David Megginson writes:
> Here is a screenshot of KJFK from 3900ft with a 16-bit buffer:
> >
> Now, with that out of the way, when you look closely, you'll notice
> that the lights are clearly floating 40 or 50ft above the runways. I
> wonder if there's any formulation we can come up with that c
Jim Wilson wrote:
> That's a little too small to resolve differences at 16bpp. Try the
> patch below. It decreases the lifting substantially. You will see
> a slight increase in z-buffer flickering but it isn't bad.
Has anyone tried offsetting the lights in the direction of the viewer?
While thi
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Jim Wilson writes:
>
> > That's a little too small to resolve differences at 16bpp. Try the
> > patch below. It decreases the lifting substantially. You will see
> > a slight increase in z-buffer flickering but it isn't bad. Note
> > that we r
Jim Wilson writes:
> That's a little too small to resolve differences at 16bpp. Try the
> patch below. It decreases the lifting substantially. You will see
> a slight increase in z-buffer flickering but it isn't bad. Note
> that we removed the "distance" component the other day, the pur
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> For example, let's say that at a certain distance we need the lights
> to be 50 ft away from the ground to avoid z-buffer problems. If I'm
> looking at the airport from 2 miles away at 1,000ft AGL, then my view
> has slope of about 1:10, so the lights n
David Megginson wrote:
Here is a screenshot of KJFK from 3900ft with a 16-bit buffer:
http://www.megginson.com/flightsim/jfk-night.png
First of all, it looks wonderful. Many of us can remember when the
whole world was a desert, and then when we had only forest and grass
airport areas with n
Erik Hofman writes:
> > Now, with that out of the way, when you look closely, you'll notice
> > that the lights are clearly floating 40 or 50ft above the runways. I
> > wonder if there's any formulation we can come up with that could avoid
> > this.
>
> David,
>
> There is one thing to
David Megginson wrote:
Here is a screenshot of KJFK from 3900ft with a 16-bit buffer:
http://www.megginson.com/flightsim/jfk-night.png
First of all, it looks wonderful. Many of us can remember when the
whole world was a desert, and then when we had only forest and grass
airport areas with no
Here is a screenshot of KJFK from 3900ft with a 16-bit buffer:
http://www.megginson.com/flightsim/jfk-night.png
First of all, it looks wonderful. Many of us can remember when the
whole world was a desert, and then when we had only forest and grass
airport areas with no runways. It's nice to s
