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Fuzzy cloud edges - normal?

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Just want to check with the rest of ya - look at the 2 screenshots from my last flight below (open them in full size). The cloud edges are a bit fuzzy, almost like they're being viewed through frosted glass. Is this normal? It happens on all quality settings (medium, high, and ultra) and all the different AA settings.

This happens during the daytime as well, and can also be seen on some mountain edges at times.

PS: What a view, though!

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Intel Core i7 8700k clocked to 4.6GHz, GTX1080Ti, 32GB DDR4 RAM, MSFS installed on NVMe drive, Windows 11, Dell 27" 60Hz Monitor + Dell 24" 60Hz Monitor. Resolution 1920x1080. Game Mode on, GPU scheduling enabled (Win11). MSFS settings: High-End for airlines, Ultra for GA.

I think this is normal but to me they look better in the sim (in action) then what we were seeing in screenshots an stuff. I haven't messed with them enough to see compare the differences in settings. I am mostly keeping them on High to save my GPU a bit.

ASUS Prime Z490-A / i7-10700K / RTX 4080 / G.SKILL Ripjaws 32GB / Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic case 

I have it too and I am running it maxed out. I think its intentional to stop clouds killing performance. I remember x-enviro having similar compromises in x-plane.

Yes, it's what I've seen also. They're not perfect, but they sure are great. A little more definition would be nice, but I'm not being picky. These are the best clouds for IFR flying. I was happy with the immersion factor of TrueSky in P3Dv5, but they had a lot of flaws with weather depiction. This solves that, other than the glitches with live weather...

5800X3D | Radeon RX 6900XT

It is normal, this sort of artifact has been present since the E3 2019 footage. I believe a higher resolution helps to reduce the noise, with my system I have to scale the resolution below 1080p and it is more apparent, meanwhile in the official 4K footage you have to look really close to notice it.

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Gotcha, thanks guys. Just wanted to make sure it's not some messed-up setting on my side. I don't mind them, really. The sky looks bloody fantastic.

Intel Core i7 8700k clocked to 4.6GHz, GTX1080Ti, 32GB DDR4 RAM, MSFS installed on NVMe drive, Windows 11, Dell 27" 60Hz Monitor + Dell 24" 60Hz Monitor. Resolution 1920x1080. Game Mode on, GPU scheduling enabled (Win11). MSFS settings: High-End for airlines, Ultra for GA.

I get this too (I'm running on medium) but the sim still looks great anyway.

For VFR it's amazing 👍

Matthew S

Purposely done to improve performance? I noticed you don't have a real sense of speed,when entering clouds,it's like slow motion, and my clouds are on ultra.

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

it's certainly because of the performance, but I think it's a good compromise between appearance and performance, many people know that if you increase the level of cloud detail on X-Plane 11 and XEnviro - the frames will go down as well!

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