How to disable cloud reflections on water?

[sidfadc 1,344]

Interesting I flew the x cub to Friday Harbor last night and saw the same thing - something I had never seen before and I assumed it was something new to the sim???  Same thoughts though it looks TERRIBLE. 

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

3 minutes ago, sidfadc said:

Interesting I flew the x cub to Friday Harbor last night and saw the same thing - something I had never seen before and I assumed it was something new to the sim???  Same thoughts though it looks TERRIBLE. 

Please take a screenshot and open a Zendesk ticket: Submit a request – Microsoft Flight Simulator Support (zendesk.com)

The more we are, the sooner they will fix it.

Thanks

[bobcat999 8,477]

37 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

DX12 with DXR (ray tracing) will fix this, not DX12 alone. You need DX12, DXR implementation in the game and a DXR capable graphics card.

With the current implementation (raster), only what's visible on the screen generates reflections. So if a part of the aircraft is between the observer and the object supposed to generate the reflection, or the object is out of the field of view for any other reason, the reflection will not occur.

There is a long way to go, but in the next years we will experience an evolution of the graphics like we never imagined before.

Your just trying to cheer me up! 😄  Well it has worked on me; at least for today! 👍

[AnkH 2,262]

Seriouisly, I then wonder why P3D never had this issue with their water reflections? 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

It does sort of explain why they have unrealistically big waves at lower wind speeds.

I had sort of assumed they were just catering to the screenshot crowd but maybe there is more to it.

[CPC900 10]

Just started doing the Alaska Bush Trip.  Yeah, the cloud reflections on the water are pathetic.  Did you figure out a solution mrfuzzy?!  And did it do it for your other trip  you said you were doing?!

Bruce

[CPC900 10]

The East Coast Tour, I mean?!

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

On 4/9/2021 at 11:10 PM, CPC900 said:

Just started doing the Alaska Bush Trip.  Yeah, the cloud reflections on the water are pathetic.  Did you figure out a solution mrfuzzy?!  And did it do it for your other trip  you said you were doing?!

Bruce

There is no solution, those blocky reflections occur every time there are clouds in the sky and no wind. You cannot change wind or weather in bush trips so you have to live with it.

I also posted on the official forum and opened a ticket at that time. Curiously, the Alaska bush trip has been updated recently (100~ MByte if I'm not wrong) but I see that the issue remains.

The other bush trips are not affected.

Edited April 11, 2021 by MrFuzzy