Unreallistic Overcast

[AndreasAgios 0]

Hello pilots! When you approach to an airport that has rainy weather there is no overcast but break clouds here and there with rain or snow! This is unreallistc, it should be overcast when you descent under clouds! The overcast sometimes appears only many minutes after you land, during taxing but it should appear when you go under the clouds and rain starts! Also many times when you take off with overcast, this overcast dissapears only a few seconds after take off before even reach the cloud's altitude!

Is this a problem of my weather machine?

Is this a problem of cloud textures?

Is this a problem of FSUIPC?

Any ideas please?

I am using FSREALWX! 

[JAT 185]

Can you show your FSUIPC settings.

nebojsa

[AndreasAgios 0]

1 hour ago, JAT said:

Can you show your FSUIPC settings.

nebojsa

Yes in which section? Visibility? Clouds? 

[AndreasAgios 0]

https://ibb.co/xYYsr1q

 

https://ibb.co/qY7RFfL

 

 

Sorry I am trying to insert the images but I cannot, so I wrote here the links

[ShortFinal 41]

these are what my Overcast stratus clouds look like. I looked into why FS9 stratus clouds look like word not allowed when they are only 1000-2000ft thick and I think it's due to the texture being layed flat. this photo the stratus were 5000ft thick with the cloud itself being around 1000ft thick. shame we cant get the actual thickness to match the "set thickness" either way with Cumulus clouds I have no problems at all. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10IuHyauZo4AzhjQUGmPlqfQ-JJMf5Lwb/view?usp=sharing

these are using REX skyforce cloud sprites and REX skyforce textures.

[fppilot 4,370]

1 hour ago, ShortFinal said:

these are what my Overcast stratus clouds look like. I looked into why FS9 stratus clouds look like word not allowed when they are only 1000-2000ft thick and I think it's due to the texture being layed flat. this photo the stratus were 5000ft thick with the cloud itself being around 1000ft thick. shame we cant get the actual thickness to match the "set thickness" either way with Cumulus clouds I have no problems at all. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10IuHyauZo4AzhjQUGmPlqfQ-JJMf5Lwb/view?usp=sharing

these are using REX skyforce cloud sprites and REX skyforce textures.

Mine looked like this:

FSX SE, REX textures, Active Sky 16 live weather. Stratocumulus. 
 

Edited December 5, 2020 by fppilot

[AndreasAgios 0]

6 hours ago, ShortFinal said:

these are what my Overcast stratus clouds look like. I looked into why FS9 stratus clouds look like word not allowed when they are only 1000-2000ft thick and I think it's due to the texture being layed flat. this photo the stratus were 5000ft thick with the cloud itself being around 1000ft thick. shame we cant get the actual thickness to match the "set thickness" either way with Cumulus clouds I have no problems at all. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10IuHyauZo4AzhjQUGmPlqfQ-JJMf5Lwb/view?usp=sharing

these are using REX skyforce cloud sprites and REX skyforce textures.

How do you get the REX SkyForce sprites? You noticed difference from default sprites?

[ShortFinal 41]

if you get and install skyforce, there will be cloud sprites installed to FSX or P3D. copy them and paste into your FS9 sprites folder. make sure to remove the old sprites first. they work without any modifications. I prefer them myself. the clouds (especially cumulonimbus) have a fuller appearance

[AndreasAgios 0]

3 hours ago, ShortFinal said:

if you get and install skyforce, there will be cloud sprites installed to FSX or P3D. copy them and paste into your FS9 sprites folder. make sure to remove the old sprites first. they work without any modifications. I prefer them myself. the clouds (especially cumulonimbus) have a fuller appearance

Good but I dont have FSX or P3D 

[ShortFinal 41]

19 hours ago, AndreasAgios said:

Good but I dont have FSX or P3D 

the FS9 sprites are good as well. 

note: if you run 1024 cloud textures, use 512. and also choose textures with not too much over the top detail. more soft edges almost. this will make the cloud appear more 3D and volumetric. especially when flying through it. 

[PebbleBeach 120]

Really? The FS9 Sprites folder? Care to tell us where this hidden gem folder is located?

[ShortFinal 41]

Flight Simulator 2004/Weather/Clouds. inside are a bunch of .cld files. these are all the cloud models for FS2004. you can copy the FSX or P3D or REX sprites to FS2004 and they will work as well. 

[PebbleBeach 120]

16 hours ago, ShortFinal said:

Flight Simulator 2004/Weather/Clouds. inside are a bunch of .cld files. these are all the cloud models for FS2004. you can copy the FSX or P3D or REX sprites to FS2004 and they will work as well. 

I bought it tonight so I will report back asap. 😅

[PSSDash8 1]

In FS9.cfg file make sure Cloud Coverage Density is set to 12 instead of the default 8 setting. This will make clouds overcast. Hope this helps you.

[ShortFinal 41]

8 hours ago, PSSDash8 said:

In FS9.cfg file make sure Cloud Coverage Density is set to 12 instead of the default 8 setting. This will make clouds overcast. Hope this helps you.

does this actually do anything? or is it like the Autogen placebo effect? I can't try it at the moment so just wondering. could you post before and after shots with these settings?