Melchior FRANZ wrote:
* David Megginson -- Monday 27 March 2006 14:54:
If you increase the visibility, the mountains will become more
distinct (just as happens in real life with clear vs. hazy air). Use
the 'z' key to increase vis.
Sure. But I've also always felt that this is wrong. See attached
screenshot. How could the mountain appear white but the sky right
above it blue? As the amount of air between the viewer and the
mountain is always less than between the viewer and an imaginary
point above the horizon, the mountain should never be whiter than
the sky (except maybe in winter :-).
This has always been a subtle issue and has grown worse after some
changes to the sky dome. The mountains are fine, but it's the sky dome
that should be hiding the transition to blue sky. I was thinking about
putting in some sort of cylinder between the sky dome and the terrain
that rises and falls with the view point and helps hide the transition.
Still not perfect, but it would make this problem go away in most
situations.
Curt.
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