W.I.P Clouds

[Germane]

To be honest, I m very disappointed that we have seen nothing in the 2024 and beyond video 

[BIGNEWY]

15 minutes ago, Germane said:

To be honest, I m very disappointed that we have seen nothing in the 2024 and beyond video 

Hi Germane, It is not always possible to fit everything in to the 2024 & beyond video. We will share more news about clouds and our plans for 2024 in a future newsletter.

thanks

[Weasel]

To be honest, I m very disappointed that we have seen nothing in the 2024 and beyond video 

That doesn‘t have to mean anything. In 2023 the focus lasted on the core of DCS and I am sure that work on the clouds and dynamic weather continues. Let‘s wait and see what surprises the new year brings to us

[Germane]

Am 8.1.2024 um 13:22 schrieb BIGNEWY:

Hi Germane, It is not always possible to fit everything in to the 2024 & beyond video. We will share more news about clouds and our plans for 2024 in a future newsletter.

thanks

Hi BIGNEWY, thank you for the answer.

Am 8.1.2024 um 13:24 schrieb Weasel:

That doesn‘t have to mean anything. In 2023 the focus lasted on the core of DCS and I am sure that work on the clouds and dynamic weather continues. Let‘s wait and see what surprises the new year brings to us

Yes but it is an indicator of how far along the development is. I also think they are working on the weather but I now think it is a further way than I thought

[Weasel]

Yes but it is an indicator of how far along the development is. I also think they are working on the weather but I now think it is a further way than I thought

We don‘know anything about the progress of dynamic weather. It is quite possible that the dynamic weather is dependent on the development of vulcan and is therefore still very much under developement. I am sure that we get more information on this matter in a future newsletter

[chaos]

From the latest newsletter... Improvements that are hopefully coming in '24...

"Weather. The weather focus for 2024 will be on a new fog system and towering clouds with appropriate line-of-sight blocking."

 

Woohhooooo!

[Viper33]

18 hours ago, chaos said:

From the latest newsletter... Improvements that are hopefully coming in '24...

"Weather. The weather focus for 2024 will be on a new fog system and towering clouds with appropriate line-of-sight blocking."

 

Woohhooooo!

Nice! Would also love to see proper turbulence effects and icing especially when entering clouds. The flight itself is simply too smoth in DCS right now.

[CommandT]

Could I ask t

On 1/8/2024 at 12:22 PM, BIGNEWY said:

Hi Germane, It is not always possible to fit everything in to the 2024 & beyond video. We will share more news about clouds and our plans for 2024 in a future newsletter.

thanks

BIGNEWY, could I ask, are there any plans at all to have different weather conditions at different parts of the map? Or at the very least different surface winds at different locations on the map?

 

Many Thanks!

[MIghtymoo]

While we wait for ED's updated clouds, it is possible to enjoy more cloud variation made by a DCS enthusiast: 

 

Edited January 30, 2024 by MIghtymoo

[Qcumber]

On 11/27/2023 at 3:59 AM, Viper33 said:

there is this clear grid pattern,

I am seeing a grid pattern too when looking from above on flat clouds. 

[Viper33]

What happened to the fog that was shown off 3 years ago?

[Pizzicato]

9 hours ago, Viper33 said:

What happened to the fog that was shown off 3 years ago?

It evaporated.

[draconus]

22 hours ago, Viper33 said:

What happened to the fog that was shown off 3 years ago?

What if it wasn't fog in the first place? Here's current DCS with Overcast & Rain 1 preset:

[Silver_Dragon]

On 1/8/2024 at 12:22 PM, BIGNEWY said:

Hi Germane, It is not always possible to fit everything in to the 2024 & beyond video. We will share more news about clouds and our plans for 2024 in a future newsletter.

thanks

Any news about the future newsletter about weather?

The old "2023 and Beyond" newsletter.

Quote

 

Weather
Building upon the weather enhancements that were introduced with DCS 2.7, we have been further developing weather to include moving clouds and towering cumulus clouds and more sophisticated atmospheric phenomena. New fog and dust storms are being developed that are integral parts of the volumetric cloud system. The old DCS fog is a separate system that is calculated for a flat earth. It does not consider shadows from the terrain and clouds, so it has limitations. The new fog will be computed for a spherical earth and takes shadows into account. We also plan to optimize the volumetric clouds and increase their basic quality. A separate and complex project currently in development is the dynamic cloud generator which will then need to be integrated with the dynamic weather systems of low/high pressure systems and new/evolving cloud types. 

A later task, once the foundation is complete, will be to provide AI line of sight blocking in addition to light direction/scattering visibility limitations for AI.

 

 

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

On 5/2/2024 at 6:01 PM, Viper33 said:

What happened to the fog that was shown off 3 years ago?

+1

Not a single word about weather/clouds in years. Nothing about the old "humidity parameter" for wings vapour, or the reduced visibility (volumetric fog) that was itroduced even with screenshots.

Would love to know "anything" about all this.

[NineLine]

2 hours ago, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

+1

Not a single word about weather/clouds in years. Nothing about the old "humidity parameter" for wings vapour, or the reduced visibility (volumetric fog) that was itroduced even with screenshots.

Would love to know "anything" about all this.

Currently, we are working on fog, with other things to follow. There were some challenges with fog but I am not 100% what they were. Thanks.

[Silver_Dragon]

2 hours ago, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

+1

Not a single word about weather/clouds in years. Nothing about the old "humidity parameter" for wings vapour, or the reduced visibility (volumetric fog) that was itroduced even with screenshots.

Would love to know "anything" about all this.

 

Quote

Weather. The weather focus for 2024 will be on a new fog system and towering clouds with appropriate line-of-sight blocking.

 

[Ala12Rv-watermanpc]

2 hours ago, NineLine said:

Currently, we are working on fog, with other things to follow. There were some challenges with fog but I am not 100% what they were. Thanks.

Ok, thats better than nothing 

thanks for the reply.

[Tree_Beard]

1 hour ago, Ala12Rv-watermanpc said:

Ok, thats better than nothing 

ehh

[Czar66]

Towering clouds is a must. When they are too uniform, they get old real fast.

With vertical structures, you can lose spacial awareness easier than with the pancake shaped we currently have. I'm most excited about the development of the weather and neighboring systems more than anything currently. Some challenge to aviate based on nature is much needed.
 

Surely is a drone and whoever was flying it did for the spectacle but the video can illustrate how one could lose spacial awareness in and between the cumulus structures. And this weather is not even in the extremes.

Edited June 5, 2024 by Czar66

[Lenux]

Just imagine to have those beautiful clouds, in DCS?! 

[Bosun]

Yoda summed up the work in DCS on weather best in the Prequels. 

"Cloudy, the future is. Difficult to see."

[chaos]

 

 

Well done, ED! Personally one of the most highly anticipated features and the fog looks absolutely stunning! Already looking into creating interesting missions with a twist to it... 

Edited November 17, 2024 by chaos

[Lenux]

What about the clouds update? 

[falcon_120]

Is the new fog and dust coming on the next patch including logic to block LoS or reduce employment distance for weapons and AI? or is that coming later?

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