PG_Raptor 0 Posted December 17, 2003 Hey, I've got a quick question. I've notied in many modern sims that terrain textures have a bunch of black dots on them. LOMAC, FS2004, and Jet Thunder all have them. I'm guessing their purpose is to add to the sense of speed at low altitude, am I correct? I mean, they don't deteriate the look of the texture much, even if they're not there in RL. Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cretin 0 Posted December 19, 2003 Wondering if you are referring to "noise"? In the old days, when you got down low, the immersion fell apart because ground textures were low res and blurry. Really looked like crap. One thing they have done to improve that is to add "noise". Gives you some well defined textures even at low alt and really adds to the feeling of speed. Either that or you have the flu. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PG_Raptor 0 Posted December 19, 2003 (edited) nope, no flu :) Ok, maybe black spots isn't a good description. How about this, a large contrast in brightness in the textures. Some examples: LOMAC: Jet Thunder: See how the brightness contrast creates sort of a water looking texture? Its not just a high resolution photo, but the contrast is there. Edited December 19, 2003 by PG_Raptor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cretin 0 Posted December 20, 2003 Dang, Raptor, those shots look GREAT to me. I think the answer is to fly faster. You won't notice anything much if you maintain at least Mach 2.0. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
