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FSXA Custom Ground Polygon Wet Surface / Rain Effect.

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....Rain, rain and more rain !!

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.....the concrete surface on the left of this screenshot, doe's not have the ' wet surface ' effect
applied to it. This was intentional to allow for comparison.

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...hopefully, you will be able to notice the newly designed custom Runway_bump texture. It is much more subtle than the default FSX texture for this purpose.
Very difficult to demonstrate at this resolution, but you should just be able to detect the little ' circular ' rain drop splashes, making for a much more realistic effect.

Texture size is 512 x 512 pixels and can be used in a non Custom Ground Polygon environment too. ( ie .To replace the default FSX texture. ). The custom texture has no impact on performance.

The Hi Res replacement Texture is available here - ** Please backup FSX original texture before replacement **

http://www.mediafire.com/download/iy326rp6gvyujyy/runway_bump.dds

( If you require any further instructions, please PM me. )

Hope you like it, perhaps you could feedback here if you do .

Regards,

Pete Beeby.
 
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FSX Ground Poly reacting to rain!! :yikes::yikes:
...and all the other typical FSX material params...

simply amazing!!!

Would you be willing to share your secret?
 
....here is the Custom texture used on a default FSX Runway surface ( non custom ground polygon surface ) .

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V nice, but won't you notice the rain 'circular bumps' when it's not raining?
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...the Custom texture behaves in exactly the same way as the FSX default texture.

Regards,

Pete beeby.
 
FSX Ground Poly reacting to rain!! :yikes::yikes:
...and all the other typical FSX material params...

simply amazing!!!

Would you be willing to share your secret?
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Dave, sorry for late reply.

I thought all of the techniques were common knowledge, just do a search of the forums here at FS Developer, its all here.


Regards,

Pete Beeby.
 
pbeeby said:
Dave, sorry for late reply.

I thought all of the techniques were common knowledge, just do a search of the forums here at FS Developer, its all here.


Regards,

Pete Beeby.
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I found what I wanted to know.
I was not aware of that technique. Thanks for the hint. :)
 
....after extensive reworking over the weekend, I have managed to achieve substantial improvements to the Custom Runway_bump Texture, ( the Wet / Surface texture )

This texture will work superbly on either Custom Ground Polygon surface's or Default FSX surfaces.
The Texture size has also been reduced, without any loss of detail.


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....Still has the subtle ' Circular ' rain drop splash effects embedded.

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.....but now looks superb when seen from above, no texture repeating evident at all.

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....also now with beautiful bloom effects and the subtle illusion of rain hitting the hard surfaces. This one I think ticks all the boxes !!



The Custom Texture is available here -

http://www.mediafire.com/download/iy326rp6gvyujyy/runway_bump.dds

If you require any instructions, PM me.

I am sure you will like this revised version, please feedback here if you do.

Regards,

Pete Beeby.
 
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Will P3D V.3 have real time reflections ?
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Yeah, they said they added it but I can't see it.
I've checked the SDK and apart from the change log it doesn't mention it. In fact it still has the old blurb " It is certainly possible to generate real-time updating cubic maps, but this would require processor cycles and a constantly updating texture buffer; both of which would have detrimental effects on performance"

I haven't found a switch in the new SDK material, or in the sim options.
 
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Hello,

Are these textures still available by any chance?? Media fire reports the file is no longer stored on their servers.

Regards,
Rob
 
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