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Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:07pm

Fozzer   Offline
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Hello Chums...

Echo Bay. Lake Mead. Nevada.
Airfield ICAO: 0L9.
(Near Las Vegas)

http://www.sunsetcities.com/echo-bay-lake-mead.html

Now my ground textures in FS 2004, Nevada, Arizona, etc, looks like this...>>>

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I doubt that the ground actually looks like this in real life for the people in the area, so I'm wondering if anyone has modified the default FS2004 texture to more represent the actual scenery texture/colour in areas like Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, etc?
..toned it down a little, maybe?

Paul...G-BPLF..FS 2004...FS Nav...REX...VOZ Northern Region...Cool...!
 

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Reply #1 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:56pm

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Are you sure you aren't flying your plane over a cheetah?  Grin (and you obviously used a shrink ray to shrink your plane.  Cheesy)

Wouldn't this topic be better in the requests forum?

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Reply #2 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 3:03pm

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BrandonF wrote on Oct 5th, 2010 at 2:56pm:
Are you sure you aren't flying your plane over a cheetah?  Grin (and you obviously used a shrink ray to shrink your plane.  Cheesy)

Wouldn't this topic be better in the requests forum?

Cool


I don't want more Sand... Roll Eyes...

I just want different coloured Sand... Wink... Grin...!

Paul...just call me "Sandy".. Kiss...!

Arizona never looks like that in the old Cowboy Films... Wink... Grin...!
 

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Reply #3 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 5:25pm

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Fozzer,

Here is a mod you can try.

First, make a copy of Scenery\World\texture and store in a safe place in case you want to revert back to the originals.

A little background on .bmp filenames. As an example 002b2su1.bmp.

002= landclass

b= world region b is North America, and also is used for most of the world. c=Southwest USA

2= place holder, they all are "2"

su= season In this case summer, there also is fa=fall, sp=spring, wi=winter and hw=hard winter (snow)

1=variation each class can have up to 7 variations, so this number will be 1-7

We will deal only with the summer textures here.

Looking at this screenshot it appears your red textures are  003c2su1-7.bmp That part of the country will also use class 002.
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If you would prefer to use the b class textures you can delete\remove the c class textures then copy the b class textures and rename them.

So...

Delete 003c2su1-7.bmp

Copy 003b2su1-7.bmp and paste

Rename Copy of 003b2su1-7.bmp to 003c2su1-7.bmp

Repeat with 002c2su1-7.bmp

You will end up with something like this...
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Looks like there is a rock texture to sus out too, post back if you want me to, I am running out of time right now.

Hope this is clearer than mud.

cheers,
Joe
 

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Reply #4 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 6:24pm

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Wonderful stuff, Joe!... Smiley...!

That's the sort of thing I'm looking for....

An alternative default texture that I can try out...

The textures shown in my Summer/Fall shots of the Arizona and Nevada Deserts are far too vivid; "Mottled Yellow?"... Shocked...!

I'll try toning them down using the other textures. Maybe that will remove some of the annoying, default; "mottled" texture!

The 002b2su1.bmp Textures look more easy on the eye... Wink...!

Most/all of my flights occur in the Summer and Autumn, around mid-day, Southern Mid-West U.S, and California.

Thanks for the detailed reply, Joe!

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Reply #5 - Oct 5th, 2010 at 8:19pm

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Happy to help.

The red rock textures visible in my screenshot are class 056, and you might find some others around also.  Here is a list of all classes used in area "C"...

002-desert
003-semi desert shrub
004-geometric crop
005-non-geometric crop
006-grassland
009-grass and shrub
011-woody savanna
024-evergreen conifer forest
025-evergreen conifer forest and field
027-mixed forest
050-semi desert scrub
051-dry woody scrub
052-hot and mild grasses
056-rock

This info is all from the TerrainTexturesName.doc which is part of the Terrain SDK, available here- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555857

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