Incorrect Texture on River Rhine Lorelei Rockface

Hi folks. Requesting a repro on this before moving it into the Bugs category. Thanks! :slightly_smiling_face:

Are you on Xbox, Steam or Microsoft Store version?

Microsoft Store version

Are you using Developer Mode or made changes in it?

No

Brief description of the issue:

The Lorelei Rockface on the Rhine river is black. This is POI #73 in the DACH-Gemany bush trip included in WU18 (Germany, Austria & Switzerland).

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Detailed steps to reproduce the issue encountered:

Take off from Winningen (EDRK) & fly SE approx 13 NM along the Rhine river to the rockface.
Alternatively, spawn at Long: 50.13897 Lat: 7.72633

PC specs and/or peripheral set up if relevant:

Partial Specs & current settings:
3rd-Party Addons: None, Community Addons: None
i7-12700K, Intel Arc 770 (16GB, v31.0.101.5768).
Graphics Tab: Full Screen 3840 x 2160 TAA, Render resolution - 100, AMD Fidelity - 150, VSync - On, FRL - 50% MRR (120 Hz), HDR10 - On, DX12B, TLOD @ 400, OLD @ 200, Motion Blur - Off, Other settings - all Ultra, except: Water Waves & Glass Cockpit Refresh Rate @ High; Texture Supersampling, Terrain Shadows, Ambient Occlusion @ Off; Contact Shadows @ Medium.
Data Tab: Data Connection: All six options - On, Data Limit - Off, Bandwidth - Unlimited, Rolling Cache - Off
Developers Tab: Developer Mode - Off
MSFS Version: MS-Store, Standard, plus All World and City Updates

Build Version # when you first started experiencing this issue:

SU15 (v1.37.19.0)


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Do you have the same issue by following the OP’s repro steps?

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Do you have the same issue by following the OP’s repro steps?

yes

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looks like hills texture is black on that part of the Rhine

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Moved from Scenery & Airports to Scenery and Airports as a repro has been made.

@SmotheryVase665 @DementedCorn327

It seems to me that this is not a bug in MSFS. It looks exactly the same on Bing Maps.
This texture issue is caused by the position of the sun and the shadow over that area.

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Hi @TenPatrol,
I agree that the sim reflects what one sees in Bing, but I disagree that the criteria:
“If it looks the same as seen in Bing, then it is not a bug” would always be a good one.

Honestly, I’m not expecting this to be fixed anytime soon, if at all. It is more of a placeholder for reference for MSFS 2024. I seem to recall Jorg, Seb or Martial saying in one of the dev streams (I think) that MSFS 2024 has new functionality for cliff-face imagery, so it will be interesting to see how this area will look in that version.

The test team can always reply with a “won’t fix” type response if need be.

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It’s something that should be added to the list of future improvements.