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morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby edzmen » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:38 am

hello again!  ::) ;D

Ive downloaded and installed the great morewatr.zip water textures package but I have one problem:

I can't seem to get any sun glare reflections off the surface of the water as shown in the preview shots. :'(

Do I need to alter any reflections or effects settings to make it work?

What times of day are best for surface shimmer and reflection?

Thanks! ;)
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby eno » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:07 am

Make sure that you have special effects set to high ...... and water effects also in the FS9 graphics settings.

Best times of day are dawn and dusk.
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby Mr.Mugel » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:49 am

Try using the clear sky preset, and then mod it, so that there are just a few clouds, otherwise the sim will load the "overcast" reflection file, and won
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby AF777-300ER » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:12 pm

what's your system specs?you must have a DX9 compliant card to see awesome water reflection.e.g.128 or 256mb video card.reccomend either ATI or NVIDIA 8)
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby FrodoFraggins » Sun Nov 13, 2005 5:21 am

You can make a DX8 card have the reflective water, you need Software enabled shaders. These tax your system badly so only get them if your desperate
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby edzmen » Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:27 am

what's your system specs?you must have a DX9 compliant card to see awesome water reflection.e.g.128 or 256mb video card.reccomend either ATI or NVIDIA 8)


Look at my sig, its got it all there...  ::) ;D

I must have one of the most powerfull PC's on this forum currently - so I cant understand why the refelctions dont show?  :P

I'll have a mess around and see what's cookin' - thanks for all the advice guys! ;)  :)
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby Delta_ » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:25 am

Set weather to user-defined, then set your clouds in the advanced settings.  Make sure they are no greater than 5/8 for the amount of clouds. This prevents FS loading the overcast water. ;)
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Re: morewatr.zip reflections problem...

Postby Mr.Mugel » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:39 am

Have you set weather as I did say above ? I had that problem, too. It only works with certain weather settings, because if there are some clouds, a different reflection map is used, which doesn
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