>Here is the original fileThanks David! Got the file this morning, everything is back to normal and flying again.bill

Interesting read. Has anyone tested this with FSX SP2 on DX10? Regards,Etienne

Hi Etienne,This file is only to be used with Dx9.Latest files ou can find in this thread work very well with SP2

Hi ChristianI would love to do the same. There are shaders for the land. Would I would realy like to see is take the environment cube (which has the clouds in it and is used for the water reflection), drape that over the land as cloud shadows and then crank up the light in sunny spots. I'm sure this can be done, but I don't know much about shaders (but I'm a fast learner). What I'd like to do is pull together some talent to pull this off.Cheers,Christian

I don't think the environment cube map can be used to project cloud shadows onto terrain. It might certainly be abused to render a shadow where the reflection would normally be seen, but that is *not* in any way realistic ;) I found some interesting constants in Common.fsx (for the SP1 shaders)float3 vSunAmbient : SUNCOLOR_AMBIENT = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1};float3 vSunDirectional : SUNCOLOR_DIRECTIONAL = {0.9, 0.9, 1.0};This means directional light makes up for 90% of the texture color, whereas ambient light provides just 10%. But somehow it just doesn't look like 90%/10% to me... I would like to tweak this and try 0.01 and 0.99 instead - or even 0 and 1 ;) Also an interesting proposition would be to check what happens if the sum of both values (or individual values) exceeds 1.One more thing that could be looked at is if we can manage to get a distance-dependent change of colors, i.e. atmospheric effects that make terrain appear blue-ish in the far distance.

What gives? The files have been deleted! I would love to use these new shader settings, they look great, excellent job! I searched in the file library too, but couldn't find anything. Please hook me up with a link or something!Thanks-Nick

I noticed several of you speaking of FEX. I'm sure FEX looks great, however I believe there is a better program which some of you might be interested in. Hi Fi Sim's Active Sky X, and X Graphics. You can get both in a bundle for $70.Active Sky X"- Completely new Design- Made for FSX using the new SimConnect API- Graphical Mapping and Wx Visualization System- XGauge FSX-internal ASX wx imagery and information display gauge- Hurricane Simulation based on actual live data- Advanced custom weather configuration- Online or offline modes with online historical playback feature- FSX-integrated vertical air, turbulence and dynamic wx changes- New server system with enhanced coverage and performance- Hi-fidelity wake turbulence simulation with multiple dynamic wake trails- Enhanced weather depiction logic- Supports advanced integration with X Graphics- Enhanced route wx briefing with visual mapping- Voice weather reports with realistic audio panel and power awareness- Manual weather file download and save features"And X Graphics is basically the same thing as FEX, however there is one feature that I believe makes a big difference. That feature is the fact that using Active Sky X, you can load up real world weather, and then you can have it automatically load the cloud/sky/water etc from X Graphics settings that would actually match real world conditions. I feel this is far better than just choosing a "theme" and going flying. Of course you can choose a theme if you would like to. Thats just my two cents, check it out for yourself;http://www.hifisim.com/asx-xgraph.html

I am using this tweak on DX10, whoops. Looks like nice water to me

Another water-related shader patch, this time exclusively for the DX10 users can be found here:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...e=&topic_page=2It fixes a strange void of rain and snow effects around the aircraft (when the aircraft is on or just above ground level). I came up with this patch myself. This was just a simple oversight on the part of ACES - all I needed to do was to disable the z buffer when rendering this effect and now the rain is no longer clipped against the ground plane.

Hi Christian,Could you please summerize what has to be changed in the rain40.fx file, it's a little bit confuse on the other thread.thanks :--)

Hi David,Add the red text right below the following section in the Rain40.fx file (it needs to be right above the Technique10 T0):float4 PS(const VS_OUTPUT In): SV_TARGET{ float4 cColor0 = txTexture0.Sample(samSampler, In.TexCoord0); float4 cColor1 = txTexture1.Sample(samSampler, In.TexCoord1); return float4(1,1,1,In.cDiffuse.w) * (cColor0 + cColor1);}DepthStencilState EnableDepth{DepthEnable = TRUE;DepthWriteMask = ALL;DepthFunc = LESS_EQUAL;};DepthStencilState DisableDepth{DepthEnable = FALSE;DepthWriteMask = ZERO;};In Vista x64, this file is located in X:FSX FolderShaderHLSLmiscRegards,Jim Karn

Not quite all, you missed an additional line that went into the technique10 code block.This attachment from the other thread supposedly works:http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=vie...&file_id=182644

Many thanks to both of you, Jim and Christian, it works perfectly now.Best wishes,

Cant anyone hook me up with Pwheeler's file? The original one he posted has been deleted...Thanks

Here you are.Enjoy :--)