Fix for Grainy Clouds...

[MrBitstFlyer 3,875]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

No grainy clouds, what am I doing wrong?  😉

Fibbing?

🙂

[tgsweat 144]

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

No grainy clouds, what am I doing wrong?  😉

Its there, it just doesn't show up all the time.  I've found that it depends on how the sun hits the clouds, then you see the grain.  

[tgsweat 144]

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

No grainy clouds, what am I doing wrong?  😉

Its there, it just doesn't show up all the time.  I've found that it depends on how the sun hits the clouds, then you see the grain.  

[Cpt_Piett 4,692]

I still see those heinous popcorn clouds from time to time though 😕 But generally very little graininess / pixelation. 

[Sky_Pilot071 580]

No issues with clouds here but I don't do ultra.  Actually the clouds look awesome on high.

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[Drumcode 1,893]

3 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

No grainy clouds, what am I doing wrong?  😉

On high resolution wide monitors like mine and 5120x1440 resolution, they look grainy as heck, especially if you start zooming in and out. 

[Bobsk8 12,743]

24 minutes ago, Drumcode said:

On high resolution wide monitors like mine and 5120x1440 resolution, they look grainy as heck, especially if you start zooming in and out. 

Probably from the upscaling that your GPU or monitor are doing to get 5120 x 1440.  All processing generates some artifacts and noise. 

[Noell 115]

Its been my experience that the Nvidia control panel settings get reset to default on a driver change.

If you prefer not to have to re-enter your settings you can use Nidia Inspector to export/import your profiles.

 

Edited February 19 by Noell
Clarification

[DD_Arthur 1,050]

On 2/15/2024 at 10:39 AM, MarcG said:

Grainy clouds were introduced with the SU5 Great Graphical Downgrade, they got marginally better in an update thereafter but nowhere near the levels they were before that god forsaken update.

I found some early pics of early MSFS on my old pc before SU5 the other day, I shed a tear at how good looking the clouds were 😥

Video dated May 2021; check out the distant lod we enjoyed then too😪

 

[verbal 102]

Watched my daughter play Fortnite the other day and noticed that the clouds look eerily similar to those in MSFS (as far as graininess goes anyway). 

[Cpt_Piett 4,692]

2 hours ago, Noell said:

Its been my experience that the Nvidia control panel settings get reset to default on a driver change.

If you prefer not to have to re-enter your settings you can use Nidia Inspector to export/import your profiles.

 

IIRC you can choose clean install to avoid this.

Actually, exporting inspector profiles is a great idea, didn’t think of that. 

Edited February 19 by Cpt_Piett

[Cpt_Piett 4,692]

I can see some pixelation when I'm zooming in: 

Anyway it's not a huge distraction for me most of the time. 

[MarcG 2,992]

8 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Video dated May 2021; check out the distant lod we enjoyed then too😪

 

Yep it's quite sad to see really, the LOD in those early days was great and they royally stuffed it up.

[Noell 115]

16 hours ago, Noell said:

Its been my experience that the Nvidia control panel settings get reset to default on a driver change.

If you prefer not to have to re-enter your settings you can use Nidia Inspector to export/import your profiles.

 

Ignore - Posted this in the wrong thread. Sorry.

 

[Snuffleupagus 327]

I’m running native 2K and do have grainy clouds. Sometimes volcanic looking too…