12 hours ago, fppilot said:

And with cloud cover and Rex textures FSX SE is superior at this time.  Without question.

Well, that’s a new one!

For the OP’s information, I’d respectfully disagree. 🙂

13 hours ago, fppilot said:

 And with cloud cover and Rex textures FSX SE is superior at this time. 

LOL someone needs to get their eyes checked. Not even close with the lighting and atmosphere in MSFS, weather accuracy needs work though.

The mental gymnastics some people must be doing to convince themselves of these things is hilarious.

 

41 minutes ago, jbdbow1970 said:

LOL someone needs to get their eyes checked.

 

Show me clouds this reaslistic with true to life edges like this?

Edited May 30, 20215 yr by fppilot

41 minutes ago, fppilot said:

 

 

Show me clouds this reaslistic with true to life edges like this?

My issue with clouds in earlier sims (default or AS/ASCA) isn't so much when you're in amongst them, then they look fine. When you're 20000 ft above them they look somewhere between acceptable (about 25% of the time) and awful..... Above msfs is far better (even with the lightning!)

 

G

51 minutes ago, fppilot said:

 

 

Show me clouds this reaslistic with true to life edges like this?

These are two-dimensional sprites. They can look pretty good at the right angle in a still shot, but in motion they simply don’t look right, because unlike real clouds they don’t have any volume. You also get a massive performance penalty in creating an overcast layer, because it’s just a huge number of those sprites layered on top of each other.

When I first got Rex in 2009, it looked great. It’s 12 years later. Times have changed!

James

4 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

There are many airline pilots and career pilots that are flying MSFS 2020

There are also many farmers playing Hayday...

Edited May 30, 20215 yr by Janov

2 minutes ago, Janov said:

There are also many farmers playing Hayday...

🤣🤣🤣

4 hours ago, honanhal said:

These are two-dimensional sprites. They can look pretty good at the right angle in a still shot, but in motion they simply don’t look right, because unlike real clouds they don’t have any volume. You also get a massive performance penalty in creating an overcast layer, because it’s just a huge number of those sprites layered on top of each other.

When I first got Rex in 2009, it looked great. It’s 12 years later. Times have changed!

So post your screenshots!

4 hours ago, Gazzareth said:

My issue with clouds in earlier sims (default or AS/ASCA) isn't so much when you're in amongst them, then they look fine. When you're 20000 ft above them they look somewhere between acceptable (about 25% of the time) and awful..... Above msfs is far better (even with the lightning!)

And your screen shots from MSFS?

11 minutes ago, fppilot said:

And your screen shots from MSFS?

Didn't realise it was a screenshot competition, there's plenty around to show quality of clouds in FS. Not seen any mods yet so we all have the same if we're running the same settings.

If you've really compared them and are still deluding yourself that p3d / fsx is better then more fool you.

 

G

 

16 minutes ago, Gazzareth said:

If you've really compared them and are still deluding yourself that p3d / fsx is better then more fool you.

That's the best you got?  
Show me screen shots from MSFS with realistic edges and detail, and even cloud types for the current weather.  And perhaps read my message footer.....

5 minutes ago, fppilot said:

That's the best you got?  
Show me screen shots from MSFS with realistic edges and detail, and even cloud types for the current weather.  And perhaps read my message footer.....

That's lovely and all but ... 1/ I'm not a meteorologist and 2/ this is how p3d really looks:::

 

So when I'm getting skies like these....

 

 

Forgive me for saying I know which environment I would rather be simming in - although I do prefer the weather control via AS the depiction is is more often than not absolutely rotten. Flat clouds, obvious repeated patterns, square edges to patterns - that's with AS & ASCA. Can't comment if the clouds with that are appropriate to the type of weather or not, what I want is something that can look believable, whilst I would prefer it being accurate I (fortunately or unfortunately) don't have the background to tell me if it's the wrong type of cloud (that said I am suspicious of at least one of the MSFS screenshots, but it still looks amazing).

Perhaps if I had your background I would feel differently,

 

G

Amazing how many threads about MSFS turn into fights about other sims. No way people can keep a thread on topic here 🙂

8 minutes ago, in2tech said:

Amazing how many threads about MSFS turn into fights about other sims. No way people can keep a thread on topic here 🙂

I should know better than to rise to it by now 🤣

Edited May 30, 20215 yr by Gazzareth