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FSX material Q

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Is there an easy way to match materials? I might see s certain color on a bmp or dds. I might want to match the color.

Let's say the color I want to match is the side of a truck. I would like to match that color with a material.

Is there something like this in Adobe or PSP? I am not dicussing the clone brush, etc.

I would like to id that color's rgb values at difuse setting then just type those numbers in when using PSP or FSDS.

Can MDLconverterX do this? Bob
 
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I think I answered my own queston! In Paint Shop Pro (Corel) - and Adobe I am sure, bring up a pic, hover your mouse over a particular color in the picture. At the bottom of the screen you see the rgb values and other information.

Wow! I am dangerous when I actually read stuff! Bob
 
Hi,

Maybe a little side step (and I am not sure if that is what you intend). But if you plan to make a new FSX material with just that color, I would not advice to do so. That will give you more drawcalls. In that case it is better to fill a piece of your texture sheet with the color and map that on the object.
 
yes- I was reading your articles on draw cells. ... triangles and all. fascinating. I can truly make a 512x512 sheet or whatever size instead of doing it in materials.

Does using materials in crease the draw cells used or is it a combo of materials and textures that cause a problem in frame rates? Bob
 
If an object uses one texture sheet, then it will have one material, and there will be one drawcall. Just make a texture sheet with rectangular areas red, green, blue or whatever.

If the object uses parts that each have their own material and color, you'll have a drawcall for each part... one per material.

Dick
 
thanx. Still studying, trying to understand all this, but does make sense. I've been studying the discussion on this on one of our threads here- I think in the wiki section.

This might be why one airport a guy did.... frame rates were great until I came around the corner of one building and down the other side. Somewhere out in front of me hit me like a ton of bricks. My fr's went for abom 35 or so down to ..... 3! hahaha Bob
 
Hi Bob,

jyarddog said:
yes- I was reading your articles on draw cells. ... triangles and all. fascinating. I can truly make a 512x512 sheet or whatever size instead of doing it in materials.
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Yes. If you are already using a texture sheet, there is a good chance that you have a corner of 32x32 pixels or so still free. Just use that to paint some colours you want to use on the building as well.
 
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