All good mate.
Cheers.
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Like I said earlier in the thread. I happened to have an HDMI cable on my desk that I had just swapped out from my TV earlier yesterday. Figured it wouldnāt work and I could properly debunk this ānonsenseā with an actual test of it.
I was downright shocked when it worked. I have no explanation. It shouldnāt matter if Iām connected with VGA, DVI, HDMI, or DP. It shouldnāt make a difference. I should see the same thing. But the screen shots above show that Iām now seeing rain after 6 weeks of repeatedly ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā in various weather threads that the rain was broken.
Did a sanity check earlier today. Switched back to DP with 2 different cables. No rain. I can hear it, but not see it. Back to HDMI, and the rain is back.
Iām as confused as anyone else as to why it worked for me and several others, but not for others. I just know Iām happy to have rain back.
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Well I donāt know what it is, but all I know is that rain isnāt showing properly for me and Iām just looking for a solution. Iām as shocked as you all about that DP/HDMI swap and also very curious as to how this can even be possible.
Apparently there are references to monitor refresh rate (re. the glasscockpit framerate issue) in the cockpit simulation code. Changing from a DP to a HDMI cable could potentially change the refresh rate, since not all cables support the same refresh rates.
Good point. I think HDMI supports 60hz (and HDMI 1.2(?) supports up to 120 with some sort of built-in workaround. Perhaps forcing that 60hz rate may be the key. I run 144hz but Iāll try scaling back to 60hz or below and see if that makes a difference when I get home!
Iām running at 100Hz on my UWQHD. Regardless of cable, Iām running at 100Hz.
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Snow is no betterā¦
You should really be able to see masses of snowflakes !!! you see virtually none.
Even with the improved lighting of volumetric lighting of Mods, falling snow is just āNot thereā, visible from outside or inside the cockpit.
Same for rain ā some āeffectā on glass, but no actual falling rain visible.
I play on a laptop, canāt switch cables 
Iāve seen rain a few times yet far too little for the amount of flying Iāve done with real time nasty weather. Contrast to that, another day of 6 hours flying with lightning and thunder in mostly blue skies. I canāt stand it anymore!
Icing works fine, the cockpit even ices up on the inside, brrr. Yet rainā¦ This is the last time I saw rain, 3 weeks ago.
But if you select custom weather, do you actually see the rain?
Yes! With custom weather, there is rain when flying into rain
Iāve flown into plenty situations just like this (rain cascades or sheets of rain clearly visible before flying into them) and seen tons of rainbows, but nothing like the picture above with real weather. Only never ending lightning lol.
Thatās the issue others are complaining about. Not the frequency of rain, but the fact we canāt actually see any rain even if itās pouring. We can hear it hitting the plane, but canāt see it at all, and the ground is never wet visually.
Iāve seen the wet runway effect with live weather but only at night time. That was also 3 weeks ago though
Day time it always looks dry even though there are drops falling while standing still
And until yesterday, I havenāt seen rain in the game since the first patch at the end of August / beginning Sept, whenever it was.
Okay so this thread had me questioning whether I had actually been seeing rain in-game or not so I did some testing of my ownā¦
So first of all on my current setup, I do see rain on the windshield (below). Iām using a 144hz 1080p monitor connected via DP. I also tried on my other monitor which is 60hz 1440p with a DP connection too. No change.
However, a couple of things I noticedā¦
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Rain seems to be kind of difficult to actually find, even using the ārainā or āstormā preset, flying into large clouds or what appears to be rainfall, doesnāt seem to always produce visible rain.
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I have no explanation for how or why this occurs, if this is intended, Iām missing something completely or this is a potentially major bugā¦ Whether rain shows up or not seems to vary between slew mode and the standard internal/external cameras. See the example below. Flying through a large storm. No rain visible both inside and outside the plane. However when I change to slew mode bizarrely, heavy rain appears out of nowhere. Switching back it disappears. In the video I am in cockpit, normal external view, back to cockpit, then slew, then back to cockpit and external.
If you happen to have an HDMI cable kicking around, I would encourage you to try it. Thatās the ārainā I was seeing as well, even in stormy, downpour conditions. It was little more than haze in the sky and a couple of odd droplets on my side windows.
This is a new challenge, landing in heavy rain, after nearly 400 hours of flying. So stressful I forgot the landing gear!
With custom weather, the rain actually impairs visibility, tons of water streaking over the windshield and the runway is wet. Made it slide better haha. I was wondering why it took so long for the āwheelsā to make contact, sinking into ground.
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Hmmā¦ It seems you do see rain. Thereās water on the ground. I didnāt see that. Seems like it may be working fine for you. Even with custom weather with max rain, I would see nothing but haziness.
Itās odd that it doesnāt work at all with live weather. Iāve had numerous zero visibility situations, in one of my flights I had to divert 3 times in a row in the Pyrenees since there simply was no way to see the small runways. However the ārainā only shows as heavy fog, the ground remains dry although everything indicates it should be raining, the weather radar included.
Now I know it can workā¦ Live weather doesnāt feel alive anymore (never really did, the wind was putting up a real fight with custom weather, havenāt had that with live weather either)
Thatās a WHOOOOOOLE other discussion point. lol
