Heiko > > >>About: An aircraft flying in the alps reflecting very visible the ocean > >>doesn't look realistic. > >>Won't it be possible to select the reflection according to the terrain > >>under, it is done with some particule animations (helicopter), it is > >>possible to make it with the reflecting system. > > >>I know that Gerard did experiment it, unfortunately i havn't found the > >>example. > >>It just want to include a Nasal script, since the terrain under is not > >>exposed within a property. > > I don't think it is possible, as the shader system doesn't allow dynamic > switching between different cubemaps. > And then, when ever the aircraft is flying above a small spot of water it > would switch to ocean-cubemap- even in the alps. > > Better would be a realtime environment map. (like the reflections on the > water in MSFS X or X-Plane) > But this needs render-texture support and will probably have some impact > on perfomance. >
The default cube map of fair-sky is a reasonable representation of our fair-weather sky, with a nondescript land cover. Not only can the cube map not be changed on the fly, but it is also fixed to the aircraft and not the environment. If you don't look too closely, we can just about get away with it over most terrain (even ocean). It would be nice to fix that. RTT would be even better, but I can't see that getting done at a frame rate that we can afford. Hell, we can't even do shadows ... what chance a realistic reflection shader? Vivian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
