Can't see earth from orbit

[andydckent]

Hello,

 

I am using skymaxx pro and I've noticed something odd.  When I zoom out very far, I get to a certain level that is all blue and I can no longer see the earth just stars.

 

Here are some pics:

 

Zoomed far away

 

Further

 

Space and no earth

 

Not really a huge problem but a bit weird.  Also get weird blue glowing clouds sometimes.  Mostly it looks good though.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

[wcschulz3]

Hi all,

 

I too had observed the loss of orbit textures.

What I'd like to do is be able to see nice cirrus, but on absolutely clear days (like in the winter), I'd still like to see the earth orbit textures at the distance limits (100 miles in XP?).   Since there would be no clouds, this should not be a performance issue.

 

SkyMaxx appears to somehow prevent one from seeing those earth orbit textures under clear conditions (and I have custom textures, so I'm losing access to them).

 

Any way, when the sky is "clear" (some cirrus above), to see "to the (XPlane) visibility limit?

Thanks

Bill

Edited November 25, 2013 by wcschulz3

[Cameron]

Hi, Guys,

We'll look into this. If I had a quick guess it may be out of our control if I think I know what's causing this.

SkyMaxx Pro disables X-Plane's cloud art assets, and it's possible Laminar tied these textures in with that kill switch for us. The kill switch is in place to prevent X-Plane from rendering clouds while we do, which saves big time in performance.

[JohnMAXX]

I am getting the same thing,  best course of action right now would be to disable SMP, restore defaults to orbit the earth.....

[criley]

Andy mentioned the Blue Glowing clouds. I too am having this issue. Also the grey sky background is still around which may intensify the blue color. Is there a setting I am missing or is this a bug or something to do with my video card? I see others are having some fantastic results so I am guessing it is not a bug with the plugin.

[JohnMAXX]

Andy mentioned the Blue Glowing clouds. I too am having this issue. Also the grey sky background is still around which may intensify the blue color. Is there a setting I am missing or is this a bug or something to do with my video card? I see others are having some fantastic results so I am guessing it is not a bug with the plugin.

Sounds like your visibility is set down inside the weather dialog which is an expected result, also we are working on an earth orbit patch as we speak that fixes a few other things.....

Edited November 30, 2013 by JohnMAXX

[criley]

Thanks for replying John.

I have noticed it depends on the weather for the location. Are we not supposed to be downloading real time weather?

[JohnMAXX]

Thanks for replying John.

I have noticed it depends on the weather for the location. Are we not supposed to be downloading real time weather?

No real world weather works fine

[criley]

OK, Thanks. Also I sent you (I am guessing you) an email earlier. Have a great night.