City Textures rework

[rince33]

I was in the mood for some beach terraforming this week, though there are still some harbour objects and trawlers to be placed. I don't spend much time viewing areas in the morning, so it was nice to see a change in lighting and mood as is reflected in these screenies.

 

[Shessi]

Hi Glen,
Looking very good, coming along nicely. Loving the detail, and the placement of buildings is pretty spot on. And even the old Pier Pavillion thrown in.

Cheers

Shessi

 

[rince33]

Hi Shessi,

Yeah, that pier pavilion..... I haven't finished mapping the texture to some parts, otherwise I would have shown close-up shots. Its based on photos of the original old building. When I get around to completing it, I will show some close-ups. Thanks for mentioning it, a reminder to do it.

The Verne citadel awaits. I have downloaded some screenshots of the walls and moat. It will probably be a model of the walls, moat and gate and I'll add the barracks as separate placements .

 

[rince33]

The Verne citadel main walls are complete, with just the rear moat and wall still to create. I'm using a German recce photo as a guide to building and road placement .





Freeware Gimp is an amazing tool. Using the transform tools I can create the images on the right from the main photo image on the left. The bottom right image is used as the southern wall inner texture.

 

[rince33]

I'm experiencing shading issues on a recently created barrack building. The issue is also affecting the older Acc_ Manston_barrack building, though the result is less obvious because of the darker texture. This is the reason that I did not complete my Weymouth pavillion model skinning. This seems to be either a Gmax or shader issue and affects the side of the models facing the light. I have lowered the sim resolution and tried various gmax and gimp adjustments to eliminate this highly irritating glitch with no change. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I added the texture to Ankor's Texturemagic file, also no change. I also saved the texture with Paint.net,no change.

I have added my d3d8.ini and ConfigOverrides.xml as there may be an inappropriate setting.









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[D3D8]
; Change to NoMultisampling=1 for SweetFX compatibility, but it will disable ingame antialiasing.
NoMultisampling=0

; Aircraft shadows. 0 - No Shadows; 1 - Low; 2 - Medium; 3 - Good; 4 - High; 5 - Best
ShadowQuality=5

; These numbers define thresholds (in meters) for shadow quality steps. They are different for cockpit
; and external views because cockpit view requires much more detailed shadows at close distances.
; So what you get for cockpit view by default is that the best quality is from 0 to 2.2m, then next step
; is from 2.2m to 8m, then goes another step, and the last one is from 50m to 250m after which shadows
; are no longer rendered. Numbers can be arbitrary, but there must be 4 of them and they should increase
; with each step.
; Default values are quite conservative, so perhaps you can extend them further, for example something
; like “2.5, 15, 90, 500” may also work well for cockpit view. It is mostly about balancing distance
; vs quality and shouldn’t affect performance much.
ModelShadowDistanceCockpit=2.2, 8, 50, 250
ModelShadowDistanceExternal=20, 40, 100, 360

; Terrain shadows. 0 - Disabled; 1 - Low Quality; 2 - Medium; 3 - High
TerrainShadows=3

; 0 - Disabled; 1 - Enabled
TerrainBumpMapping=0


SceneryShadowDistance=200
SceneryShadowRefresh=2000
TerrainShadowDistance=200
TerrainShadowRefresh=2000


; Dithering is used instead of alpha blending on trees. Instead of semi-transparent pixels my shaders
; generate random “noise” making some pixels completely transparent and some completely opaque.
; It works quite well for summer trees with leaves, but may appear odd for winter scenery if it tries
; to dither tree trunks and branches. Disabling dithering removes this noise.
DitherFoliage=1

; If you use multisampling, you may try setting it to 1. This could add some level of alpha blending for trees.
; It is normally disabled, because it doesn’t work for everyone, and it is hard to tell whether it does anything.
AlphaToCoverage=0

; Enable dynamic lights (gun flashes, etc) for scenery objects. 0 - Off. 1 - On.
SceneryDynamicLighting=1

; Adjust sprite (smoke, dust, etc) brightness according to time of day. 0 - Off (always bright). 1 - On.
SpriteLighting=1

; Sun glare and lens flares. 0 - Off. 1 - On.
SunGlare=1


GlareFadeStart=-0.003
GlareFadeRange=0.015
GlareFadeAltFactor=0.8

; Ambient light (R+G+B)/3/255 threshold below which sun glare is disabled
; Should prevent underground moon glare
GlareThreshold=0.11

