Size of snowflakes?

[guenseli 1,577]

Hello community,

 

is anybody aware if there's a cfg setting to adjust the size of the P3Dv4 snowflakes?

For my taste they are much too big and I want to have them a lot smaller.

 

Many thanks

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

Hi Günter,

to my best knowledge, rain and snow are controlled by texture files in "\Prepar3D v4\Texture\" named "rain*" and "snow*". There are some addons that replace those, making snow and rain look different, like PreciptFx (?)

Best regards

[regis9 3,996]

I use precipitfx and have been happy with the results.

[guenseli 1,577]

Thanks for answering.

 

I have indeed Precipit, but have had enabled the ones from ENVTEX. Changed that and found the Precipit ones better, yes.

 

[SunDevil56 183]

2 hours ago, regis9 said:

I use precipitfx and have been happy with the results.

Any sort of performance hit associated with PrecipitFx...??

[Indy511 686]

6 hours ago, SunDevil56 said:

Any sort of performance hit associated with PrecipitFx...??

No. In fact I think it's better.

[SunDevil56 183]

9 minutes ago, BillS511 said:

No. In fact I think it's better.

Thanks Bill.

[regis9 3,996]

Nothing that I’ve noticed.

[shamrockflyer 647]

This tweak works wonders and is exactly what you are looking for! I use the settings provided in the post and the snowflakes/rain appear much more realistic. https://www.theskylounge.tv/topic/5431-make-p3dv4s-rain-great-again/

[guenseli 1,577]

thanks for the hint.

 

In my PrecipParticle.fx is the line:

//Control how long streaks face and how big they are.
    float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale / (2.4 - (cb_uPrecipType * 1.65));
    float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale / (1.0 - (cb_uPrecipType * 0.25));

 

I don't know if it changed meanwhile by LM or a tools (EnvShade, EnvTex or Precipit)?

 

 

Changed it now to 

//Control how long streaks face and how big they are.
    float height = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeHeightScale / (4.4 - (cb_uPrecipType * 1.65));
    float width = cb_fQuadSize * cb_fQuadSizeWidthScale / (3.0 - (cb_uPrecipType * 0.25));

 

and is also better.

That was exactly what I've searched for! thanks!

 

 

[Iceman2 110]

Just Checking,

Will these adjustments change height/width of both Rain and Snow effects?

I’ll experiment when I get home but this sounds like a great tweak.

 

thx

IM

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

Hi,

so it is a shader mod? That is good to know, thanks!!

Best regards