==Wiggy== Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Wouldn't it be great to be able to see that MiG-15 at your 2 O'Clock low and 3 miles in your Sabre because the glint of sun reflecting off the whole aircraft caught your eye!?? You bet it would! What do you say ED? :smilewink: Cheers, Rick CSEL\CMEL\IFR Certified Airplane Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torso Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 THIS +1000 I have brought up a glint effect in the past, a starburst reflection flash would add to spotting and a general another real life detail brought into the game. Glints can be done, just not sure if they could figure out how to do it in DCS. Would be very nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunterbunt Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yes please. My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 64GB DDR4-3200 Ram | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog | MFG Crosswind rudder pedals | HP Reverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metzger Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 +1 This is the major factor affecting short to mid range spotting and I was expecting to be fixed in 2.5 with differed shading but apparently it is not :(. Now all objects even under strong sun, looks like they are under shade. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistking Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) yes, yes, yes +1 THIS +1000 I have brought up a glint effect in the past, a starburst reflection flash would add to spotting and a general another real life detail brought into the game. Glints can be done, just not sure if they could figure out how to do it in DCS. Would be very nice though. i think the proper PBR shaded glint would be mandatory for the post-processing flare/starburst, because the renderer would need to know where to place the pp effect. the way it is now, PBR shading does not really work for objects that are not very close to the camera apparently, so the renderer would not know, where/when/how intense the sun/moon reflects from the object and therefore could not place the pp flare/starburst correctly. i propose that the PBR shading should be improved to work better/more reliably with distant objects, which should already result in improved spotting because of the glinting/reflections. then there should be a post processing flare/starburst effect added on top. this effect should be very subtle to give an realistic impression of the scene, but should be user tweakeble so that it could also be bumped up and used as a spotting aid (like some arcade shooters do with rifle optics of enemys). this should be a serverside option of course... this pp flare/starburst should of course be added to the whole scene, not just aircraft. if it's not overdone it looks very natural and realistic, seemingly enhancing the scenes contrast by suggesting extra highlight intensity. it's very common in professional CGI and games and if done right, you would not even notice it. we're not talking j.j.abrams lens-flare-extravaganza here... i have done some tests in blender (which renders completely different than dcs does but should still be viable for a proof of concept), and found that this could improve spotting immensly on all distances, because you not only get the reflection/glint and post-processing highlight-effects, but because everything is moving, the reflections and pp sunglare flicker and/or pulsate realisticially, which improves spotting even more. i don't know how the impact on performance will be. the post-processing flare/starburst should be minimal, but shading materials with full PBR on higher view distances, might be more problematic. but with vulcan - our holy grale - in the works, everything is possible, right? ...right? Edited September 29, 2018 by twistking My personal wishlist after half a decade with DCS: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/184968-my-personal-wishlist-after-half-a-decade-with-dcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilon_x Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 two real example of airplane refleshion at long distance and short distance. Reflasion to the colouds clouds and whater reflect immage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilon_x Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Example 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixma 06 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Mig Alley did this back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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