Does anyone know when Asobo plan to implement full seasons in to MSFS? I read they have plans to do this but it was over 12 months ago.

I am tempted to buy Accseasons by REX which appears to be a very good product, but am reluctant to spend money on a product that could end up being made redundant by updates to the base product, especially when I could use that money for an airport scenery instead - but overall MSFS is needing season transitions (or at least tree colour changes) which has become more apparent now we are heading into Autumn and the default MSFS imagery still has summer colours everywhere...

Edited November 1, 20223 yr by chickster25

46 minutes ago, chickster25 said:

Does anyone know when Asobo plan to implement full seasons in to MSFS? I read they have plans to do this but it was over 12 months ago.

I am tempted to buy Accseasons by REX but am reluctant to spend money on a product that could end up being made redundant by updates to the base product, especially when I could use that money for an airport scenery instead - but overall MSFS is needing season transitions whcih has ecome more apparent now we are heading into Autumn and MSFS still has summer colours everywhere...

Good question and no real idea of timeline has been given, earliest would be SU12 but likely later if I were to guess?... the good thing is that work has started on it since they've marked it as such: https://www.flightsimulator.com/october-27th-2022-development-update/

Edited November 1, 20223 yr by lwt1971

I have had seasons for over a year.. Bijan.....https://secure.simmarket.com/bijan-habashi-4-season-pack_free-lod-for-msfs.phtml

I believe they want the "free" version Bob.

For now,  just payware REX Accuseason and Bijan are available for MSFS seasons.  Both do work great.

With Rex Accuseason, and unless Asobo is planning on adding something unique, I see little point in them wasting time on this when there are more critical issues. 

Right now, for me (and I know everyone has different priorities), the most critical issue is the terrain pop-in masking issue where it has bad blending errors and loads a darker color as you fly over. Also, it would be nice if they didn't make custom polygons function differently than the default scenery when it comes to snow coverage (that is entirely annoying).

 

I’d say far enough away that unless you want full green trees all fall and winter (northern hemisphere) you may as well buy an addon.

I use accuseason, there was recently a lengthy thread here that debated the merits of that and Bijan.  

52 minutes ago, Alpine Scenery said:

With Rex Accuseason, and unless Asobo is planning on adding something unique, I see little point in them wasting time on this when there are more critical issues. 

Right now, for me (and I know everyone has different priorities), the most critical issue is the terrain pop-in masking issue where it has bad blending errors and loads a darker color as you fly over. Also, it would be nice if they didn't make custom polygons function differently than the default scenery when it comes to snow coverage (that is entirely annoying).

 

Is that where the landscape tiles pop in underneath as you fly over them at low level (A few hundred feet)?  The first time I spotted this was at St. Barts., where the water tiles were changing directly underneath me straight after take-off.  I have seen it in a few other areas since.  Annoying.

For all the people saying just use rex, that is not a good solution at high altitude where everything still looks green.  The rex colors fade out in a small radius and dont change ground textures.  Its time for a fix from asobo

13 minutes ago, Pilot53 said:

For all the people saying just use rex, that is not a good solution at high altitude where everything still looks green.  The rex colors fade out in a small radius and dont change ground textures.  Its time for a fix from asobo

At the moment Rex seems to be changing just the trees in terms of the ground, so if you are so far away you can't see the trees then you will see the underlying textures... Far improved when you are down low though.

 

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1 hour ago, Pilot53 said:

The rex colors fade out in a small radius and dont change ground textures.  Its time for a fix from asobo

Yah, it's all related to roughly the same set of issues, the way the ground textures and polygons layer and blend into each other. It needs to be fixed, and it is Asobo's issue.
 

Edited November 1, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

I flew a friends sim that had Accuseason, I have Bijan. Mine looks much more realistic, in my opinion. 

4 hours ago, Alpine Scenery said:

With Rex Accuseason, and unless Asobo is planning on adding something unique, I see little point in them wasting time on this when there are more critical issues. 

Right now, for me (and I know everyone has different priorities), the most critical issue is the terrain pop-in masking issue where it has bad blending errors and loads a darker color as you fly over. Also, it would be nice if they didn't make custom polygons function differently than the default scenery when it comes to snow coverage (that is entirely annoying).

To have proper seasons in MSFS wouldn't be a waste of time IMO, but at the moment there are quite a few other items higher on my wish list. Without Beijan or Rex it might have been different though but both of these products are a decent workaround and worth the money unless you are willing to wait perhaps a few years.

Edited November 1, 20223 yr by orchestra_nl

38 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I flew a friends sim that had Accuseason, I have Bijan. Mine looks much more realistic, in my opinion. 

That is my opinion too after seeing the scene of a Fs friend of mine that also owns Accuseason.

46 minutes ago, GSalden said:

That is my opinion too after seeing the scene of a Fs friend of mine that also owns Accuseason.

what is this, 1985? I mean aren't there YT videos comparing the two?

I hope they get it right when they introduce seasons. Changing the colours of the trees is nice, but there is much more to seasons than that.

Flora:

·      Realistically changing foliage colours depending on tree type and time of year

·      Deciduous trees without leaves in winter

·      Plausible colours of aerial images depending on season. It's weird do see bright yellow rape fields in winter. This might be tricky

·      All these colour changes would have to be tied to biomes and be dynamic to some extent as the seasons vary from place to place. Not an easy task I guess.

The snow system needs a major overhaul:

·      More accurate and detailed snow coverage (Meteoblue has the data)

·      Roads should be cleared, in high-altitude areas and after a lot of snow, perhaps only partially

·      Especially at airports there is still plenty of work to do

·      Dynamic snow that's affected by planes and other vehicles would be the icing on the cake. Just imagine the planes leaving tracks in the snow or snowploughs clearing the taxiways after some heavy snow. But that's probably asking too much

Likewise, ice coverage should be reworked:

·      Ice on inland waters should not be tied to snow coverage as it is now but should be made dependent on duration of low temperatures

·      Ice on the sea should be based on actual data and not the snow map (Meteoblue has the data)

I'm sure there are many more things that could be added, but as this short list shows, it's a pretty complex matter if you want to do it right.