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I remember that in ROF you had the raindrops on the goggles, Don't remember if you could actually see the rain in 3rd person view though.

Does anyone know if there has been any info on if this will ever come to this game, I just think it would be kinda cool flying through a rain storm seeing the drops on my windshield, I hope this will come one day.

 

Mick. :) 

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It's snowing in Stalingrad.

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Rain drops on your goggles in RoF was a full screen post rendered effect and it's not possible to use the same technique on a canopy in 3D. I suppose it would be possible to create rain drops using a texture map in the same way as the oil effect but it would need a smooth animation (lots of maps) to make it work.

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I guess it could be done as we have the oil effect. Not sure if water would be sticking around at 550kmh though

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I guess it could be done as we have the oil effect. Not sure if water would be sticking around at 550kmh though

The difference is, that the oil effect isn't animated. It's just a handful of texture layers slowly becoming more opague.

 

Rendering the effects of water running over the canopy would require fully animated textures to look realistic. And these textures would need normal mapping to properly reflect sunlight etc. All in all it's much much more demanding to model than som oil on the windscreen slowly appearing.

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The difference is, that the oil effect isn't animated. It's just a handful of texture layers slowly becoming more opague.

 

Rendering the effects of water running over the canopy would require fully animated textures to look realistic. And these textures would need normal mapping to properly reflect sunlight etc. All in all it's much much more demanding to model than som oil on the windscreen slowly appearing.

 

good point

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Thanks for the info guys.

 

Mick. :)

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I can't fly straight as it is and you guys want to add another layer of difficulty?

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Rise of Flight is situated in Western Europe. It could be rain, it could be sleet, it could be snow, it could be hail.  It could also be very warm in February here. I remember going for a ride with the blokes down to Matlock Bath in Feb. and it was so warm, it was real tee-shirt weather, and this girl said to me 'I like your bike' and...well....never mind.

 

Stalingrad is in Russia. Where it is always winter. Apparently.

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