FS2004

Realistic Clouds for FS2004

Realistic Clouds refreshes the FS2004 sky with higher-contrast, carefully recoloured cloud textures that deliver crisp high-altitude formations, golden sunsets, clear dawn light, heavy overcasts, and dramatic thunderstorms. Compact 86 kB textures preserve smooth performance and pair especially well with weather engines such as ActiveSky2004; requires no additional utilities.

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FS2004

Images & Screenshots

20 total

A Lufthansa-branded jet is parked on a dimly lit taxiway at dusk, with another aircraft and terminal building nearby.

A cockpit view shows the aircraft banking left over a cityscape, with analog flight instruments and cloudy skies visible outside the window.

A cockpit view shows several analog flight instruments and part of the canopy frame with scattered clouds visible over the landscape below.

A commercial airliner cockpit is lined up on a wet runway at dusk with illuminated runway lights and distant airport buildings visible.

A light aircraft cockpit shows analog and digital instruments as the plane approaches a runway in low-visibility weather conditions.

A cockpit view shows flight instruments in the foreground with an urban landscape and a tall communications tower under overcast skies.

The view from the cockpit shows a partially cloudy sky through the right windshield, with cockpit structural supports and navigation instruments visible.

A cockpit view shows analog flight instruments in the foreground with rain streaks and a cloudy sky visible through the windshield.

A small single-engine aircraft flies above a patchwork of fields and rivers under a sky with scattered cumulus clouds.

A cockpit view shows avionics displays and instruments on the left, with cloudy skies and a coastline visible through the right window.

A cockpit view shows part of the instrument panel, a heading indicator, and a grassy airfield with scattered trees under a partly cloudy sky.

A single-engine high-wing aircraft flies above patchwork fields with scattered clouds and blue sky visible in the background.

A small single-engine aircraft flies above a patchwork of fields at sunset, with scattered clouds and a visible vortex behind it.

A small single-engine aircraft flies above a patchwork of fields and forests under a partly cloudy sky at dawn or dusk.

A terminal building with a control tower and jet bridge is visible under an aircraft wing on an overcast day.

A cockpit canopy frames a view of scattered clouds and patchwork fields below under a mostly clear blue sky.

A cockpit-forward view shows a runway stretching ahead under a cloudy sky, with runway edge lights and a windsock visible to the right.

A small single-engine aircraft flies above scattered clouds with its landing gear extended and blue sky visible overhead.

A single-engine high-wing aircraft flies against a blue sky with scattered clouds visible in the background.

A single-engine high-wing aircraft with blue and white livery flies above a cloud layer under a mostly clear sky.

FS9 clouds with improved contrast and recoloured for a realistic sky-scape. Pristine high-altitude clouds, golden sunsets, clear dawns, brooding overcasts and moody thunderstorms. No framerate impact because of small texture size (86kB). Extensively tested with no apparent issues. The screenshots were made with the great ActiveSky2004 running (payware) and the vastly improved dawn/dusk effects by Thomas Grillo installed. These are available here (dwndsk04.zip - a must have file in my opinion).

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realskies.zip

File size

718.07 KB

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How to install this mod

FS2004 add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place files per readme

FS2004 add-ons go into FS9\Aircraft\, FS9\Addon Scenery\, FS9\Gauges\, or FS9\Effects\.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

What’s inside this archive

The archive realskies.zip has 25 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
cumulus01.bmp	05.30.06	85.40 kB
readmeFIRST!!!.txt	05.30.06	757 B
realsky20.jpg	05.30.06	181.12 kB
realsky22.jpg	05.30.06	34.28 kB
realsky26.jpg	05.30.06	24.52 kB
realsky27.jpg	05.30.06	24.75 kB
realsky3.jpg	05.30.06	31.49 kB
realsky33.jpg	05.30.06	15.42 kB
realsky34.jpg	05.30.06	14.53 kB
realsky37.jpg	05.30.06	28.61 kB
realsky41.jpg	05.30.06	31.80 kB
realsky47.jpg	05.30.06	20.82 kB
realsky48.jpg	05.30.06	28.16 kB
realsky50.jpg	05.30.06	29.51 kB
realsky54.jpg	05.30.06	28.72 kB
realsky56.jpg	05.30.06	26.52 kB
realsky58.jpg	05.30.06	18.57 kB
realsky61.jpg	05.30.06	24.15 kB
realsky62.jpg	05.30.06	36.08 kB
realsky63.jpg	05.30.06	24.76 kB
realsky65.jpg	05.30.06	38.32 kB
realsky67.jpg	05.30.06	31.35 kB
Thumbs.db	05.30.06	60.50 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B