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

2008-12-12 Thread Heiko Schulz
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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

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 be

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 th

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 -- SF.Net

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 clou

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 wel

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 changi

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

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: www.hoerbird.net/fgfs-screen-71

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 definit

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-

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

2008-12-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
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 > > > > Two/ > > Here everything is right, however s

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 a