August 18, 20214 yr I was complaining a lot about the weather but must also say now that with latest Active Sky it has improved a lot! I have EA on and Volumetric cloud enabled and Detailed clouds checked in AS. It is really good now also the smoothing is much better! Just wonder what other people’s experiences are?
August 20, 20214 yr Similar to yours....though I go back and forth on when and whether to use volumetric clouds Sherm
August 20, 20214 yr Moderator @rob0203, tried EA / HDR twice now and can’t live with it. The blueish haze looks false. Much how it looked in the days when you took a photo at altitude in an aircraft with film. The human eye can adjust for that. EA and HDR OFF for this user. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20214 yr Author You should try again with latest Active sky: EA on Volumetric clouds on Detailed clouds checked in Active Sky Max Cloud layers 9 It is amazing now! Example: https://imgur.com/gallery/aa2GfVl Edited August 20, 20214 yr by rob0203
August 20, 20214 yr I agree with Rob....there must be something else in your settings that is destroying the illusion for you....either that, or it just is not to your taste. good luck. Sherm
August 20, 20214 yr Moderator 35 minutes ago, shermank said: I agree with Rob....there must be something else in your settings that is destroying the illusion for you....either that, or it just is not to your taste. good luck. Sherm What we're talking about is highly subjective. Nothing wrong with my settings. It's not to my taste as you say. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20214 yr Unfortunately, V-clouds are still horrible in representing either full overcast or low visibility conditions. 9950X3D, X870E ROG CROSSHAIR HERO, Corsair Dominator Titanium 64GB DDR5-6000 PC5-48000, ASUS RTX 5070Ti 16GB, 9100 PRO 4TB Samsung ,990 PRO 4TB Samsung, AX1600i 1600 Watt 80 Plus Titanium ATX, ASUS 360 ARGB EXTREME 360mm Liquid CPU Cooling Kit.
August 20, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, G-YMML1 said: Unfortunately, V-clouds are still horrible in representing either full overcast or low visibility conditions. Not on my system https://imgur.com/gallery/aa2GfVl Edited August 20, 20214 yr by rob0203
August 20, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, rob0203 said: Not on my system https://imgur.com/gallery/aa2GfVl I agree I use REX Sky Force for clouds basis. With EA and vol. clouds, I have very realistic clouds, as your picture. (Full disclosure: I do still have that horizon haze). Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
August 20, 20214 yr I think the volumetric clouds look better. Not perfect, but better than the legacy clouds that have their own problems, and always did (e.g., square cloud formations, spinning clouds up close, popcorn effect etc.). I also fly exclusively in VR and the volumetric clouds look better in a true 3D environment. In VR it's very obvious that legacy clouds are 2D cardboard cutouts.
August 20, 20214 yr I'll admit to being totally confused as to weather settings in P3D V5. I have FSGRW, Rex Skyforce, and Active Sky. Of course, Skyforce has been relegated to providing cloud textures only. Between FSGRW and Active Sky, I find Active Sky is simply prettier to look at, FSGRW works fine, just doesn't somehow "populate" the sky the same way Active Sky does. Now my problem with all the various WX apps - it used to be simple. Purchase an add on weather program of your choice, and voila! The weather in the sim matches the weather outside... but now with V5 we have this EA thing and volumetric clouds. I can't figure out how to use EA/Volumetric clouds, as all I want is the sim to match real-world weather conditions... It seems with EA/Volumetric clouds I can play with the sliders and make the weather pretty much whatever I want it to be right now - regardless of what the weather engine is putting in... Where should my sliders be to keep the weather as realistic as possible, yet to use the enhanced visuals provided by EA/Volumetric clouds ? In the the end, I just keep it turned off... 😞
August 20, 20214 yr Author EA on Volumetric Clouds High Start only Active Sky In Active Sky: Options --> Simulator Depiction Options --> Enable Detailed Cloud (turn on) Set max Cloud layers to 9 or greater
August 20, 20214 yr Rob0203, When you say "Start only Active Sky" - are you inferring to stay away from Sky Force clouds ? Thanks!
August 20, 20214 yr Author 22 minutes ago, Bunkie said: Rob0203, When you say "Start only Active Sky" - are you inferring to stay away from Sky Force clouds ? Thanks! Yes, because you use the Volumetric clouds
August 20, 20214 yr Author 4 hours ago, G-YMML1 said: Unfortunately, V-clouds are still horrible in representing either full overcast or low visibility conditions. Great overcast here: https://imgur.com/gallery/VJrFx3P
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