It's hard to show but to me when I am in the sim, my clouds look a little distorted.  They almost have a salt and pepperish look to them.  Is this just a limitation of my hardware or is it a setting in the sim that I can mess with to make them look a little better?

 

 

Also no picture here but I guess I know what you mean. Had that as well with my 1660s until I changed some of my graphics setting. Just don’t remember which of them 🙂. Followed however the graphics settings guide over at the official flightsimulator forum

link: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/how-to-graphics-settings-and-performance-guide-8-18-2020/132407

Edited October 20, 20205 yr by DAD

28 minutes ago, DAD said:

Also no picture here but I guess I know what you mean. Had that as well with my 1660s until I changed some of my graphics setting. Just don’t remember which of them 🙂. Followed however the graphics settings guide over at the official flightsimulator forum

link: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/how-to-graphics-settings-and-performance-guide-8-18-2020/132407

Thanks.  I'll check this out.  I was having trouble posting a pic here.  I think the only really good way of describing what I am seeing is 
salt and peppery looking and almost is though they have 90% loaded into the sim.  When you look close they appear to be blocky and pixelated.  

Try lowering the render scale down I’ve heard that’s helped.

10 minutes ago, Carts85 said:

Try lowering the render scale down I’ve heard that’s helped.

Ok.. I am at 100 now so maybe I'll turn it down a bit.  Everything I read said 100 is the way to go and definitely don't exceed 100.  Sounds like I am not the only person with this "issue". 

24 minutes ago, Zimmerbz said:

Ok.. I am at 100 now so maybe I'll turn it down a bit.  Everything I read said 100 is the way to go and definitely don't exceed 100.  Sounds like I am not the only person with this "issue". 

No you are not. Its the grainy shadows/reflections issue. Its in the top bugs list.

4 minutes ago, roi1862 said:

No you are not. Its the grainy shadows/reflections issue. Its in the top bugs list.

Ok cool.  Thanks! 

Putting CLOUDS on ULTRA helps their appearance IMO . Not a fix but it looks better than high.

2 hours ago, Zimmerbz said:

Ok.. I am at 100 now so maybe I'll turn it down a bit.  Everything I read said 100 is the way to go and definitely don't exceed 100.  Sounds like I am not the only person with this "issue". 

Initially the recommendation was 80?  Has that changed back to the stock 100?

Try this:

 

I have clouds on low and they look "okay" but nothing to write home about. Setting them higher only looks worse.

Edited October 20, 20205 yr by RobJC

Clouds look great from far away but close up they look really weird and fake.

I tend to run with the nexus scattered showers preset when not on live weather and keep the clouds on ultra and they look quite good. Ultra does have a bit of an FPS hit but for me it is worth it.

 

QUESTION:

Do people with this issue get the same problem if they revert to default ultra with preset rainy weather or is it just with custom settings and live weather?