Replace the atmosphere parameters with more accurate ones from ARPC

[Biology2394]

Thanks a lot to everyone for the positive comments. Here are a few more comparison screenshots, demonstrated using XP12 debug / art controls:

Original coefficients:

ARPC coefficients:

Original coefficients:

ARPC coefficients:

Original coefficients:

ARPC coefficients:

Original coefficients:

ARPC coefficients:

Here’s a comparison from another user with a real life reference, so as a disclaimer neither the screenshots nor the reference picture is by me:

Original coefficients:

ARPC coefficients:

Real world reference:

[RufousJayes]

I like it.
If you are unsure Asobo, please just put it in optionally.

[TimHendrik]

That is amazing work! I never liked the look of the sunsets/sunrises in MSFS.

Asobo please listen and update the coefficients!

[MissTschai]

This is amazing work, love it. Please, Asobo, implement this. Works be a great enhancement for realism.

[LegibleSphere83]

Please implement this Asobo. Also, please look at the green color cast that is pervasive in the whole sim. Is it from a global reflection texture as in FSX and P3D?

[Biology2394]

These coefficients should also help with the green tint as part of it is caused by the default Rayleigh scattering coefficients not being accurate. Another part of it sadly comes from the hue shifts caused by the tonemapping, XP12 suffers from it as well.

[MinimalTuna7767]

I vote yes for this ,please Asobo. just do it.

[RunnyArtifact67]

Bump. Please Asobo!

[PapiSmurfBG]

I can’t thank you enough for bringing this to X-Plane!
Now I hope we see this improvement in MSFS as well!

[BaroquePlate528]

Fantastic! Hope we can get the traction going for Asobo to see this!

[UnseenElf112]

Your work speaks for itself. I welcome this change in the sim. Great job.

[dgvrnsky]

This is really awesome and definitely deserves attention from Asobo.

[SaReClique]

This is really awesome work you’ve done. Sucks that you can’t implement it into the sim and release it as a mod. If you did, I would gladly pay 50 dollars for this lol. Sunsets in Msfs are okay but it gets really bad if it’s overcast. It makes all the clouds in the sky orange which obviously doesn’t happen irl. Irl, they just turn darker and darker until it’s black.

[Super275327]

Hi,
Thank you for your work! This looks so much better.
Hopefully Asobo will pick up on this.

[Modas00]

Hello!, this is fantastic, the overly purple sunrsies/sets has been a slight bugbear for me but with this adjustment the skies will look incredible! all the best

[KnightofNi312]

Keep voting everyone. It’s our door knocker tool!

[Ziesel1106]

Wow, that looks so real. Asobo, please update. Thank you.

[thecoronadian]

These look fantastic. Hopefully Asobo takes notice and gets this into msfs20104.

Failing asobo implementing this, is there a way to recreate something similar with, say, reshade or something like that?

[ProudMussel2419]

Excellent work! This needs as much exposure as possible. Current sky colors are way too vibrant and purple indeed. Seems like a relatively easy thing to implement for Asobo?

[EbenenHafen2754]

+1 vote
Fantastic News and a great job by the OP.
I hope that new parameters would also solve the problem with pink and orange skies in overcast conditions like this:

Sky colors

What really needs to be adressed though is the coloring of overcast sunset situations. They are either too orange or too pink where in reality they’re more like blueish grey. But I guess 3rd Party Developers won’t be able to do something about it. Or are they? [Overcast orange] [Overcast pink]