June 6, 20197 yr I'm loving the images I see in V4.5, but would like to change the water color. I know for a fact that the colors I see on the video bellow are similar to the colors I saw at FT TNCM with one of Gerard's presets in earlier versions of v4. That was with default P3D v4 water. I want these colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1Wt5YEZtE I'm about to re-install FEX to test the water colors. What are you guys using to improve the water colors in the Caribbean or where you like to fly? Thanks. Jose Edited June 6, 20197 yr by DJJose MSFS
June 6, 20197 yr Are we talking about the actual ocean colours or the near-coast stuff? Because the latter is the result of the scenery itself and underlying photoscenery being rendered through the water, which will obviously make it look better and more unique. [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]
June 6, 20197 yr Right....the water in that video mostly looks like the photoscenery background with the water masked applied....so IE default water over phototextures | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
June 6, 20197 yr REX Texture Direct you could change the water colors, opaqueness, movement, etc. I think far and above the best looking water. Sadly its the one thing i am missing since i have REX SkyForce and Worldwide Airports that cover all the textures that were in REX TD except water. And don't want to reinstall all of REX TD just for water. Jason Weaver - WestWind Airlines; FlyUK Airlines; VirtualUnited.org
June 6, 20197 yr Author 17 minutes ago, jason99vmi said: REX Texture Direct you could change the water colors, opaqueness, movement, etc. I think far and above the best looking water. Sadly its the one thing i am missing since i have REX SkyForce and Worldwide Airports that cover all the textures that were in REX TD except water. And don't want to reinstall all of REX TD just for water. You can Install REX TD in any regular drive and just use it when you need it. In past versions of P3D v4 I tried REX TD but was not fond of the results. I did not see much of a difference. I might try it again after F1 FEX & I hear from others who are using ENVTEX or a specific PTA preset. I have noticed that despite the underlying photo textures, the image of water color I see in P3D v4 looks different than FSX. I have a feeling that FSX is the sim used in the video and that those colors and animations are from REX Essentials. That was a excellent add-on for FSX. I'm looking forward to some images from those users who prefer ENVTEX because I have a feeling that for water, this could be what I'm looking for. MSFS
June 6, 20197 yr Viewing angle within the water shaders affects the black level, default is 4, I use 2 to get better looking water
June 6, 20197 yr 11 minutes ago, kand said: Viewing angle within the water shaders affects the black level, default is 4, I use 2 to get better looking water Where and what file do you make them changers, please? David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
June 6, 20197 yr Author 13 minutes ago, kand said: Viewing angle within the water shaders affects the black level, default is 4, I use 2 to get better looking water Interesting. How? MSFS
June 6, 20197 yr Something like PTA, I assume. There's a "Water view angle/darkness factor", under "water surface tuning" that is default at 4.0 [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro]
June 6, 20197 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Sethos1988 said: Something like PTA, I assume. There's a "Water view angle/darkness factor", under "water surface tuning" that is default at 4.0 Hence my reference to Gerard's preset. In one of his presets the water looked like the video. MSFS
June 6, 20197 yr sorry was mobile under water surface tuning water view angle, reduce from 4 to where you like it, I use 1.75 but everyones taste is different The lower you go, the less black the water looks from above Edited June 6, 20197 yr by kand
June 6, 20197 yr 5 hours ago, DJJose said: I'm loving the images I see in V4.5, but would like to change the water color. I know for a fact that the colors I see on the video bellow are similar to the colors I saw at FT TNCM with one of Gerard's presets in earlier versions of v4. That was with default P3D v4 water. I want these colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw1Wt5YEZtE I'm about to re-install FEX to test the water colors. What are you guys using to improve the water colors in the Caribbean or where you like to fly? 2 hours ago, kand said: under water surface tuning water view angle, reduce from 4 to where you like it, I use 1.75 but everyones taste is different The lower you go, the less black the water looks from above If you use PTA, Water view angle / darkness factor is one element. Also under Water surface tuning, the 'Refraction coefficient (limpidity)' setting is much more important to gaining the tropical blues as shown in the OP's video. Showing Aruba using MattDavies_Dec18 PTA preset: Refraction coefficient (limpidity): 0.19 Water view angle / darkness factor: 4.0 Refraction coefficient (limpidity): 0.89 Water view angle / darkness factor: 3.5 Quite a difference! I'm also using Envtex Set 1 Photoreal for Tropical water. As I'm not about to uninstall Envtex, I can't tell what effect this has over default water. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
June 6, 20197 yr Author 1 hour ago, F737NG said: If you use PTA, Water view angle / darkness factor is one element. Also under Water surface tuning, the 'Refraction coefficient (limpidity)' setting is much more important to gaining the tropical blues as shown in the OP's video. Showing Aruba using MattDavies_Dec18 PTA preset: Refraction coefficient (limpidity): 0.19 Water view angle / darkness factor: 4.0 Refraction coefficient (limpidity): 0.89 Water view angle / darkness factor: 3.5 Quite a difference! I'm also using Envtex Set 1 Photoreal for Tropical water. As I'm not about to uninstall Envtex, I can't tell what effect this has over default water. Thanks! MSFS
June 6, 20197 yr Author OK. I'm back in business. I checked Gerard's older presets and all the values were the same. Then I check the one I had applied and noticed that the water surface tuning was NOT checked. I checked & re applied and my colors are back. With Gerard's preset it looks like the colors of the water change with higher altitudes. PTA is worth the price just for this feature: Afternoon Afternoon Earlier in the day: Edited June 6, 20197 yr by DJJose MSFS
June 7, 20196 yr 8 hours ago, DJJose said: OK. I'm back in business. I checked Gerard's older presets and all the values were the same. Then I check the one I had applied and noticed that the water surface tuning was NOT checked. I checked & re applied and my colors are back. With Gerard's preset it looks like the colors of the water change with higher altitudes. PTA is worth the price just for this feature: Afternoon Afternoon Earlier in the day: That is correct. Like in reality it changes dynamically 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
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