Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[mojoey]

It's hard to tell because there is some aliasing that deserves the left DG. I would say right but that's only because it looks smoother.

Could you try with a higher resolution and an higher antialiasing setting ?

Also, I tried myself at this and wanted to completely redo the underside (so that it looks all greyish), but wasn't able to find an efficient strategy.

Paint it grey? :shrug:

 

[SolarLiner]

I think there is not a difference. In reality I've done in textures: Smoothing, color-management and Ambiant Occlusion (done with Blender)
Now look at my version of the VC textures, I work with the shadows:

The shadows are rough, because the textures are 512x512.

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The shadows are not rendered from an external light source, but from the internal lights and systems. Here is another screen from the behind of the cockpit (Rear-left passenger, camera moved with CamControl) :

 

[Unstung]

Is that a DXD9 normal map? Looks beautiful! (My fave probe too!)

I'd say a specular map (handles light reflections, or rather the surfaces emissivity).

Normal maps are used to render scratches, bumps, rough surfaces, joints, panels, etc... (my DG on the pic above looks somewhat "bloated" because I applied a strong normal map). Sometimes they are called bumpmaps.

Finally you have glow maps (for surfaces that glow like thrusters...).

Well, AFAIK...

My post was certainly misleading. What I'm working on is not a model for Orbiter and that's not an unedited screenshot. Also, I do enable specular reflections on the model for most scenes.

 

[N_Molson]

Paint it grey?

So funny... And constructive.

Here is another screen from the behind of the cockpit

I would say that the enhanced shadows add some "depht" to the textures (ajoutent du relief).

 

[Codz]

I decided to fly the Apollo 11 mission today.

 

[Donamy]

Waiting for launch !

 

[TMac3000]

July 13/Flight Day 71: Odyssey crosses the orbit of Venus. With roughly 30 million kilometers to go, her crew is now counting weeks rather than months.

Earth and Luna are visible in the background.

The sun is getting large as Odyssey hurtles in-system.

 

[Cras]

baylights...because "why not?"

 

[Interceptor]

baylights...because "why not?"

Cool stuff,looking foward to trying it out.

 

[David413]

Sally Ride and STS-7 - a memorial

June, 1983; Sally Ride and Challenger approach Florida. As I work on the updated STS-Payloads, here is STS-7.

 

[icedown]

Station building... Gonna be a long day.

 

[HAL9001]

some shuttle-screenshots

:camera:

 

[Kyle]

D3D9 is awesome.

Apollo 18 on LC39A. May 21st, 1973.

 

[Star Voyager]

Excellent! Where on the Moon is 18 heading?

 

[Kyle]

Excellent! Where on the Moon is 18 heading?

Going by the original schedule, Copernicus crater. I figure a May launch date as the gap between Apollo 16 and 17 was 5 months, same with the gap between Apollo 14 and 15. So, Apollo 18 would have taken place 5 months after Apollo 17.

 

[Donamy]

Probably to use the sun's angle, to use the LEMs shadow as a landing cue.

 

[David413]

STS 41-C, Solar Max rescue attempt (EVA 1)

April 8, 1984; George "Pinky" Nelson approaches the Solar Maximum satellite.

 

[ionif]

STS-41C for ShuttleFleet or SSU?:thumbup:

 

[David413]

Shuttle Fleet; part of the payloads update I'm working on.

 

[Donamy]

Shuttle Fleet; part of the payloads update I'm working on.

You need a 'stinger' for the EVA guy.