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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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decent water texture and color
« on: August 30, 2008, 08:50:40 AM »
The texture and color of the water is just, well, terrible. It offers NOTHING in the way of depth perception. It's often way too dark, it does not change color or brightness depending on your distance from it, nor does it have enough texture for you to see how close you are to it. The "waves" appear to be the same size if you are at 10 feet as they do if you are at 10,000 feet. The water always appears as if it were intended to simulate the depth perception issues you'd have with water under low light conditions, such as early dawn, late dusk, or even night.
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2008, 11:00:38 AM »
I agree, the water we have now is horrible, it doesnt resemble water at all. I don't know if you remember this but we used to have animated water. It looked awsome! It actually looked like water, the sun reflected off it, it looked like it was moving and it wasn't this dark blue color we have now. It was an option in graphic detail that you could check off. After the graphics update (the same update that the sherman was put into the game) the option was no longer there, and we were stuck with the "water" we have now. HTC never said why they removed it and I have mentioned this in a few posts. I have no idea why they got rid of it, if it lowered frame rates you always had the option to turn it off. HT please put animated water back in the game! :pray
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2008, 11:17:56 AM »
I got my new video card two days after the game update which eliminated the animated water. I never got to see it. :(

Please bring it back. :)
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2008, 11:22:12 AM »
Animated water was bad too.  Once they get it right, it'll be sweet.

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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2008, 01:39:59 PM »
It'd be nice to see waves crashing up on the beach once in a blue moon...
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2008, 01:44:24 PM »
who cares what the water looks like , last time I checked this was a flying sim..  :D
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2008, 01:46:01 PM »
Beach party!!!!!  :lol

Sure, bring the water back. :aok

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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2008, 01:58:47 PM »
Better water = good.   :aok

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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2008, 02:09:59 PM »
i like this idea, i think itd be neat for more realistice water
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2008, 02:20:08 PM »
who cares what the water looks like , last time I checked this was a flying sim..  :D
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2008, 03:03:41 PM »
Been working on a lil' something:

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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2008, 03:06:30 PM »
looks sexy ranger
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2008, 04:50:07 PM »
Any way you can take a snap with the grid on? Be interested in knowing the scale of the waves.
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« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2008, 05:49:59 PM »
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Re: decent water texture and color
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2008, 06:59:13 PM »
I sure will Sax.  That pic was taken from an alt of about 200 ft. or so.  Give me til tomorrow.  I'll show a pic w/ grid and one or two with a plane.
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