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MSFS20 Net texture visibility

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Hi

In my projects I'm using a texture of real net.
The probem is in visibility. The net is not visible after 1 or 2 meters.

For example, in my project;

Braga airfield

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There are anyone with ideias how to overcome this?

Does someone have a texture that can share which visibility is better at longer distance?

Best regards
Mário
 
I suggest you substitute a model for lower levels of detail (LOD) that uses a different texture.
I am guessing a semi transparent, single color, would work best.
 
Or you could try to modify the lower mipmaps of your texture to make the fence more visible in them
 
This one has some good visibility for quite a few metres but it might be too thick for you.
 

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By the way.
Which process are you using to create LOD's ?

I was using the amazing ModelConverterX but after object export, the PBR materials always lose his properties. So I don't know another way to produce the LOD's.
 
mariorc said:
I was using the amazing ModelConverterX but after object export, the PBR materials always lose his properties. So I don't know another way to produce the LOD's.
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Which format are you exporting to and which properties are being lost? Sounds like that might be a bug.
 
Hi Arno

I think that is more an issue from my side than from the tool himself, because I'm the only one who haves it! ☺️


One sphere exported from 3ds.

The one with metal is direct insert through simulator (no LOD).
The second that looks like milk, have been used in ModelConverterX, LOD's calculated and exported back to glft.

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Attached the 3ds file, textures and exported files.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.
 

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I'll try to have a look tonight.
 
Hi,

I see that MCX adds more attributes to the material, I think it is one of those that gives the difference. I suspect it might be the metallic value which defaults to 0, could you try to change that to 1 with a text editor to see if that helps?
 
I can confirm it's possible to export reflective material with multi LOD's using MCX.

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The main textures were too large to include, but I included the dome textures if the OP wants to work with that.
 

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Sorry for late feedback. Personal work does not help.

Thank you RK.
I have tested your textures and the result is the same. :(

So I have follow Arno instructions and changed manually. It was:

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For material:

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Replace by 1 and now It's metallic. :)


EDIT: BY the way, it's only in materials that have Metallic= 1.0., If it's metallic=0.5, it keeps.
 
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Hi,

Thanks for the feedback. I sounds like the default value for metallic in MSFS when it is not specified (like in your model) is 1, while MCX assumes it is 0. I might have to modify this default value in MCX to match MSFS more closely.
 
Hi,

I have updated MCX now so that the default metallic value is 1.0. It will be in the next development release.
 
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