[Other] - Update Skyboxes

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:bullseye: What is your suggestion?
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After the recent introduction of dynamic shadows, the game’s graphics took a major leap in quality, with objects on the ground as detailed as ever. Therefore, the current set of weather and skyboxes could be improved in the same way, adding the same graphic-quality leap, but now for everything above ground, affecting the game’s overall mood.

:hammer_and_wrench: How would it work in the game?
Explain how this would be implemented from a gameplay or UI perspective.

There are several adjustments that could be made:

  1. Brighter and wider sky colour palette
  2. More dynamic clouds creation
  3. METAR updated cloud types as an addition to the weather

:balance_scale: Why is this a good idea?
What improvement would this bring? Better usability, realism, fun factor, accessibility?

As well as changes to shadows, this addition can bring a major positive update to the game’s graphics, gameplay pleasure and overall mood without using too many resources.

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I agree but rn skyboxes are provided by an outside source, redeveloping from scratch would take time.

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For sure, idea just as possible far future development

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It would be nice to get blue skies and not have it look like the airport is situated in a Soviet iron works in the 1950s. Looks like thick smog when the sun is rising and setting.

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Honestly I feel like that is the strongest time of day for the current skybox lol

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Lmao. Ya know looking at it, maybe the skyboxes are modelled on the UK. Definitely the kind of skies we see most of the year

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And that is within the span of 30 minutes

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