouds during spectacular sunrises and sunsets...

 

 

[MindYerBeak 73]

J van E, you will end up buying it. (sf3d)

[Nyxx 6,993]

J your constant bashing/sniping of SF when you have no intention of buying it or even trying it is getting very tiresome. 

Give it a rest mate. It's beyond a joke.

Enjoy what you have, fine but if people want to use ASCA/Envtex/SF let them.

You come across of hating REX and to my knowledge you have never own one of their products.

[Guest]

Oops... sorry, guys, I think I may have gone to far today indeed... I was simply happy with the sky I saw in this flight but okay, I understand your points of view: I probably typed a bit too much this time. My bad. My sincere apologies.

You know what? To show you all I am really sorry (AND to see if you are really right  AND to fullfill MindYerBeak's prophecy AND to make sure my next post about SkyForce will be a valid one ) I will purchase REX SkyForce 3D right away.

[Nyxx 6,993]

OMG....Am flying to you house to slap you right now.....start running....

[Nyxx 6,993]

I better come to your house anyway to help you set it up or we will have 3 pagers of hate like PTA before we get to the "I love it" stage 

 

Booking flight right now....I hope I see more than one cloud texture on the way...

[ErichB 3,636]

18 minutes ago, J van E said:

I will purchase REX SkyForce 3D right away.

That's the funniest thing I've seen all day.

Great recovery from that b*tch slapping.