Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

I don't really understand the people who are criticising clouds' shape and colour. All of this week's screenshots look superb to me.
Aren't clouds infinitely variable in colour, shape and size?
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Cloud shape is tricky. Generally mostly all clouds have flat bottoms. That's a definate. These clouds look like cotton balls, which really isn't realistic. But they may be WIP, so hopefully they'll be looked at at some point
Also, the clouds will reflect a lot of sunlight too. I have yet to see that effect modelled here. On a nice summer day, the clouds will look a vibrant white, whereas the area the sun doesn't hit will be a lot greyer (maybe like the ones shown, but with more texture)

Zapatista; you should count yourself lucky you haven't been banned. Name-calling like that is just childish. Women call eachother bitches. (Note, this is not a subliminal dig at you). Tree was just posting his own opinion. Your reaction was just a bit OTT. If you feel that way, then a PM will save from cluttering the forum like that.