3D Water and Bathymetry Test

[mSparks 2,092]

25 minutes ago, Bjoern said:

So will this enable hunting for subs at periscope depth?

yes

25 minutes ago, Bjoern said:

What I can totally envision is sightseeing for coastal wrecks in shallow water:

Tools for this are in WED now.

[Mike_CFII_MEL 790]

5 hours ago, Franz007 said:

That looks very good! 👍 But without AI-generated underwater pebbles, almost useless isn‘t it? 😂😉

Soon we'll see crabs walking around and reef sharks near the shore.

[blingthinger 649]

4 hours ago, Mike_CFII_MEL said:

Soon we'll see crabs walking around and reef sharks near the shore.

On at least one of your monitors.

[ryanbatc 12,977]

Great start, really cool tech!

[Mike_CFII_MEL 790]

39 minutes ago, blingthinger said:

On at least one of your monitors.

Yep, hahahahaha.

[UrgentSiesta 936]

So very cool.

I'm gonna be a nit-picker and say that ocean water is very rarely as crystal clear as in the video, particularly in near-shore settings. Lakes and other very still bodies of water frequently can be, tho.

But dang it's nice to see under the sea - I'd rather have it than not!

[mSparks 2,092]

14 minutes ago, UrgentSiesta said:

I'm gonna be a nit-picker

enjoy it while you can 🤣, aiui fix for that is theoretically in 12.1 alongside clouds reflecting off the water, which will go a looong if not all the way to coloring it properly. So you have a few weeks to pick that nit before it joins all the others in the annals of history.

[Inu 71]

7 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

So very cool.

I'm gonna be a nit-picker and say that ocean water is very rarely as crystal clear as in the video, particularly in near-shore settings. Lakes and other very still bodies of water frequently can be, tho.

But dang it's nice to see under the sea - I'd rather have it than not!

Water turbidity will be implemented in 12.1.0 IIRC

[UrgentSiesta 936]

20 hours ago, mSparks said:

enjoy it while you can 🤣, aiui fix for that is theoretically in 12.1 alongside clouds reflecting off the water, which will go a looong if not all the way to coloring it properly. So you have a few weeks to pick that nit before it joins all the others in the annals of history.

 

13 hours ago, Inu said:

Water turbidity will be implemented in 12.1.0 IIRC

Fantastic! I can have my cake and eat it, too! 😀

[strider1 575]

On 2/10/2024 at 1:44 AM, tonywob said:

 In Oscar's video, this is very different, it's actually orthos under the water, which is why this is such great progress, it gives a real 3D effect to the water, and I can imagine this will look stunning once people start generating Caribbean islands, reefs etc..

With further changes to water and turbidity coming in future versions, there is a lot happening in this department.

 

So from what I gather the 3D water will not really be visible by default unless we are using a program like O4XP to generate orthos?

[mjrhealth 822]

16 minutes ago, strider1 said:

So from what I gather the 3D water will not really be visible by default unless we are using a program like O4XP to generate orthos?

Why, Not everyone uses ortho, that would make Laminar look really stupid. I guess we can expect another scenery update.

[strider1 575]

1 minute ago, mjrhealth said:

Why, Not everyone uses ortho, that would make Laminar look really stupid. I guess we can expect another scenery update.

No idea, just asking.

[mjrhealth 822]

1 hour ago, strider1 said:

No idea, just asking.

Actually if you watched the video, they talk about adjusting the depth so they have to provide it.

[strider1 575]

2 hours ago, mjrhealth said:

Actually if you watched the video, they talk about adjusting the depth so they have to provide it.

What video are you referring to ?

[GoranM 3,772]

Just now, strider1 said:

What video are you referring to ?