; Sky glow
GlowFadeStart=0.04
GlowFadeRange=0.1
GlowFadeAltFactor=0.15

; Direct sunlight
SunFadeStart=-0.003
SunFadeRange=0.015


SolidSkybox = 0.0, 0.031373, 0.176471

; How often cockpit reflections are updated (1 - fastest, 1000 - every 1000th frame, 0 - disabled)
; Note that the reflection consists of 6 sides of a cube, and this interval is for ONE side
; So even though the 1 is fastest it will still take 6 frames for full update.
CockpitReflectInterval=1

; Resolution of environment reflection cubemap.
; 1 = 128x128; 2 = 256x256; 3 = 512x512; 4 = 1024x1024
EnvMapSize=4

; Tweaks strength of environment reflection. 0 - off. 1 minimum, 9 maximum.
EnvReflection=7

; Tweak sharpness of sun and environment reflections. 1 dullest, 9 sharpest.
Glossiness=4

; -1 - Off; 0 - Default; 1 - VSync On
VSyncMode=-1

; 0 - Use default (which is 60 degrees); 1...180 - override FOV for external views.
ExternalFOV=35

; Controls zoom increment/decrement steps. Valid values from 1 to 50 - 20 is the default value for WOFF.
ZoomInStep=20
ZoomOutStep=20

; Smooth zoom speed. Zoom still changes step-wise, but transition between steps is smooth. Range of values 0 to 10. Set to 0 to disable smooth zoom.
ZoomSpeed=5

; Adjusts mouse speed for clickable cockpit functions.
MouseControlSpeed=5

; Range 0 to 10. Value of 0 disables mouse look entirely.
MouseLookSpeed=9

; Time in seconds before mouse look automatically returns to centered view.
MouseLookResetDelay=5

; Zoom Direction. Default behavior is wheel-up = zoom-in. To change it to wheel-down = zoom-in use InvertMouseZoom=1.
InvertMouseZoom=1

; Set to 0 to disable acceleration effects.
HeadShake=1

; Magnitude of head lateral movement.
; You can reduce or set it to 0 to disable head movement while still keeping rotation caused by acceleration.
OffsetScale=100

; Offset and Rotation Spring controls how much the view resists the acceleration, lower values make the view deviate from forward/center more and return slower.
OffsetSpring=24
RotationSpring=24

; Sort of "anti-damping". Higher values will make the view shake more and respond to smaller changes in speed.
OffsetResponse=6


; Reflector Sight Setup Mode for Modders
; Set to 1 to be able to see reflector gunsight coordinates on screen, use CTRL or ALT + arrow keys to adjust the gunsight.
; Additionally use CTRL/SHIFT + D/W/S/A to adjust "target" distance/wingspan and relative scale for calibrating gunsight size.
;Use ctrl/shift + one of following keys:
;W – adjust target wingspan
;D – adjust target distance
;S – adjust reticle scale #1
;A – adjust reticle scale #2
;The target is drawn as a semi-transparent magenta square at specified distance in front of “camera” (so you have to align you view with reticle first).
;Adjusted values are not saved automatically, you have to type them in manually.
ReflectorSetupMode=0
ClickableSetupMode=0 ; Set to 1 to set part names and bounding boxes to aid in setting up the clickable cockpits.

TerrainDiffuse=2.5
TerrainDetailBump=1.0
TerrainDetailColor=1.0
TerrainSpecular=-8.4, 8.0, 2.4
TerrainGlossiness=3.0
TerrainBumpFactor=1.5, 2.4, -4.5

; Scenery Lighting
SceneryDiffuse=0.9
; Facility Lighting - FacilityBrightness works as a multiplier for diffuse color of building.
; So if you have a texture pixel with RGB value = 200 and FacilityBrightness = 0.8 the result will appear as if RGB value was 200 * 0.8 = 160. It can also make objects brighter if you use value >1.1.
FacilityBrightness=1.0
; Should match PatchPixelDim in compositetexturebudgets.xml to get correct terrain bumpmapping
TerrainPatchPixelDim=256

; Weather tuning (might be overwritten by WOFF)
; Range 0...100 as percentage of sunlight reduction.
CloudShadowOvercast=0
CloudShadowHeavy=0

; 0 - No shadows; 1 - 10%; 2 - 20%; ...; 10 - 100%. Doesn't make much sense to go below 50%.
CloudShadowScale=10
; 0 - No shadows; 1 - 10%; 2 - 20%; ...; 10 - 100%. Smaller values cause brighter shadows.
CloudShadowDensity=4

CloudRenderDistance=5
; range 1 to 10, defaults to 2 (so 2 * 16km = 32km)

CloudShadowDistance=75000
; value in meters, min 10000, defaults to cloud render distance + 8km.

