Opinions, moon/cloud lighting SS's...

Armistead · 06-13-12, 12:16 AM

Trying to finish up my env. mod, but need some opinion. I honestly can't recall the other env. mods, but seems many you don't get a lot of moonlight cloud reflection, so been tweaking that. Here are two different looks, some I posted before.

This was my first try, OK, but maybe too much light and maybe a lil too blue of a look, plus the light reflection is a lil strong on the sky away from the moon and not sure I like the cloud pattern. Might look better to darken clouds a tad and kill some of the blue. Away from the moon clouds may be too white, this is more of a spread look with light covering more range away from moon.

Took a different approach, but here the light stays more around the moon. If the moon is on the horizon, it gives you nice visuals of ships, but the horizon darkens as the moon gets higher, as you can see by the last SS when moon is higher up, the horizon stays fairly dark. I think I like this better, maybe a lil less light....? I see a lil banding around the moon with no clouds in front of it, not sure if it's my crappy video card or not, but sure prolly tone down if I lighten it a tad..Yea, colors need a lil tweaking...

I can tweak either one, but need to pick one, so opinions please.

06-13-12, 12:16 AM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Opinions, moon/cloud lighting SS's... Trying to finish up my env. mod, but need some opinion. I honestly can't recall the other env. mods, but seems many you don't get a lot of moonlight cloud reflection, so been tweaking that. Here are two different looks, some I posted before. This was my first try, OK, but maybe too much light and maybe a lil too blue of a look, plus the light reflection is a lil strong on the sky away from the moon and not sure I like the cloud pattern. Might look better to darken clouds a tad and kill some of the blue. Away from the moon clouds may be too white, this is more of a spread look with light covering more range away from moon. Took a different approach, but here the light stays more around the moon. If the moon is on the horizon, it gives you nice visuals of ships, but the horizon darkens as the moon gets higher, as you can see by the last SS when moon is higher up, the horizon stays fairly dark. I think I like this better, maybe a lil less light....? I see a lil banding around the moon with no clouds in front of it, not sure if it's my crappy video card or not, but sure prolly tone down if I lighten it a tad..Yea, colors need a lil tweaking... I can tweak either one, but need to pick one, so opinions please. Last edited by Armistead; 06-13-12 at 12:32 AM.