Rain effect

[56RAF_Roblex]

I have experience of flying in rain with a narrow curved canopy like we have with our fighters and I think the problem is that they have based their raindrop behaviour on a flat windscreen such as those used in Cessnas and cars.  It should really clear off the sides of the screen quite fast once take-off speed is reached but  I am still fine with it and would rather have this than nothing.  Even as it is it adds a huge dimension to the immersion and does not cause much trouble with visibility.

[Legioneod]

Sorry for the of topic post but:

Rain and fluid effect on the canopy looks great. Now we need fluid oil effect on the canopy instead of hat e currently have which is basically just a texture on the screen.

 

Fluid oil effect streaking and covering your canopy and fuselage would be epic and would be cool to have it dynamic to where it can obstruct all or some of your view depending on where it goes.

 

 

Could you imagine how exciting and scary it would be for this to happen to you and you have to rely on your instruments and skill to get home.

Edited March 26, 2018 by Legioneod

[CisTer-dB-]

@=FEW=Herne

 

Only few type of clouds have enough water content to produce that amount of water on the windscreen, Nimbostratus, Towering Cumulus or TCU's and Cumulonimbus or CB's and they are rain clouds. In other word they will produce some kind of precipitation (rain, snow, virga) 

The little stratiform layers that we have in most case in game aren't.

 

Check here.

 

That is what it look like once inside 90 % on the time in cloud. 

 

Now that being says I do appreciate the developer, effort and panache to take that challenge first hand but  F/JG300_Faucon  is absolutely right when he says it's over done 

 

 

As for oil splatter or running on the windscreen that would be a great addition I believe  

o7

Edited March 26, 2018 by ATAG_dB

[Gambit21]

 

Hey I noticed that when taxiing behind another aircraft the dust isn't collecting on my windscreen at all.

Also on misty mornings I'm not seeing a realistic amount of dew drops on the grass - also the moon position doesn't  seem to be affecting the tides properly. 

[Danziger]

I mean if you guys think it sucks you can always ask a modder to make a mod for removing it. 

 

Or maybe some of the expert weathermen can create a mod with the proper realistic rain effect?

[Blackhawk_FR]

54 minutes ago, BorysVorobyov said:

I mean if you guys think it sucks you can always ask a modder to make a mod for removing it. 

 

Or maybe some of the expert weathermen can create a mod with the proper realistic rain effect?

 

 

Hey, calm down, seriously. I (we) never said the effect sucks... ???? 

Just read, I clearly said the effect looks great  Which part of "looks great" you don't understand?

Just giving ideas that could improve the game a bit more (it's not the goal?).

Edited March 26, 2018 by F/JG300_Faucon

[seafireliv]

I thought the raindrops looked great and realistic.

 

But then again I`ve never flown through cloud in the cockpit of an aircraft at 30000 feet. Heck I wouldn`t even know one cloud from another to know how raindrops should behave on a windscreen.

 

I`m all for realism, really I am, but there must be a point where you have to just STOP.

Edited March 26, 2018 by seafireliv

[Rjel]

I think the rain drop effect is very convincing. But (Bit) it was driving my P-39 low across the ocean off the Kuban coastline and getting water spray on the wind screen as it was churned up by the prop. I literally said "wow" when I saw it.

Edited March 27, 2018 by Rjel
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[Haza]

Just now, Rjel said:

I think the rain drop effect is very convincing. But (Bit) it was driving my P-39 low across the ocean off the Kuban coastline and getting water spray on the wind screen as it was churned up by the prop. I literally said "wow" when I saw it.

 

 

I would have said 'WOWWIE" if you were inverted!

 

 

 

 

Just now, ATAG_dB said:

@=FEW=Herne

 

Only few type of clouds have enough water content to produce that amount of water on the windscreen, Nimbostratus, Towering Cumulus or TCU's and Cumulonimbus or CB's and they are rain clouds. In other word they will produce some kind of precipitation (rain, snow, virga) 

The little stratiform layers that we have in most case in game aren't.

 

Check here.

 

That is what it look like once inside 90 % on the time in cloud. 

 

Now that being says I do appreciate the developer, effort and panache to take that challenge first hand but  F/JG300_Faucon  is absolutely right when he says it's over done 

 

 

As for oil splatter or running on the windscreen that would be a great addition I believe  

o7

 

 

Well not only would I require FIDO and ILS to land my WW2 aircraft in that lot, I think the clouds in your videos are amazing and obviously it is real, but in this sim it would be wasted on me in my Spit as I would be in the Officers' Mess getting very drunk as I'm more a VFR WW2 sim type!

