[Genma Saotome]

Gerry, AFAIK that still needs the OR code to change. Until then the only possible skydome file will be in the OR \Content folder.

[rickloader]

Thank you Scott for the skydome. There is a need for skydomes since Klaus was forced to withdraw his downloads for copyright reasons.
Rick

[scottb613]

rickloader, on 21 March 2021 - 01:38 AM, said:

Thank you Scott for the skydome. There is a need for skydomes since Klaus was forced to withdraw his downloads for copyright reasons.
Rick

Hi Rick,

I'm trying,


Hi Folks,

I started my subscription with Terragen.

Well after 4 hours of Ray Trace rendering on a fast machine - I have the very first 10,000x10,000 Pixel (240MB) Skydome in ORTS that I'm aware of.

While it has the potential to look very good in ORTS - the attached image clearly illustrates the problem with SkyDomes as we have them now. The closer you get to the horizon the worse the distortion gets. Each face on the shape that holds the Skydome texture is 15 degrees in the horizontal which introduces massive distortion. Honestly - unless we can do something to increase the number of faces on the shape to reduce distortion - it doesn't seem worth while to continue on this path of producing realistic Skydomes.


100,000,000 Pixel Skydome



Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

Hi Folks,

Even though dissatisfied with the ORTS introduced distortion - playing around with Terragen to see what's possible.











Regards,
Scott

[steved]

Not bad Scott.
https://i.imgur.com/jES9FR6.jpg

Thanks
Randy

[copperpen]

Where does the skydome shape reside?. Is it compiled at runtime and added to the route?

[R H Steele]

SkyDome1.png resides in Content Folder ... don't know if that is what you are referring to...me I cannot find where the sun.png is. Too bad we don't have the ability to have other Skydome names...like Skydome2.png .

[scottb613]

steved, on 22 March 2021 - 09:05 AM, said:

Not bad Scott.

Thanks
Randy

Hi Randy,

Hah - they were just a preview at 1024x1024 pixels - - - I'll get you a 7500x7500 and 10000x10000 to play with.

I work on this in two locations and while my Kaby Lake can crunch a 100000x10000 pixels in four hours - - - I left the same file running on my Sandy Bridge for eight hours and it was only 10% done. I'll crank out some new high resolution Skydomes when I get home this weekend on my good machine.

Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

copperpen, on 22 March 2021 - 09:22 AM, said:

Where does the skydome shape reside?. Is it compiled at runtime and added to the route?

Hi Mervyn,

Yeah - I've looked - I can't find anything resembling a shape for the Skydome. I'm assuming it's computed at run time. I'd love to have a chat with someone in the know on the code. Even if someone could identify the block of code where this function resides - possibly posting it for us to review and have a conversation - would be helpful.

While I think we should have more faces on the Skydome - the texture application on the hemisphere is obviously stretched by whatever method the developer used and it really doesn't have to be. This "Fisheye" texture can be applied to a hemisphere in modeling software without the stretch being illustrated by my red line image posted above.

Thanks for the interest.

Regards,
Scott

[steved]

That one's pretty good too.
https://i.imgur.com/GtAMUG7.jpg

[scottb613]

steved, on 22 March 2021 - 11:01 AM, said:

That one's pretty good too.

Hi Randy,

Beautiful station you have there.
:)

Regards,
Scott

[steved]

Scott,

Thanks, it's a work in progress.
Is it possible to have thunderstorm clouds coming in from the west while having the calm before the storm in the east?

[scottb613]

steved, on 22 March 2021 - 11:13 AM, said:

Scott,

Thanks, it's a work in progress.
Is it possible to have thunderstorm clouds coming in from the west while having the calm before the storm in the east?

Hi Randy,

I'm sure it is - that was the next thing I was going to try and tackle - some real storm clouds. The software is pretty darn deep and complex. I've only just scratched the surface.

Here's some by another user - most people don't use the "Fisheye Camera" that we need - but if someone sets up a scene and shares it - all I need to do is change the camera to create a Skydome out of it.





Regards,
Scott

[ebnertra000]

scottb613, on 22 March 2021 - 11:22 AM, said:

Hi Randy,

I'm sure it is - that was the next thing I was going to try and tackle - some real storm clouds. The software is pretty darn deep and complex. I've only just scratched the surface.

Here's some by another user - most people don't use the "Fisheye Camera" that we need - but if someone sets up a scene and shares it - all I need to do is change the camera to create a Skydome out of it.


file.jpg


Regards,
Scott

That would be cool. Just needs some flashes and distant rumbling. I kind of wish the weather effects when you're in the storm were a bit better, too

[ErickC]

When I uploaded the replacement environment sounds, a separate set of storm SMS files was included with directions for swapping it with the rain set. It would be nice if a "storm" option could be coded into OR - it could use the storm SMS set, increase the rate of rain, reduce visibility, and increase wind. Throw in random sprite-based lightning strikes and you've got a winner. The way I see lightning working is that you'd have a set of alpha images containing the whole lightning bolt from cloud to ground, and those would get rendered on a sprite that would appear in random locations for a fraction of a second, and while it appears, the visible portions could rapidly change through colours not unlike diesel smoke.