The original quote from e-on was 

*We'll be introducing Vue Infinite and xStream Release 6.5, with amazing new atmospheric effects. *
The link from Mark quoted

 

The new releases allow users to create skies with as many overlapping spectral cloud layers desired for complex cloudscapes. There is also a new cloud lighting technology that lets local lights affect spectral atmospheres and clouds. New functions allow creation of true-to-life thunder storms, search lights or illuminated fly through clouds. You can also render spectral atmosphere animations significantly faster thanks to the optimized spectral atmosphere anti-flickering technology.

Nowhere did it say lightENing as in lightening bolts - it's lights in the clouds that effect the clouds...  Works really nice too.  If you want lightening bolts, use the dead tree, flip upside down, give it a material with lots of glow.  Alpha planes work too.    There are also some nice lightening bolts for sale on Cornucopia.  And yes, I talked to the e-on people, who were understandably miffed/irked/hurt that something they did not advertise was immediatly being said was a promise broken. 

The new cloud layers are also going to help.  Yes, we could always add layers, but they didn't really "meld" with each other.  Now they do.  

Anyway, we got a cool update for free, and it renders clouds faster.  

Thanks e-on!

Peggy

 

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