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P3D v4 Chrome recipe

Tako_Kichi

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Hi folks, I am converting my LDR Mallard from FSX to P3D v4+ standards with PBR textures and I've come across an issue I've not seen with other aircraft I've converted. For some reason anything that has a 'chrome' material is coming in super shiny and with a glass-like surface. I'm not sure if the material recipe changed between FSX and P3D or maybe it's the alpha on the texture sheet that is the issue. Here are a couple of shots for reference:

The slightly domed knobs on the levers look like ball bearings......

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The switch toggles look very glassy but I can live with that......

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The real issue is with the window winding handles that are coming in like silvered glass and all detail is lost in the shine.....

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Anyone have any ideas whether it is the 'recipe' that changed or the alpha channel behaviour?

I will play with the alpha and diffuse later to see if I can make any improvements.

For reference, I just checked the model again in MCX and the 'chrome' parts are still set to FSX standards and have not had the PBR option applied to them. Maybe I need to make them PBR and create the 'metallic texture' to go with that.

Any assistance would be appreciated.
 
I know nothing regarding 3D modelling... but.. IRL chrome is most definitely quite shiny and smooth. I would suggest that perhaps it is FSX that was displaying chrome incorrectly and not P3D v4. The small toggles would most definitely be shiny chrome but I suspect the throttle handles would be burnished aluminum not chromed.
 
The cowl flap levers are aluminum and on the overhead panel texture sheet it's just the knobs on the end that are the chrome material. I just double checked and in fact the toggle switches are NOT the chrome material but are part of the PBR texture sheet for the overhead panel. The window winder has the chrome material and the one that is most noticeably 'wrong' as it is just too shiny and glass like instead of looking like chromed metal.
 
I have managed to reduce the 'glassy' look by adjusting the grey levels in the diffuse/albedo texture and in the alpha channel too. The addition of a small amount of 'noise' in both also helped. It would seem that the optimum grey levels for chrome are different between the two sims.
 
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