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Realistic Sky Textures - recommendations

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Hi Tony!

Thanks for checking up on me, haha.  Well - I have been going through quite a few of the free ones so far trying them out.  I quite like the a couple of the Kiwi ones - the Kiwi Green set looks good for summer, and the "fantasy" set gives a realistic-looking paler winter sky.  The downside being the night (black) textures are very bright - more like a grey colour (at least for the Kiwi Green set).  So I am going to have a bit of a fiddle and see if I can't use the night textures from URP mixed with them.  Next step if I am not happy with that will be ENVTEX or REX.  I do quite like the idea of a dynamic sky.  I quite liked the Pascal ones suggested, alas the sunset was a bit "green" looking.   I will keep you in the loop...

Cheers,
Rudy

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Just now, VHOJT said:

Hi Tony!

Thanks for checking up on me, haha.  Well - I have been going through quite a few of the free ones so far trying them out.  I quite like the a couple of the Kiwi ones - the Kiwi Green set looks good for summer, and the "fantasy" set gives a realistic-looking paler winter sky.  The downside being the night (black) textures are very bright - more like a grey colour (at least for the Kiwi Green set).  So I am going to have a bit of a fiddle and see if I can't use the night textures from URP mixed with them.  Next step if I am not happy with that will be ENVTEX or REX.  I do quite like the idea of a dynamic sky.  I quite liked the Pascal ones suggested, alas the sunset was a bit "green" looking.   I will keep you in the loop...

Cheers,
Rudy

KIWI has the best freeware texture available for any sim.

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1 minute ago, DJJose said:

KIWI has the best freeware texture available for any sim.

They are pretty good.  I have just got to fiddle a bit to see if I can get a blacker night sky.  I also found a copy of Navid's sky textures kicking around on my computer.  I think a previous poster mentioned they were good.  If anyone is looking for them I can email or dropbox them.

Rudy,

Good to know you are on your way for better sky texture.

As to me I quited ENVTEX or whoever. I did not like the day sky, not bright enough even on a very sunnny day. I went to SkyForce and so far I'm happy.

Don"t be fooled by " dynamic sky" by ENVTEX. For me the default sim has already dynamic sky, doesn't it? ENVTEX variation during daytime are very subtle and personally I cannot see/perceive it.However I admit that ENVTEX has some nice dawn/dusk skies.

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