Weather to Below the Horizon

[Captain Orso]

I know all is still WIP, and a lovely work it is, but I'd just like to request that the end product actually has the weather setup in a mission extend all the way to below the horizon. If it's very overcast and the horizon in all directions is a bright stripe of sky it just looks silly.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Captain Orso
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[Bailey]

I think that’s going to be tough when DCS World is flat. 

[Northstar98]

On 5/5/2021 at 4:07 AM, Bailey said:

I think that’s going to be tough when DCS World is flat. 

 

^ This.

 

The problem is that DCS treats the world as flat.

[Captain Orso]

Is it? Haven't I seen screenshots of people reaching ultra-high altitudes in Mig-29s, up to about 80k feet+, in which you can clearly see the roundness of the earth?

 

Anyway, even if that were something DCS does only at extremely high altitudes and closer to the ground the geometry of the earth is a flat plain, you can still have the weather at least appear to touch the horizon at what would be the geographical the horizon, so that there are no ugly, silly looking, bright-sky stripes on the horizon at all times, even when the weather is set to overcast 8 with rain.

[Harker]

Is it? Haven't I seen screenshots of people reaching ultra-high altitudes in Mig-29s, up to about 80k feet+, in which you can clearly see the roundness of the earth?
 
Anyway, even if that were something DCS does only at extremely high altitudes and closer to the ground the geometry of the earth is a flat plain, you can still have the weather at least appear to touch the horizon at what would be the geographical the horizon, so that there are no ugly, silly looking, bright-sky stripes on the horizon at all times, even when the weather is set to overcast 8 with rain.

The curvature is a visual effect only. But yeah, I agree with you, the bright border under the clouds, that extends to infinity, looks very jarring.

+1

[twistking]

ohno! i'm still on stable and did not dare to ask and just hoped that the devs would have foudn a solution to the flat earth horizon problem. it already looked bad with the old clouds.

 

i hope it can be fixed by somehow curving the cloudbase downwards, or maybe just trick it otherwise. the bright glow is really silly.

 

 

[Northstar98]

On 5/7/2021 at 12:50 PM, Captain Orso said:

Is it? Haven't I seen screenshots of people reaching ultra-high altitudes in Mig-29s, up to about 80k feet+, in which you can clearly see the roundness of the earth?

 

Yes, it is flat, the curve you see in DCS is purely a visual effect.

 

On 5/7/2021 at 12:50 PM, Captain Orso said:

Anyway, even if that were something DCS does only at extremely high altitudes and closer to the ground the geometry of the earth is a flat plain, you can still have the weather at least appear to touch the horizon at what would be the geographical the horizon, so that there are no ugly, silly looking, bright-sky stripes on the horizon at all times, even when the weather is set to overcast 8 with rain.

 

I mean, if the maps were shaped such that they fit on a sphere in the first place, then this wouldn't be an issue at all, as well as the numerous other issues caused by using flat maps.

[Mustang]

You can force the draw distance of clouds further by modifying far_clip = 150000; in your graphics.lua to whatever you like, 300000 is a good ballpark.

Edited May 17, 2021 by Mustang