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[SkateZilla]

took forever to get flares/reflections to be somewhat decent.....

 

I really havent changed anything, so it's something to do with 1.2.3/4

[Ali Fish]

took forever to get flares/reflections to be somewhat decent.....

 

I really havent changed anything, so it's something to do with 1.2.3/4

 

Aye ! ive been bangin on about it for practically 6 months, and in my last post it reared its ugly head again. anyway nowt like being ignored about things you deem crucially important to your expereince.(lets alone third parties trying their hardest) permission to swear please ? it trully is a futile expereince that winds me up. working within it that is.

 

you see the problem, it was near perfect by my opinion in 1.2.1 ,in their attempt to enhance worlds overall looks with some additions. they stepped over the mark in a few areas.

 

1. understading of these new shaders and their existing artwork. they have over powered them to the extent that fine grading in the textures is not possible. but thats fine it fits their existing artwork.

2, hdr in general, related to above and part of the problem.

3, overpowering the shaders to make their existing artwork more than what they were intended for. geez if you want it to be more vidid, do it to the artwork in what was already a very powerfull shader base.

 

if you analyse the spec file for the p51 "bare metal" skin and relating to its reflection channel, and after i spouted my talents over it. you will see that it is still graded very dark and yet it still shines like a metal ball.(1.2.2+) this is my evidence of overall shader changing in order to make the existing artwork shine more. and recieve and react to light more. in some cases its nice. but it amounts to a rather procedural way to accomplish it. thats a major design flaw given its current practice.

 

regards that p51 reflection channel in practice that dark file when brightened starts to loose its grading in the upper ranges of white etc. the shaders should be tuned so that achieving full white (or black) on any multi channel spec file should give the maximum intended effect possible. but no we have achieved full effect by 50% , proof that the shaders are imbalanced. abbility to produce visual eye candy reduced by 50% approx, thats the result. and a washed out mess visually. i can work within it because i understand where its flaws are but its just not right at the end of the day and it hasn`t been so for nearly a year. im very up for debating this if anyone else is ?

Edited May 11, 2013 by Ali Fish

[joey45]

 

Will be do a few more letters and releasing it as a pack...

 

.. On Monday after I get back from work.

Edited May 11, 2013 by joey45
Grammer

[aaron886]

if you analyse the spec file for the p51 "bare metal" skin and relating to its reflection channel, and after i spouted my talents over it. you will see that it is still graded very dark and yet it still shines like a metal ball

 

They're using other methods for that one. :)

[SkateZilla]

i cant duplicate their mirror polish, so it's something they are doing in 3ds.

[Ali Fish]

i cant duplicate their mirror polish, so it's something they are doing in 3ds.

 

were you not having that prob in a thread in the how to section if i remember ?

[Ali Fish]

They're using other methods for that one. :)

 

not sure what you mean but very interested. haha yes they are using other methods to enhance it as ive said already, they are the wrong methodsas far as i can tell.

 

so if this has changed what does that channel do now then ? it applies reflect power as far as ive been concerned with it. i dont concern myself with the cube and or realtime reflections element changes-but thats is an issue presently and maybe points to something to do with edge possibly.

Edited May 11, 2013 by Ali Fish

[sobek]

Guys, don't you think it would be a good idea to discuss this in a separate thread?

[Ali Fish]

Guys, don't you think it would be a good idea to discuss this in a separate thread?

 

well we could, as ive said ive been banging on about it for sometime only to be ignored, there are threads attributed to it (admittedly filled with confusion). never the less you are correct its not the place. im not sure where is though, because clearly only prominent threads seems to get any responses or dare i say it moderated with contextual effect such as this. who in any official capacity is reading the bugs and problems threads at around page 3 and onwards last posted at around january time lol ? anyway enough for me, please be kind and pass my issues onto someone who knows what im on about. they are problems and they are Ed`s problems. as a longterm customer with whats turning out to be a longterm problem i`d feel just peachy if you`d look at them please. not just for me ,for everyone and explicilty for 3rd party development in various forms which i thought was a keen focus now. and 3rd parties need that standardisation. ive been hearing stories about changes in world that effectivly mean complete overhauls of various systems. and sorry to say, but this all needs to be a basis that doesnt change to much before 3rd parties can really get involved.

Edited May 12, 2013 by Ali Fish

[-Rudel-]

A thread I started practically for it.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100906

[Witchking]

 

[Witchking]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love FC3 , AFM and new 6dof cockpits.

Edited May 13, 2013 by Witchking

[HungaroJET]

i cant duplicate their mirror polish, so it's something they are doing in 3ds.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1755265#post1755265

[joey45]

 

 

Internal testing phase..

[Flаnker]

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1755872&postcount=5

 

 

Edited May 12, 2013 by Flаnker

[ALDEGA]

Awesome!

[Aviators]

beautiful!

[joey45]

:thumbup:

[upupandaway]

Oops! :worthy:

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Some (very) oldies from 2010, back in the Flaming Cliffs 1.12c days which I found on my Attachments here.

 

Very good time for mods, we even had a NEVADA map back in the day :D

 

1. Gripen JAS-39C pulling some G during Red Flag, Nevada

 

2. Luftwaffe F-4F returning after CAP

 

 

3. Su-27 flight over Moscow, Victory Day practice

 

 

3.1. A beautiful edit of that photo by a fellow Lock On pilot from these boards (unfortunately I can't remember or locate who did it - if you're reading this, come forth, you did a great job :D):

 

 

4. French Rafale-M training in the Alps.

 

 

5. Su-27SK during a promotional video/photoshoot

 

 

6. E-3A climbing in the early hours of morning. Long day ahead.

 

 

Now a couple of shots from my very first Ka-50 campaign flight, also from 2010. My computer's pretty mid-low range but it still held up quite well :) Graphics were dazzling back then, and frankly still are :D All with special thanks to Viper for helping me out with getting my Russian version to English and uploading the whole Deployment campaign in English for me :thumbup:

 

 

 

If you think you're safe going out at night... think again. Sharks can be pretty mean nocturnal beings too.

 

 

 

One can't congratulate ED enough on their work on shaders:pilotfly:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the nostalgia :D

[vanzant_cl]

Some landing practice :joystick:

[Ali Fish]

 

 

One can't congratulate ED enough on their work on shaders:pilotfly:

 

i often flick through the old screenshot pages and yeah i agree from the early days to now that its getting so much better, only reason i will work in its construct. alas there is a world of work to get through before they are working as they should in all honesty.

Edited May 13, 2013 by Ali Fish

[Eight Ball]

Beautiful pics Lucas !

 

Training Day :)

 

 

 

 

[joey45]

 

Link >> http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/345694/

Edited May 13, 2013 by joey45

[Mustang]

Further adventures in cloud shader editing :P

 

 

 

 

this is what i'm kinda aiming for, more softer scattered natural looking cloud types - work continues