James Ross, on 02 January 2023 - 09:02 AM, said:
However, I am cleaning up the code as much as I can, so it may be easier to make further improvements afterwards
If you - or anyone else - are able to improve the existing "Clouds01" texture within the current Open Rails rendering, I'd gladly take it as a step forward
I would probably want to proceed (whether myself or others) in roughly this order:
- Fix distortion of sky textures - in progress right now
- Validate sun and moon positions calculated from latitude/longitude/season (including horizon crossing time)
- Validate brightness, colours, and visible textures (e.g. stars) for the day/night and three stages of twilight (dawn/dusk)
- Merge the disconnected wind simulations (currently there are THREE separate wind speeds and directions inside Open Rails)
- More general investigation of ways to improve the appearance of weather, etc.
Hi James,
This all sounds very promising and exciting - as this area of ORTS has been sorely neglected for a very long time.
Thanks for your efforts on moving the ball forward. I'll look at "Clouds01" this week and see what I can do. I'll add it here if I come up with something useable.
Regards,
Scott