EA in 5.2 Yes or No?

[mwilk 1,106]

How does everyone feel about EA since 5.2 came out?

[Patco Lch 1,465]

It looks interesting but on a fully loaded flight I think it is still less realistic then Activesky  with ACSA. Just my opinion for now but still needs work.

[chapstick 2,757]

EA and legacy clouds are the way to go. 

[David Vega 348]

How do you feel about it?

[kdfw__ 542]

ea +  clouds + mountains = show stopper

 

[mwilk 1,106]

1 hour ago, David Vega said:

How do you feel about it?

I haven't used it very much. I'm going to try Chapstick's suggestion of EA on and volumetric clouds off. The one thing I have an issue with is the amount of haze it depicts. It seems overdone.

[SKEWR 364]

What are the recommended settings for EA + Legacy?

[sonny147 579]

EA off +VOL FOG off, Sky force with envshade and Pascals shaders , legacy clouds never looked better ( thanks Stu if your reading this )

[Jaroberts 10]

No EA, Active sky and Rex SF for me.

[rob0203 689]

I like Ea but there are immersion breakers: like seeing thunderstorm on your weather radar but clear skies in the sim for example….

[ailchim 208]

Do what I do. 

Turn it on for on or two flights then start to think "it does look better without doesn't it?".

Fight this urge for one or two flights and then turn it off.  Re-install ASCA.  Do one or two flights and then start to think.......

Rinse and repeat.

Hope that helps.

 

[cshark172 20]

I have decided to go without EA again as well, especially at high altitude tube liner flights.  Between the cotton balls, waffle clouds and incessant haze at altitude, it just doesn't look right.  I have gone back to ASCA clouds for high altitude flights.  For low and slow GA flights, I still use EA sometimes, but the mountain issue is just a deal breaker, so probably will stop using there as well.

[CaptKornDog 284]

EA plus legacy clouds/ASCA for me.

 

I’d give anything to have realistic looking thunderstorms though.

[shermank 170]

Every time I try to get out of the olive oil business, they keep pulling me back in...

 

Sherm

Oh, yes....EA....love/hate relationship....

[mwilk 1,106]

1 hour ago, CaptKornDog said:

EA plus legacy clouds/ASCA for me.

 

I’d give anything to have realistic looking thunderstorms though.

I took this picture in May as we were descending into Maui,Hawaii. What was going through my head when I took the picture was no matter how hard they try, flight simulators never quite capture what our environment looks like in real life.

Edited July 4, 2021 by mwilk