Two pc’s with MSFS in WidevieW.

Just finished my flight from Amsterdam to Skiathos.

In the beginning the client continuesly lost its clouds and later in the same flight it happened two times on the server. Disableing and enableing Live Weather cured it each times …..

Both showing the same METAR. Never had it before. 

Anyone seen this behavior?

 

 

I have been comparing live weather to current metars for a a couple of weeks, it is usually pretty accurate. 

5 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I have been comparing live weather to current metars for a a couple of weeks, it is usually pretty accurate. 

Here the same but today they continuesly showed different weather ….

BETA = Cottonballs everywhere! 🙄

Edited February 13, 20224 yr by KERNEL32

I have noticed some pretty crazy windshear in cruise. Enough to lose/gain 1000 feet and 50 knots and set off ALT alarm.

Edited February 13, 20224 yr by gb09f

Where it should be clear, I seem to get evenly spaced little puff balls as far as the eye can see…is this the default “clear” skies with live weather now?  So it can’t do overcast or completely clear skies?  I really wish they’d revert back to the original weather system.

2 hours ago, KERNEL32 said:

BETA = Cottonballs everywhere! 🙄

Yup.. the dreaded 'popcorn' clouds have made a cameo appearance in the sim with the SU8 Beta.....last seen in FSX/P3D.  I reported the issue on the official forums...but I won't hold my breath waiting for it to be fixed.  The Live WX has had a terrible regression in MSFS since the initial release.  The Beta also does not fix the towering cumulus in nearly all situations where clouds are present....

16 minutes ago, Flic1 said:

The Live WX has had a terrible regression in MSFS since the initial release.

I wish I did not have to agree, but have to. IT MUST be embarrassing to the Asobo team just how bad the cloud/weather LOOKS now. The weather accuracy has actually improved a whole lot (200%!); storms, rain, fronts where they should be, wind, temp. all fairly accurate. But cloud depiction has degraded 200%.

The cloud depiction is just simply embarrassing compared to release. It actually is worse than FSX/P3D IMO. At least those have variety, and somewhat resemble what cloud types are supposed to be.

All MSFS ha now is cumulus. Cumulus everywhere. Now we get cute little cumulus puffs everywhere it should be clear, and no overcast where overcast is undeniable.

Also, I have said this before, but I really do not think the clouds in MSFS are volumetric anymore. I'll explain briefly. When "INSIDE" of any large cloud in MSFS, go to exterior view and look all around. Up, down, left right. Just pan around the aircraft in all directions. You ALWAYS see some element outside of the cloud. Might be sky or ground but there is ALWAYS something visible. We are actually NEVER inside of a cloud anymore! It's just snake oil now. At least in FSX with 2d clouds it could still somewhat represent being inside of cloud.

Hope the team can turn this around - I have faith!!

Hopefully weather will become stable and clouds will be more than cumulus ….

I don’t know but have clouds been regressed so the XBox can handle them ?

 

23 minutes ago, GSalden said:

I don’t know but have clouds been regressed so the XBox can handle them ?

 

One could speculate.. I know it was a couple updates before x-box version came out that the clouds regressed, and just got worse since.

3 hours ago, KERNEL32 said:

The cloud depiction is just simply embarrassing compared to release. It actually is worse than FSX/P3D IMO. At least those have variety, and somewhat resemble what cloud types are supposed to be.

All MSFS ha now is cumulus. Cumulus everywhere. Now we get cute little cumulus puffs everywhere it should be clear, and no overcast where overcast is undeniable.

The British Met Office lists three primary cloud types - cirrus, cumulus and stratus. Those are further subdivided into 10 main groups.

You can find them listed here. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/clouds/cloud-names-classifications

Twenty three years ago I beta tested a product for FS98 - FS Clouds. Even that managed two different cloud types - cirrus and cumulus.

Asobo should treat this issue with the highest priority. To be able to show only one cloud type is pretty dreadful given MSFS has been out for 18 months.

2 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

The British Met Office lists three primary cloud types - cirrus, cumulus and stratus. Those are further subdivided into 10 main groups.

You can find them listed here. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/clouds/cloud-names-classifications

Twenty three years ago I beta tested a product for FS98 - FS Clouds. Even that managed two different cloud types - cirrus and cumulus.

Asobo should treat this issue with the highest priority. To be able to show only one cloud type is pretty dreadful given MSFS has been out for 18 months.

How were the clouds in XP , which was out for well over 25 years? 

4 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

How were the clouds in XP , which was out for well over 25 years? 

I don’t know as I’ve never owned it.

31 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

How were the clouds in XP , which was out for well over 25 years? 

NOT good at all, but MSFS clouds WERE great at release. Really disappointing to see them degrade so much (basically to x-plane quality IMO).

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I don’t know as I’ve never owned it.

Well they were word not allowed in P3D too, until Active Sky came long. 

Edited February 13, 20224 yr by Bobsk8