Can you post a link to Flight sim 19, have genuinely never heard of it. Cheers.
I also said 'Was' a flightsim advisor, for a few developers on A320 projects, also ran the beta test/support team for Airsimmer Advanced (Study sim) that was a few years back.
Never worked on X-Plane, didn't they use sprites? Even DCS couldn't produce realistic weather, no idea if things have changed. Am also not claiming that is the only reason for delays, it is a monumental task for a number of reasons. If they wanted to chuck out an SC version of atmospheric planets, we could have that very quickly, along with a lot of disappointed customers.
Btw I think SC's planet's look amazing, but the weather effects (clouds/storms) are non-existent right now, for a very good reason, it would require heavy optimization. Most of these desktop flightsims only need to draw small areas, max cruise altitudes are between 41,000 - 60,000 ft Dynamic weather is localized, divided up by Metar stations.
Actually, I meant FlightSim 95.. I also play (when I want to relax) FarmSim 19. I messed up mia culpa. Never the less, my points are still valid. Clouds are not an issue and if they are, then Frontier have severe problems.
I'd ask more about the A320 project but that would really be going off on a tangent