XP12 3D Water and Beaches Preview Published

[skjiv]

https://twitter.com/XPlaneOfficial/status/1529457305573531651?cxt=HHwWhoCx3ZzU3LkqAAAA

 

 

[Murmur]

Nice! At first sight it looks like a real photo.

[BobFS88]

Boy that image looks impressive.

[mtaxp]

Looks insane! Waiting to see how it looks after they are done with water colors.

[blingthinger]

The followup tweet is just as promising

https://twitter.com/XPlaneOfficial/status/1529471798936588292?cxt=HHwWiMC-2eyf47kqAAAA

 

[FBW737]

I wonder what it looks like from 10,000 feet

[mSparks]

44 minutes ago, FBW737 said:

I wonder what it looks like from 10,000 feet

blue,I suspect, with maybe the odd splash of green and purple.

[mtaxp]

13 hours ago, FBW737 said:

I wonder what it looks like from 10,000 feet

AFAIK from thr last dev blog they are working on water colors as well. From previous comments it should be shader based with spatial resolution. Combined with bathymetry, I wonder how it'll compare with ortho water masks. 

At the keynote they did show footage from above then zooming in to a floatplane; it had some tropical water that looked much more vibrant as it should.

 

[Pastaiolo]

Promising if from altitude you manage to see different colors in the water depending on what's on the sea bed 🙂

[jcomm]

Wen I looked into that shot my first exclamation was .... "Sun of a Beach..."