BendyFlyer
Charter Member
I was working through some older posts on other forums about TRUE SKY in P3D it seems this enhancement is not what we think and your ability to make it really do a true sky has been overlooked and misunderstood. It seems that there is a specific config file in P3D for True Sky - the essences of this is that the parameters for cloud display can be modified according to your video card capacity and that the default settings are very limp indeed. In essence TRUE SKY has all the cloud types you want inbuilt and how they display (height volume speed fade in fade out etc) are all capable of being set via this config file. So once you understand this and apply it it really does mean you do not need a sky addon such as REX or Active Sky - the capacity and display was already in the sim all the time.
It is a little complicated so here is a link to a YouTube video that explains the whole thing - the presenter is spot on - changed my sim completely with these changes and by the way you can modify these settings once you get a handle on how True Sky actually works. Very impressive now!
P3D TOP TIPS 2020 | HOW TO | TRUESKY GUIDE V5.1 | CLOUDPORN | WATCH CAREFULLY - YouTube
It is long and at times hard to see the settings but the mystery of True Sky and how it works is revealed. As the gent says watch carefully your capacity to overload your video card is significant if you have a low end GPU thats all. 45 minutes well spent working through this and actually now understanding what True Sky is - TRUE SKY.
LM are very quiet about this feature it really is a major change to simulation and skies. Basically no more add in flat textures but it the program in P3D as I understand it is using light and shade and the 3D capacity to create cloud and weather, even the rain is different now in sim and yes Thunderstorms boom and crash as well!
And I removed REX no longer required! Weather engine is the freeware connection program provided by P3DWX (FSXWX). I you do not have this here is the link:
FSXWX
It is a little complicated so here is a link to a YouTube video that explains the whole thing - the presenter is spot on - changed my sim completely with these changes and by the way you can modify these settings once you get a handle on how True Sky actually works. Very impressive now!
P3D TOP TIPS 2020 | HOW TO | TRUESKY GUIDE V5.1 | CLOUDPORN | WATCH CAREFULLY - YouTube
It is long and at times hard to see the settings but the mystery of True Sky and how it works is revealed. As the gent says watch carefully your capacity to overload your video card is significant if you have a low end GPU thats all. 45 minutes well spent working through this and actually now understanding what True Sky is - TRUE SKY.
LM are very quiet about this feature it really is a major change to simulation and skies. Basically no more add in flat textures but it the program in P3D as I understand it is using light and shade and the 3D capacity to create cloud and weather, even the rain is different now in sim and yes Thunderstorms boom and crash as well!
And I removed REX no longer required! Weather engine is the freeware connection program provided by P3DWX (FSXWX). I you do not have this here is the link:
FSXWX