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FSXA 3D Gauge glass reflections

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My first aircraft model is almost ready for release (freeware) but I've hit a bit of a show stopper.

I used to have moving reflections on the gauge glass using the global environment map but disliked the trees and mountains showing so I tried to change it to reflections of the VC.

Unfortunately I am now in a situation where I can't get the internal reflections to show and trying to go back to where I was doesn't work either as I changed something in the material settings and now the GEM doesn't show up at all. :mad: :banghead:

Has anyone got a technique, recipe, suggestions on how I can move forward with this as the glass is almost non-existent now. I can't even get static reflections to show in the glass never mind dynamic ones.
 
Thanks for that link. I was able to use that in combination with studying the SDK and managed to generate a working cubic environment map so now I have dynamic reflections on both my gauge glass and cockpit window glass.
 
Larry, the hardest part is taking the screenshots needed to create the cubic map to begin with... :D
 
n4gix said:
Larry, the hardest part is taking the screenshots needed to create the cubic map to begin with... :D
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Actually that was the easy part, the hard part for me was realizing that I actually needed to create a cubic map in order to do what I wanted to do.

Without that key piece of knowledge all previous efforts were doomed to failure and I couldn't understand why. That missing jigsaw piece was all I needed to complete the puzzle! :rolleyes:
 
Wozza had a brilliant way. Just hide the parts in front, get in front of the cockpit looking towards the rear and shoot a screenshot. If you need the the interior for window reflections, do the same. Sometimes you can find photos online to use, but good luck on that.
 
Bill, that's what I did for the 737-200's reflections. Instead of screenshots though, I use Max's Render to Texture function, but the end result was pretty much the same.
 
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