About This File
Disclaimer: All rights go to the authors of the following scripts/textures/plugins. Please understand that I am here to help and let others know their contributions to the community.
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Y CLOUDS 4
A Free Guide To Beautiful Clouds
Y Clouds is a freeware enhancement package for the X-Plane 11 flight simulator. It improves the clouds, sky, atmosphere, and many more.
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In case you didn't know, here is the official Y Clouds discord server: https://discord.gg/KTAVNr59dN
Screenshots and updates will be posted there too.
Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/PilotY24
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Watch the official trailer video!
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WHAT'S NEW / CHANGELOG
Version 4.1:
- Fix for visibility problem
Version 4.0 Final:
- New skycolors
- New sun texture
- New cirrus clouds
- Cloud colours refined
- Cloud contrast tweaked
- Cloud shape and layers optimised
- Improved atmospheric behaviour
- Better FPS performance
Version 4.1 Beta (Hot-fix):
- Very small fix updating the white clouds script in the new experimental package
Version 4.0 Beta (Experimental):
- New skycolors and better cirrus clouds based on FSE textures
- Cloud contrast lowered to appear more natural
- Contrast ratio and power tweaked
- Cloud colours refined
- Better draw shape of the clouds
Version 3.2:
- A hot-fix update fixing the black/white cloud bug
Version 3.1:
- A small update removing the slight blue tint when using white clouds
- This does not concern blue clouds users!
Version 3.0:
- Completely reworked installation process (simpler, easier to understand)
- Tweaked / Custom skycolors
- Two options: Blue Clouds or White Clouds
- Added (optional) scripts: No White Out In Clouds & Water enhancement
Version 2.0:
- Less saturated clouds
- Better performance
- Changed skycolors
Version 1.0:
- Initial release
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INSTALLATION
Warning: Make sure to make a backup of each folder before overwriting! I have created a "Backup" folder for this purpose.
Unzip the file and you should see 4 folders inside ("Backups", "clouds", "Scripts", "skycolors") as well as the Changelog and README.
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Step 1: Clouds
Move the "clouds" folder to "X-Plane 11/Resources/bitmaps/world/" and overwrite.
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Step 2: Skycolors
Move the "skycolors" folder to "X-Plane 11/Resources/bitmaps/" and overwrite.
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Step 3: FlyWithLua
Download FlyWithLua here:
Unzip the folder and move it to "X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/" and make sure to delete "please read the manual.lua" in "FlyWithLua/Scripts/".
Move "Y_Clouds_4/Scripts/Y_Clouds_4.lua” to "X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/".
If you have installed the vivid_sky script already, make sure to overwrite the old one with my new script.
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Optional
Move "Y_Clouds_V3/Scripts/Water preset by Allan RIVIERE version 1.3.lua" to "X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/" if you want better water.
Move "Y_Clouds_V3/Scripts/WhiteoutInClouds_v1.1f.lua" to "X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/" if you don't want a "whiteout" effect while passing through clouds.
Check that you do not have conflicting scripts!
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And you're done! Run X-Plane 11, pick an aircraft and location of your choice, enjoy!
You can help me improve this project, supporting me and give me suggestions in the official Y Clouds discussion & support thread:
IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE CONCERNING THE ADDON, PLEASE ALWAYS REFER TO THE DISCUSSION THREAD FIRST!
Do not hesitate to include some screenshots if you can! Therefore I can see what the enhancement looks like on your screens.
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SCREENSHOTS
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Please do not distribute any of the images above without permission.
All rights and credits go to the original creators of the textures/scripts.
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Thank you for downloading,
Pilot Y
Edited by Pilot Y
Large screenshots added.