August 4, 200619 yr Hi!Will the shadows on the external airframe be visible from inside the VC? For example, shadow on the wing from the fuselage? I really hope so... That would be the coolest thing... /MH
August 4, 200619 yr >Hi!>>Will the shadows on the external airframe be visible from>inside the VC? For example, shadow on the wing from the>fuselage? I really hope so... That would be the coolest>thing... >>/MHI can only say it would be very weird if not. Unless the parts of the plane you see from within the VC are bitmaps (and they're not) there would be absolutely no reason except performance to NOT render the shadows on the fuselage. ----------------------------------------------------- i7 920 @ 3.6 GHz; 6Gb DDR3; Windows 7 Ultimate x64; Sim disk=300Gb 10,000rpm (VelociRaptor); OS disk=300Gb 7,200rpm Radeon HD 4870 X2; Audigy 2 ZS; Dual monitors=24" Dell Widescreen (TFT) & 19" BenQ (TFT) FSX Acceleration
August 4, 200619 yr Yeah, let's hope so... :) I read in the other thread that shadows inside the VC will not be rendered, so that got me wondering if the same applied to external shadows viewed from inside the VC... /MH
August 4, 200619 yr Moderator >Yeah, let's hope so... :) I read in the other thread that>shadows inside the VC will not be rendered, so that got me>wondering if the same applied to external shadows viewed from>inside the VC... Unless you're planning to bust out a window and stick your head outside the a/c, just how do you expect to see whether any part of the exterior is "shadowed?" :-hmmm Furthermore, the model you see from "inside the VC" is not the same model that you see in Spot View, so that also makes it very unlikely that the modeler would take the time and effort to include the needed texture mapping to enable 'self-shadowing' in the interior (VC) model. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 4, 200619 yr >Unless you're planning to bust out a window and stick your>head outside the a/c, just how do you expect to see>whether any part of the exterior is "shadowed?" That should be cool :-lolAndr André
August 4, 200619 yr In my experience I haven't had to bust out a window and stick my head outside to look at the wings, but hey - maybe you have... ;-) Bernard
August 4, 200619 yr Moderator >:) Flying a biplane for example...They still make those? :) OK, I'll conceed that point, but it still doesn't address the modeling issue... :-wave Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 5, 200619 yr > Unless you're planning to bust out a window and stick your head outside the a/c, > just how do you expect to see whether any part of the exterior is "shadowed?" :-hmmmLooking out the window from the cabin view lol
August 5, 200619 yr :) We'll soon know anyway... Man I cant wait! Im really looking forward to this.../MH
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