KAB Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi all I don't think that this is an actual fault in the scenery, unless I have a faulty installation, but there is a need of improvement in the texture that covers the highest mountains in the scenery during winter. These are the areas above the tree line, where no large vegetation grows. These areas becomes completely white during winter. Of course there will be darker areas where the wind has teared away the snow, but still the majority is completely snowcovered. Here's an example: If you click at this link, you'll see an actual fjord in northern Norway: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/62760786 And in the next link, I have uploaded a screenshot of the same area: http://i.imgur.com/nN1Ogsd.jpg(Note that I use an addon named "Norwegian Woods" to add denser forests according to real land class data). Then I've edited the screenshot a bit in Photoshop, to give an impression of what I think is a realistic texture in these areas: http://i.imgur.com/y5rXmST.jpg In short, I just added more white to give the mountains more realistic snow. I think that the snow texture in the sim, where snow covers areas, is a bit unrealistic. What do you think? More mountains here: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15858312 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44897138 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/71045683 http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10058532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museumkeeper Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi KAB Have a read at this link. Does it help ?. http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/89258-seasons-in-ftx-norway/?p=812651 Kind regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 We are aware that not all things within fsX and or P3D can be reproduced as in real life, alas the SIM has it's limitations, please follow the link in Ian's post for a more in depth explanation on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi KAB, thanks for the information. It seems that your concerns are different from the lack of hard-winter seasons at lower elevations. I'll have a closer look whether some of the subalpine/alpine hard-winter textures can be made more white. We generally like to retain some features in the textures because pure-white and thus low-contrast versions tend to have issues of their own, like highlighting the problematic aspects of the FSX/P3D terrain shading, making the semitransparent "white noise" (=detail1.bmp) overlay more visible, etc. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAB Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Just to confirm - What is needed is whiter mountains during winter. More snow Here is a comparison from Narvik ENNK: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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