On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:38:18 +0000 (GMT), Stuart wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Heiko Schulz wrote: > > > I began with making new cloud textures and shaping via xml. > > Creating clouds is easier than I thought though it is a lot of > > work- like building an aircraft! ;-) > > > > Here is a video featuring the 3d-clouds with new textures. I need > > still work on shaping and creating the other cloud types- in the > > moment I have only Cumulus: > > > > http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=li8nb3rGuHA > > > > Unfortunately the video is too compressed- It still needed an hour > > for upload and another one for processing... > > They look fantastic ! ..aye, just one li'l thing, shouldn't the other 2 planes vanish in the denser clouds? I've seen wings 'n engines disappear in cloudy hide 'n seek, can happen several times a second. > Thanks for taking the time to improve them. Could you make them > available for check-in? > > BTW I have been working on some minor code improvements for the 3D > clouds: > - placing the sprites on a sphere rather than a cylinder (a code bug) > - Only checking for repositioning of the cloud layer every 60 frames. > - Improving the culling heuristic to remove sprites that are too > close together. > - Performing better shading of the bottom of the cloud. > > None of these things should affect the work you have been doing. > > I hope to get these checked in soon - but the weather today is nice > so I'm going out to fly my microlight first. I'll make sure to take > some photos of clouds! > > -Stuart -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
