New Clouds for DCS

It is on monitor, maybe I don’t notice it as much but I think it’s gotten better

main problem imo is, that they are not working. they are not synchronised so its a no-go for multiplayer. for singleplayer they are not good either. they rotate, jumping with the view from one place to another, and clouds are gone completely all of a sudden etc...yeah a working cloud system would be more than welcome. i was hoping that we hear something about it in the new year video, what they have in plans for 2019, but unfortunately weather wasnt even mentioned.

I'd be quite happy if ED spent equal time on the clouds/atmospheric effects as they do on terrain.

Honestly the clouds and weather in DCS are abominable.

AI, Westher improvements, and more content/campaigns/dynamic missions. Those are things that would make DCS more useable for me.

Wow to those clouds.... I want em so badly. With a sky/weather like this do we need enemies, campaigns or AI? Just get up there with 8K VR and be happy. ;)

ED should work on this fast before a civil simulator has it. It would be very superior to all sims that have old clouds.

To see a better weather on DCS, ED need first complete to implement the Humidify effects over the simulator. When they have done, they move to implement a better weather (by wags on Alert 5 podcast).

To see a better weather on DCS, ED need first complete to implement the Humidify effects over the simulator. When they have done, they move to implement a better weather (by wags on Alert 5 podcast).

That's good to read. The evolution of DCS is impressive so far. If you give us those skys and weather we will need a pilot animation for bowing down and praying to the ones up above ;)

To see a better weather on DCS, ED need first complete to implement the Humidify effects over the simulator. When they have done, they move to implement a better weather (by wags on Alert 5 podcast).

Well...not exactly. What he said was that the new humidity model was a foundation item. Once it was completed, they would look into other weather related items. He then quickly shifted the conversation to how this humidity system would make wing vapors, etc more realistic. I think we can count on the current weather system being around for awhile.

Real Environment Extreme for DCS. Now I would pay good money for that!

With those ugly, rotating 2d textures that look good in screenshots but more and more disappointing as you get closer and fly through them ? No, thanks.

Not to mention if you have stormy weather the clouds are dark underneath, but then they instantly go white as you fly through them...

I would pay for improved weather...

please please new weather and clouds, biggest issue with DCS. Make it payware and all good.

+1 here, I’ve payed for weather in other sims, I’d do it here too if they could at least make it work to sync across multiplayer from the dedicated server!

+1 here, I’ve payed for weather in other sims, I’d do it here too if they could at least make it work to sync across multiplayer from the dedicated server!

yea, I never see the same weather my wingmen see, on line. lol

You wouldn’t think it would be that hard to sync the clouds in multiplayer.

It’s only been 10 years.

Im guessing that theres a lot of old code to refactor if thats the word to use, and i just hope that it gets done. I disagree with making it payware. Otherwise it ceases to be free to play and instead becomes incredibly expensive to play. Id wish that they just stop pushing out modules and spend two years sorting out the core free game. We have enough flyables for now, we need these very old issues resolved if there is a future to look forward too.

I hope that a new system of clouds could also incorporate their effect on infrared seekers.

Varying cloud and weather patterns would be a welcome evolution to DCS. Would like to have the ability to set where certain weather conditions are occurring on a map. It would add to the immersion if you could fly out of Batumi under good conditions and head north but fly into a thunderstorm.

I’m not going to argue that DCS doesn’t need new clouds and a completely overhauled weather engine. It does, badly. And it’s an update that’s unfortunately been promised and not delivered for a bunch of years now.

At the same time it’s a little disingenuous to visually compare DCS to that other console game. Sure it has great clouds and rain and smoke, but look at the comparatively low poly count and lack of details on the aircraft and weapons, the even smaller environments all obscured by haze. Look at what passes for ‘physics’ and ‘flight modeling’ over there.

DCS and the other game have wildly different design philosophies and goals. One is 80% splashy effects and eye candy, the other uses its resources on ultra-realistic visual aircraft representation and complex physics and systems modeling. I’m perfectly ok with this.

Sometime I get the feeling that not everyone is thinking of the same stuff when somebody mentions 'that other sim'.

It's almost as if several other sims were in existence.

I’m not going to argue that DCS doesn’t need new clouds and a completely overhauled weather engine. It does, badly. And it’s an update that’s unfortunately been promised and not delivered for a bunch of years now.

 

At the same time it’s a little disingenuous to visually compare DCS to that other console game. Sure it has great clouds and rain and smoke, but look at the comparatively low poly count and lack of details on the aircraft and weapons, the even smaller environments all obscured by haze. Look at what passes for ‘physics’ and ‘flight modeling’ over there.

 

DCS and the other game have wildly different design philosophies and goals. One is 80% splashy effects and eye candy, the other uses its resources on ultra-realistic visual aircraft representation and complex physics modeling. I’m perfectly ok with this.

I was talking about the 20 year old free one.... it also has a great dynamic campaign, and great systems modeling. Did i mention 20 years old? Free? ;)

I love DCS but there are just some really glaring issues with it.

I was talking about the 20 year old free one.... it also has a great dynamic campaign, and great systems modeling. Did i mention 20 years old? Free? ;)

 

I love DCS but there are just some really glaring issues with it.

The way I see it, the actual sprites for the clouds in DCS at the moment are perfectly fine, but they aren't arranged convincingly. They are sort of gathered together into random puffballs. Rumor has it that ED is working on implementing humidity and pressure into the current weather engine, and will tie cloud generation into that, which should allow for more convincing and consistent propagation of cloud cover. May be wishful thinking, but hey it's a wish list after all.

Ah, I was responding to the original thread topic which was referring to:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=178659