June 20, 20223 yr When I came back to MSFS after 5 months off the first thing I noticed was the beautiful clouds.
June 20, 20223 yr There are the best in any flightsim ever, but there are only cumulus clouds represented in the sim right now or slight variations of them. In reality there are many more cloud types dependent on altitude. High clouds Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Middle clouds Altostratus Altocumulus Low clouds Stratus Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Clouds with vertical development Cumulus Cumulonimbus It is just a lazy implementation of clouds at this point. MSFS/Asobo did many things right, but other things not so much.... Most of what is said on the Internet may be the same thing they shovel on the regular basis at the local barn.
June 20, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Silicus said: There are the best in any flightsim ever, but there are only cumulus clouds represented in the sim right now or slight variations of them. In reality there are many more cloud types dependent on altitude. High clouds Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Middle clouds Altostratus Altocumulus Low clouds Stratus Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Clouds with vertical development Cumulus Cumulonimbus It is just a lazy implementation of clouds at this point. MSFS/Asobo did many things right, but other things not so much.... +1 I dont understand how at this time we only have cumulus clouds. This detracts a lot from the experience. Juan Ramos
June 20, 20223 yr No. Don't get me started. Easier to point you to the official forums, where a vast majority agree they need a LOT of work still. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/can-we-have-a-weather-update-only/519593 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/realistic-dangerous-weather-physics-simulation/523522
June 20, 20223 yr Depending on lightning conditions my clouds can be still very pixelated and grainy. Is it just me? Edited June 20, 20223 yr by spitzer Uygar Best Regards
June 20, 20223 yr Moderator @Car147 I hid your post since you tried to stir the pot with your comment. Lets keep it on topic folks. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
June 20, 20223 yr IL-2 Sturmovik has really nice clouds now, and surprisingly nice rain squall effect.
June 20, 20223 yr 20 minutes ago, cmpbellsjc said: @Car147 I hid your post since you tried to stir the pot with your comment. Lets keep it on topic folks. Thanks, hopefully you will do the same when the usual crowd roll in to disrupt MSFS threads. AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3d, MSI X570 Pro, 32 gb DDR4 3600 ram, Gigabyte 6800 16gb GPU, 1x 2tb Samsung NvMe , 1x 2tb Sabrent NvME, 1x Crucial 4tb Nvme M2 Drive
June 20, 20223 yr They do look gorgeous, but could look even more gorgeous with a variety of cloud types implemented. Hopefully we get there eventually. Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
June 20, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Silicus said: It is just a lazy implementation of clouds at this point. MSFS/Asobo did many things right, but other things not so much.... I agree the clouds definitely need a huge variety improvement (and hope someday we'll get them), but what makes you blame laziness?
June 20, 20223 yr Moderator 19 minutes ago, Car147 said: Thanks, hopefully you will do the same when the usual crowd roll in to disrupt MSFS threads. We try but none of us are on here 24/7. Unfortunately lately a lot of topics quickly get skewed into off topic arguments. What we shouldn’t do is bait them into it, like what you did with your comment that I hid. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
June 20, 20223 yr Clouds are the one thing I set permanently on Ultra. I don't think the team at Asobo were lazy at all. I think some people may underestimate the difficulty of creating such a complex, unpredictable, and dynamic weather system. I mean, there are super computers dedicated to weather. It stands to reason that to do anything further with clouds is just asking for trouble in the form of melting PC's. I think what they achieved with MSFS is nothing short of remarkable. I get that people want more, bigger, better, and badder things, but we're limited by technology at the moment. Calling a talented team of developers "lazy," I think is inaccurate, to say the least.
June 20, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, CLE_AA-5B_GrummanTiger said: Clouds are the one thing I set permanently on Ultra. I don't think the team at Asobo were lazy at all. I think some people may underestimate the difficulty of creating such a complex, unpredictable, and dynamic weather system. I mean, there are super computers dedicated to weather. It stands to reason that to do anything further with clouds is just asking for trouble in the form of melting PC's. Supercomputers are used for the ultra complex weather calculations which input high amounts of data and variables. Our PCs don’t need anywhere near that horsepower. We just need the output data to display it on our screens. Gary i9-13900K, Asus RTX 4080, Asus Z790 Plus Wi-Fi, 32 GB Ram, Seasonic GX-1000W, LG C1 48” OLED 4K monitor, Quest 3 VR
June 20, 20223 yr Just a quick question, and perhaps some here have tried it... the Level D training simulators that pilots use, are the graphics as good as we have in MSFS or are they generic but accurate? From watching YouTube vidoes they seem to be not so crisp..perhaps not needed as the flight model is what matters? Any ideas? i9 13900KF @ 5.5Ghz | MoBo MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi | Corsair Vengeance Black RGB RS 64gb DDR4 3200MHz | MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Vanguard SOC 32GB | MP33 Pro 1TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD for OS | Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" 4TB SSD SATA2 | Samsung 990 PRO 2TB | Corsair RM1000X 2021 1300W 80 Plus Gold PSU | Antec Dark Fleet DF700 Flux Gaming Case | Win 11 home | Samsung 65" 4K TV | G512 Keyboard | Razer Basilisk V2 Mouse | WinCtrl URSA MINOR 32 Throttle Metal / 32 PAC Metal | WinCtrl Ursa Minor Sidestick |Velocity One Rudder | MiniCockpit FCU and EFIS | WinCtrl MCDU | Stream Deck XL | Tobii Eye Tracker | Pimax Crystal Light | Doug
June 20, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, vonduck said: Just a quick question, and perhaps some here have tried it... the Level D training simulators that pilots use, are the graphics as good as we have in MSFS or are they generic but accurate? From watching YouTube vidoes they seem to be not so crisp..perhaps not needed as the flight model is what matters? Any ideas? The Graphics in Level D sims are nowhere near as good as in MSFS.
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