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Have you ever seen such a black cloud?

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Hi all,

Yesterday I was flying from KVPS (Eglin AFB) to KSEM (Craig).

I've been flying a lot in the KVPS area and at this time of the year, there are some thunderstorms but this is the first time I see such a black cloud.

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So I deverted to see the thing from close, thinking that such an opportunity does not happen everyday.

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Rain and lighting come into play.

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Once in the cloud, it is like any dense cloud.

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At last, I'm out and safe...

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... resuming my navigation to KSEM.

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Guys, have you ever seen such a black cloud and so close to the ground? Is it a default P3D cloud or a REX Sky Force 3D cloud?

 

 

FS2024

It’s probably a rain shaft made by sky force. But it looks darker than usual.

Sky Force version of a tornado? There is a setting in SF for Tornado/Funnel

 

 

Actual rain shafts are usually about as you imagine, just columns of water that varies with density not color.

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It's a forest fire lol

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Thank you all for your inputs.

@scottb613 I used to have Enshade + Envtex but uninstalled them to keep only Sky Force. But it is possible that there are some leftovers... I'lll see. If it happens again, I might follow Poppet's tutorial.

FS2024

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I am always reluctant to delete/reconstruct but finally I suspect that there are some Envshade left-overs so I followed Poppet's tutorial.

Only time will tell if I get those black clouds again (if it was a shader issue). But right now, I am under the impression that the light is a little bit brighter but maybe it is a placebo 😊

FS2024

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So I deleted my shaders folders...

It seems that it is not related to shaders. Maybe it is normal.

I've just started a flight at KVPS with live weather (ASP4) and this is what I get:

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FS2024

Hi Tony,

I’ve used ASP4/ASCA/ENVSHADE/ENVTEX for years - I haven’t seen that - I hope it’s not normal feature of some other product - it detracts from the scene...

I have seen black clouds before - usually after doing a P3D upgrade and not purging the shaders - the purge did fix it in my instance...

Best of luck - sorry it didn’t help...

Regards,

Scott

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11 minutes ago, scottb613 said:

Best of luck - sorry it didn’t help...

Scott,

It did help, you 'pushed' me to delete/refresh the shaders. I think it's useful to know how to do that. Even if it did not solve my issue (if it is an issue). I'll see if that happens again, especially on a sunny day. In that case I would be concerned.

FS2024

In real life, yes.

 

 

In a Sim, not yet.

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Yup, coming out of New Orleans when they had that tropical storm around June 21st.

Running Skyforce 3D also along with ASP4.

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Its SF yes I have seen them. Look great. It's not a black cloud problem its a thunderstorm.

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Definitely a thunderstorm. Captured this back in May. Northern Indiana.
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