Trying out some freeware HD clouds..

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Postby Naki » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:35 pm

















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Postby Alfashark » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:35 pm

Stunning! No.4 and 6 are picture perfect thumbup1.gif
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Postby AlisterC » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:22 pm

Mustang + clouds = heavenly

Freeware you say? Where/what/when/who? laugh.gif
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Postby Olderndirt » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:20 am

Number two is unique in that it's not your standard partly sunny with never a true dull overcast day - as normally served by REX. Good to see a sky with no blue - reminds me of home smile.gif .
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Postby Adamski » Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:09 am

Olderndirt wrote:
QUOTE (Olderndirt @ Jun 2 2011,2:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Number two is unique in that it's not your standard partly sunny with never a true dull overcast day - as normally served by REX. Good to see a sky with no blue - reminds me of home smile.gif .

I have REX set to dynamic and quite often get wall-to-wall muck (I live in Auckland). You may need to move your maximum visibility slider back a notch or two.

@naki - great shots all round. Nowt wrong with those clouds! thumbup1.gif We should run these past Splitpin, our cloudmeister laugh.gif
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Postby Bugdani » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:34 am

Lovely set of pics, Naki!

#4 is fantastic !!!

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Postby steelsporran » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:11 am

AlisterC wrote:
QUOTE (AlisterC @ Jun 1 2011,11:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Mustang + clouds = heavenly
Freeware you say? Where/what/when/who? laugh.gif



Answer ze question!
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Postby Naki » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:51 am

Thanks guys

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Answer ze question!



Sorry not saying tongue.gif .....no really I should added that in my opening post.

I was using the freeware Open Clouds programme (improved clouds and weather generator) but this suddenly became payware on a subscription basis when I updated the weather the other day - so it got deleted.

Since I'm a cheapskate I prefer my enviroment programmes as freeware (still cant justify gto myself the cost of REX) and I was looking for an alternative - somebody suggested that Pablo Diaz FS9 HD clouds work in FSX whilst using the FSX weather engine (not the best but it wil do for me).

With FSX just install the clouds..(I didn't install the full blown HD clouds just 512 * 512 ones) and dont install the sky textures as they make FSX crash. Strangely I also get a really good FPS improvement..although I appear to have slight drop in FPS in my Orbx scenery

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FS2004 (ACOF) - Misc.
FS2004 HDE - High Definition Environment

Name: hde.zip Size: 20,185,381 Date: 09-24-2009 Downloads: 10,058
FS2004 HDE - High Definition Environment. High definition and photorealistic texture pack that will change the aspect of your clouds (cumulus, stratus, cirrus), sky color, aircraft reflections and ground detail. By Pablo Diaz.
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:26 pm

Like Adam i run REX .. your shown a alternative and looks good , biggrin.gif trust you to sneak the L-39 in there ... Adam 'The Cloudmeister' Latest in the long of super hero, s - can leap those big white fluffy things and moves like the wind ! laugh.gif
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Postby Olderndirt » Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:27 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Jun 1 2011,8:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have REX set to dynamic and quite often get wall-to-wall muck (I live in Auckland). You may need to move your maximum visibility slider back a notch or two.
Will give that a try, thanks for the tip.
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Postby cowpatz » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:04 pm

4 and 6 could be the real thing...or are they???
Remember the 50-50-90 rule. Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong!

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Postby AlisterC » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:21 pm

Sweet. I'm already using those clouds in my FSX.
And my sky textures are from a link Charl pointed out here. Who needs REX ? laugh.gif
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Postby Splitpin » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:47 pm

thumbup1.gif thumbup1.gif awesome set Naki......for me its 5, 7, 9 .
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