 

However, I might be tempted to give it a go in the BF110 or the other twin engine German aircraft with their ILS type system (lorenz I believe) if and when we get it to work!?  Anybody know if this system actually works in game and if so how do you tune in the system?

 

Cheer

Edited March 27, 2018 by Haza

[Gambit21]

Changing rain effects according to the cloud pre-set would be another layer of coding.

Possible, but I'm more than happy with the current implementation.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

For SP, rain is trivial to remove using mods. A simple retexture is all it takes. 

 

In fact, I think it is possible to make it look more like ice for winter missions. 

[Torso]

I love the effect. As it has just been implemented I am sure, like most environmental fx, tweaking and testing variables will take place behind the scenes and if they can deliver a better effect over time Jason and team will. I am sure feedback is good and there has been some good improvement ideas in this thread. I look forward to whatever they can do to push the limits and add to the immersion level. Little(or big depending on opinion) things like this really do fill in those missing pieces, especially in VR. I hope they one day consider working on a glint effect but that is for another discussion

Edited March 27, 2018 by Torso

[LLv24_Zami]

It's a limitation of the technology that we have rain drops with every cloud. Either we have it that way or not at all. 

 

I'll take them, looks great imo 

[JG1_Vonrd]

Water drops effect is OK but not realistic as other pilots have noted. Still... I kinda like it. Icing would be interesting but without windshield heat, it would last quite a while until getting out of icing conditions (and would depend on how long you were in icing). I'm just glad that they haven't ported over the ROF snow... always made me cringe as to how unrealistic it was.

 

And please, no babys**t faux oil leaks!  

[sport02]

when you choise cloudy weather , the effect on the glass is different .

also with this weather we have the sun and a blue sky even if we are Under the clouds , it's strange !!

 

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by sport02

[Phobic]

On 3/26/2018 at 6:46 AM, 19//Rekt said:

 

I noticed that some of the chirping birds did not start their migrations on the right date...REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I did notice that you can hear chirping birds at 3000m...

[Haza]

Just now, Phobic said:

I did notice that you can hear chirping birds at 3000m...

 

That will be the Geese!

[sdflyer]

On 3/26/2018 at 3:17 AM, 303_Kwiatek said:

Yep rain drops in clouds expecially in cumulus shouldnt happend. It is rather Hollywood style. Rain drops should be in rain clouds like nimbostratus, CB  some case in stratus, generally only with clouds which give  rain fall.

 Well I disagree. Often pick moisture out in clouds. Here is my very old vid as an example (sorry for quality GoPro wasn't around at that time)

 

 

[CIA_Matabo]

On 3/26/2018 at 6:40 AM, Haza said:

 

I would like to know how good it looks with VR. 

It looks amazing.  Although as a private pilot, I've never encountered raindrops punching through a cloud.

[sdflyer]

I wonder if any of you guys check relative humidity before flight or dewpoint spread. Anyways this is exert from the web site: 

 

Water exists in three states—solid, liquid, and gaseous. Water vapor is an invisible gas. Condensation or sublimation of water vapor creates many common aviation weather hazards. You may anticipate:

1. Fog when temperature-dew point spread is 5° F or less and decreasing.
2. Lifting or clearing of low clouds and fog when temperature-dew point spread is increasing.
3. Frost on a clear night when temperature-dew point spread is 5° F or less, is decreasing, and dew point is colder than 32° F.
4. More cloudiness, fog, and precipitation when wind blows from water than when it blows from land.
5. Cloudiness, fog, and precipitation over higher terrain when moist winds are blowing uphill.
6. Showers to the lee of a lake when air is cold and the lake is warm. Expect fog to the lee of the lake when the air is warm and the lake is cold.
7. Clouds to be at least 4,000 feet thick when significant precipitation is reported. The heavier the precipitation, the thicker the clouds are likely to be.
8. Icing on your aircraft when flying through liquid clouds or precipitation with temperature freezing or colder.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

4 hours ago, sdflyer said:

 Well I disagree. Often pick moisture out in clouds. Here is my very old vid as an example (sorry for quality GoPro wasn't around at that time)

 

 

This is a great video!

the on thing that irritates me is when approaching cloud you start to get the “whiteout” effect even if you’re almost 50 feet away from entering... and if your going around clouds, hugging them, you get blinded..

 

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

I love also to see the water effect when flying on the sea almost touching the water surface. I have to check what altitude you need to get the water splash.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

4 hours ago, PA_Spartan- said:

I love also to see the water effect when flying on the sea almost touching the water surface. I have to check what altitude you need to get the water splash.

That actually already happens   

just load up a flight and go skiing, it’s a pretty cool feature