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Ground Vegetation Brightness Changes With Time of Day

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rozelc

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Here are 3 screenshots from P3d v3 showing the variation with time of day.
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My Work flow is.

I import an image as plane to Blender 2.80.

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I duplicate and arrange the planes to get Blender to look like this.

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I export the Blender file as a collada file.
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I import into MCX.
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The MCX Material Editor settings.
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When looking at ORBX Ground vegetation I see little or no time of day variation.

My 1st is question does anyone see a flaw in my work flow?

2nd Are MCX Material Editor settings the place to make changes or could the problem be in Blender settings or Photoshop?

Thanks to all who have looked a this thread.

Rozel
 
RicherSims

RicherSims

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dominica
Set Assume Vertical Normal to True in MCX.
This prevents the polygons from being shaded by the sun in the regular manner.
 
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rozelc

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Problem solved, being new to this workflow I didn't know where the problem could be. I've been wandering in the wilderness for 3 weeks with this. It's nice to be out.
Thank you so much.

Rozel
 
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