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Better clouds

  • alphasixx
  • March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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    • March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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    One of my only complaints I have with FS4 are the cumulus clouds - to be honest they just don’t look good and look very outdated. Are there any plans to upgrade the cloud visuals in the near future? I think volumetric clouds would elevate the sim to another level.

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    • March 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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    我希望可以加入雨雪天气

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    • March 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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    Volumetric clouds would look better but we also have to think of cross platform compatibility. The majority of our customers are using the mobile versions of the game and mobile devices do not yet support newer rendering techniques such as ray tracing as well as a PC might.

    Regards,

    Jan

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    • March 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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    The maximum cumulus cloud density looks something like the old 3/8 to 4/8 of sky coverage.

    It denies a consistent and reliable likelihood of the clouds NOT breaking during an attempted low approach to an airfield (from just below the minimum cloud altitude of about 1,200 feet and higher) with a desired nominal visual conditions decision altitude or minimum descent altitude.

    Could the maximum coverage be increased to 8/8? A cloud break is more common than groping through dense fog and currently the clouds are simply not dense enough to simulate really nice marginal conditions.

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    • March 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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    Quote from Jet-Pack (IPACS)

    Volumetric clouds would look better but we also have to think of cross platform compatibility. The majority of our customers are using the mobile versions of the game and mobile devices do not yet support newer rendering techniques such as ray tracing as well as a PC might.

    Will the rainy weather be added?

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    • March 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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    我希望可以加入雨雪天气

    Yes, weather would be cool!

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    • March 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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    If I‘m not wrong rfs has volumetric clouds.

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    • March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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    If I‘m not wrong rfs has volumetric clouds.

    That may be true, but it's of no use to us here 🤷

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    • March 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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    Would rain, thunderstorm be added?

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    • March 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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    IPACS should take a look at the Condor 3 simulator's weather. They don't have volumetric clouds, but have a very good weather simulation. For me, something like that would already be very cool in Aerofly. And, in my case, that would make me use Aerofly more for my training, not just for a bit of flying fun

    Nuno Felix

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    This would be great. Actually I am learning a lot about gliders in Condor 3 and enjoying flying in gliders anywhere in the world in Aerofly FS/FS4.

    Best regards, Juan

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