October 31, 200619 yr Well, I can see the visibility bug is still apparent in FSX. Mt. Rainer is still blocked out on a clear day. In the real-world with a visibility of 20 miles, you should still be able to see it from BFI.
October 31, 200619 yr When you say blocked out-does that mean you don't see it?http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
October 31, 200619 yr Yeah, I can't see it. In the real-world, Mt. Rainer is visible on a clear day in Seattle, even with a visibility of 20 miles. I don't know why, but they won't fix the visibility. It should be clearly visible like in the real-world.
October 31, 200619 yr Is your display distant terrain high enough in scenery display settings? This is what I get...http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/160146.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
October 31, 200619 yr Yeah, I've got most of my settings all the way up. Where is the display 'distant terrain' slider, or is it a setting I need to put in the .cfg file?
October 31, 200619 yr Sorry-I was going by memory. It is the first slider under settings/scenery called "level of radius".http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
November 1, 200619 yr Oh, that's all the way to the right. I don't think this has to do with settings. It's just not visible with the lower visibility when in fact, it should be. It was the same way with FS9. From 50 miles away, you can see it in the real-world on a clear day, and that's with lower visibility. I just think they didn't change anything with the visibility to reflect how real haze acts.
November 1, 200619 yr Ah-I understand now-you are saying if I set the visibility to 20 I should be able to still see it? I'll give this a try.http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
November 1, 200619 yr Ok-I just tried it. At 20 miles visiblity Mt. Ranier vanished. But at 30 miles visibility I see it loud and clear..http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
November 1, 200619 yr Please explain. Where is this visibility setting ? I just went to custom settings and didn't see anything about visibility except in wx and that's set at 70. Thanks, Dan
November 1, 200619 yr Click the "advanced weather" in the weather dialog.http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg Geofa WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE-the best Flight Sim!
November 1, 200619 yr According to Rand McNally, Mt Rainier is about 50 statute miles from KBFI so I wouldn't expect to see it with 20 Nm visibility. Now ATIS, ASOS, and other weather reporting systems seldom report visability accuratly unless it is quite limited. Otherwise they say something like "greater than 10 miles" here in South Texas and I believe they say "greater than 20 miles" in some locations. That can lead to some confusion. R-
November 1, 200619 yr Here's the thing... The mountain should be able to be seen on a clear day where ever you are around Seattle. I've even got photos of it when I was there, and the visibility was reported to be around 15 miles. There's something seriously wrong here.
November 1, 200619 yr I agree, wouldn't think 20 mile visability is the same as a clear day.Regards, MichaelKDFW Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI-x16 / AMD Best, Michael KDFW
November 1, 200619 yr Author >Here's the thing... The mountain should be able to be seen on>a clear day where ever you are around Seattle. I've even got>photos of it when I was there, and the visibility was reported>to be around 15 miles. There's something seriously wrong>here.There is something seriously wrong with your logic. How far is from downtown Seattle to the mountain: 30-40 miles. How then can it be visible with visibility 15-20 miles? The answer: it can't, lets not kid ourselves.Michael J. Michael J.
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