Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread gerard robin
On jeudi 11 décembre 2008, gerard robin wrote: On jeudi 11 décembre 2008, Stuart Buchanan wrote: Hi All, Those keeping an eye on CVS will notice that Tim Moore has committed some changes to the clouds code. His changes massively improve performance - way above what I've been achieving

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread gerard robin
On vendredi 12 décembre 2008, Stuart Buchanan wrote: gerard robin wrote: here the progress climbing from sealevel to 8000 ft we may notice some strange behaviour One/ the transparency, does the alpha sorted correctly ? http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/3DClouds-img10.jpg

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi Gerad and Stuart, First I will comment the pics shown here: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/3DClouds-img10.jpg Looks bad, but maybe this is an issue of the clouds texture. The clouds are rather dense here- maybe too dense so it could be maybe solved with better cloud definition by

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
Oh- and: since when are the 2d-clouds moving? Well exactly- the clouds aren't moving- but there is something between the 2d and 3d-clouds - maybe this explains some renderings bugs Gerad found? Images: www.hoerbird.net/fgfs-screen-713.jpg and some seconds later:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread gerard robin
On vendredi 12 décembre 2008, Heiko Schulz wrote: Hi Gerad and Stuart, First I will comment the pics shown here: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/3DClouds-img10.jpg Looks bad, but maybe this is an issue of the clouds texture. The clouds are rather dense here- maybe too dense so it could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Heiko wrote: since when are the 2d-clouds moving? Well exactly- the clouds aren't moving- but there is something between the 2d and 3d-clouds - maybe this explains some renderings bugs Gerad found? This is the weather being interpolated between METAR states. Rather than immediately changing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
Heiko wrote: Flickering -o.k. I can live with that. I noticed the same issue on the MSFS x-Demo with their clouds. But it seems that they interpolate the color and alpha values of the sprites which makes the clouds soft and maybe prevent this visible sorting we still have. And well-

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, Is this with Tim Moore's latest patch? I used the latest built from frederic from 12/11/08 (yesterday) so I guess it is inside. Well at leats I noticed your changes... On my system it increases frame-rates significantly with 3D clouds enabled. Not with the stratus and nimbus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, under www.hoerbird.net/cl_cumulus.png is the updated texture with a 20% alphalayer made of a sw-conversion of the texture. I think that should make it much better now so you can comit? Cheers HHS --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 18:00 +, Heiko Schulz wrote: Hi, under www.hoerbird.net/cl_cumulus.png is the updated texture with a 20% alphalayer made of a sw-conversion of the texture. I think that should make it much better now so you can comit? Cheers HHS The third cloud in the second

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 20:11 -0700, Ron Jensen wrote: On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 18:00 +, Heiko Schulz wrote: Hi, under www.hoerbird.net/cl_cumulus.png is the updated texture with a 20% alphalayer made of a sw-conversion of the texture. I think that should make it much better now so

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, The third cloud in the second row has stray set pixels above and below it that lead to some strange rendering artifacts. Thanks, Ron I cleaned the spaces between the clouds: http://www.jentronics.com/fgfs/temp/cl_cumulus.png Ron Thanks a lot! I wasn't really

Re: [Flightgear-devel] More 3D cloud changes -Yes there is a bug with METAR

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
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