Benny's Sky Enhancement Set

This is a complete set of sky color definitions and bitmaps to improve the overall look of the skies in X-Plane 5. The package includes new sky color definition files for Earth and Mars, new or enhanced cloud bitmaps (some of them were made by Ken Kimmel, who kindly allowed me to include them in the package) and a new sun bitmap with the correct size. I also included the old moon bitmap of X-Plane 5.5x, because the moon in X-Plane 5.62 or later is too dark and wastes memory due to its larger size.

The screenshot on the right shows the new cirrus cloud layer, the enhanced scattered clouds, and the new sun bitmap.

The screenshot on the left shows the new, brighter Mars sky.

The enhanced Earth sky can also be seen on many other screenshots on this web site. Some examples:

• Natural white haze on the horizon (1), (2)
• New cirrus cloud layer
• Orange sunset sky (changed from the original, unnatural pink)
• Ken Kimmel's overcast clouds
• Moon bitmap

Download (version 566.1, 259 KB)