Could be indeed that addon devs now have to react, if yes, apologies to Asobo from my side

1 hour ago, Pegaso said:

@Tuskin38

Hmm, are you sure this payware addon is activated in the sim...?

Yes

4 hours ago, B777ER said:

It will be fixed in the northern hemisphere in June.

Guess I won't be flying in Argentina in June then 😂

@Zimmerbz No, it was the default airport.

Edited February 1, 20233 yr by NismoRR

So is the conclusion that this wasn't actually fixed?  I keep going to ORD and the ground is a white sheet and it hasn't snowed in days.

32 minutes ago, Zimmerbz said:

So is the conclusion that this wasn't actually fixed?  I keep going to ORD and the ground is a white sheet and it hasn't snowed in days.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been to multiple default airports in the northern US in MSFS, (including KORD), and though snow exists on the ground, the runways and taxiways are clear of snow. It is definitely working. Snow doesn’t disappear when stops snowing either in the sim, or in r/w, if temperatures remain below freezing. There is still snow covering the ground outside my home in upstate New York from a storm that came through two weeks ago.

Third-party add-on airports may (or may not) work with the new system. I assume that Asobo is controlling snow removal based on the type of textures making up the airport surface. Add-on airports, which may use custom textures (rather than SDK default textures) for runways, ramps and taxiways might not be clear of snow.

 

26 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been to multiple default airports in the northern US in MSFS, (including KORD), and though snow exists on the ground, the runways and taxiways are clear of snow. It is definitely working. Snow doesn’t disappear when stops snowing either in the sim, or in r/w, if temperatures remain below freezing. There is still snow covering the ground outside my home in upstate New York from a storm that came through two weeks ago.

Third-party add-on airports may (or may not) work with the new system. I assume that Asobo is controlling snow removal based on the type of textures making up the airport surface. Add-on airports, which may use custom textures (rather than SDK default textures) for runways, ramps and taxiways might not be clear of snow.

 

I don't mind snow on the ground.  In fact i think they have done a good job of replicating that.  What I am saying is that in r/w snow is removed from the alley's, taxiways, and runways pretty much in real time.  What I see at the airports is just a very generic looking white sheet and looks totally unrealistic.  It might be just me, but I thought that it would be a pretty easy fix to have the snow removed from the airport hard surfaces.  

Mixed results for me. Loading at a default northern airport (CYDL), real weather with REX airport textures enabled it looks very realistic for the location. Some traffic has obviously landed since the last snowfall but there's still snow on the runway, especially towards the edges.

Same airport/weather with REX textures removed there is much more snow. The center line is pretty much obscured and the runway numbers are invisible.

I think (as others have said) it's not a black-and-white fix; depending on recent weather - and maybe meteoblue is feeding in to this - you may not get everything clear. Worth mentioning too that in other posts someone clarified that what should be clear is the tarmac, not necessarily all of the runways.

This "fix" is still a work in progress I guess.

it depends on the colour of the textures. I'm not sure how it works, but I believe the darker the runway/taxiway texture the less snow will be on it.

That's why custom textures are showing different amounts of snow from default.

It was explained in the last Q&A before the winter break IIRC.

Edited February 2, 20233 yr by Tuskin38

The snow looks great at ORBX CYBD.

The runway / taxiways used to be covered.

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On 2/1/2023 at 6:36 AM, B777ER said:

It will be fixed in the northern hemisphere in June. 😉

Are you sure?  It sure wasn't last summer .. there were places in the sim like Juneau that were snow covered with frozen salt water any time live weather was on, even in August lol.

What about the roads? Could still not test the update, but the roads were one immersion killer in winter scenrios. Are they now black?

I’ve seen ‘plowed’ roads.

4 hours ago, AnkH said:

What about the roads? Could still not test the update, but the roads were one immersion killer in winter scenrios. Are they now black?

It depends on their surface texture. I think Asobo was concentrating on clearing airport runways and taxiways first and foremost. Roads with dark textures tend to be “plowed”. Lighter colored roads less so.