New Clouds!!! :D

[Mitsu]

New clouds are very cool. I love it. 
I wanna see contrails/vapor trails in AH someday...

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Man they do look soooo gooooooooood!!!!! As mentioned already this does so much to put more realism into the game.


I have already seen multiple planes climb up INTO the clouds to get away from enemy aircraft and aaa fire alike.
My fav is when the mountian's and clouds meet, nothing like seeing a tank appear right in front of you.


Also cant wait to see a carrier task fleet come out of a fog bank right off the coast of a base, will look sweet.


WTG HTC! 

[Tracerfi]

i even had trouble with the old clouds and with the new ones when they were fully enabled i had i average frame rate of 7 so the clouds are cool its just forvsome people it take up to much resorces my comp especially

[Gryffin]

I still have not been able to find any clouds. Is there a map/location that I can check out in offline mode?

[ImADot]

I still have not been able to find any clouds. Is there a map/location that I can check out in offline mode?

Load up "ndisles" offline or in a custom arena. There are clouds over the central island. While flying near them, check you frame rates (ctrl-i) and go to the advanced graphics options and see how they look with cloud bump mapping on and off - and the effects on you frame rates.

[Karnak]

My fav is when the mountian's and clouds meet, nothing like seeing a tank appear right in front of you.

To paraphrase "The Far Side":
"What's a tank doing way up here in a cloud bank?"

[shotgunneeley]

Load up "ndisles" offline or in a custom arena. There are clouds over the central island. While flying near them, check you frame rates (ctrl-i) and go to the advanced graphics options and see how they look with cloud bump mapping on and off - and the effects on you frame rates.

Did like you said, but I still haven't seen the clouds yet. I took a break from AH, so I've just been tooling around offline. Looks like I'm just gonna have to come back online for a month to get the full feel 

BTW, I had an FPS of 59 before I changed my settings to enable clouds and the full update. Now I'm in the 30's without even seeing the clouds 

[ImADot]

It's very possible that you need to download the latest version of the terrain. I think you should be able to find it somewhere on HTC's website. If you haven't been online for quite some time, you don't have the latest terrain version.

[Easyscor]

shotgunneeley - reduce your Environment Map slider, then consider reducing the Shadow Texture Size to 512.
Both are frame rate killers.

Once that's done, you should be able to increase both your Ground and Object Detail Sliders to 4 miles, plus, you may be able to Enable most of your enhancement checkboxes.

Frame rates can vary greatly from terrain to terrain and even within the same terrain. For instance, choose ndisles and open off-line. Choose a P-51 or Bf-190a8 and go to field A-59 and spawn NE. That will give you just about the worst frame rate you will find in an MA terrain at this time. Spawn in a different directions or go to another field and compare fps.

Of course, the usual disclaimer applies, your mileage may vary.

[Motherland]

Environment mapping is a frame rate destroyer, definitely don't turn on full updates

[Easyscor]

Environment mapping is a frame rate destroyer, definitely don't turn on full updates

Yeah, I keep mine at only two notches from the right. With my old eyes, I still haven't figured out what it's supposed to do.

[HawkerMKII]

Guys, upgrade your gear so we can have the clouds back. 

As soon as your check is posted in my account I'll be glad to go get another, I would say $2500 should cover it

[Tracerfi]

Guys, upgrade your gear so we can have the clouds back. 

some of us cant do that genius

[Motherland]

Yeah, I keep mine at only two notches from the right. With my old eyes, I still haven't figured out what it's supposed to do.

If you're flying something really shiny (something with a bare metal skin) it puts reflections on the skin, also the cockpit.
Flew in the MA today and I loved the clouds for the time they were up over the central island. Didn't really get to fly in or above them though as the fights were pretty low.
I did take a frame rate hit but it was still flyable

[Easyscor]

If you're flying something really shiny (something with a bare metal skin) it puts reflections on the skin, also the cockpit.
Flew in the MA today and I loved the clouds for the time they were up over the central island. Didn't really get to fly in or above them though as the fights were pretty low.
I did take a frame rate hit but it was still flyable

Thank you for that. I appreciate the info and I'll look for it now.