I had the same problem and that's why I reverted back to my previous shaders. Probably a reflection setting that is to high.jja

In your WaterConstants.xml file, there is an entry called:<fSpecularBoost>1.490</fSpecularBoost>It controls the power of SUN/MOON reflections. There are 3 sections, LOW/MID/HIGH (the first is LOW) adjusting the value UP increases the reflection power... when changing this value, make sure you also do so for the other sections (MID/HIGH) because if they are too far apart you loose reflections.And I apologize for not getting back to some of you guys with questions or posts, I'm in the middle of a big project for a customer and is taking 100% of my time, I barely sleep :(

In your WaterConstants.xml file, there is an entry called:<fSpecularBoost>1.490</fSpecularBoost>It controls the power of SUN/MOON reflections. There are 3 sections, LOW/MID/HIGH (the first is LOW) adjusting the value UP increases the reflection power... when changing this value, make sure you also do so for the other sections (MID/HIGH) because if they are too far apart you loose reflections.And I apologize for not getting back to some of you guys with questions or posts, I'm in the middle of a big project for a customer and is taking 100% of my time, I barely sleep :(

Cool and thanks. It may be awhile before I can try it out because I have to rebuild my computer because I bought a pirated copy of Windows 7.jja

attached u can see my water over friday harbor - daytime --- water is at 2x low ...... somehow it look pretty boring, or ???thanks ... ric

have tried the shader3 but only get the 'grid'ed' type water. so as you can see from the pic of Friday night flyover i get resonable textures in the default fSX shader's(modified with Tom Knudsen performance texture fix for my low end spec) I think it gives a good perception of movement of the ocean.It's all down to, I suppose to your individual choice. I also use the low 2x because i don't like the cloud reflections generated by the FSX engine, I don't think we will ever get dark reflections from the clouds.

In your WaterConstants.xml file, there is an entry called:<fSpecularBoost>1.490</fSpecularBoost>It controls the power of SUN/MOON reflections. There are 3 sections, LOW/MID/HIGH (the first is LOW) adjusting the value UP increases the reflection power... when changing this value, make sure you also do so for the other sections (MID/HIGH) because if they are too far apart you loose reflections.And I apologize for not getting back to some of you guys with questions or posts, I'm in the middle of a big project for a customer and is taking 100% of my time, I barely sleep :(

hey ******* .....i checked my waterconstants.xml ... and saw the follwing:specular boost LOW was set to 1490 specular boost MID was set to 1491specular boost HIGH was set to 1491all these are the values given by yr sm3.0 mod (latest version) ...... where do i have to change the values to ???? 1495 acc???please advise ......what i also get are some strange "point" reflection when fly over water - and they follow me .... any advise ????here is my latest config...... 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any info ????? :(

Cool and thanks. It may be awhile before I can try it out because I have to rebuild my computer because I bought a pirated copy of Windows 7.jja

That's something that is frowned upon here, bad enough you have issues with your computer due to a pirated copy of w7, what's worse is that you told us and it can result in yourself getting banned.

That's something that is frowned upon here, bad enough you have issues with your computer due to a pirated copy of w7, what's worse is that you told us and it can result in yourself getting banned.

Nice. I was scammed! Bought it online from what I thought was a legit company. Turned out that it was a MSDN copy. It wouldn't work anymore so I had to get a copy from Best Buy. Nothing like buying an OS 2x.jja

Hi ******* I'm using ATI 5870 with your latest Shader 3.0 mod. Until yesterday it worked fine. But today I'm getting tearing landscapes and in chase view the aircraft is almost gone - only very few parts are present, as propels and canopy. What is going on - do you have any idea??! Regards

Nice. I was scammed! Bought it online from what I thought was a legit company. Turned out that it was a MSDN copy. It wouldn't work anymore so I had to get a copy from Best Buy. Nothing like buying an OS 2x.jja

If you were scammed then there is just cause for a charge-back from your credit card company.... uhm you did pay with a credit card, I hope? If that is the case call them ASAP and get your money back.Good luck,

hi ..... a question ..... is there anyone out there who has an idea of what values my specular-boost values have to be set to??thanks for help ... ric

Hi ******* I'm using ATI 5870 with your latest Shader 3.0 mod. Until yesterday it worked fine. But today I'm getting tearing landscapes and in chase view the aircraft is almost gone - only very few parts are present, as propels and canopy. What is going on - do you have any idea??! Regards

SORRY! I had some misconfiguration of my display settings in the FSX.CFG - Everything is OK again! :(

and they follow me .... any advise ????

Rick, go see the next doctor.Sorry, couldn't resists. :( Phil

Rick, go see the next doctor.Sorry, couldn't resists. :( Phil

attn phil ......

Hi,I wonder how the progress is coming on with the next/latest version of the shader model fix? Any info on this?Thanks

Is there a recommended Water effects setting when using this mod? I have read in a number of places that you should not go above Low 2x due to the performance hit.I am running a i5-750 @ 3.6 GHZ with a ATI 5850.