Active Environment Work for Open Rails

[peterman]

Howdy,

Just a quick up-date... I ran a few activities today in Open Rails with the MSTS Environment checked and all looked as it should with no gaps between the cloud layer and horizon, which seems to tell me that Open Rails does read the parameters in the Environ files correctly. I have to admit, I was highly impressed with the positives of having MSTS Environment checked as compared to 7-8 years ago when it looked like crap. Another test I did was to run with MSTS Env unchecked and the weather randomization set to zero and it produced the gap again. This gap issue is not new and has been around for quite a while. I hope the OR development team digs into their coding for a solution.

Peter

[scottb613]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the update. Yeah - the few times I checked "Use MSTS Environment" - I didn't notice anything helpful and it looked bad. I haven't tried that option in years - I'll have to take a look again. I don't think James is looking over here (I'm just happy he's looking) - it seems everyone is using that thread on Elvas to work on this - I'd suggest posting any feedback over there - so he sees it.

Regards,
Scott

[peterman]

Good morning Scott,

I'm going to retract my statement about "highly impressed with the positives". I tried other .ace files that had heavy clouds and they still look like crap, however those with few clouds were still pretty good. Use "check MSTS Environment"?... take a pass on it.

Peter

[scottb613]

Good morning Scott,

I'm going to retract my statement about "highly impressed with the positives". I tried other .ace files that had heavy clouds and they still look like crap, however those with few clouds were still pretty good. Use "check MSTS Environment"?... take a pass on it.

Peter

Hi Peter,

Hah - understood. I was never really impressed with any MSTS environment. The only one I liked and used for everything was the one from the "Badlands Project" - I used it for many years.

Regards,
Scott