lthendrix Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Felt like this might be a hint for newbies but I thought I would run it by you all. I find that setting my weather vis to 20 to 30 miles gets me a more realistic looking sim and benefits fps as the visibility limits far off detail. I live in so cal and drive over a large hill and into work every day and I always notice how the moisture in the air limits the visibility . any way these settings and some times 10 mile vis really lends realistic and performance boost ... to me on my machine anyway .. Cheers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Over the past 50 years I have been flying the haze layer gets a bit thicker every year but it sure is not moisture that causes it. Plain and simple air pollution at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 that is sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 It is a great tip. Limiting your visibility to around 40nm to 50nm and setting your draw distance to 10 nm under your visibility distance is a great performance boost. It is also realistic for many North American cities to only have 20 to 30 nm so you can lower it even more in Seattle or Vancouver in the summer for increased haze and better FPS Performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skkuda Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Sorry to ask but how/where those values are changed? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Sure it works, I use this setting in rex and ase and have great benefits on my old rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griphos Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 So, do you have to use REX weather to set these limits? I can't find where to do it in FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yep, both ASE and REX have the option to reduce visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 You have to use custom weather setting in the weather tab go to user defined weather and set the vis there I like to play around I learned how to even make fog that obscures the ground and has really limited vis using status and cirrus layers and the visibility slider rex has a few textures of cirrus clouds that make great looking fog banks. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkster Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 It is a great tip. Limiting your visibility to around 40nm to 50nm and setting your draw distance to 10 nm under your visibility distance is a great performance boost. It is also realistic for many North American cities to only have 20 to 30 nm so you can lower it even more in Seattle or Vancouver in the summer for increased haze and better FPS Performance. So how do yo actually do this in REX? There is a Low visbility slider in the configuration tab marked in SM? - is this correct? Also how do you change the draw distance? Sorry im new to FSX but I have been tweaking it for days and finally getting somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 not in rex you can use rex textures and create your own weather in fsx via the user interface page under the weather tab. in free flight check the weather tab and start exploring options also check out the learning center side bar . have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Yes, you can define the visibility limit in REX, checking 'enable real metar visibility' and modifying the max visibility slider in the main configuration page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie P. Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 If you do check the "enable real metar visibility" option, doesn't that then disable the "max low visibility" slider all together? Or do I have something backwards instead? (<-Very possible ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosariomanzo Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I may be wrong, but the limiter forces the *max* visibility range at low altitudes. So, if the metar says you have unlimited visibility, then the limiter will apply its value. If you have 3NM visibility, and the limiter is fixed at 10NM, you will have 3NM visibility. But, again, I maybe wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 If you do check the "enable real metar visibility" option, doesn't that then disable the "max low visibility" slider all together? Or do I have something backwards instead? (<-Very possible ) "Enable Metar Real Visibility - This is a new option for REX2 that overrides the visibility slider whenever the weather station metar of the airport you are flying around shows a visibility of less than 10 SM. It is well known that FSX has a low-level haze problem that has been particularly difficult for 3rd party developers to design around and many users have complained about. REX2 allows (with user-control) the visibility level to be forced from 10-50 SM. When selected, this completely eliminates the low level visibility no matter what the visibility actually is supposed to be. However, many users will find this solution somewhat unrealistic and so we made an effort to allow low level visibility under conditions when the metar is calling for limited visibility. Checking this option allows the lower visibility to be displayed if the metar is calling for this." From the REX manual -Configuration Settings Andy b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David TRIGGS Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I agree 20nm VIZ in FSX "Custom Weather" is frequently realistic (depending on where one is flying) and has significant FPS benefits. However note that both FSX "Weather Themes" AND ORBX "Weather Themes" seem in general to favour much greater VIZ settings. What is this FSX "low-level haze problem" ...... ?!?! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkster Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 "Enable Metar Real Visibility - This is a new option for REX2 that overrides the visibility slider whenever the weather station metar of the airport you are flying around shows a visibility of less than 10 SM. It is well known that FSX has a low-level haze problem that has been particularly difficult for 3rd party developers to design around and many users have complained about. REX2 allows (with user-control) the visibility level to be forced from 10-50 SM. When selected, this completely eliminates the low level visibility no matter what the visibility actually is supposed to be. However, many users will find this solution somewhat unrealistic and so we made an effort to allow low level visibility under conditions when the metar is calling for limited visibility. Checking this option allows the lower visibility to be displayed if the metar is calling for this." From the REX manual -Configuration Settings Andy b Hmmm read this but to be honest doesnt make a lot of sense lol. Am I right in saying; if I set the slider to XX it will reduce low level visibilty to XX regardless of real weather updates etc -but- if firstly tick the enable meta.... button" then set the low vis slider to XX it will reduce low level visibilty to XX UNLESS the real weather states vis is lower than the setting? ??confused ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Attwood Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Slightly off topic but reading this thread caused me to investigate REX weather and I have to say I'm well impressed! I was an ASE man for a long time but REX weather is light years ahead. Question: How is REX weather when flying online? ASE used to be OK and didn't appear to cause any problems. Any experience anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie P. Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Everything works wonderfully, without a hitch. You gotta love how it just takes care of all the details for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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