how to turn off the land reflections on water?

[makman94]

hello to all subsimers,

does anyone has an idea if there is a way to turn off the land reflections on water?

[Hitman]

I think there is a parameter in the scene dat that controls reflections because I remember that some mods provide a full reflection of your sub on the surface, others a blurred image and others a very faint one. But that one you already probably know

I also think in the 3D model files was a parameter for the reflection, maybe look at it with Silent Editor?

[vanjast]

I've also seen a 'reflections' option in S3D somewhere... I just cannot remember which file - most probably the sub files.. so I'd imagine there would be a terrain one somewhere.

[makman94]

Originally Posted by Hitman

I think there is a parameter in the scene dat that controls reflections because I remember that some mods provide a full reflection of your sub on the surface, others a blurred image and others a very faint one. But that one you already probably know

I also think in the 3D model files was a parameter for the reflection, maybe look at it with Silent Editor?

Originally Posted by vanjast

I've also seen a 'reflections' option in S3D somewhere... I just cannot remember which file - most probably the sub files.. so I'd imagine there would be a terrain one somewhere.

hello Alberto and Vanjast,

yes, there are in several places (like sub .dat files ,ship.dat files...) the ''water reflection'' feature but nothing is altering the land reflections. i can't see anything in land - terain files that can be edited with s3d and alter the land reflections so i am wondering where (and if) these tweaks can be made somehow.

@Alberto: the 'water reflection' nodes at scene.dat (and at skycolor.dats ) are altering the overall reflections of enviro and not parts of it. i am running after to find -if there is- a way to totally switch off the land reflections on water

[makman94]

Originally Posted by privateer

I'd say the TerrainReflectionShader handles what your looking for.
That's coded in the SH3.exe last I recall.

hello Jeff,

seems that you are right to look at this place

i opened the sh3.exe with a hex editor and i found at the description a ''TerrainReflectionShader''.
is there a way by changing some bytes to switch off the TerrainReflectionShader or you think that it is more complicated than this?

[makman94]

Originally Posted by privateer

I did a quick look at sh3.exe in IDA Pro.
The TerrainReflectionShader calls a pixal shader which may be in the Kernel.dll?

There may be a boolean switch to turn it off but I've not looked that close at it.

you think that there is any chance to locate,in case that exists, this switch ?