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FSXA Cubed maps in DDS format

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I am creating a custom world reflection to replace "GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome" and "GlobalEnvTest" textures.
I have made my image and tried a few different ways to convert with no success. I tried DXTBMP in DDS format and tried to use the ImageTool directly and export as DDS. I do know it needs to be cubed but not sure how to do this in the image tool. Any help would be appreciated!

GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome.bmp


Also i read that you can make 1 texture called ENV.DDS and place that in your aircraft texture folder so you do not have to replace the default files. I think this would be a better route. Do i make just one of these DDS files in the size if the test file? And in Gmax do i select this new file for the reflection map and keep using "Use global environment map as reflection on" under special functionality?
 
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Found a solution using Gimp for those who need help!


I renamed my chrome to env.DDS placed it in my aircraft texture folder and added the entry fallback.Z........to the texture.cfg and it still loads the default from the main texture folder. What am i doing wrong? i prefer to use the aircraft so i do not have to replace the default files.
 
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If I remember well I had just to put this in the einv map in Gmax , this was a building but I guess could be the same.
I always have missed a good tutorial on the creation and aplicacation of cube maps as env. maps for fsx. would be great.
 
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So far i can only get the world reflection to work if i put them in the main FSX texture folder. But i found a bug today. Works perfect with DX10 on but the simulator crashes if i turn on DX9. What is causing this issue?:banghead:
 
Paul Domingue

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When using a custom environment map you want to uncheck the "Use global environment map as reflection" under special functionality other wise it will default to the GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome map in the FSX texture folder. With the custom map you have the ability to regulate the percentage of reflection.
 
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Yes Tic I folowed that tutorial time ago, and others, by the way it's a cool site, have some tricks about textures. I recover your thread about specular http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/suspicious-specular.256649/
Interesting for this purpose, I had to regulate de reflection and it was with the specular map and his alpha channels. you will have too to limit de reflection to the Windows glass, not the frames etc so will have to use alpha channels in many cases.
 
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Paul Domingue said:
When using a custom environment map you want to uncheck the "Use global environment map as reflection" under special functionality other wise it will default to the GlobalEnv_AC_Chrome map in the FSX texture folder. With the custom map you have the ability to regulate the percentage of reflection.
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Yep i figured this out that you do not check the Use global environment. But i still put my custom ENV map in the same reflection selection and the reflection was messed up. Not sure what i am doing wrong since this new ENV map is different than a normal flat reflection texture. Can you explain what to check in the material editor for this type of cubed map texture. So far i only can make it work when it's in the FSX\texture folder. But prefer to have it in the aircraft folder.
 
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I am not sure about the aircraft but, for the scenery, it works all the time.
1. Check out the "Use global environment map as reflection" as already stated.
2. Set up your "Reflection Map" on the FSX material and set your new ENV psd file in the slot. It has to be psd, no need to point to dds since Gmax/mas do not know dds.
3. Use Nvidia plug in for Photoshop and save your file as DDS. Put it into your own local texture (your aircraft/scenery folder). Please cross check that you save to dds on the same name. Many times texture does not show up because of typo.
Then it is done!
 
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Since i fixed my bug it now works. I just needed to retry it once more! I now have a custom cubed chrome texture working for my props!
Thanks jtanabodee for what to check as this is what i do for my other custom reflections.
 
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