Summer/Autumn Stalingrad looks quite dusty/foggy/smoky

[=81FG=HellKitten]

In other games, summer/autumn Stalingrad looks quite clear and clean, while BoS's one looks quite foggy and smoky.

I never lived in Russia, so probably that is why i feel this way. However, this has been bothering me whenever i fly in the summer/autumn maps.

 

Is it realistic?

Or is it something to be fixed?

 

[andyw248]

It may have to do with performance... the farther away you have to model the more  resources it takes.

[7.GShAP/Silas]

I was reading through the "question for a developer" thread and saw this response from Han to that question:

 

 

Because it will not be so good as with haze. Plus summer without haze - very rare situation here.

 

 

 

I assume it's to do with the level of humidity causing a more-or-less constant haze during the hot summer.  Conveniently enough, this also provides a performance-saving fadeout.

[Feathered_IV]

I've often wondered how the summer horizon would look low-down with the heat shimmer effect.

[TG-55Panthercules]

I've often wondered how the summer horizon would look low-down with the heat shimmer effect.

 

Probably a lot like the shimmering we've tried so hard to get rid of - in fact, I used to convince myself that I was seeing heat shimmering in RoF until I finally found out how to use SGAA to get rid of the shimmering 

[=81FG=HellKitten]

I was reading through the "question for a developer" thread and saw this response from Han to that question:

 

 

 

 

 

I assume it's to do with the level of humidity causing a more-or-less constant haze during the hot summer.  Conveniently enough, this also provides a performance-saving fadeout.

 

i think this answers my question perfectly

[johncage]

this sim has smaller view distance than other sims, but due to the type of aircraft used, it really isn't a big deal.

 

there is no "conveniently", it was this way since rise of flight. it's all about performance saving. possibly one of the reasons this game runs better than other games.

Edited November 21, 2015 by johncage