Key West to St. Maarten

[bernd1151 5,826]

Key West from Latin VFR

St. Maarten from Fly Tampa

CLS B-742

 

 

 

 

Along the eastern coast of Dom. Rep. (which looks a bit dull just with ORBX Global and Vector)

 

 

We deviate a bit from our flight plan in order to have a closer look at St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

 

On to St. Maarten

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for viewing

[odourboy 1,288]

I see light and dark rings on a few of your water shots. I had a similar issue in P3D with a REX texture.

[HLJames 2,568]

Spectacular island scenery and love the Queen!

 

HLJAMES

[bernd1151 5,826]

Thank you very much gents

 

 

I see light and dark rings on a few of your water shots. I had a similar issue in P3D with a REX texture.

Thanks for the comment, odourboy. I have REX Essentials Plus for P3D. I have already tried to alter some of my water settings, but to no avail. What did you do to get rid of them?

[sascha 314]

Why are there two overlapping shadows of the Queen in the third to last screenshot?

[greggerm 312]

 

 

Why are there two overlapping shadows of the Queen in the third to last screenshot?

 

I'm going to guess that the FlyTampa scenery is trying to simulate the effect of the airplane's shadow on the surface of the water and also on the seafloor below. I've never been, but I would imagine the water down there at St. Maartin is nice and clear and in the shallows of the beach area, that sort of effect may be quite pronounced in real life.

 

Or something's messed up with the scenery.

[bernd1151 5,826]

I'm going to guess that the FlyTampa scenery is trying to simulate the effect of the airplane's shadow on the surface of the water and also on the seafloor below. I've never been, but I would imagine the water down there at St. Maartin is nice and clear and in the shallows of the beach area, that sort of effect may be quite pronounced in real life.

 

Or something's messed up with the scenery.

Thank you Greg, I think that the first part of your explanation is the answer. If there would be a scenery issue, I would most probably also see some of it on land, but there was nothing

[odourboy 1,288]

Thank you very much gents

 

 

Thanks for the comment, odourboy. I have REX Essentials Plus for P3D. I have already tried to alter some of my water settings, but to no avail. What did you do to get rid of them?

 

It's discussed in this thread on the P3D support forum:

 

http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=116368&hilit=Light+dark+water

 

I reverted to the default P3D version in place of the offending REX texture: OceanHeight20FieldLayer5.dds and my water rings were gone.

[sascha 314]

Thank you Greg, I think that the first part of your explanation is the answer. If there would be a scenery issue, I would most probably also see some of it on land, but there was nothing

+1

[Guest]

Very nice, good to see something old!

 

Darryl

[HaraldG 559]

Again a great flight. #3 is just awesome.

But weren't you just a little too high to satisfy the spotters at Maho Beach?

[Phantom88 3,284]

Love that United livery :smile: 

[JAT 185]

Nice shots.

 

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