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  1. Hi Pete Thanks for info regarding Cavok very informative. I,ve got it at 20 miles clear down to 10 for rain, what difference it makes. You get the best of both worlds, the scenery looks 100% better with reduced visibility at low levels but clears just enough at high alttitude to give you a good view while still being very atmospheric. Before using FSUIPC in nearly all flights I would reach 18000,19000 feet and bang, the visibility went to unlimited, that was my reason for getting FSUIPC. And its fixed that and a whole lot more, great stuff Cheers John
  2. Michael If the pot is spiking your could try using Lithium grease. I had big spiking problems with the pots on my Logitech MOMO steering wheel I sprayed the pot with electrical contact cleaner, which worked for only a day or so then the spiking returned. I then got a spray can of Lithium grease and used that, it worked great , wheel is perfect six months on. Cheers John
  3. "all the four values in the "maximum" settings should be LESS than your topmost level visibility, else you will get such an odd topsy-turvy effect". Thats the way I did it in fs2002 I didn't set surface levels as I though the weather system in fs2004 would give me appropriate visibility levels at low level, which would be more realistic. Does leaving the maximums settings unchecked give my unlimited visibilty at lower levels, regardless of what the MS weather thinks it should be? all the best John
  4. I dont want it pete but thats what fs2004 gave me :) Graduated visabilty is set to 35000 @ 60 miles. Guess Germany had really clear weather at ground level :) Problem must be some "invisable" cloud layer as you mentioned all the best John
  5. Simon Thanks for the help but i,m running at max cloud density. Pete I Tried your advise on logging visibilty, and the numbers match the visibility changes. Descending from 15000 feet the number on screen was 4000. approaching the airport and descending the numbers start rising slowly matching the view out the windshield. the change is gradual untill it goes from 5800 to 6000 when the visual change is abrupt. I will try changing the visabilty limits in regard to clear, cloudy, raining.etc Ms weather seems to be programming mixed with a little black art :) thanks again John
  6. Thanks for the suggestion Pete will try it out. I have tried with dynamic slider enabled and also at none, no difference with regard to the visabilty changes. Noticed something odd just now in a flight, flying at 33.000 feet I looked straight down and noticed what seemed to be a thin layer of lower visabilty which is flying along with my aircraft!. This is not related to FSUIPC though I noticed this before i even installed it. Just wondering is it best to fly with dynamic slider switched off when using static real weather?. cheers John
  7. Hi Pete Thanks for the reply. My problem is not with the sudden appearence of clouds, I find the way the clouds form in fs2004 a huge improvement from fs2002. The instant visibilty changes are happening even in clear skies. Many thanks John
  8. Hi I,m running fs2004, and I fly using Downloaded static weather. I have enabled visabilty smoothing with the default setting, but I'm still gettings sudden changes of visability. Visability would suddenly go from around 20 miles to unlimited, then a few seconds later the visabily would return to 20 miles. I,vre also noticed this happening in relation to change in alltitude, say around 18000 feet ,the visablity will suddenly change as in the above example. Does the smoothing work only with global weather, or should it work with downloaded static weather?. Many thanks John
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