No cloud shadows?

[Ifikratis]

Hi,

I have no cloud shadows on P3DV5 even with all settings to high.

Was this intentional by LM?

If so, how V5 got approved to be released when P3D v4.5 had cloud shadows?

If it is a bug, why it wasn't noticed before release and if so, when we will have this fixed?

[Kayla Dillon]

Hello,

Do you have any addons installed?

Are you seeing no cloud shadows with or without Enhanced Atmospherics enabled?

Have you tried increasing the density of your clouds?

Regards,
Kayla

[mvanbrus]

+1

[FSC190]

Same here
Ultra Density and Enhanced Atmospherics enabled

[Ifikratis]

Hello,

Do you have any addons installed?

Are you seeing no cloud shadows with or without Enhanced Atmospherics enabled?

Have you tried increasing the density of your clouds?

Regards,
Kayla

I am using Enhanced Atmospherics. This was one of the big advancements of v5 so I don't see why I should have assumed that there will be no cloud shadows, when they were in P3Dv4.

Here is a screenshot (at EDDN, April 16, at 12:00AM local)

https://imgur.com/undefined

[pmb]

Here is a screenshot (at EDDN, April 16, at 12:00AM local)

https://imgur.com/undefined

Sorry, the link seems to be dead.

Kind regards, Michael

[Ifikratis]

I'm sorry, here is the image:

[Kayla Dillon]

Hello,

Are you able to see the cloud shadows without any addons enabled?

Regards,
Kayla

[Ifikratis]

No, it was the same before I installed ORBX scenery.

[Kai-Uwe Weiss]

I am using Enhanced Atmospherics too and for me no Cloud shadows too. Without enhanced atmosphere shadows are present.

[YoYo]

+ 1 I can confirm this issue. With TruSky - no shadows below clouds, without they are present:

[AnkH]

I do see cloud shadows in v5 with enhanced atmospherics on, but they look silly with a distinct boarder that has edges, like a shadow map from 1995...



Not really sure that it should look like this, to be honest...

[vbazillio]

I do see cloud shadows in v5 with enhanced atmospherics on, but they look silly with a distinct boarder that has edges, like a shadow map from 1995... Not really sure that it should look like this, to be honest...

Same here ! A kind of disapointment to have a Beta feature. Let's expect it won't remind us the DirectX 10 of FSx ;( Can't wait to have TruSky more-than-2 layers (and the Active Sky compatibility) and better shadow system.

[YoYo]

Oh, so they are present finally but with poor visibility ....

[AnkH]

Can't wait to have TruSky more-than-2 layers (and the Active Sky compatibility) and better shadow system.

It can have easily more than two layers, you just not allowed to have more than one layer with precipitation. Without precipitation, you can add as many layers you want...

EDIT: surprisingly (or no surprise?), the cloud shadow depiction and the quality seem to depend on either ground textures, distance or both, or even on the view angle? As you can see on this shot, cloud shadows were rendered nicely with soft edges, they were even moving. However, up in the air, they are barely visible anymore...