Missing clouds and light source.

[Kaizlu]

The title may sound funny, but that's the issue I'm having right now.

I've playing the game for about a week now, and before that I watched some playtrough videos on Youtube to get a general idea of what the game offers. When I first stared playing I didn't notice it, but after some hours I noticed that the game did't look as nice as in the videos.

The first thing I noticed different was that while I play, most of the time the clouds on the sky are missing, here are some screens:

[How it should look like] http://i53.tinypic.com/o6mnm8.jpg

And now, how it looks most of the time:

[inside Ul'dah] http://i54.tinypic.com/2hn2xix.jpg
[outskirts of Ul'dah] http://i52.tinypic.com/2nq5zf8.jpg

And then I noticed something else....not only are the clouds missing, it seems that the whole ambient lighting is also missing (along with most of the bloom) and the game looks really "meh" without it.

So, now my question is: Is this part of the weather? Or a graphical glitch? Since sometimes I'm just walking around and suddenly the game "loads" the clouds/thing and everything looks prettier. But I haven't checked if the weather changed.

Thanks in advance~

(I'm pretty sure someone will ask) System Specs:


-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A785TD-M EVO (AM3)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1920x1080@60Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (5770 - 1GB)
Hard Drives
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-65Z7B0 ATA Device (SATA)
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1

And...I'm running the game with these settings:

Display Mode: Full Screen
Window Size: 1920*1080
Multisampling: 2x MSAA
General Drawing Quality: 8 (Standard)
Background Drawing Quality: 3(Standard)
Shadow Detail: Standard

Ambient Occlusion: OFF
Depth of Field: OFF
Disable cutscene effects: OFF
Enable hardware mouse cursor: ON

Texture Quality: Standard
Texture Filtering: Standard

[Eldaena]

I think some of what you're seeing is part of the "Last Word" and the "Shroud Over Gridania" event going on. It's been raining a lot more everywhere and having heavy fog/dark skies all over Eorzea.

[Kaizlu]

That makes sense, in a way I feel kinda stupid now about posting it hahaha.

Oh well, I'll try lo stop looking at the sky now. Thanks.