Visibility bug still apparent.

[Guest DC-9]

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.

[Geofa 108]

When you say blocked out-does that mean you don't see it?http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

[Guest DC-9]

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.

[Geofa 108]

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

[Guest DC-9]

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?

[Geofa 108]

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

[Guest DC-9]

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.

[Geofa 108]

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 108]

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

[Guest Logan826]

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

[Geofa 108]

Click the "advanced weather" in the weather dialog.http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

[Guest RonB49]

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-

[Guest DC-9]

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.

[1mikel151 71]

I agree, wouldn't think 20 mile visability is the same as a clear day.Regards, MichaelKDFW

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[michal 44]

>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.