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As I remember, you're on AMD, which doesn't accurately report this.

I appreciate that there is desire to have this. Unfortunately, the forums represent less than 1% of our user base and we must listen to the majority of feedback, which was overwhelmingly against the way things were. As such, we have no plans to move away from the current state of the aircraft.

Maybe you should have actually posted in the Islander forum instead of being a sarcastic whizz.

@Firefly

https://forums.x-pilot.com/forums/forum/252-skymaxx-pro-v5/

No, this topic was for some reason not posted in the SkyMaxx section. That said, volumetric clouds are highly dependent on the pixels you're pushing, and the AA level you're using in your X-Plane rendering settings. After now having thousands of copies in the wild, we're finding that most of any complaints we are getting are a combination of unreasonable AA for volumetric clouds and a high pixel screen. At some point something's going to give.

A discount code was sent to your e-mail on Jan. 22nd. Do a search for X-Aviation.com to see if you can find it there.

Hello All, This will serve as a formal forum announcement that we have released the version 5.0.6 update for SkyMaxx Pro. All customers who have purchased SkyMaxx Pro v5 up till now have been sent an e-mail by X-Aviation with complete instructions on how to obtain your update. We have made this a very simple process! For those that purchase SkyMaxx Pro v5 from today forward, your purchased download will already be updated to version 5.0.6 for you. What if I didn't get the update e-mail? If you did not receive your update e-mail don't fret! X-Aviation has updated our system to allow all customers to update with ease, regardless of whether you received an e-mail for the update! Here's what to do: 1. Login to your X-Aviation account here: https://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/account_history.php 2. Find your original SkyMaxx Pro v5 download and re-download the file. It will download as the latest version! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: What's New / Changed: Fixes lightning and storm cloud artifacts that were turning black and texture-less due to a bug from re-factoring code. This likely also solves some CTD situations seen. As always, thanks for purchasing from X-Aviation!

No, that doesn't look right. Can you post screenshots of your SkyMaxx Cumulus and Overcast selection menus?

Hi there, It means you're running an outdated installer. You'll need to re-download 5.0.5.

Thanks for the kind words @Vance. We're glad you're enjoying it!

You're here. There's no reason to deal with the ticket any longer. You were acknowledged. Regardless of that fact though, you're still within the reply period that was pointed out to you yesterday. As a first release of these cloud types we knew the natural progression of software is to evolve. Don't read too much into it.

@FlyingBlue1950 You're running an outdated installer and will need to re-download.

Being practical with your settings is essential. My support ticket channel is where we usually get most feedback, and so far it's been pretty smooth breeze there. The forums here (expected, of course) have most of the issues, but represents less than 1% of our user base, and we're finding a common theme of impractical resolution/AA expectations. As developers, I think we tend to understand the guts of this stuff a bit more and therefore run more conservative numbers that are more or less practical for the hardware we have. This can contribute to why we don't see these same issues off the bat. Luckily, I have received a ton of compliments on SMP v5 so far, so I know majority of our customers are enjoying this. Hopefully we can get you happy too. Thanks @Cam!

Yes, that makes more sense. After a re-draw things will speed back up.

I tested this on my machine and could not reproduce. If someone else can try I would appreciate it. @sundog, making sure you see this too!

Any and all is appreciated and helpful!

The performance drop close to clouds is expected. Single digits is not, but a drop in general is.

Thank you for confirming that as well. Were you able to try 5.0.4 yesterday? Are these issues new since then, or were you on 5.0.1 prior to that? We definitely need to do something here, but right now gathering some data points to see which changes we've done may have been most impactful and go from there.

@Lighttrail, Great, thanks!

Thanks for the report. What is your video card and monitor resolution? We're figuring out where to go from here, but would like to get that information from you at least.

Sure, can do!

My apologies. This was a packaging error on my end. I'm shocked you're the first person to report this! I have updated the installer, so please be sure to re-download and install.

Sure! Done. Thanks for the feedback.

Your log won't give any of the information @sundog just asked you for.