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Setting material template options

L_Rob

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Hi Arno,

This is a feature request for the feeble minded who cannot always remember to apply custom material templates. Would it be possible to include the specular color for the default transparent and default opaque templates in the MCX options? Depending on the sim settings one chooses, I think specular can be quite exaggerated in P3D. I have a variety of custom templates but I have to admit that I often forget to use them, each time, every time. Setting the colors for the default templates would be a big help!

Thanks for all you do for us,

Larry
 
Hi Larry,

I'm not sure that's a good idea. There will be many cases where people are setting the material settings for transparency, but don't want to alter the specular color as well. So I think it would not be logical to do so.
 
Can you not create your templates with the specific parameters you require and then save them as titled selections in the drop down, for example "For P3D Export" and "For FSX Export"? I have custom specular settings templates, because I don't use specular maps, default is 255,255,255 and way too shiny. So I have a 200 level, a 150 and a 20 in my presets to provide a measure of control over how bubble plastic my models look. Military and old stuff gets 20,20,20 and there is almost no shine at all, but zero specularity makes the model look cartoonish.
 
Thanks for taking a look Arno.

Right about creating templates Rick. I have a bunch of them... but sometimes I forget to use them on minor models. I guess I'll warn the beta testers I'm prone to this. :-)
 
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