Laminar Research Dev Blog talk about Lights, Water, Frost

[Sims Smith 302]

Very interesting blog entry from Ben Supnik. Read it here https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/10/free-form-friday-lights-water-frost/

 

[jcomm 5,929]

Lot's of good reasons to wait for it, and keep investing in add-ons just released for XP11 that the authors will  port to XP12.

I'm all for it. Meanwhile enjoing the Enhanced Skyscapes, and looking fwd for even better cloud rendering native with XP12.

[ryanbatc 12,850]

Alright alright....it's definitely piqued my interest again.  Their first preview left me feeling a bit "meh" but subsequent tidbits seem quite enticing.

I remember having to broom off frost before an early morning flight in North Dakota.  Just that screenshot alone looks really nice.

[Sims Smith 302]

New post  Photometric Lighting – What is it and why do we need it?

https://developer.x-plane.com/2021/11/photometric-lighting-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it/

[jcomm 5,929]

Great Visuals ! Wow !

[Murmur 3,941]

Interesting post, it confirms most of what many of us were hoping for. The preview pics get better and better. The one in the Lancair is not far from a real photo, in realism:

 

 

[strider1 575]

 

[NZ255 309]

Those are real?

[Humpty 751]

Wow

[mrueedi 702]

From the same photostream... Nobody said though, that these would not be real....

 

[akita 429]

I'm wondering about the ground textures in the Cessna shot.

[sanh 823]

The water effects on the ground and windscreen are the best I've ever seen....and I use the "other" sim right now. Looks very promising.

Edited November 4, 2021 by sanh

[BobFS88 635]

15 hours ago, Murmur said:

Interesting post, it confirms most of what many of us were hoping for. The preview pics get better and better. The one in the Lancair is not far from a real photo, in realism:

Those preview are great, showing everything coming together. Now we are seeing more of what X Plane 12 would really look like. Very convincing indeed.

Edited November 4, 2021 by BobFS88

[strider1 575]

 I was comparing real vs XP12 almost real! I thought it was self-explanatory 😉

Edited November 4, 2021 by strider1

[Murmur 3,941]

1 hour ago, strider1 said:

 I was comparing real vs XP12 almost real! I thought it was self-explanatory 😉

The lighting in your photos seems significantly different than the one in the XP shots. If we take a photo with a similar lighting, I think the XP pic is not far from a real one. Also, the pattern of rain streaks is uncanny similar between your RL second photo and the XP one. Self-explanatory indeed!