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not sure if its just me but the water seems worse since the update anyone else think the same

Alexander Shepherd

On 9/18/2020 at 4:11 PM, ashepherd316 said:

not sure if its just me but the water seems worse since the update anyone else think the same

I can't find the thread right now, but I read on Reddit that when the updated the Bing data, they lost the water mask we see in all of the promo videos. Tropical water was impacted the most. I'd love to hear more about this issue, because I wasn't very happy with the water when I was flying in the Bahamas last week.

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yeh me to the water doesn't look great still better than p3d or xplane

Alexander Shepherd

Most coastal areas I have seen have boring flat water surfaces. To get waves you need to set unrealistic winds. The ocean is not a mirror flat lake when the winds are light. Better than P3D but nothing like the promo videos.

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4 hours ago, duckbilled said:

I can't find the thread right now, but I read on Reddit that when the updated the Bing data, they lost the water mask we see in all of the promo videos. Tropical water was impacted the most. I'd love to hear more about this issue, because I wasn't very happy with the water when I was flying in the Bahamas last week.

Do you mean after the last patch or before that? Have some masks gone that were there before? 

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There was a pre and post 1.8.3.0 patch video floating around which was comparing the frame rates for identical settings. It had quite a bit of water in it and there was a big difference in the waves/appearance. 

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It seems that they've changed the amount of waves depending on the wind speed now. Setting the speed to 0 kts does not make the water look like a mirror anymore, but to get the waves to be noticeable enough from an altitude you have to increase the wind speed to obscene levels. Looks like they wanted a more gradual transition between the different speeds but they pushed it somewhat too far.

It's weird that this wasn't documented in the patch notes and I hope they revert this behaviour.

3 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

It seems that they've changed the amount of waves depending on the wind speed now. Setting the speed to 0 kts does not make the water look like a mirror anymore, but to get the waves to be noticeable enough from an altitude you have to increase the wind speed to obscene levels. Looks like they wanted a more gradual transition between the different speeds but they pushed it somewhat too far.

It's weird that this wasn't documented in the patch notes and I hope they revert this behaviour.

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