WideSky V1.0

[+cellinsky 0]

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WideSky V1.0

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Widesky: all new environment for WOI/WOE/WOV (not FE!!!)

 

WHAT IT IS:

- all new 3D-clouds

- custom colors for sky, haze, fog

- custom colors for noon, sunset, dawn, night and everthing between

- custom sun-glare effect (lensflare must be ticked on)

- all new background textures

- new cloud layers

- much wider sky

 

INSTALLATION:

 

!!!!!!!!!!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Make a backup/copy of youre "flight" folder and name it to something like "flight default". In case you dont like

what you see, just delete it an rename the original folder back. Or do like I do: having different flight folders you can choose......

 

!!!!!!!!!!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Extract widesky.zip in youre main thirdwire directory. (WOI, WOE, WOV)

Or extract to a place of youre choise and place all the files in youre "flight" folder.

 

 

 

KNOWN ISSUES:

If you fly close to the overcast cloudlayer you will occasionally see some clipping issues. At least thats what I do with my ATI card.??

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

 

Thanks to TK and crew for this fantastic series. And to all the modders making an outstanding game even more enjoyable!!!

 

Suggs and critics:

Marcel "Cellinsky" Aerni

marcelaerni@sunrise.ch

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• Submitter
  cellinsky
• Submitted
  06/30/2008
• Category
  Environmental Mods

 

[Syrinx 13]

Woah...I like this.

 

Very nice. Thankyou!

[column5 63]

Agreed, this is nice work.

[Silverbolt 104]

awesome!

thanks!

i used your sky mod since the begining

Edited July 1, 2008 by Silverbolt

[+Stary 2,427]

Same as above

 

Thank you!

[kukulino 1]

Great work

 

Thank you

 

Together with CA_Starys tree mod it is exciting adventure fly over Europe

[Signum 0]

Great work!

[jtin 0]

Woah! The weather effects master is back!

[+kreelin 2]

Abslolutely awesome.... Thanks man

[+Soulfreak 6,523]

I love this mod, real outstanding!!!

Thank you very much!!!

[Stick 773]

Dawn and Twilight are magnificent.

[Leeloominai 0]

Well, everything already said by people above..........thanks a lot....just awesome

[Vader2 1]

Outstanding work again.

Thank,s for your hard work.

Very importent for the sim!

[+wilco 11]

Who needs eye candy? Well, I do! Outstanding mod!

[Kirsten 0]

Great !!!!

Thank you very much,

 

Aju,

 

derk

[+cellinsky 0]

Thanks everybody gets me red ears

 

Hope it helps spoil the immersion-factor a bit. I tried to create a more real-life environmment. Dont get me wrong, I like the "cartoonish" approach of the default environment. But since the planes have evolved to a level wich is simply amazing (Kfir, A7 etc.), the environment is at a standstill. Wich is a shame IMHO, after all, thats what we fly in. I hope TK will some day improve here a little. It wouldnt take much effort with programming and and would come at almost no cost in performance. Cool dawn and hot sunset, occasionally cirrus-layers, cloudshadows and the like. But I think, thats not high on the list..............

 

good hunting

Marcel

[+Typhoid 231]

Thanks everybody gets me red ears

 

Hope it helps spoil the immersion-factor a bit. I tried to create a more real-life environmment. Dont get me wrong, I like the "cartoonish" approach of the default environment. But since the planes have evolved to a level wich is simply amazing (Kfir, A7 etc.), the environment is at a standstill. Wich is a shame IMHO, after all, thats what we fly in. I hope TK will some day improve here a little. It wouldnt take much effort with programming and and would come at almost no cost in performance. Cool dawn and hot sunset, occasionally cirrus-layers, cloudshadows and the like. But I think, thats not high on the list..............

 

good hunting

Marcel

 

 

You have done an absolutely outstanding job here. The visual effects and clouds are very, very realistic. Absolutely top notch and should be on everyone's MUST LOAD list.

 

I can hardly wait for your next project! What do you have in mind next?

 

 

[+cellinsky 0]

"What do you have in mind next?"

 

WideSky for FE: But this one is hard. I still have to find some workarounds due to the different engine.............

(Z-Buffer and clipping) Not yet sure, if I will find some solutions.

 

Cheers, Marcel

[+Tailspin 3]

"What do you have in mind next?"

 

WideSky for FE: But this one is hard. I still have to find some workarounds due to the different engine.............

(Z-Buffer and clipping) Not yet sure, if I will find some solutions.

 

Cheers, Marcel

 

 

That great news! I hope you can come up with something for FE. The horizon situation is a major detraction IMHO. Pre-EP it was fine.

[+starfighter2 117]

Absolutely awesome

One of the best mods ever for SF

Thank you very much :yes:

[Fubar512 1,350]

Excellent work....I can appreciate the amount of time & effort it takes just to get the lighting right.

 

BTW the clipping issue with the cloud layer is due to the near tile count & size, and there are a few otherwise "unknown" options that one has when it comes to implementing overcast & inclement weather conditions that you might want to know about...

 

[+JAT81500 135]

A major addition to the game, thanks a lot

Edited July 3, 2008 by JAT81500

[Canadair 16]

I like the sun that gets brighter and brighter when looked at directly, just like in real life

Excllent

[J.Clark 0]

I'm rather new here, actually: a brand new noob. This is a beautifull add on. Thanks !!

[column5 63]

I'm rather new here, actually: a brand new noob. This is a beautifull add on. Thanks !!

 

In that case, welcome aboard!