No rain effect in VR

[ataribaby]

There is no rain effect at all in VR. Look at canopy in 2d sreenshot and VR screenshot.

 

Used mission 2 of Raven One campaign. HTC VIVE with Steam VR.

 

TRK:

 

http://prekladytextu.eu/DCS/rain.zip

Edited August 28, 2020 by ataribaby

[twistking]

try in free flight also. i think rain is random in dcs, unless there is full cloud cover. so there is the possibility that it wasn't raining at all.

did you hear the sound of rain?

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Same happens with snow: it hardly ever renders in VR.

[BIGNEWY]

Seems to be working for me, set a full thunder storm with heavy rain and rain is heavier on the canopy.

[RedeyeStorm]

+1. I have rain in VR.

[ataribaby]

Seems I was just unlucky, just strange every time I start that mission two I get rain drops on canopy in 2d and no rain in VR. I was probably unlucky.

 

Tested in Editor and it works ok. Sorry for false alarm.

[sirrah]

Well, canopy rain effect in VR has never looked even close to what you see in 2D.

 

In 2D you can actually see droplets (like small bubbles that reflect/distort light, as shown in the OP screenshot). In VR you just see vague speckles on the canopy, that fade out within a second.

 

It has been reported ever since the good looking 2D droplets where implemented (and I'm pretty sure Bignewy at some point even acknowledged the difference, but I can't find that specific thread). It seems the VR community kinda gave up on ever seeing those crisp droplets that 2D users see

[ataribaby]

Thanks sirrah for pointing out this. Life is too short to fight for it. ;)

Edited August 29, 2020 by ataribaby

[sirrah]

Is it just me, or has the canopy rain droplet effect in VR been improved?

 

(I must admit I haven't flown in rainy conditions for quite some time, but when I stepped in the HogII today during some bad weather, I was surprised how good it looked)