This is something to look forward to, REX +

[IanHenry]

I've just seen this on the REX site, it looks like REX Essential + is close to release:
http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/news.html

Regards,
Ian.

 

[Tartuffe]

Thanks for the HU, Ian !

 

[crashaz]

Wow fronts!

 

[dvj]

What? No cloud shadows? :isadizzy:

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Thanks for the h/u, looks promising. I was a bit disappointed by the last release, it had some annoying issues like ultra slow weather download as well as bugs in the weather injection.

I think the problem with no cloud shadows is nothing an addon could handle, because it's a feature (or rather a non-feature) of the FSX/P3D engine?

Cheers,
Mark

 

[bushpilot]

I think the problem with no cloud shadows is nothing an addon could handle, because it's a feature (or rather a non-feature) of the FSX/P3D engine?

REX site featured teaser shots some years ago, which indicated cloud shadows are possible in FSX.
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In fact they were present in beta version of FSX, as seen in this tick box:
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But they proved to be way too FPS demanding and otherwise tricky, so the REX team's chase for shadows has been put to rest, at least for now.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

bummer! Thanks, didn't know they were working on it!

 

[bushpilot]

Yep it is bummer indeed. Cloud shadows would have made a huge difference in how alive everything looks. Who knows what kind of tricks P3D v2 has up its sleeve... maybe cloud shadows.


Here's the conclusion, in case someone is interested: http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/13555-cloud-shadows/

 

[Roger]

Fyi Vero are working on simulated cloud shadows... http://www.vero-fs.com/slider/clouds-shadow-casting-in-fsx/

 

[Ferry_vO]

I'm already happy to see them fix the long loading times!