CFS Water texture/effects

SgtT

SgtT

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So I'm back into CFS2 and downloading, installing and tweaking the game. I wanted to know if there were any water effects like in FS2004 with rolling waves. In general I'm looking for any thing that will make the game look more like FS2002/2004.

With so much stuff out there it's hard to figure out what to download and what to install.

Thanks,

T.
 
There is a lot of water textures out there. I'm using a couple of different water textures in different installs. Some guys prefer the stock, pactex has some with coral, there's another with a double breaker on the beach, and many more.

I have an unpublished set that looks just like the water up here looked yesterday, except our water had a touch more gray. I hope the author is still working on it, it looks pretty good to me!

Like so many other things, you have got to find a set that YOU like. :salute::ernae:
 
water textures

SgtT;
Take a look at PacTex1,2,3 or even PacTex-ACM. In the latter there are some texs that look like rolling waves with the caps. This sim doesn't have the capability (yet) of having actually rolling dynamic waves.
 
Water Effects

FS 9 started the rolling wave effects and the reflective water surface. Anything (MS that is) before FS 9 has the older style static nonreflective effects.

I like the PACTEX coral textures for the South Pacific.
 
I tried for months to do a set of new textures for the Pacific that would accurately show the beautiful blues, green blues and amazing colours of the coral attols. the problem is that the default textures are too green ....and if you try to add some of the wonderful add ons like Jean Bomber's Truk which is based on the default set you have to change everything. It gets very hard to NOT get tiling, ie obvious repetions of the patterns...and no one has the energy to do unqiue waterclass for every island and coast. So finally i gave it up as CFS2 is so primitive. I had hoped to at least be able to get lighter coloiur water for the dawn and dusk water, which are basically black and very unrealistic...but no joy.

So good luck on your search, the PacTex 2 textures are probably the best of what we have now....

but no there are no moving waves or breakers in this older engine. that came with the later Flight sim engines. CFS2 is old style.

ignore that texture set attached below, i thought it might be a copy of my old pacific blue tests but it isnt.....

i will have to dig.
 
Hi,

See the screenshots 2,3 and 4 (moving waves by TL Loup).
See his TL Vila campaign here at Sim Outhouse under his name Ti Loup.

As said before very beautiful scenery, rafio chatter, personel and so on and on!:salute::salute::salute::salute:
 
those look interesting but again the water is green.....well. here are some of my past attempts:



the real thing.....
newbluefrenchpolynesia.jpg


the best CFS 2 can do so far tho i have not given up hope...
ahenderson.jpg


 
Thanks guys, I appreciate the tips and help, GrisGer I thought your screenshots were pretty good. I'll check out the TL Vila campaign. I was looking for it earlier and couldn't find it.

This is why I like the sim community, lot's of help, and great add ons.

Thanks,

T.
 
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