sightseer Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 This is P3D24 with my own sky and clouds...works in progress. the shaders do present a challenge but I think its possible to create some fairly realistic looks. Making your own clouds is not impossible like I once thought but it certainly is tricky. Before P3D2.3, you could add shadows to clouds with the sky texture but from 2.3 forward it appears that it has to be in the cloud texture and some weird lighting rules apply that I have not figured out yet. But my work is not that bad I think. sorry about the random order thing. I don't know how to turn that off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Great stuff, Dave! Have you figured out a way of lightening the excessively dark lower/underneath palette? Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sightseer Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Great stuff, Dave! Have you figured out a way of lightening the excessively dark lower/underneath palette? Adam. Adam - I think that LM changed the shading with 2.3 and it took away the shading from the ambient lighting and left it all to the cloud texture. This made the clouds look flatter on the bottom and they had no color. REX immediately came out with 'Soft Clouds' and those had blue shadows. After trying everything with the sky texture to get color back in my clouds, I finally gave up and tried making my own clouds and I find that you can make a rounded, shaded cloud that doesn't have such stark dark bottoms. or if that's what you want, you can. What I find tricky is that there is still a very basic gradient shading being applied to the clouds so you still don't have complete control. There is definitely some shader code/programming at work there. and then there is also the weather related cloud transparency issue -- also shader related because it wasn't so bad in previous versions. the only thing a cloud maker has control over is whether a cloud has a transparent middle or not. but some clouds need that - to make good 'soft fly through effects'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 It seems that it's *very much* to do with the shaders - cloud.fx and cloud2.fx http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/fix-for-cloud-issues-in-2-4/ http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/forums/index.php?/topic/32641-prepar3d-v24-cloud-test/ However - I feel P3D is in denial about this! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Great shots Dave. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sightseer Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Thanks Iain. I just love Blue Canyon. no matter which way you go on the runway, it looks like you are going uphill and are about to fall off the edge of the world. very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Wow - Now these are what I call realistic clouds , great work Dave !! . Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILOU Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Very nice set and realistic clouds! it'is exactly what i like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sightseer Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Thanks Brad, Filou, Iain, and Adam. Ive been working hard on clouds and its nice to hear positive comments. it means a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks Brad, Filou, Iain, and Adam. I've been working hard on clouds and its nice to hear positive comments. it means a lot.Yeah - don't give up! Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy H Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 What a fantastic set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sightseer Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 What a fantastic set! Thanks Sammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSRobert Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Brilliant graphics to say the least Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Pugwash Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Really nicely "tuned in" graphics Smashing shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Good work you do here, Dave, thanks. P3D is a great sim but for the clouds. I do not see here, in your pics, these awful clouds looking like make up remover cotton balls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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