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Enhance Textures for better looks?

Ablai McKerrow

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Hello Everyone! I've been working hard on texturing my airport, and I've just exported my main terminal into the simulator, and the textures kinda look plain and bland. Even though in the renders they look great.

Any tips sort to say to improve the texturing look in the sim? Take a look at the screenshots to see the render vs the simulator. I know render will always be better, but I expected it too look a little better in sim.

Cheers, Appreciate all the help.

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Ablai McKerrow said:
Hello Everyone! I've been working hard on texturing my airport, and I've just exported my main terminal into the simulator, and the textures kinda look plain and bland. Even though in the renders they look great.

Any tips sort to say to improve the texturing look in the sim? Take a look at the screenshots to see the render vs the simulator. I know render will always be better, but I expected it too look a little better in sim.

Cheers, Appreciate all the help.

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MCX should have a option for a bump channel, good luck.
 
An excellent tutorial on Scenery Texturing for Realism by Bill Womack (aka "spotlope") is here:

FSDevConf - Scenery Texturing for Realism



UPDATE:

Download and install 7-ZIP archive utility:

https://www.7-zip.org/


Then download my 2-part 7-ZIP archive of Bill Womack's original FSDEVCONF video here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/mlbn...exturing+for+Realism_HD_720p_MP4.zip.001/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/d57o...exturing+for+Realism_HD_720p_MP4.zip.002/file


In 7-ZIP File Manager GUI, browse to the folder containing both:

FSDevConf - Bill Womack - Scenery Texturing for Realism_HD_720p_MP4.zip.001

...and:

FSDevConf - Bill Womack - Scenery Texturing for Realism_HD_720p_MP4.zip.002


In 7-ZIP File Manager GUI, browse and select this file:

FSDevConf - Bill Womack - Scenery Texturing for Realism_HD_720p_MP4.zip.001


Next, in 7-ZIP File Manager GUI Menu > File > 7-ZIP > Extract Files ...

7-ZIP will automatically extract both archives above, to make a 1-piece ZIP that can be extracted to the original *.MP4 video file.


Hope this helps ! :)

GaryGB
 
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BUMPED for the update above, providing links to this valuable FS Development learning resource. :teacher:

GaruyGB
 
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