[Marhkimov]

Originally Posted by kriller2

I have tried this mod yesterday and I think that the way the sun reflects in the water is not realistic there should be more bright reflections in the water (see screenshots), but night water looks very good

Believe me, it is difficult to strike a balance between more or less reflection.

But despite that, I totally agree with you. If I could make the reflections look exactly like your pictures, I would, but I don't think that I can. The problem stems more from SH3, than from me. Lemme see if I can better explain myself...

The reflections in your pictures are very vibrant and intense, especially the sunlight that is DIRECTLY below the sun. That is something that cannot be replicated in SH3... I have made the reflections as white and bright as possible, but even so, in SH3, the reflections simply don't look anywhere near as intense as your pics. So, since I can't get that luminous intensity, adding a larger reflection would not be quite as effective as you might believe.


So instead, I decided that it would be better if I used my artistic license to make something up that would look nice. IMOH, I don't think I did such a bad job of B.S.'ing the reflections. I imagine that you'd probably see the same exact thing if you were to watch a Hollywood movie. And in some of my screenshots, I am reminded of some scenes from U-571 (bad movie, but hopefully everyone can agree that the visuals were stunning).


Thanks to everyone for taking the time to try out my textures,
-Marhkimov