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Panama Canal

PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:32 pm
by aussiewannabe
I've reached Panama City, Panama on my Mexico, Central America, South America run in a Howard 500. However, I'm using a Schweizer 300 to do some sight-seeing.

I'm disappointed that not one ship was near or in of of the water locks. Had ships maxed out at 99% I don't know if less would have been better.

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Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:31 am
by coreservers
Like the chopper (although not too keen on the tank top!! is that yours?? :-/)
But shame, I see no ships. Now where have I heard that before :D

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:30 am
by haroldkip
Nice scenery mate but that water is horrible. You really should do something about your water textures ...
Water doesn't look that way especially in canals. I should know, I live in the Netherlands which is made up from canals ;D

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:51 am
by aussiewannabe
Nice scenery mate but that water is horrible. You really should do something about your water textures ...
Water doesn't look that way especially in canals. I should know, I live in the Netherlands which is made up from canals ;D


I think in this case, the water feature is maxed out here. I usually set it at 2x. I checked to see if envmap file was in the texture folder (and it is).

What do you use for your water textures? I would really like to see the water as it should be despite of where I am in the world, not what Microsoft thinks it should be.

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:02 pm
by aussiewannabe
Like the chopper (although not too keen on the tank top!! is that yours?? :-/)
But shame, I see no ships. Now where have I heard that before :D


Scratches head!

In terms of the "tank top," are you referring to the brown utility platform attached to the right of the heli or the pilot's shirt?

Personally, I wish that platform wasn't there. I haven't found a Schweizer 300 without it, except for the one that has spray dusters attached to it.

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:12 pm
by DaveT
Nice scenery mate but that water is horrible. You really should do something about your water textures ...
Water doesn't look that way especially in canals. I should know, I live in the Netherlands which is made up from canals ;D


I think in this case, the water feature is maxed out here. I usually set it at 2x. I checked to see if envmap file was in the texture folder (and it is).

What do you use for your water textures? I would really like to see the water as it should be despite of where I am in the world, not what Microsoft thinks it should be.

Aussie download real environment pro it is freeware

Cheers
Dave ;)

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:55 pm
by aussiewannabe
Nice scenery mate but that water is horrible. You really should do something about your water textures ...
Water doesn't look that way especially in canals. I should know, I live in the Netherlands which is made up from canals ;D


Aussie download real environment pro it is freeware

Cheers
Dave ;)


Thanks :D

That's at avsim.com, right? Been wanting to look at their stuff, but didn't want to register. Not that I have a problem with that. I'm registered on this website  ;D I just have so many registrations with companies I would like to work for that I have to keep a list of usernames, passwords on standby.

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:44 pm
by haroldkip
REP is OK but I really dislike some of it's features, like that hideous sun or it's envmap.bmp :(

Aussie, I know that you're on FSX but if you really want the best get Flight Environment. I know it is not yet available for FSX but I'll bet you that it will be the same improvement to FSX as it did to my FS9. And although I have Flight Environment (and a lot of other stuff to only enhance the scenery) I still use a mix of different textures and effects to get the look that I think is realistic and like it that way. So it might not be for you ...

But if you want ... here's a shot of my water ...

Please keep in mind that this is only a quicky coming from Flight Simulator 2004 ::)

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:28 pm
by aussiewannabe
REP is OK but I really dislike some of it's features, like that hideous sun or it's envmap.bmp :(

But if you want ... here's a shot of my water ...


Yep, that's way better in terms of water color.

What is REP? Still getting used to the acroynms used in the forum ;-)

Re: Panama Canal

PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:35 pm
by PsychoDiablo
nice shots, like they said real environment pro is a god send ;D