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Mar 16th, 2008 at 1:38pm

theduke   Offline
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Everyone comments on my sky colors. There is nothing special about how I do it. First of all, I have FEX. To start, I just select my season, then click on Dusk. Now I back up about 20 to 30 min from where that puts me. That gives me this sky.

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Now the clouds. I like a 4000 to 5000 ft thick layer of Cirrus at around 40,000 ft. I usually set it to "overcast". That gives me this..

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Then I have a layer of Status about 4000 ft thick below that at about 4/8 coverage. Gives you this.

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Then for a dramatic look, just add some broken Cumulus below that.

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That is all I do. No big secret to it.
 

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Reply #1 - Mar 16th, 2008 at 2:44pm

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Very cool tut Duke! I'll have to get FEX sometime. What with the high res textures and such coming out, then get REX.
 

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Reply #2 - Mar 16th, 2008 at 4:33pm

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Ahhhh...so that's how you do it. I thought you messed with the texture file or something to get the mix of colors. Very creative though. Wink
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 16th, 2008 at 5:09pm

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You don't have to mess with anything accept the cloud layers and time of day. Of course, changing the angle changes the colors too. In the images above, I was looking west. If you look east, you get more of a violet or purple color.
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 16th, 2008 at 5:44pm

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I want FEX but the Flight1 payment thing doesnt accept Solo debit cards... and my bank wont give me a visa debit card but they will very happily try and sell me a credit card... hmm no thanks!

good stuff duke Cool as always Smiley
 
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