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Can't get environment map to work

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I'm trying to finish the import of my VC into Blender and have run into a problem with the reflections on the glass cockpit gauges. I had this working correctly with the GMax model.

Is there some trick to getting it working with a Blender compiled model? The reflections aren't visible in the simulation. Here are my settings:

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Your settings seem correct to me. Give me some time to investigate this issue. I have never tried envmaps in the VC myself.
 
Thanks for the replies. The glass displays properly in the simulation. If I tick the "global environment" reflection box, that displays properly, but I can't get a custom map to work.
 
Hi Michael2,

I found the problem. In your settings (Texture context), under Influence>Diffuse, tick the Color checkbox. That condition is also checked on export. I may change that in the next release, as it serves strictly no purpose and just creates confusion.

Edit: I now remember why I had that condition checked. If you want to display the envmap in Blender, you have to tick that checkbox. So it's kind of "what you see is what you get". If you don't have the map display in Blender, then it won't display in the sim neither. Note: envmap format in Blender is different from FSX cube map format (refer to the manual, section "Texture maps").
 
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Thanks for looking into this. That was the only thing I haven't been able to carry over from my GMax model or redo in Blender. So, it is it required to have a cube map in 3:2 proportions loaded into the Blender model for the FSX model to compile properly, or can I have any old placeholder file designated in Blender if I don't care how it displays in renders?
 
If you don't care for renders, then any placeholder should do it. Only the image's filename matters.
 
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