ModifiedCloudPattern=1
; defaults to 0, set to 1 to use XOR for better randomization of cloud positioning

CloudShadowQuality=2
;range 0 (off) to 4 (which is 8192). Defaults to 2 (i.e. 2048) that is a step above the quality in old versions.

FogLayerFadeInStart = -35.0
FogLayerFadeInRange = 4.0
FogLayerFadeOutStart = 6.0
FogLayerFadeOutRange = 5.0


; Ambient+sun light amount when night sprites are enabled
NightLightThreshold=0.30

; Set to 1 to hide searlight beams pointing directly upwards for some time (as in WOTR)
HideInactiveSearchlights=0

; Set to 1 to draw clouds sprites from both sides (normally only one side is visible)
; Slightly reduces cases of abruptly disappearing clouds when you fly past by but not much really.
DoubleSidedClouds=1

; Troubleshooting options
Enabled=1
Numpad0Switch=0
ForceHardwareVertexProcessing=1
ForceRenderTargetTextures=1
EnumAllDisplayModes=1
AutoGenMipMaps=1
WriteLog=1
FakeDriverVersion=1
AllowShaderReload=1

; Since Win7 DirectX 9 can use new drivers enabling 'unlimited' GPU memory and much faster Alt-TAB.
; Set to 1 to enable these new drivers, but may have problems with older ATI/AMD cards
UseD3D9Ex=1
; Set to 1 to convert any fullscreen mode selected in cfs3config into windowed mode.
; If resolution is less than desktop res it will appear as a normal window, if matches - borderless.
; Many modern games use 'borderless fullscreen' which is actually a windowed mode.
; Note that this mode yet doesn't support antialiasing (multisampling).
WindowedMode=0


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[rince33]

