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default night textures in Sketchup

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denic

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Skethup has not night textures for the default textures. Where it is possible to find these? Or, if we build these by ourself, what is the best way to do?
Somebody can isuggest some tutorial on this subject? I have not found it.
Thanks for suggestions denic
 
You can create a night texture for your daytime one by making a darker texture the same name and adding "_LM" at the end of the filename, but before the file extension.
 
It's best not to use the Sketchup default textures. If you can't create the textures yourself, try photos from the web. Then for night, darken and name as suggested, then add them in ModelConverterX when you convert the model. Lots of previous forum threads and tutorials in the wiki.
 
MikeD096 said:
It's best not to use the Sketchup default textures. If you can't create the textures yourself, try photos from the web.
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Dont know why this is, as I have not encountered any issues unless using default transparent textures. The other textures are fine.


To make your own, paint.net and GIMP are good free paintshop programs. THere are other pay-for programs that are good too.
All have their learning curve.
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410628
 
kevintampa5 said:
Dont know why this is, as I have not encountered any issues unless using default transparent textures. The other textures are fine.
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What issues are you having with the transparent textures? I haven't found any -yet!
 
With sketchup and of course Model convertex you can do anyting, about transparencies maybe you are not setting the correct opacity. If I remember well the default transparencies worked.
 
cattz said:
What issues are you having with the transparent textures? I haven't found any -yet!
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Couple of issues with the way FSX displayed the transparency colors and levels. It could have been a fluke or how I was converting them, its been a few months since I've used default SU8 transparency in FSX. I typically make all my textures in Paint.net or Gimp now.
 
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