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New weather system = wow!

Please notice that I'm running on very low computer specs here, and I can barely get playable frame rates with everything on lowest, except model detail, decals and effects on medium - which are the settings here. Resolution was at 1280x720, no AA or anything.

Anyways, I decided to play with the new weather functions in the full mission builder, and here is what some of it looked like. Someone with better specs should try this on max graphics! This was a big performance hit, reduced my FPS from somewhere between 25-30 to 10-15, so it's not THAT bad.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/57...A65AC7A65ED89/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/57...F404C847D0458/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/57...8EF247566EDE0/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/57...3D39DA3BDF4D3/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/57...5FFB727DAFA70/

More pics here: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/7...816088550545/?

that looks promising!!waoh!
i didnt try it yet.but i recognized that in quick mission the clouds are moving too!at least a bit and they change their shape as well.i dont know if that was the case in il2 1946, but i recognized this the first time yesterday.

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Originally Posted by nats (Post 260028)

Its amazing what this game has disabled under the hood I wonder if we will ever get these things in a playable state? It must explain why there are only three setting for clouds - none, light and medium. I would low to see overcast skies because thats what most English weather is like - even in the summer!! I am sure not every day in August 1940 was sunny and clear thats for sure.

I just cannot for the life of me understand why all these things have had to be disabled to get the game working for everyone - I mean even people with high end computers cannot put the detail up. How come the developers were not aware of how slow the game was running when they were designing it? I suppose it just looks like the whole game was completely over designed from the ground up.

Didnt they ever beta test the game at all?

You should try it for yourself. Fire up the FMB and add in some weather! There are options for different kinds of overcast and other cloud types.

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Originally Posted by nats (Post 260028)

I just cannot for the life of me understand why all these things have had to be disabled to get the game working for everyone - I mean even people with high end computers cannot put the detail up. How come the developers were not aware of how slow the game was running when they were designing it? I suppose it just looks like the whole game was completely over designed from the ground up. Why didnt they just simplify the clouds a bit to enable an overcast sky?

Didnt they ever beta test the game at all?

Complex weather was announced as an experimental feature from the start. There are plans to have it working some time in the future, it just isn't optimized yet - it is here for you to "try at your own risk".

The whole game was designed "for 2013" and thus has many options "disabled under the hood" as you put it. This is an engine built to last next 10 years, or so we have been told.

So - nothing really to be surprised about.

Damn, you have piqued my curiosity.

I think when I get home today I'll play around with the weather settings, just for fun.

Woah, absolutely stunning pics!

still needs flushmeister's cloudmod :D

Now THAT'S more like British weather.

Not bad.
But still not an overcast.
And still no alto-stratus.

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Originally Posted by ChrisDNT (Post 260087)

Not bad.
But still not an overcast.
And still no alto-stratus.

It is possible to get a full, 100% covering overcast I believe, but the adjustment sliders in the FMB are all messed up in my game, so I´m not able to tweak properly.