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<Mode val="15"/>
<MultisampleType val="D3DMULTISAMPLE_NONE"/>
<VendorId val="4318"/>
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<TextureLimits>
<aircraftmodels Scale="0" MaxDim="1024"/>
<compositeterrain Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<compositeterrainsource Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<effects Scale="0" MaxDim="256"/>
<hud Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<nonaircraftmodels Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<precompiledterrain Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<shadows Scale="0" MaxDim="512"/>
<ui Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
<uncategorized Scale="0" MaxDim="0"/>
</TextureLimits>
<ConfigOverrides>
<DisableWarningBoxes val="n"/>
<DisableSound val="n"/>
<DisableIntroMovie val="n"/>
<DisableMovieUI val="n"/>
<DisableUIAnimations val="y"/>
<SafeMode val="n"/>
<NoDXT1 val="n"/>
<NoDXT3 val="n"/>
<NoDXT5 val="n"/>
<DisableIndexBuffers val="n"/>
<DisableVertexBuffers val="n"/>
<Disable1600x1200 val="n"/>
<Disable1280x1024 val="n"/>
<Disable1024x768 val="n"/>
<DualPassRender val="n"/>
<HighResolutionZBuffer val="y"/>
<TerrainDetailTexture val="y"/>
<DisableWindowed val="n"/>
<DisableValidateDevice val="y"/>
<DisableWriteOnlyVB val="n"/>
<DisableWriteOnlyIB val="n"/>
<DisableTriangleStrips val="n"/>
<UnsupportedHardware val="n"/>
<UnsupportedDriver val="n"/>
<DisableCompositeTerrainTextureMips val="n"/>
<DisableCompositeTerrainTextures val="n"/>
<DisableCompositeGroundPlaneTextures val="n"/>
<DisableCompositeAircraftTextures val="n"/>
<DisableScenery val="n"/>
<DisableEnvironmentMapping val="n"/>
<DisableShadows val="y"/>
<DisableWhiteOut val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainLighting val="y"/>
<DisableSceneryLighting val="y"/>
<DisableSun val="n"/>
<DisableStars val="n"/>
<DisableRenderText val="n"/>
<DisableLabels val="n"/>
<DisableTacticalDisplay val="n"/>
<DisableTargetCone val="n"/>
<DisableHUD val="n"/>
<DisableChat val="n"/>
<DisableAdvisor val="n"/>
<DisableSimWarnings val="n"/>
<DisableTimeCompress val="n"/>
<DisableWeather val="n"/>
<DisableClouds val="n"/>
<DisableBlendToOffscreen val="n"/>
<DisableClear val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainRender val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainUpdate val="n"/>
<DisableSceneDBRender val="n"/>
<DisableWaterRender val="n"/>
<DisableWaterShorelineRender val="n"/>
<DisableWaterReflectionRender val="n"/>
<DisableWaterAnimationRender val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainTextureRingBlend val="n"/>
<DisableFog val="n"/>
<DisableRain val="n"/>
<DisableTexturedAlphaMaterial val="n"/>
<DisableShellCasings val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainDiffuseLighting val="n"/>
<DisableTerrainDecalRender val="n"/>
<DisableVCFog val="n"/>
<DisableInCloudEffect val="n"/>
<DisablePropDiscs val="n"/>
<CompositeAircraftTextureBudget val="8192"/>
<CompositeAircraftTextureMaxDim val="1024"/>
<CompositeAircraftTexturePool val="D3DPOOL_DEFAULT"/>
<CompositeAircraftTextureUsage val="0"/>
<CompositeTerrainTextureBudget val="Five"/>
<VertexBufferPool val="D3DPOOL_DEFAULT"/>
<IndexBufferPool val="D3DPOOL_DEFAULT"/>
<PreCompiledTerrainTextureBudget val="four"/>
<UserShadowTextureBudget val="1"/>
<AIShadowTextureBudget val="10"/>
<ObjectShadowTextureBudget val="250"/>
<UserShadowSize val="512"/>
<AIShadowSize val="256"/>
<ObjectShadowSize val="256"/>
<MaxParticles val="5000"/>
<ZBiasBitsResolution val="16"/>
<ZBiasTerrainDecal val="0"/>
<ZBiasWaterPolyNear val="1"/>
<ZBiasWaterPolyFar val="0"/>
<ZBiasWaterLineNear val="1"/>
<ZBiasWaterLineFar val="0"/>
<ZBiasFlatEffects val="25"/>
<ZBiasShadow val="16"/>
<ZBiasTerrainAlphaNear val="0"/>
<ZBiasTerrainAlphaFar val="0"/>
<ZBiasObject val="1"/>
<ZBiasObjectFar val="0"/>
<ZBiasEffects val="0"/>
<ZBiasClouds val="1"/>
<TerrainVertexBufferCapacity val="16384"/>
<TerrainIndexBufferCapacity val="32768"/>
<VertexCacheSize val="15"/>
<BackClipDist val="100000"/>
<InteriorWaterLoadingFactor val="0.800000011920929"/>
<WaterDetailTextureSize val="5"/>
<WaterElevationBias val="4"/>
<WaterElevationBiasFactor val="0.5"/>
<NearPassBackClipDist val="13200"/>
<FarPassNearClipDist val="13000"/>
<FogStartDist val="128748"/>
<CloudScale val="10"/>
<TerrainBestImageQuality val="0"/>
<MaxLandClassVariations val="0"/>
<TerrainMaxBlenderInstPerFrameNear val="256"/>
<TerrainMaxBlenderInstPerFrameFar val="128"/>
<SceneryTriangleBudget val="five"/>
<TerrainTriangleBudget val="five"/>
<MaxModelLOD val="100"/>
<FullscreenSwapEffect val="D3DSWAPEFFECT_DISCARD"/>
<CompositeTerrainTexturePool val="D3DPOOL_DEFAULT"/>
<CompositeTerrainTextureUsage val="0"/>
<TextMaxTextures val="0"/>
<OverallGraphicDetail val="5"/>
<AircraftDetail val="5"/>
<SceneryDetail val="5"/>
<TerrainDetail val="5"/>
<EffectsQuality val="5"/>
<CloudsQuality val="5"/>
</ConfigOverrides>
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