OHM OrbiterClouds(aka Nebo)_0.3

[OrbitHangar]

Author: artlav

Have you ever seen clouds in form of flat thin plane somwhere above in real life?

Then why not make volumetric clouds in Orbiter.?

Nebo is a weather system add-on for Orbiter.
Currently, it generates volumetric clouds worldwide dynamically (think MSFSX).

Iam interested, what kind of performance you get with this, it should be an FPS eater.

Usage:
Activate the Nebo module.
Run any Earth-based scenario, or try one of 3 included ones.
As soon as you start the clouds will start generating. Wait a minute (or 6sec on 10x) and enjoy the show.

Issues/Limitations:
Not for low-end systems - volumetric clouds are resource-intense.
Both shadowed and shadowless clouds is sunlit on the night side of the earth.
Shadowed clouds got Alpha-buffer problems.

Changes v0.2-v0.3:
Automated cloud generator. No more MFD.
Scenario-independant system added.
More cloud variety
Limited cloud generation to Earth
Limited cloud generation to below 50Km vessel altitude
Limited cloud generation to timewarp<100x to fix timewarp issue.
Basic weather effects added
Fixed scn configuration bug




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[OrbitHangar]

Legacy Reviews

Legacy Add-on Reviews from Orbit Hangar Mods


Review by jdk12
Pros: Ultra realistic! Just love love it!
Cons: get a lower FPS than usual but that's my pc's fault
Review:
I just love flying through clouds and my aircraft shaking!


Review by -pv-
Pros: Falcon4-like clouds
Cons: Needs a tweek
Review:
I like the idea. What I thought as the clouds builds was: 1) Wish the building/un-building were a little slower. 2) Maybe better frame rates if the clouds were a little less dense and spread out more so more of the cloud appears transparent. My frame rates were not that bad on my AMD 2.8GHz DC, 512 Meg X1950 graphics. -Pv-

 

[fable2omg]

Your addon is just great! Its the equivalent or orulex! 0.3 means you'll do much better huh? Clouds are little white balls right now.

Still, Great realism, I can't wait to do a reentry!

Very nice addon! :speakcool:

 

[Gumok]

Please

Excellent work! Please, make this working on Orbiter 2010.

 

[Spacethingy]

I'd like to second that.

I've seen a few cool Orbiter videos, and I've thought, "that video was cool, why was that?"

"Aha! Nebo clouds!" is the answer. This is a very good idea! Any chance of further development here, even just to make him work for O2010?

 

[Interceptor]

Please atrlav,I would love to see nebo clouds updated for orb2010P1,I use to use this all the time in orb 2006P1.:tiphat:

 

[Artlav]

Any chance of further development here, even just to make him work for O2010?

Unlikely.
First, the concept is fundamentally flawed, for there is no way to fix even the transparency bugs.
Second, i have no idea where among the 2 Tb of backups to dig for the source code for the thing, if anywhere.

 

[ky]

artlav im going to take a shot at re-creating your add-on.Is there anything i need to know about how you made it?

 

[Artlav]

artlav im going to take a shot at re-creating your add-on.Is there anything i need to know about how you made it?

I don't know, what do you know?
It's a pretty trivial add-on, and i can't estimate what can be hard in it from someone else point of view, obviously.

Anyway, here are the most recent sources i could find of it:
http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/nebo_src_080705.zip
Assume they are GPL.

 

[Bonanza123d]

Gimme Add-on!!!

 

[ky]

Okay then i'll start on it.

 

[marcheenek]

Could you make it look like this :thumbup:
Can't wait for the addon!