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Advice on surface reflection

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Hi all,

I've just started out on my first scenery project, and so far I've managed to get a photoreal background through SBuilderX and have just created my first ground poly through gmax (with FSX gamepack) which will serve as a runway.

I've got some trouble with shine/reflection on the poly surface and I'm not sure how to reduce it or remove it. I have only textured the base layer to test that I can actually do this, so I'm not sure if adding the other layers will cure it. As I'm using the FSX gamepack, I cannot alter the asm files as in the tutorial by Bill Womack, as they don't exist!

What I basically want to do is to make the surface none reflective, like the default runways.

I've included a screenshot of the poly just placed on the terrain to show what I mean; the difference between the default runway and my initial poly is fairly obvious.

Any help you can give would be fantastic!

Cheers

Chris
 

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Ok, I realised I was creating a standard texture instead of an FSX texture in material editor. I've checked the option suggested, but I now lose all texture and just have a black model!

Is there any guide to texturing using the FSX gamepack that you know of, so I can sit down and learn it?

Cheers

Edit: scratch that, I'd accidentally deleted the .dds file! However, my texture is now just plain white!

Edit: scratch that too! Realised I'd added a specular layer and had a bmp and dds file of the same name in the texture folder. All is good. Thanks for helping a newbie!
 
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...and to answer your question about FSX Materials, have you actually looked in the SDK? There are two complete articles about FSX Materials. However, they are both located in the aircraft section, but do apply to scenery as well, which is why they are often overlooked... :D
 
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