2 hours ago, Farlis said:

I wonder what terrain masking should achieve. The only thing I can think off is making forrests brown when you are above the autogen display distance and giving agricultural fields the right look according to the season. But meadows are evergreen unless there is a draught.

Meadows are evergreen, but there is a noticeable difference to the shade of green between the seasons.

Also:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/four-seasons-collage-same-quaint-landscape-near-weiz-styria-austria-central-europe-four-seasons-collage-same-quaint-233382879.jpg

Brown leaves / leafless trees in the sim look odd against fields coloured with the vibrant green of summer. When Bijan's mod was working properly, the terrain masks made a significant improvement.
Gone are the emerald green fields of early summer, replaced by the browner tones of autumn and winter. This is due to vegetation producing less chlorophyll in response to fewer hours of sunlight.

12 hours ago, Farlis said:

But meadows are evergreen unless there is a draught.

You should definitively leave the house a little more often and go out to have a look around. At least here in central Europe, the predominant colour tone in late autumn, winter and early spring is: brown. Especially all those "empty" agriculturals fields or after snow was lying on them for some weeks. In MSFS, flying around Switzerland at the moment without terrain masks is ridiculous: those fields are lush green as in summertime. The trees do already a hell of a job, sure, but the lush green fields simply do not match. Bijans masking was a great way to improve the looks, but it has some issues he never got resolved (visible tile loading around aircraft, affecting tarmacs and runways). That is why I was looking forward to the REX solution and to be honest, the statement last year that Accuseason will shortly also provide terrain masks was THE main reason I bought this product (otherwise I could have remained with Bijan). 

22 hours ago, RTK1972 said:

Typical for the REX guys…..

Brings back memories... SimAir 🙃

3 hours ago, AnkH said:

You should definitively leave the house a little more often and go out to have a look around.

As someone who gets out of the house regularly to fly over the Netherlands my experience is the differences in colour of the green pastures between the seasons are not that great. Grass is as green in autumn as it is during the summer; at least the differences are marginal. The brownish overlay in flightsim scenery to mimic fall is way overdone in my opinion. Fortunately REX will have a tickbox so the user can decide for himself if he wants to use the colouring. 

5 hours ago, AnkH said:

At least here in central Europe, the predominant colour tone in late autumn, winter and early spring is: brown.

You do know what a meadow is, yes? Grass remains green, no matter the season. Agricultural fields don't.

13 minutes ago, Farlis said:

Grass remains green, no matter the season. 

Broaden your horizon: https://www.bigblogofgardening.com/why-does-grass-turn-brown-in-winter/

Writing from a temperate northern European climate, grass here remains green throughout the winter.
There is no long-term lying snow to deprive it of light and no prolonged freezing temperatures to turn it brown either.
Unless, or until, the simulator gains the ability to turn grass brown for the reasons explained in the linked article, we
will most likely need to suspend our disbelief and remember that for most of us, we are actually sitting on a chair
in our home and not flying an aircraft over the real world.
My own view, for what it is worth, is that the excellent in-simulator lighting goes a long way towards replicating what
can be seen from the top of a hill where I live, at least, I don't do real-world flying.
Arguments over what is right and wrong in different areas of our planet serve no purpose, unless both parties to the
discussion are entirely familiar with both their own and the other's environment.

Edited March 3, 20233 yr by Reader

29 minutes ago, Farlis said:

You do know what a meadow is, yes? Grass remains green, no matter the season. Agricultural fields don't.

Well, only if it's cut. If it isn't grass will flower and go to seed so grass lays will turn brownish from a distance late summer.🤣

Edited March 3, 20233 yr by jarmstro

Some people need to remind themselves of what other seasons actually look like.
If you think all the grasses here are green, let alone the same shade of green, you seriously should get your eyes tested.

Also see:
https://www.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/1588788001/display_1500/stock-photo-seasons-spring-autumn-view-of-a-grove-of-trees-on-a-field-background-1588788001.jpg

https://www.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/1605931444/display_1500/stock-photo-seasons-are-spring-summer-autumn-and-winter-view-of-two-apricot-trees-growing-along-a-country-1605931444.jpg

https://www.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/1374583541/display_1500/stock-photo-seasons-seasons-view-of-the-tree-located-near-the-edge-of-the-field-1374583541.jpg

https://www.shutterstock.com/shutterstock/photos/1077349835/display_1500/stock-photo-seasons-february-and-april-apricot-tree-1077349835.jpg

 

I lived in Calgary for 5 years. Grass was only green from early June until mid-July. Then it turned brown until the end of September, then it turned white until May 🙂

 

7 hours ago, AnkH said:

Broaden your horizon: 

Why should I? I only need to look out the window. Green grass all year long (except in the Summer when it didn't rain for 3 months)

1 minute ago, Farlis said:

Why should I?

A question you have to answer for yourself...

Moderators? Would you please now move this topic to the "Tribal Arguments" forum?

Nuf said...

Edited March 3, 20233 yr by fppilot

There is another thread on the officials MS forums for REX AccuSeasons and the same person that teased terrain masking half a year ago has posted very recently a video showing everything the addon can do. No word on terrain masking though. When an user asked about it, the dev first didn‘t understand what the user was asking (or didn‘t want to). He now has posted the following: „About this terrain masking…“ And that‘s it.

I guess it‘s safe to say that they could‘t do it and that such a feature is not coming after all. 

Edited March 5, 20233 yr by petz_e

6 hours ago, petz_e said:

There is another thread on the officials MS forums for REX AccuSeasons and the same person that teased terrain masking half a year ago has posted very recently a video showing everything the addon can do. No word on terrain masking though. When an user asked about it, the dev first didn‘t understand what the user was asking (or didn‘t want to). He now has posted the following: „About this terrain masking…“ And that‘s it.

I guess it‘s safe to say that they could‘t do it and that such a feature is not coming after all. 

Thanks, petz_e. I guess this is why Asobo hasn't given us seasons either. Bummer since I purchased AccuSeason with the masking in mind.