Kermit and the glowing B17

[Krusty]

Hey Kermit, thought I'd make a new thread. Can you post some screenshots of what you see on your machine? Here's a screenshot I already had, from months ago. This is what it normally looks like. I've not bombed in a while, so I'll go get some recent screenshots in a moment.



Note that it's not really much more shiny than the other skins in the bomber mission.

[Kermit de frog]

Example:  Scene was near night time.

[Geary420]

Glowing? have you been licking your own butt again frog?

[Kermit de frog]

Geary is t3h funnay!

[Geary420]

Dude, make me an avatard.. or make a squad one that we can all use.

[Krusty]

I think the terrain acts a little funny at dusk. I was on at the same time, and waited for the sun to come up before taking some pics.

This is one a little later, sun not fully up.


This is one a LOT later, about 40 minutes later, as I'm landing the same sortie (had to coast a full sector with no eng due to multiple gas leaks, but I made it!)



I think it's more an issue with the lighting code rather than the plane. Could be something with the materials file. I moved my angles around, and when it was still dusk (no sun up) I was getting very obvious light glare/reflection from the direction of the sun, but it was already down.

[Target2]

Holly swiss cheese Batman!

[Krusty]

That is why P51s shouldn't attack bombers

[SkyChimp03]

Meh and teh frog talked about your skin a few weeks before i quit. Hemeans the highlights are 'too' bright .

[Reynolds]

I know ive said it ingame, but I will say it again... "MY EYES!!! IT B-U-U-U-R-R-N-N-N-S-S-!-!-!"

In other words, on my machine its about half again as bright and reflective as that. So much so it really does hurt my eyes.

[Treize69]

Think thats bad, take a look at any of NrRaven's 109s. A CAMO bird that bright. Look at it from front low quarter when its sitting on the ground- even with the sun at its back it will glow like Chernobyl against the trees.

for example...

[Reynolds]

Originally posted by Treize69
Think thats bad, take a look at any of NrRaven's 109s. A CAMO bird that bright. Look at it from front low quarter when its sitting on the ground- even with the sun at its back it will glow like Chernobyl against the trees.

for example...

I never get that effect...

[Treize69]

Ive been getting it since his skins first came along, so I know its not from the messed up materials files. That screenie is from last summer.

[Krusty]

Yes... I dislike Raven's choice of colors, across-the-board. It's his choice. I just don't use them that often because of it.

As for the B17... I did some checking, back when I made it, and metal B17s are highly reflective. Hell I even built a 48th scale model of one, and used real aluminum foil for the surface, the damn thing is a freaking MIRROR (and this isn't a polished surface, it's scratched and mangled to get it on the plane). To me, I see it as fairly accurate, based on photos and the real metal used on the model I built. I think that maybe, if anything, the materials file aggravates this situation. I spent a lot of time on it, and was never 100% happy with it, but found something I was "mostly happy" with.

I can supply the bitmap of the skin if folks want to play around with the materials settings.

[SkyChimp03]

lol why not let the mat file do the work? Did ww2 bare metal birds glare at every angle? Mean its not bad but the highlight is.... You get my point llol.