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FSX Photo Shading Error?

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I haven't seen this before and wonder if it's a "feature". I have some steep mountains in this project. Parts of them are getting this blotchy shading on the faces away from the sun.

In the morning, the west face of the mountain looks like this.
shading_error2.jpg


In the afternoon it looks like this.
shading_error1.jpg


Is there a known fix for this? This is a 2m photo scenery with default mesh.
 
Ive also noticed this and has exsisted through FSX base build, Sp1 and Sp2.

Its the terrain shadowing engine by the looks- At a guess, it could be a similar concept to Z-alpha with the hill shade effectively being an alpha channel on a black image- The alpha has reached a lower tolerance (i.e. heavy shading, low alpha level) and has reverted to high alpha level (i.e. the unlit face now looks lit due to the black shadow mask being see through)....???

I dunno...im guessing...but it does look bad having bright areas on the opposite side of a hill from the sun.
 
SOLVED!

The areas with the blotchy shading did not have night lighting yet. Once I added the night texture the areas in shade look like they should.
 
ahh indeed- It will be adding an alpha and reverting to a night map....but if the night map isnt there.....
 
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