I have not been a big opponent of the haze previously, maybe it was overdone slightly.

But what I discovered today was haze accumulating in a valley, outside the valley it was clear. Looked very natural to me, and made the approach to the airfield in that valley slightly more interesting.

18 hours ago, irocx said:

Interesting that the culprit was the g3000.  Glad you're still making progress.  Up until msfs2020 I was still fsx'ing and one of my last flights was out of your KAFW - you did a fantastic job on that project, much appreciated.  I was dabbling in airport design back then, but no time now with business, especially trying to learn new tools/techniques/SDK/constant sim changes, so I definitely understand your pain.  Nice to see your still at it and I can't wait for your first release to ms2020.     

Thanks!  I plan to build KAFW for FS2020 but I am still learning the SDK and new modeling/texturing techniques.  My current project was a small airport to learn these things on.  I was making some good progress and then real world stuff has delayed me now.  Hopefully after the holidays I will have more time to finish this one up.  I am probably going to do a military airfield next and then AFW so it will be awhile still.  AFW is going to be undergoing some changes in the real world so I'd like it to be as up to date as possible when I complete it.  It's already changed a ton from the one I did for FSX/P3D.

I have quit using Live Weather because of the haze.  The last two days have been perfectly clear here, and you can see for miles. But with Live Weather I can't see the runway until I'm almost on it. 

If I use the preset for clear, it matches today's weather perfectly. I started several weeks ago touring the country so I could enjoy the scenery and with all that haze I can hardly see the ground.

I like the concept, but the haze is overdone.

Roy

 

Wow, doing pattern work this afternoon with METAR and ATIS reporting 10 for visibility, and couldn't even see the field from the downwind leg.

The haze looks amazing but I also feel it is overdone. Is it possible that the weather engine is making it extra "thick" because the METAR only shows visibility up to 10 statute miles? So it might be giving us 10 miles visibility? 

KSGU 202256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/M03 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01941028

Edited November 20, 20214 yr by reignman40

Just come back from the flight  and in my case real world meets sim pretty good lol

1 hour ago, sd_flyer said:

Just come back from the flight  and in my case real world meets sim pretty good lol

Where were you flying? This seems to affect the US the most. 

I experienced the haze for the first time. It looked quite beautiful with the setting sun (although I don't know if it was accurate). However, as others have reported, weather suddenly changed when I reached a certain altitude, although the haze remained. Clear skies seen from the runway, then clouds materialised above a fairly low altitude. It does unfortunately break the immersion.

But, I have every faith it will be ironed out, just as the drawing/popping in of scenery was fixed with a new option after SU5.

6 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Where were you flying? This seems to affect the US the most. 

South California 

 

4 minutes ago, March Hare said:

I experienced the haze for the first time. It looked quite beautiful with the setting sun (although I don't know if it was accurate). However, as others have reported, weather suddenly changed when I reached a certain altitude, although the haze remained. Clear skies seen from the runway, then clouds materialised above a fairly low altitude. It does unfortunately break the immersion.

But, I have every faith it will be ironed out, just as the drawing/popping in of scenery was fixed with a new option after SU5.

I had the same thing back when I was flying x-plane 11 ! Dejavu!

9 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

South California 

 

Good grief 😲

I have never been to the USA, California or flown over it.  I only have many hours in MSFS using PilotEdge over southern California and I recognised where you were instantly!  SU7 haze plus Google Maps Mod does a remarkable job there!

It's weird how situational this is.  Here's a shot from the moment I accepted a visual into Boston last night.  You probably won't see the airport if you don't know where to look, but not because of the haze.  It just - realistically - blends in. But we're still pretty far out, and no haze, nor did any develop.  Saw a little in the valleys while en route, it was perfect.

 

 

2 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

South California 

 

I did a couple of flights in Europe today, and no haze. I did see some awfully low clouds, but at least the sky was clear. Someone posted that this haze problem is mostly in the US.  

4 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I did a couple of flights in Europe today, and no haze. I did see some awfully low clouds, but at least the sky was clear. Someone posted that this haze problem is mostly in the US.  

Same here, did couple of flights in scandinavia/eastern europe. No haze either apart from low level clouds.. not really low level - they actually touched the ground.

33 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I did a couple of flights in Europe today, and no haze. I did see some awfully low clouds, but at least the sky was clear. Someone posted that this haze problem is mostly in the US.  

This is probably because in Europe they have CAVU or CAVOK  or 9999 LOL