decent water texture and color

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Ranger, have you had time to do those shots?

[Odisseo]

When I was flying in WB I asked why they didnt improved and updated the grafic aspect, the reply has been "peaple don't buy our game, they just pay to play it. Too hight res = less players who can have a good and updated PC".

Ofcourse, if such update is "checkable" and can turned off, count me in! It's ages i'm thinking that AH ground textures have a lack of details

[Denholm]

The question I have for Ranger:

The light reflecting, is it from the game engine or from the actual texture?

[Getback]

Amen to that!

[USRanger]

Crap.  I've been slacking.  I'll get the texture into a working map today and post some pics this evening, plus one with the grid for Sax.  I didn't forget, just had a crazy busy week. <S>

[Denholm]

So, the reflection of light in the picture. From the texture or AH's lighting system?

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Crap.  I've been slacking.  I'll get the texture into a working map today and post some pics this evening, plus one with the grid for Sax.  I didn't forget, just had a crazy busy week. <S>

Hey, thanks for the effort. It's a favor to the rest of us, it's not like we're paying you.

[USRanger]

Some shots:

[Speed55]

That looks awesome man!   

[mensa180]

It looks like the water is too "big".  Is there a way to make it smaller?

Thanks for the effort in the first place, though!

[Motherland]

It looks like the water is too "big".  Is there a way to make it smaller?

Thanks for the effort in the first place, though!

That's what I was thinking... the reflection spots look like they should be several inches wide, but they're as big as the wingspan of an N1KJ2

[USRanger]

I agree about the reflections & probably would remove them altogether.  I'd also do some blurring to make the colors blend better.  Saxman,  I didn't get a shot with the grid, but if you look at the pic from in-cockpit, that was at an alt of about 50 ft.  I think that one shows best the wave "height".  Though this texture is far from ready,  I just wanted to show what type of water we could have, with no fps loss that I've ever found.

[USRanger]

Here's a pic with a different texture.  It's a little more extreme, but I like it better than flat blue water.

[croduh]

I have been messing a lot with water textures.I think HTC was aiming at cold North Atlantic (greener) waters , rather than pacific or med - type waters.

This is my vision of water textures:



Oh and, Ranger you are using way way old jungle tree pack, they have shadows now

[USRanger]

CC Croduh   That pic is a couple years old.  Where can I get em?

Btw, I love the color of the water in that pic you posted.  Beautiful.