SkyMaxx Pro, an add-on for the X-Plane flight simulator, now features 3D towering cumulus and cumulonimbus storm clouds! SkyMaxx Pro 4.6 is a free update for any SkyMaxx Pro 4 customer.

SkyMaxx Pro 4.6 is built using the new SilverLining 5 sky and cloud SDK. It includes a wide variety of hand-modeled storm clouds in various stages of development, which have been tuned and optimized for high performance and natural appearance. These 3D storm clouds look and behave realistically whether youโ€™re viewing them from 100 km away, or whether youโ€™re flying right around or through them. Cumulonimbus clouds also feature lightning and rain shaft effects.

For the first time, X-Plane users can fly into realistic stormy conditions with vertical cloud development, and with good frame-rates too.

As they say, a pictureโ€™s worth a thousand words โ€“ so weโ€™ll let these screenshots speak for themselves. SkyMaxx Pro 4 users can get their update information here, or you can buy SkyMaxx Pro 4.6 here.

Special thanks to AgileSrc LLC who worked with Sundog to develop our new Unity-based 3D cloud editor application, and to create these new cloud models.

SilverLining 5 screenshot with storm cloudsNew storm clouds in SkyMaxx Pro 4.6