volumetric clouds

[JesseDavis 1]

this may be a bridge too far, especially considering that the game barely runs on my PC, but I was disappointed today to discover that you cant fly up into the clouds and over them.

I was flying along, a grey seattle day and up above me through a hole in the clouds I see a patch of blue. Thinking of all the eye candy up there I pegged the collective and started a loooong trip up.

only I never got above the clouds. I never even got into them. Even at 4,000 meters (I set auto hover and went for a smoke) they were always just a few meters above me. :confused:

too bad because they looked real enough from below. I could have sworn they were volumetric but If you can't fly around them I guess not. Seems important for a flight sim.

Any input from others? Granted most of this game is down on the deck, but imagine the day that a freak pea-soup fogbank rolls into seattle and you need to pop in and out of for a mission.

J.

[DnA 5018]

They are volumetric and you can fly through and over them. Certain weather settings may have a really, really high and tall cloud layer though. These settings can be played around with using script commands we have yet to document (they start with simul) :)

[b101_uk 10]

Yes you can end up in/above cloud, you can also fly around them etc, I guess you need the right “weather†so the cloud is lower than when you tryed.

[royaltyinexile 175]

And if you still aren't convinced... :cool:

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Best,

RiE

[neokika 62]

[JesseDavis 1]

Oops! Sorry folks, my bad! I could have sworn the clouds were low :-p

Btw Neokika, how did you get rid of the flight vector display while keeping the regular gauges?

Edited December 23, 2011 by JesseDavis

[hon0 10]

He is moving foward so the flight vector is on the front of the chopper? Check the ball. Or by pressing "double alt". Or disable it in difficulty option.