Water still sucks in P3D V3.3.5

[beechcaptain 105]

 

 

May I ask, which water/waves textures do you use, Glenn?

 

Michael,

 

I'm using Global Water Set 15 - Dark - Shallow Coral, and Wave Animation Set 06 - Glimmer.

[pmb 5,137]

Thanks, I'll give this a try.

 

Kind regards, Michael

[Guest]

this water looks very good

 

 

Funny, I think that looks absolutely awful. Far too much detail. I've stopped using water animations completely: to me (it's a very personal thing) no animations looks a lot better than those fake animations with way too big waves all over the place. Specially at a regular flying altitude. And also specially in rivers.

[twojastara 85]

Download this marvelous tool - PTA - http://www.avsim.com/topic/489018-prepar3d-tweak-assistant-pta/

It has options to increase reflectivity of water, its transparency regarding to the bottom, blur the waves etc.

 

I have some incredible screenshots with updated shaders, I will post them here when I am back from work.

 

Lukasz

[beechcaptain 105]

Flew a return flight KSFO - KMIA and took a few pics once I was over water.  Late afternoon shots:

 

 

 

 

Images totally original, no touch ups, etc. courtesy of REX4 TD.  Hope they look as good on here as they do on my pc.

 

Edited to add - they look better if you click on each image and view in opened window.

[Manny 1,293]

Edited to add - they look better if you click on each image and view in opened window

 

Hi Glen

 

You water looks good. 

 

On your second screenshot and the third (where there is no sun reflections), when you go into Slew mode...pause your sim (with a "Y" Slew not "P"), do you see the movement of the water (even slightly) below the aircraft? Or is it completely dead?

[Christopher Low 5,354]

With all due respect, you can't deduce whether water textures and animations are good by looking at (small) static screenshots. You really have to see it on your own PC.

[Manny 1,293]

 

 

you can't deduce whether water textures and animations are good by looking

 

True Christopher.

 

Thats why I asked him if there was some animation or was it static? But the screenshot does give me some information on the color and texture.. 

[beechcaptain 105]

Hi Glen

 

You water looks good. 

 

On your second screenshot and the third (where there is no sun reflections), when you go into Slew mode...pause your sim (with a "Y" Slew not "P"), do you see the movement of the water (even slightly) below the aircraft? Or is it completely dead?

 

Manny,

 

Have not tried to view in Slew mode.  99% of my flights are with smartCARS for a VA.  Don't know if going into slew mode would affect acars but I won't risk it.  I normally stay in the cockpit, anyway and have very rarely slewed in complex a/c (PMDG), as they can be unpredictable in slew mode.

 

Shots 2 & 3 were done to display the textures, not wave animations.

[twojastara 85]

As promised - here are screenshots of water after some tuning using PTA:

 

 

 

[captain420 3,099]

Lukask, could you tell me what area that is that you're flying? Wow, those coastlines look amazing. I don't recall ever seeing coastlines looking like that. What add-on are you using in those pictures?

[Skywolf 992]

Sometimes it looks fine.  It is different for everyone

[gboz 157]

 

 

As promised - here are screenshots of water after some tuning using PTA:

 

Beautiful shots buy really what you are showing here is mostly reflections and photo real surf.

 

gb.

[twojastara 85]

Lukask, could you tell me what area that is that you're flying? Wow, those coastlines look amazing. I don't recall ever seeing coastlines looking like that. What add-on are you using in those pictures?

 

It is ORBX New Zealand NI + Milford Sound.

Airport is NZMJ.

 

Beautiful shots buy really what you are showing here is mostly reflections and photo real surf.

 

gb.

 

Well, please just focus on the water. I have used PTA to increase reflectivity, blur wave effect and limpidity (how much colors of ocean bottom are taken into account).

 

In my opinion, these changes made water much more realistic.

 

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

It is ORBX New Zealand NI + Milford Sound.

Airport is NZMJ.

 

 

Well, please just focus on the water. I have used PTA to increase reflectivity, blur wave effect and limpidity (how much colors of ocean bottom are taken into account).

 

In my opinion, these changes made water much more realistic.

 

 

Thanks for sharing - rex textures or factory P3D