Niagara Falls is a mess 2024

[Lost8486]

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SIM INFORMATION

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• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024:

• Game Platform (Steam):

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

1. Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Clean install, no add on installed

2. ICAO, coordinates (DevMode > Debug > Display position), or specific location: Niagara Falls

3. Description of the issue: The model for the falls is up stream on top of the river kind of floating in space and time.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

*How often does this occur for you? Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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1. Flew past it muliple times

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1. What peripherals are you using, if relevant: Not relevant

2. [PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No

3. [PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

4. [PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? RTX4070 ti super

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[pm14040]

Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
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• Water falls effect floating above the falls in the Niagara River

[IceManDBB]

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• YES

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Niagara falls have wrong height map settings applied, it seems.

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[jfoguet61]

I did a sightseeing flight today on the default Cessna 152 over Niagara Falls, and there seems to be a major glitch with the elevations.
Horseshoe fall lifts over the normal water level, the US-side fall is non existent, and there is a fake “virtual fall” more downstream (close to the bridge between US and Canada).
It’s a pity because the area photogrammetry is good and this is such an iconic place which would be ideal to showcase MSFS 2024.
Hope it gets eventually fixed by MSAasobo or by some third party…

[chicagorandy194]

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
The Falls are shown as blocky strange elevations, not waterfalls.
ICAO, coordinates, or specific location: Niagara Falls

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?NO addons

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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1.Take off from Niagara Falls International airport
2. Fly over Falls in a single engine GA airplane
3. Observe the blocky, elevatioon confused non-falls.

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
Not in developer mode - regular Free Flight mode

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? AMD RX6750XT

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Ryzen 7-5700X3D, 64GB RAM, 1GB internet connection, hard wired.

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[LluisP2021]

01/20/2025
I don’t have any plugins in the community folder. The version of the simulator is Premium Deluxe (Steam).
Graphic configuration at 3840x2160 (Ultra).

My graphics and processor: RTX 4080, I9-14900K with 64Gb of RAM