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Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1343 Jonathan on April 04, 2005, 10:45:31 am

Hmmmm.........out of sheer boredom, i decided to challenge myself by taking of from Innsbruck (what a way to start the day hehe)

Well, lets get ready to roll, this is my departure shot, flaps up and gear up, we're on our way

(http://img49.exs.cx/img49/6002/fsscr0084ty.jpg)

and the following shots show the most realistic clouds i have ever seen in FS.

(http://img229.exs.cx/img229/7099/fsscr0090of.jpg)

(http://img137.exs.cx/img137/4102/fsscr0110kx.jpg)

(http://img137.exs.cx/img137/3686/fsscr0130ks.jpg)

Post your comments and tell me how i can improve them.

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1464 Andrew on April 07, 2005, 12:43:14 am

very nice shots..

couple of improvements.. well.. just the one..

try and fit the airport in as well.. like just as the aircraft is leaving or a shot backwards showing the departure path.. somthing like that..

cram lots into each shot..

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1343 Jonathan on April 07, 2005, 10:05:15 am

Ok, will try, i think that once i passed the low cloud base, it was quite hard hehe

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1199 Philip on April 07, 2005, 12:27:04 pm

I love the clouds - great shots Razza. The only thing that does bug me - I don't know about anyone else - is that puddle of milk around hills that microsoft uses for a low cloud or mist effect. I had it through most of the Greece tour and it only looked convincing in a couple of shots. Most of the time it just looks as though the mountains are emerging from a milk lake. Hope they sort that one out in FS2006 :)
My personal favourite out of the bunch is the final one but they're all decent shots.

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1001 Robert on April 07, 2005, 08:48:53 pm

I am in the same opinion! Very nice shots, and dumb Microsoft for that ugly milkshake! ;D It looks nice when you fly inside, but looks awful from above. This one is surely a point where FS2006 must be improved. And I could imagine DXT3 textures by factory default ;)

Back to the pictures, they are really nice! My personal favourite is the last one too. Keep on the shooting Razza ;)

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1199 Philip on April 08, 2005, 12:08:53 am

Roberto - in Photoshop they call the technique feathering I think - where they take a boundary and 'blur' the edges by a certain percentage - it can't be too difficult in flight simulator to do the same.

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1343 Jonathan on April 08, 2005, 10:16:16 am

CHeers, is there a patch anyware to replace it!?!?!?

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1199 Philip on April 08, 2005, 11:53:58 am

I don't think so Razza - I think we're stuck with this until FS2K6 :)

Title: Challenging Take-off (take a guess???)
Post by: EHM-1001 Robert on April 08, 2005, 08:05:44 pm

Maybe there is not a DirectX command available yet, to support this graphic effect. Maybe it could be done only with some new 3D clouds around the edges, to overlap the sudden change in colors. :%