Cloud Texture Set JUL 2020 released by UncleTgt!

[UncleTgt]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Scenery Add-Ons

Description: New Cloud Texture Set for CFS2 by UncleTgt

This is a reworking of all the cloud textures used by CFS 2.

I've provided 3 different sets of "overcast" textures - each has limitations, due to the way CFS 2 "tiles" overcast clouds like it does with ground textures. It's really difficult to avoid these tile effects.

In the end I settled on Overcast textures that used alpha channels, so they're not "full" overcast. It just looked the most natural to me.

I found DXT3 texture format gave the best results across a variety of lighting/ times of day conditions. Other alpha channel texture formats (444-4, 888-8) seemed to give varying colour shift effects or too granular an alpha channel.

They are all provided as 1024 x 1024 bitmaps - I think today's hardware can cope with the "Hi-Def" imagery.

Installation: Simply copy these into your CFS2/TEXTURE folder.

Credits

Thanks to: Pablo Diaz for his HDEv1 & HDEv2 cloud sets for FS9. Most of the cloud alpha textures used were developed from this body of work.

UncleTgt,

JUL 2020

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Cloud Texture Set JUL2020 UT.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

 

[Rami]

Reply...

UncleTgt,

These look very impressive, thank you for releasing them. I'm downloading them now!

 

[Shessi]

Great stuff UT,

Thank you for taking the time to put them together, test etc...really appreciate a choice as well. They look very good.

Cheers

Shessi

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Thank you!

I think these will be great additions. Thanks again, UncleTgt!

 

[hertzie]

THANKS x 1000

hertzie

 

[Ravenna]

Great stuff! Thanks UT!

 

[stuart277]

Hi UncleTGT
Superb, as usual
Many thanks.
Stuart

 

[blohmundvoss]

What they all said.

Thank you Unc!

BuV

 

[mav]

Thanx UT,Bonus.... no frame rates hit.... even on my 10 yr old machine.... Nice! Cheers mav

 

[Roxane-21]

Thank you!

 

[highpockets]

Thank you. More realistic "stuff'.
You artists never cease to amaze.

 

[Sarg Willy]

Aint had to much luck, with clouds , some were ankle biters , but Mav (Micky) likes em , and they sure look perty ,
Thanks UT gona test em out ,

 

[AcWai]

Thanks for the new clouds. It looks nice!

 

[skylane]

Thanks, UncleTgt, this will make the sim look even better!

 

[Captain Kurt]

Thank you UT