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John,

 

I just say "WOW" ! Skymaxx Pro is bringing XP10 to a new level. Great piece of art and programming. 

 

I like the clouds, rays and the sky colours. The UI is superb to make changes on the fly. And frames are pretty here!

 

 

For me there are just a few things left to be implemented, maybe:

 

1. Cloud shadows casting onto ground

2. Dynamic change in drawing distance of the clouds, referred to current XP Performance (maybe measured by FPS). So the lower the FPS are, cloud draw distance is lowered automatically. User can define the FPS barrier 

 

Once again, great work on this. 

 

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John,

 

I just say "WOW" ! Skymaxx Pro is bringing XP10 to a new level. Great piece of art and programming. 

 

I like the clouds, rays and the sky colours. The UI is superb to make changes on the fly. And frames are pretty here!

 

 

For me there are just a few things left to be implemented, maybe:

 

1. Cloud shadows casting onto ground

2. Dynamic change in drawing distance of the clouds, referred to current XP Performance (maybe measured by FPS). So the lower the FPS are, cloud draw distance is lowered automatically. User can define the FPS barrier 

 

Once again, great work on this. 

 

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Thanks for the kind words, and your suggestions....Noted!

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Ok, I did some tests with HDR ON and reducing AntiAliasing to 2x makes a big difference. I found a good balance with this settings:

 

Cloud detali: 75%

Drawing Distance: 100%

Cloud Size (min/max): both 50%

Puff rotation: DISABLED

Crepuscular rays: DISABLED

Texture Resolution/Quality: 2

 

I really hope the dev team will soon make an update for a better HDR support (I know they are working on it so I do not want to put "pepper on your back"!!!) and some others tweaks to make a bit less fps impacting. In the meantime my last evaluation is positive even if not extremely-positive. The X-Plane weather seems much better with this plugin in any case.

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Wow ... it took a while of playing with the settings. HOWEVER for me, this package is worth the price for the fps increase alone .... with HDR turned on, I now get between mid 30's to high 40's! :D

 

**Word of CAUTON** 

Your mileage WILL vary regarding my FPS increase claim, because you have to be circumspect with what gets turned off and what you leave on. You WILL have to make informed choices. I believe I have a good balance of plausibility + natural beauty and smooth flying to make it an enjoyable and 'realistic' flying experience for me.

 

Note that I let my video card hardware handle all the anti-aliasing & anisotropic settings etc ... and I use the most minimal settings of same in XP rendering menu.  This works for me and I don't get jaggies ... and I used to get around 30 fps in most areas .. dropping to around 25 in big city areas.

 

I haven't tried with the SAAB yet, but I'm sure that it'll bring me back to reality :lol: ... however, it's sure to be an improvement to what it's been previously (looking forward to that update I can tell you!).

 

SkyMaxx is glorious .. and it's eliminated the closed in claustrophobic feel of standard X-Plane! CONGRATS on a fine product! As my FSX cousins would say ... this is one of theose WOW things that is a game changer .. and now it's an indispensable part of my flying environment lol!

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Sunset, HDR is OFF. Clouds are black. Is it normal?

 

In that scene, I think the sun is below the horizon, and there is very little moonlight. Clouds can get weirdly dark in that situation (see http://pictures.4ever.eu/data/674xX/aviation/aircraft/boeing-kc-135-stratotanker,-afganistan,-clouds,-twilight,-airport-161467.jpg for an example.)

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